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The 2021 Mammoth Crossword

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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) 436 Sales of pants made from this material dipped, while comfy pants ruled (5) 438 Billboard's top male artist was ___ Weeknd (3) 440 And so on (3) 442 Carrie Underwood's album __ Gift received acclaim (2) 443 Computer key (5) 446 Tom Hiddleston reprised this Marvel character for a new series (4) 448 It keeps homes and cars cool (2) 449 A flat, thin round object (4) 451 Musician ___ Dylan turned 80 (3) 453 A soldier (2) 455 To __ or not to be (2) 456 __ Comics has produced 28 feature films (2) 458 The Goldbergs' George ___ died at 87 (5) 462 Theme park Walt ___ ___ turned 50 (6,5) 467 ___ Rahm was No. 1 golfer in world (3) 468 1st movie about Rowling's boy wizard released 20 yrs ago (5,6) 472 The third month of the year (5) 475 Lively, especially for a walk (5) 478 Street; abbr. (2) 479 ___ Siwa got 1st same sex dance partner on DWTS (4) 481 ___ Poehler co-hosted Golden Globes (3) 483 A key hospital staffer (2) 484 Operating system; abbr. (2) 485 Composer ___ Stravinsky died 50 yrs ago (4) 486 Symbol for the element lutetium (2) 487 Art Deco skyscraper in Manhattan completed 90 yrs ago (6,5) 491 ___-frutti (5) 492 This two-piece swimsuit turned 75 (6) 494 25 yrs ago, this Mel Gibson film was Oscar's best pic (10) 496 ___ Cowell is writing seven kids' books with his son (5) 498 Gigabyte; abbr. (2) 499 Hush-hush American gov't. group (3) 501 Peaceful (6) 502 Sounds like two or too (2) 503 Little bit (3) 504 Startled cry; yikes! (3) 506 The U.S. Open women's tennis champ is from here (2) 507 The face of a building (6) 510 Gavin MacLeod, who died in May, was captain of this TV cruise ship (3,4,4) 515 Billboard's top female artist (6,5) 519 ___ Madre or Nevada (6) 523 __ Golden Pond released 40 yrs ago (2) 524 Meditation chant (2) 526 ___ choy (3) 529 Original writer of James Bond series (which got a new author this year) (3,7) 530 System of plastic containers, for food storage, turned 75 (10) 532 Sales of this type of car continued to soar (8) 533 His 'Last Week Tonight' show won an Emmy (4,6) 535 ___ Liotta took a role in the Sopranos prequel (3) 538 ___ __ __ Stars had its 30th season (7,4,3) 539 This animated family had its 700th TV episode (3,8) 540 Beatle who died 20 yrs ago (6,8)

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1 This free online encycloped­ia turned 20 (9) 2 Roman shrine to guardian spirits (8) 3 State that produces one-third of America's potatoes (5) 4 It's 25 yrs since Jay ___ got 1st major role, in Jerry Maguire (4) 5 ___ Ledger starred in Monster's Ball 20 yrs ago (5) 6 From Here __ Eternity was Oscar's best picture 67 yrs ago (2) 7 Electric fish (3) 9 Avoid (5) 10 ___ Gyllenhaal will star in upcoming film about The Godfather (4) 11 Colbert returned to live shows at the __ Sullivan Theater (2) 12 Apprehend (3) 13 Informal acknowledg­ements of debt (4) 14 Moo ___ gai pan (3) 15 Fits of anger (5) 16 Honest (6) 17 Short form of hello (2) 18 Electric guitar hookup (3) 19 The pipe that carries water out of the sink (5) 20 Beetles, bees and ants (4) 21 Words of wisdom (5) 22 Parisian river that saw many riverside kiosks close, due to economy (5)

23 Oscar's best film of the year (9) 24 Wesley ___ got role in Netflix's True Story (6) 26 Prefix meaning two (2) 30 Where the sun rises (4) 31 Yoko ___ wished John 'Happy Birthday' on Instagram (3) 33 Pertaining to the moon (5) 34 Employee assistance program; abbr. (3) 35 Resting heart rate; abbr. (3) 37 Admire someone (4,2,2) 38 State that borders four of the five Great Lakes; abbr. (2) 41 Trampled (4) 44 Guinness and others (4) 47 Bar bill (3) 48 Maiden name (3) 49 A tooth on a wheel (3) 50 ___ Howard is directing a film about the Thai cave rescue of a soccer team (3) 51 Tarnish (5) 52 On top of your neck (4) 53 ___ Speedwagon started touring again (3) 56 Financiall­y solvent (6) 57 Three, in Roman numerals (3) 58 Garden tool (3) 59 Sets an example for others to follow (5) 60 Virginia is one state that fully legalized this drug this year (5) 61 Sounds that horses make (6) 64 Clothing (4) 68 To place something in a tomb (6) 70 Away from the bow (3) 72 This Nordic country is one of the world's safest; abbr. (2) 75 ___ DiCaprio said he'd play cult leader Jim Jones in new film (3) 76 In-box contents (1-4) 77 Commandmen­t pronoun (3) 79 Renter (6) 80 Shelton and Stefani did this (3) 81 Kane, Jong and Rose (6) 82 On the ___ (fleeing) (3) 83 Off-beat and unreliable (5) 85 Indefinite article (2) 86 Hangs downward, limply (6) 87 Business intelligen­ce; abbr. (2) 91 Spice Girls hit it big with this song 25 yrs ago (7) 95 Letter of credit; abbr. (2) 96 Missing from school (6) 97 Mary Tyler Moore song: 'You're gonna ___ __ after all!' (4,2) 98 Egyptian sun god (2) 99 A leaky tap does this (4) 101 Three-sided shapes (9) 103 In baseball, abbr. for relief pitcher (2) 104 ___ the season to be jolly (3) 105 Dock (4) 107 Volcanic fallout (3) 108 Poetic form of until (3) 111 Stomach muscle (2) 113 A small to medium woody plant (5) 115 Make a sweater (4) 117 Maybe (7) 119 Wager (3) 120 Opposite of down (2) 121 Pop star turned 40 and was freed from conservato­rship (7,6) 124 An annoying person is a ___fly (3) 125 Happy (4) 127 Puzzling questions that need to be solved (7) 129 Opposite of closes (5) 130 Long-running crime drama revisited its Vegas roots (3) 132 Prefix for painkiller profen (3) 133 Acronym for Instructor Led Training (3) 134 Fine living guru turned 80; 'It's a good thing' (6,7) 136 Border (4) 137 This Lady won Grammy for duo with Ariana Grande (4) 141 Singer ___ Garfunkel turned 80 (3) 143 Aids and ___ (5) 144 Gym class (2) 146 ___ Lasso was Emmy's best comedy (3) 147 Rapper who left K-pop boy band ONF (4) 149 Not young (3) 151 Lion noise (4) 152 Snares (5) 153 The loneliest number (3) 154 Small amounts (4) 155 Food notation, meaning there's no gluten (2) 156 Keanu Reeves to reprise role as ___ in upcoming Matrix film (3) 157 Singer who won Grammy's song of the year award (3) 161 Hold tightly (4) 163 Paddle (3) 165 Interjecti­on; slang word for 'repeat that' (2) 166 ___ Mellencamp turned 70 (4) 167 Singer ___ Groban turned 40 (4) 168 Future husband abbr. in texting (2) 170 Scorn (7) 171 Type of ticket, providing a chance to win money (5) 172 Battery fluid (4) 174 Rewrite (4) 177 Billy ___ resumed his Madison Square Garden gigs (4) 178 Supervisor (4) 179 Distant (3) 180 Mongolia's biggest pop star, starting to get global attention (3) 181 Cutthroat, lake or rainbow (5) 183 Compass direction opposite of SW (2) 184 Country code for Oceania's Kiribati (2) 186 To be aware of, or informed of, a piece of informatio­n (4) 188 Spoken (4) 190 Assist (3) 191 Nike's slogan 'Just __ __' turns 35 next year (2,2) 192 Human organ used for breathing (4) 193 Short of money (4,2) 196 Actress ___ West 1st hit Broadway 110 yrs ago (3) 197 Our planet (5) 199 Leg's midpoint (4) 201 Apple 1st released this portable media player 20 yrs ago (4) 203 ___ Michael Murray cast as lead in new Ted Bundy movie (4) 204 Hightails it (4) 206 Lacking in originalit­y, boring (5) 207 Harry Potter character ___ Malfoy (5) 209 Water balloon sound (5) 211 Articulate­s (4) 213 Malicious (4) 214 Cherry, apple and lemon meringue (4) 215 Oscar's best animated movie of year (4) 216 Britain's Got Talent star Susan ___ turned 60 (5) 219 A wicker basket for carrying fish (5) 220 'Cuchi-cuchi' actress cast in new drag-themed holiday film (5) 222 Things on rings for house and car (4) 224 All square (4) 225 An amount of money paid for breaking a bylaw (4) 226 Sandwich shop (4) 227 __ Gadot starred in Red Notice, alongside The Rock (3) 228 Cultivate (4) 231 Opera singer Enrico ___ was one of the 1st global celebritie­s (6) 233 Like a bug in a rug (4) 235 Flower holder (4) 236 Catherine ___-Jones joined cast of Prodigal Son (4) 237 Make do (4) 240 Repair work continued on ___-Dame cathedral in Paris (5) 241 Twisted together (7) 242 Used to be (3) 244 Bent down in fear (7) 246 Individual features of an item (7) 247 A place where someone stays temporaril­y (7) 248 An outline of what will occur at a meeting (6) 249 __-Margaret turned 80 and starred in movie Queen Bees (3) 250 Shortened word for pizza, accepted in Scrabble (2) 254 What a philatelis­t seeks (5) 256 A book of letters from writer T.S. ___ was published this year (5) 258 Shouts (5) 259 Trousers (5) 263 Bitter; Latin root word of acerbic (5) 264 Common abbr. for pound (2) 265 Consume a meal (3) 267 Snoop (3) 269 Liquefied natural gas; abbr. (3) 270 Unruly crowd (3) 271 Head of state; abbr. (3) 272 Airport code for the Greek city of Thessaloni­ki (3) 274 Country code for Togo (2) 275 Amazement (3) 276 Son of ___ Frazier competed on Big Brother (3) 285 Comedian & former SNL Weekend Update host died at 61 (4,9) 287 Freight, commuter or high speed (5) 288 Lethal Weapon actor __ Gibson turned 65 (3) 289 Parched (4) 290 Feathery scarves (4) 292 Walk back and forth (4) 294 Shortened form of Latin phrase, meaning 'note well' or important (2) 295 Expression of agreement (2) 296 Musical about rival gangs adapted by Spielberg (4,4,5) 297 Physician (2) 298 Shortened form of audio visual (2) 300 Bus ticket (4) 301 ___ the night before Christmas (4) 302 __ Fey was exec producer on new show Girls5eva (4) 304 Endorse (4) 306 Cantaloupe or honeydew (5) 307 This Garden State decriminal­ized pot in Feb; abbr. (2) 308 Actor ___ Craig shot his last James Bond movie (6) 309 Leave speechless (4) 311 A Japanese aromatic vegetable (3) 312 Antlered animal (3) 313 ___ la la (3) 314 German town that's home to church with tallest steeple in world (3) 315 Larry David's nickname on Curb Your Enthusiasm (2) 316 Rapper/singer ___ Malone got 9th Grammy nomination (4) 317 Combines (4) 318 Tattle (4) 320 Original release of The Parent ___ movie turned 60 (4) 321 Month marking the 2nd anniversar­y of current coronaviru­s discovery (3) 322 The Way __ Were (2) 325 Number of World Series titles Atlanta has won (4) 326 ___ on Down the Road (4) 327 Drops from the sky (4) 329 State with bid for future Winter Olympics (4) 331 The nights before Christmas and New Year's (4) 332 Singer __ lang released 'makeover,' an album of dance remixes (2) 335 Meal or banquet (6) 336 Math shorthand for Highest Common Factor (3) 337 Go through volumes (4) 338 Expression of pain (2) 339 Fiddler on the ___ was highest grossing film 50 yrs ago (4) 340 Deficiency (4) 342 Gardener's spring purchase (4) 344 I Dream of Jeannie star Barbara ___ turned 90 (4) 346 Ruler unit (4) 348 Give a speech (5) 349 Expression of relief (4) 350 To put items in a suitcase (4) 351 Newsman ___ Rather turned 90 (3) 353 Vintage phone feature (4) 355 Side dish cole___ (4) 357 Dog in Beetle Bailey (4) 359 Bonus (5) 360 Conclusion (3) 361 Marlo Thomas in ___ Girl premiered 55 yrs ago (4) 362 Ascend (4) 363 Twosomes (5) 364 A basketball shot (5) 366 French city on the Rhone river (4) 368 MIT's common unit of homework; shortened version of problem set (4) 370 She scored the big Meghan & Harry interview (5) 371 Lunch time (4) 374 Cooking-themed talk show The ___ debuted 10 yrs ago (4) 375 Passed away (4) 376 Casual conversati­ons (5) 377 Shoestring­s (5) 379 Flower stalk (4) 381 Do this as quickly as possible (4) 385 Influentia­l French psychiatri­st/philosophe­r Henri __ (2) 386 Darjeeling, green and oolong (4) 387 To pull something along the ground (4) 388 Mr. T's group (1-4) 390 Glides across ice (6) 392 Navy commando (4) 394 Minuscule (4) 396 A private message on social media (2) 398 About 3,000 types of wildflower­s grow in this Sunshine State; abbr. (2) 399 Sawbucks (4) 400 Michael Jordan has been on the cover of this mag 50 times (2) 401 Not trustworth­y (7) 403 Percussion instrument (4) 407 Short form of 'Limited Edition' used by automakers (2) 408 Singer Perry ___ was top of the charts 75 yrs ago (4) 409 Artist Henri ___ was the greatest colorist of the 20th century (7) 410 Cacophony (3) 412 As written (3) 414 You're kidding; texting abbr. (2) 417 Indigenous monuments; ___ poles (5) 418 Membrane of the middle ear (7) 420 Symbol for the element tin (2) 421 Spy film Dr. __ turned 59 (2) 422 Pseudonym of H. H. Munro (4) 423 Cat sound (4) 425 Killing Eve's Sandra __ turned 50 (2) 428 Radiate (4) 430 The second note of a major scale (2) 432 Abbr. for the Cornhusker state, where Kool-Aid was invented (2) 434 Just as I thought! (3) 435 A clear alcohol, of Russian origin (5) 437 Intellectu­al property rights; abbr. (3) 438 Symbol for the element technetium (2) 439 The former name of Tokyo (3) 441 A series of this weather phenomenon hit the Deep South in March (7) 444 Symbol for the chemical element Niobium (2) 445 You and me (2) 447 A third-person pronoun (2) 448 Desert home (5) 450 Absurd (5) 451 Sound made when someone's cold (4) 452 Walk On __ (2) 453 A medium-large raptor AKA Accipiter gentilis (7) 454 A feeling of sadness over something that was done (6) 457 When you send a copy of an email to someone (2) 458 Vegas magician & tiger trainer, he died at age 81 in Jan. (9) 459 Clothing co. hired Katy Perry for its holiday ads (3) 460 Let's be real; texting abbr. (3) 461 Prince song released 35 yrs ago (4) 463 Helium-filled airship: Zeppelin __ (2) 464 ___ So Vain, written 50 yrs ago (5) 465 Surpassed (7) 466 Nickname for basketball's Larry Johnson (2) 467 A story with a punchline (4) 469 Frost, Poe and Angelou (5) 470 ___ Maria liqueur (3) 471 Automatic (4) 473 Not dead (5) 474 Nicknamed Hammer, this right field star died at age 87 (4,5) 476 ___ Russo starred in Tin Cup 25 yrs ago (4) 477 Now!, especially in the E.R. (4) 480 Greatest sushi chef ___ Ono (4) 482 Tom Cruise finished his 7th movie in this action series; abbr. (2) 488 Dilbert cartoonist Scott Adams has this degree (3) 489 Lyricist ___ Gershwin was born 125 yrs ago (3) 490 Golf ball support (3) 493 Facts (4) 494 Karma Chameleon singer ___ George turned 60 (3) 495 Electronic data interchang­e; abbr. (3) 497 Days of ___ Lives turned 56 (3) 500 Santa's laugh (2) 501 Stash away (4) 502 A pub (6) 505 The Sunflower state; abbr. (2) 508 Camera co. sued over one of its printers (5) 509 Area of India that saw increased pollution in Nov. (5) 511 Vietnam's capital (5) 512 This American city saw its population grow to 3.9 million (2) 513 To say that something is true (5) 514 Hits (4) 516 Didn't arrive on time (4) 517 A salary increase (5) 518 Got stage fright (5) 520 One who spends time idly; a slacker (5) 521 Speaks with great enthusiasm about someone or something (5) 522 Mexico City saw spikes of this air pollution in March (4) 525 Space rover Perseveran­ce landed on this planet in Feb. (4) 526 An artificial ridge or embankment (4) 527 R&B Singer Alicia ___ turned 40 (4) 528 Guess released a new collection inspired by ___ Nicole Smith (4) 531 Cheerleade­r's cheer (3) 534 Quiet, please (2) 536 News agency headquarte­red in New York City (2) 537 Hospital surgical area (2) Created by Monica Zurowski

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