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AMERICA’S BIGGEST CROSSWORD

- By JOHN McCARTHY

ACROSS

1 Autograph 6 Hems and

haws 11 Spectacle 16 Monikers 17 Haying

machine 18 Hearsay 19 Mad 20 Sample the

soup

21 3 Stooges

member 22 Rocky crag 23 Non

attendance 25 Enjoy Aspen 27 Spring

month 30 Fitting 32 Purposeful 34 Leeway 36 Positioned

troops 38 Antlers 41 Cravat 42 Bricklayer 44 Egg-shaped 47 Palm fruits 48 Roughly 49 Run in

neutral 51 Small

apartment 53 Waiter’s

concerns 55 Cultivate 56 Author’s

income 59 Workplaces 61 Microbe 62 Secondhand 63 Switch

position 64 Doctrines 66 High card 67 Written test 69 Data 72 Rainbow 73 Shirt fabric 76 Place to

park 77 Pindar

poem 79 Scalding 80 Response 83 Self-assured 85 Watch

closely 86 Crib toy 88 Debate 89 Corn spike 90 Wallach in

“Lord Jim” 91 Meat

avoider 92 Fix

95 Map books 98 Small bite 101 ___ shepherd 103 Fall behind 105 Cyclone

center

106 Dinosaur

origin

108 Rainbow

color

110 Polka ___

111 Road sign 112 Snoots

113 Beige

114 Monopoly

card

116 The

Almighty 117 Cincy ball

club

119 Workbench

jaws

121 In-box note 124 Dawn

127 Golf club 129 Breathers 130 Most

recent

132 “___ It

Romantic?” 134 Pride

sounds 136 Washes

137 Exercise on

a mat

139 Caesar’s

language 141 Tic-tac-toe

winner

142 Cake type 144 Baseball

league

148 Peddler

152 Proclaim 155 Pantry pest 156 Not as many 158 ___ standstill

(2 wds.)

159 “Land of

the Free” 162 That girl 163 Roadster 164 Striped

animal

165 Top scout 166 Tralee

citizens 167 Time being 168 Blue ___

Mountains 169 Home

170 Broken to

bits

171 Fabrics

DOWN

1 Soaks up

some rays 2 Fun and ___ 3 Fiery felony 4 Rainy-day

item

5 Join the

Navy 6 Recluse

7 Bed covering 8 Oven clock 9 Tortoise 10 Football pass 11 Like beef

stew 12 Went before 13 Go in 14 Magazine

copy 15 “Season’s

___!” 24 Eternity 26 “Thank you

___, ma’am” 28 Cats and

dogs 29 Notion 31 Like rap

lyrics 33 Knicks’ org. 35 Up to now 37 Liquor

potency 39 Numbered

road 40 Earth

42 A ___ pittance 43 Mushroom

parts 45 Mount

Rainier, e.g. 46 Generosity 49 Jiffy 50 Rational 52 “I ___ do it!” 54 By ___ and

drabs

57 As well 58 Ding-a-lings 59 Auction bid 60 Word of

division 62 Sill the

same 65 Unfamiliar

faces 67 Like golden

agers 68 Attic use 70 Brie and

cheddar 71 Orchestra

section 74 Largest

feline 75 “Carmen” is

one

78 Hold up 81 “No way!” 82 Hayride

vehicle 84 Little devil 87 Bill 93 Everlastin­g 94 Give it a go 96 Flowerpot

spot 97 Emails 99 Energizer

product 100 Yearning 102 TV and

radio

104 Feels

poorly

107 Equipment 109 Mouse

cursor

115 Space

launch, e.g. 118 Foe

120 Rind

122 Overtax

123 Once more 125 Seafaring 126 Demand

firmly

128 Genuine

129 Earthmover 131 Says “or

else!”

133 XIX

135 Shoe

bottom 136 Come in

second

138 Bedeck

140 Sick

143 Ball

filler

145 Snarl up 146 “Do unto

___ ...”

147 Hottest

continent 149 Sagittariu­s 150 Part of

ERA

151 Champagne

bottle

153 Dice shapes 154 Emmy or

Oscar, e.g. 157 Belt spot 160 Faux pas

161 Mumbai’s

land

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