Year In Review Mammoth Crossword Puzzle
ACROSS
1 Captain Kirk turned 90 and went to
space, for real (7,7)
8 Jeopardy! champ who became 1st
temporary show host (3,8)
15 He became 1st billionaire to go to
space in his own rocket (7,7) 25 Digital currency named after 19th
century mathematician (3) 26 Bachelor of Arts; abbr. (2)
27 Set one’s sights (3)
28 __Paul’s Drag Race won Emmy for
best competition show (2)
29 Kim ___ started hanging with Pete
Davidson (10)
30 This billionaire’s SpaceX co. hit
$100 billion valuation (4,4)
32 This Jeff Bezos space co. sent its 1st crewed mission to space in July (4,6)
36 TV hit Squid Game is accused of
this ‘copying’ misdeed (10)
38 __ Rainey’s Black Bottom drew
acclaim (2)
39 Symbol for the chemical element
Nickel (2)
40 Movie about ‘phone home’ alien 1st
televised 30 yrs ago (2)
42 Country with most medals at
Summer Olympics (3)
43 Prosecutor for the state (2) 45 Texting abbr. for Oh, I see (3) 46 Tennessee country songstress turned
75 (6)
49 Sound of Music’s ___ Plummer
died at 91 (11)
54 Jogged (3)
55 Socialite turned 40, got married and
landed a reality cooking show (5,6) 59 John ___ won Grammy for best
R&B album (6)
62 State (abbr.) that hosted real life
Field of Dreams game (2) 63 Psychoanalysis subject; one’s sense
of self (3)
65 Baby talk for ‘thanks’ (2)
66 Bjork did musical adaptation of a
poem by __ cummings (1,1) 67 Equal employment opportunity;
abbr. (3)
69 Support group for those with
drinking problems (2)
71 ___ to Billy Joe released as movie
45 yrs ago (3)
72 Symbol for the element iron (2) 73 __ Paso or Salvador (2)
74 A spy working both sides (6,5) 78 Jimmy Stewart Xmas classic turned
75 (3,1,9,4)
84 The royal family of this Arab
country is worth $1.4 trillion (5,6) 88 Improve (4)
89 John Deere’s stock symbol (2)
90 A Netflix mystery drama canceled 2
yrs ago: The __ (2)
92 Non-profit radio group,
headquartered in Washington (3) 93 Stop or yield traffic instruction (4) 94 Weird __ Yankovic made 1st TV
appearance 40 yrs ago (2)
96 He won his 5th Super Bowl MVP
award (3,5)
100 Explosive (3)
102 An unannounced visit (4,2)
104 ___ __ Buccaneers won Super Bowl
LV (5,3)
106 Raises a glass to someone (6) 109 High quality picture TV (2)
110 TV show ___ 54, Where Are You?
debuted 60 yrs ago (3)
112 Balloon filler (3)
114 Raiders of the Lost ___ was highest
grossing film 40 yrs ago (3)
116 Trudeau in Canada or Johnson in
Britain (2)
117 Plum’s center (3)
118 I know; abbr. (2)
119 Audience noises of disapproval (4) 120 This Is __ announced last season (2) 122 Milwaukee ___ took the NBA
championship (5)
123 Tampa Bay ___ won 3rd Stanley
Cup (9)
126 Atlanta ___ won the World Series
(6)
128 She became Grammys’ most
awarded female artist (7)
131 The Queen’s husband, Prince ___,
died in April (6)
135 Regarding, abbr. (2)
138 Golfer’s goal (3)
139 Coin toss: heads or ___ (5)
140 State of being verb (2)
142 Ravioli, penne and spaghetti (6) 144 Ma’s counterpart (2)
145 Actor Rami Malek has an ___ twin
(9)
148 Twosome (3)
150 Texting abbr.: Nothing to add (3) 151 Road; abbr. (2)
152 Prickly part of rose (5)
154 Actress ___ Mazar guest starred in
The Other Two (4)
155 James Tyler, who played this barista
on Friends, died in Oct. (7)
158 Friday expression: __IF (2)
159 Vietnamese Lunar New Year (3) 160 A joke (3)
162 A written web post (4)
164 It was 80th anniversary of this substance, which masks body odor (9)
166 ___ Fonda won Golden Globe’s
DeMille Award (4)
167 Survivor’s ___ Probst turned 60 (4) 169 Actor ___ Beatty, who appeared in
160-plus films, died in June (3) 171 ___ Dern will return to the Jurassic
Park franchise (5)
173 20 yrs ago ___ Earnhardt killed in
Daytona 500 crash (4)
175 Actor ___ Holbrook died in Jan. at
95 (3)
176 Gorilla (3)
177 Apple’s Steve ___ died 10 yrs ago
(4)
178 Two out of two (4)
179 Finished just off the podium (6) 182 Not out (2)
184 A fight-ending and winning criterion
in boxing (2)
185 This Jonas brother hosted Billboard
Music Awards (4)
187 Overhaul (4)
189 Harvests (5)
191 Homer Simpson common
interjections (4)
192 Opposite of a business profit (4) 193 A short laugh (2)
194 Police abbr. for rescue ambulance
(2)
195 This California natural park now
takes visitor reservations (8)
198 Female powerhouse received
Billboard Icon Award (4)
200 Apple voice assistant turned 10 (4) 202 Bro’s counterpart (3)
203 These filmmaker brothers are
rewriting Scarface (4)
204 Political commentator ___
Limbaugh died at age 70 (4)
205 This Caribbean country elected its
1st president, a Black woman (8) 208 An island state of Australia; abbr.
(3)
210 Cheadle and Johnson (4)
212 Scotch, masking or duct (4)
214 TV’s Dr. ___ had his 3,000th
episode (4)
215 Phoenix ___ lost in NBA finals (4) 217 Same old, same old (3)
218 This agency turned 60; it sends young adults around world to do good (5,5)
221 Not strong (4)
223 Soft Cell’s Tainted ___ was huge hit
40 yrs ago (4)
225 Italian co. that won small car of the
year award in U.K. (4)
226 Ding ___, the witch is dead (4) 227 ___ __ Bridge was designated part
of U.S. Bicycle Route 95 (6,4) 229 Symbol for the element Iridium (2) 230 Initials of Motley Crue drummer (2) 232 40 yrs ago, hit of the year was Kim
Carnes’ Bette Davis ___ (4)
234 Divided up, shared (7)
236 Greek king of the gods (4)
237 A sandy island on the surface of a
coral reef (3)
238 The ___ de Triomphe was wrapped
as part of an art installation (3) 239 Princess Diaries actress will star in upcoming Sesame Street movie (4,8)
243 Boy band N___ had its 1st hit (in
Germany) 25 yrs ago (4)
245 Depends on (5)
246 Farmer in the ___ (4)
247 This ‘modern’ music festival started
30 yrs ago (12)
251 Internet domain code for Romania
(2)
252 Initials of Mr. Bean actor (2)
253 Black gunk (3)
255 Of course (4)
257 Network search engine; abbr. (3) 258 Abominable Snowman (4)
259 ___ Smoke was Billboard’s top rap
male artist (3)
260 Common abbr. for example (2) 261 Abbr. for augmented reality (2) 262 Rocky star turned 75 (8)
266 Legal drama about NYC firm,
debuted 10 yrs ago (5)
268 Vince ___ won Grammy for best
country solo (4)
270 Facebook’s new company name (4) 271 Video game of the year in several
competitions (5)
273 Italy’s Mount ___ erupted dozens of
times this year (4)
277 A remote controlled character in
Toy Story (2)
278 Slang term for leg (3)
279 What we download on our phones
(3)
280 Almost ten (4)
281 China began bottling Coca-___ 40
yrs ago (4)
282 Arcade game Donkey ___ released
40 yrs ago (4)
283 Suspender-wearing TV host Larry
___ died at age 87 (4)
284 Actress Natalie ___ died 40 yrs ago
(4)
285 __’__ do-well; an irresponsible
person (4)
286 Game terminal, usually found in
bars (3)
287 Baseball Hall of Fame manager ___
Lasorda died in Jan. (5)
289 Awestruck (4)
291 Radar signal (4)
293 British musician, ex-Police member,
turned 70 (5) 295 Abbr. for oersted, a unit of magnetic
field strength (2)
298 Pirate’s expression (2)
299 A record with fewer tracks than an
LP, but more than a single (2) 300 Guitar part (4)
301 Preschooler (3)
303 Thick piece (4)
305 Central bank of Switzerland (3) 306 Movie about Citizen Kane got an
Oscar nomination (4)
309 Opposite of NW in navigation (2) 310 Godfather actor who turned 90 (6,6) 316 Gave money to cover a bill (4) 317 Be ready for (5)
319 Jazz improve (4)
321 Internet country code for Germany
(2)
322 Rolling Stones drummer Charlie
___ died at 80 (5)
323 A megabyte; abbr. (2)
324 A birth certificate, driver’s license
or passport (2)
325 Harrison ___ was listed as the
richest actor, 20 yrs ago (4)
326 Actor famous for playing Lou Grant
died at 91 (2,5)
328 Light beige (4)
330 Brazilian soccer legend turned 81
(4)
332 Barbie’s boyfriend turned 60 (3) 333 Time standard based on Earth’s
rotation; abbr. (2)
334 Actor with last appearance on
NCIS, after 18 yrs (4,6)
339 Alabama Crimson Tide won ___
Bowl (4)
340 Boys (4)
341 Tis a pity! (4)
343 SNL’s ___ McKinnon got another
Emmy nomination (4)
345 Pandemic disease that changed the
world over past 2 yrs (5)
347 Charged particles (4)
349 Sulk (4)
350 Quarterback’s option (4)
352 Told a whopper (4)
354 Protective gear in many sports (4) 356 NASA’s network of ground stations
(3)
357 _’__ the fields we go (3)
358 Scorsese’s ___ ___ thriller turned
30 (4,4)
361 Chris Hemsworth will play this
superhero again in new movie (4) 362 The Amazing ___ debuted 20 yrs
ago (4)
363 Buddy (3)
365 Singer ___ Diamond turned 80 (4) 367 Assistance (4)
369 Country that hosted huge climate
conference in Nov. (8) 372 One of 2 spellings for this tool used
to chop wood (2)
373 Signing a __ agreement means
parties won’t disclose details (2) 374 Reality show Top ___ turned 15 (4) 375 The ___ Van Dyke show debuted on
TV 60 yrs ago (4)
376 Suez ___ was blocked by a stuck
container ship in March (5)
378 Opposite of nights (4)
380 This space agency announced two
future missions to Venus (4)
382 Human performance technology;
abbr. (3)
383 Little piggy (3)
384 Driven out (6)
386 Take out of the freezer (4)
387 Floppy ___ was invented 50 yrs ago
(4)
388 Yellowfin tuna (3)
389 Word for expressing pleasure or excitement, added to dictionary in 2017 (3)
391 Oodles (4)
393 Kanye ___ won Grammy for
Christian album (4)
395 Cowboy competitions (6)
397 Attempt (3)
398 Three of these make a yard (4) 399 Oak, elm or fir (4)
400 Mega coffee shop co. opened 50 yrs
ago (9)
402 Must have (4)
404 A boreal forest or snow forest (5) 405 Australian territory home to Uluru/
Ayers Rock; abbr. (2)
406 Weatherman __ Roker launched a
cooking podcast (2)
408 Scratch (4)
409 Honey drink (4)
410 The Zone, Keto and South Beach
(5)
411 Mountain tops (5)
413 Singer ___ J. Blige turned 50 (4) 415 Play nice; texting abbr. (2)
416 Internet country code for Haiti (2) 419 Bay City Rollers singer ___
McKeown died at 65 (3)
421 A negative answer (2)
422 Crooned (4)
423 Third note of a major scale (2) 424 As Good __ It Gets (2)
426 Beer mug (5)
427 ___ Bryan hosted Country Music
Assoc. Awards (4)
429 365 days; abbr. (2)
431 TV studio sign, while broadcasting
occurs (2,3)
433 ___ Judd was inducted into the
Country Music Hall of Fame (5) 435 Brewery tanks (4)