BIG X AMERICA’S BIGGEST CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Finishes 6 Backbreaking 11 Make up a

story 16 Lassoed 18 Cherokee and

Wrangler 19 Mother-ofpearl 20 Boston

rocker, e.g. 21 Tonto’s horse 23 Command

to Fido 24 Tune

25 Like mild

weather 28 Similarly 30 Colorado ski

spot

33 Disney World

attraction 35 Cabaret

charge

37 Ooh and ___ 38 Peanut butter

type 40 African fly 42 Eggs 43 Playful prank 44 Gun lobby 46 Wild dog 47 Cuts in two 50 Bomber type 51 Nude 54 Specify 57 Also

58 Total up 59 ___ of Gold:

Sting

62 Tel Aviv

native 63 Louisiana’s

state bird 66 Beholden 67 Bargain 68 Student

housing 70 Top 40 hits 72 Tom turkey 74 Cowardly

animal 75 Recording

area 78 Must-have 81 Outcry 83 Passed the

baton 85 Sell to

consumers 87 Diner cubicle 88 Genetic ID 89 Covered up 90 Purple bloom 91 Squid

relatives 94 Tallest animal 97 Paris museum 100 Blood line

102 Naval Academy grad

104 Marble

105 Moored

106 Alabama city 107 Judi Dench’s

title

109 Knoll

111 Book

reviewers

114 Craziness

117 Board game

of India

119 Flitted

121 Oklahoma city

122 Tiny

123 Striped equines 126 Six-winged angel

128 Higher education

131 Poetic works 133 Panda’s

homeland

134 Cereal grass 135 Brownish yellow

136 ___ Vegas 137 Mason’s tool 140 Acquire

144 ___ de plume (Fr.)

145 Fashion

147 Clip fleece 148 Shrewd

150 SWAT strikes 151 Golfer Els

153 Barty of tennis 154 Non-stick spray

155 Marriage

158 Once more 159 Aida is one 160 Muppet

grouch

161 Menu fish 163 Evaluates

symptoms 164 Without stop 165 Cairo’s waterway (2 wds.)

DOWN

1 Box material 2 Atlas page 3 Boy

4 Agra attraction (2 wds.) 5 Take the ___

route 6 Tenant 7 Small rooster 8 Summary

9 Earth has five 10 Something to keep

11 Italy neighbor 12 Seat at Cheers (2 wds.)

13 ___ and outs 14 Fuss 15 Surfaces 17 Shade tree 22 Bill and ___ 26 Dead

language 27 Palm Beach

boats 29 Skater

Yamaguchi 31 Auld

Lang ___ 32 List abbr.

34 Prefix for

science 35 Golf bag

carrier

36 LP material 39 Greek fabulist 41 Hawke in

Boyhood 45 Sitarist

Shankar 48 Spray can 49 Ho Chi Minh

City locale 52 Least warm 53 Kabul native 55 She-sheep 56 Lubricated 60 Actor

Redmayne 61 Buzzing bug

64 Record ID 65 Mild cheddar 67 Speedometer

locale 69 Healthful 71 Canned fish 72 Carport

cousins 73 Ginger 74 Track event 76 German sub

(hyph.) 77 Blood of the

gods

79 Page in Juno 80 ___ Lama 82 Portray 84 Auto club 86 Off-road

wheels

92 Deadly

poison

93 Fat flute 95 Drove at

Daytona 96 Special

talent 98 Star-crossed 99 See the light 101 Vote in

103 Gunga Din’s

“sir”

108 Collection 110 Meadow

112 House flip, e.g.

113 Largest desert 114 Colorful parrot

115 Simba’s lioness 116 Sugary

117 Iran, formerly 118 Street for 160-Across 119 Short-legged

dog

120 Drizzling

124 Batman’s

buddy

125 Raise the

white flag 127 Muscovites 129 “Damn Yankees” siren

130 English prep school

132 Troubadour 137 Houston NFL

team

138 Florida fruit 139 Me-tooed

141 Detour

142 Arsenal

143 Vitamin B3 146 Zodiac cat 149 Brother’s daughter 152 Sinbad’s bird

156 Lyricist Gershwin 157 Sister 161 McCartney’s title

162 Vroom the

engine