The Mercury News

The 2020 Mammoth Crossword

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More than 200 clues in the 2020 Annual Mammoth Crossword reflect news events, anniversar­ies and pop culture occurrence­s of the past year. In 2020, we met a Tiger King, witnessed a private space flight arrive at the Internatio­nal Space Station and said farewell to celebs including The Gambler, Spartacus and the Black Panther. We saw the ipad turn 10, the boys of Nsync hit their 40s and Dirty Harry turn 90. These are just a few of the events that inspired clues in this puzzle from crossword creator Monica Zurowski. Sharpen your pencil and enjoy. Watch for the answers next Sunday, January 3. We hope you enjoy the puzzle!

Across

1 The virus that changed, well, everything (6)

4 Fab Four who permanentl­y broke up 50 yrs ago (7)

9 Influentia­l guitarist, with namesake band, who died at age 65 (5,3,5) 16 Adhesive bandage turned 100 (4-3) 21 NBA champs were Los Angeles ___ (6) 26 Jude ___ reprised role in The New Pope (3)

28 The room where surgeries occur (2) 29 One, in German (4)

31 This photo sharing network turned 10 (9)

33 His Spacex co. took astronauts to the Int’l Space Station (4,4)

35 The U.K. left the European ___ in January (5) 36 Probst-hosted reality show debuted 20 yrs ago (8)

37 This Pulp Fiction director racked up another Oscar nomination (9) 39 Opposite of off (2)

40 Pronoun referring to oneself (2) 41 Popular cooking spray (3)

42 Branch processing unit; abbr. (3) 44 A typographi­c unit, half the width of

an ‘em’ unit (2)

45 What a green light means (2) 46 AC/__ released 1st album in

six years (2)

47 Doing up buttons on a coat (9) 51 One of five on each foot (3)

53 One who consumes food (5) 54 Apparition (6)

57 Hellenic Republic got its 1st female prez (6)

60 Young French heroine, from 1400s, became a saint (4,2,3)

63 A common prefix for a ship’s name (2) 64 This Is __ started season with COVID & BLM themes (2) 65 Organizati­on that said moon may have more water (4) 67 A paid-for message (2)

68 Large American news agency (2) 70 Our continent, abbr. (2)

72 One thousandth of a gram, abbr. (2) 73 One of the states devastated by wildfires, abbr. (2) 74 Continent south of us, abbr. (2) 75 Fictional singing family debuted on TV 50 yrs ago (9)

79 Beloved talk & game show host passed at 88 (5,7)

84 Female singer who swept Grammys (6,6) 89 Mcdonald’s introduced Shamrock ___ 50 yrs ago (5)

92 A four-member Japanese idol group

formed this year (4)

93 Common conjunctio­n (3) 94 Abbreviati­on editors use to mark a

spelling error (2)

96 Show the way (4)

97 Out’s opposite (2)

98 The word for the 13th letter of the

alphabet (2)

99 A series of solemn or religious

actions done in a prescribed order (6) 100 Dark comic film about a mobile

army hospital released 50 yrs ago (4) 102 This Lady won five MTV Video

Music Awards this year (4)

103 Slang for microwavin­g something (6) 105 ___ the Explorer premiered 20 yrs

ago (4)

107 Saint, abbr. (2)

109 Birth control 1st approved in N.A.

60 yrs ago (3,4)

111 Tampa Bay ___ won hockey’s

Stanley Cup (9)

113 Jewelry for the finger (4)

115 Prescripti­ons (4)

116 A small dome adorning a roof (6) 118 Best of the best (5)

120 Gridiron official, for short (3)

121 A large lemur (5)

124 Dig in! (3) 125 Symbol for the element Neodymium (2) 126 Hay bundle (4)

128 A group of mountain people in

Uganda (2)

130 Slangy assent (4)

132 Swiss city started museum exhibit

about denim (5)

134 Feathery scarves (4)

136 Sporty Pontiac, old muscle car (3) 137 24-hour news channel turned 40 (3) 138 Boorish (4)

140 Oregon won the ___ Bowl (4)

141 Another name for gym class (2) 142 It was year of the ___ in Chinese

zodiac (3)

144 Ruins a plan (8)

146 NYC’S state, abbr. (3)

148 World’s largest continent (4)

149 Floral necklace (3)

151 Actor William H. ___ turned 70 (4) 153 A doctor asks you to say this word (2) 154 The Bachelor’s ___ Higgins got

engaged (3)

155 For better ___ for worse (2)

157 Shoelace problem (4)

158 A short play (4)

160 Fleeced (5)

163 Approaches (5)

165 Amount of medicine (4)

166 Actor ___ Damon turned 50 (4) 168 Rat pack member ___ Martin died

25 yrs ago (4)

169 Discourage (5)

172 Snare (4)

174 Cain’s brother (4)

176 Done with great effort (11)

177 Profession­als (4)

178 Sitcom ___ & Grace ended, again (4) 179 Travolta lost wife ___ Preston to

cancer (5)

180 Chinese calendar shows 2021 is year

of the ___ (2)

181 This animal got a brain chip

implanted by Elon Musk’s team (3) 183 Grander than grand (4) 185 Rupaul’s ___ Race was Emmy’s best

reality competitio­n show (4)

187 Actor Orson ___ died in Feb. (4) 188 Singer ___ Withers passed away in

March (4)

189 Wyoming saw 3 hot ___ balloons

crash (3)

190 Jr.’s dad (2)

192 Reality show ___ Brother debuted

in N.A. 20 yrs ago (3)

194 Children’s author Blyton (4)

196 Halt (4)

198 Material Girl announced movie

about her life was being written (7) 201 ___ Carey was the llama in The

Masked Singer (4)

202 Former CEO of GE ___ Welch died

in March (4)

203 Claire ___ finished her lead role on

Homeland (5)

205 Reverse, neutral or drive (4)

208 Talk on and on (3)

210 Mix, especially food (4)

212 Airplane assignment (4)

214 ___ Zellweger was Oscar’s best

actress (5)

215 Feb. had 29 days so it was

a ___ year (4)

216 ___ Ruffalo won an acting

Emmy (4)

217 A fan’s cheer of encouragem­ent (3) 218 Elvis, ___ of rock ‘n’ roll, left army’s

active duty 60 yrs ago (4)

220 Fond of (5)

222 Tennis high ball (3)

224 Isaac’s eldest son (4)

226 Look over (4)

228 Keen intelligen­ce, aptitude

for jokes (3)

229 Bit of sweat (4)

230 Billboard’s top touring artist was this

female singer (4)

231 ___ Story 4 was Oscar’s best

animated film (3)

233 Bow or neck (3) 234 Jeopardy host who passed away in

November (4,6)

237 Warm-hearted (4)

239 Instant message, abbr. (2)

241 Sean Connery, who played James

___, passed away (4)

242 Scientists discovered a new black

___ (4)

243 30 yrs ago, ___ Marley’s birthday

became a holiday in Jamaica (3) 244 Earth’s oldest asteroid ___ was

found in Australia (6)

245 Audiovisua­l, abbr. (2)

246 Toot one’s horn (4)

248 Fashion house created pandemic

inspired loungewear collection (4) 250 Bluish green (4)

252 Graze (4)

253 Gardener’s need (4)

254 What you put on the fire (3)

255 ___ Brady joined the Buccaneers (3) 257 Slow reply, texting abbr. (2)

258 Extent (6)

260 Miffed; ___ off (4)

262 Comedy legend Jerry ___ (Ben’s

dad) passed at 92 (7)

264 The ___ Dance, about the Chicago

Bulls, was huge hit (4)

265 Magicians’ word (11)

269 Gait between walk and canter (4) 272 Prefix for data or physics (4)

274 Nose-in-the-air type (4)

276 A dog biscuit (5)

277 To move into a sloping position (4) 278 TV’S The Crown introduced its

Lady __ (2)

279 German word for grandma (3) 280 Goldman Sachs’ stock exchange

symbol (2)

282 Stuck on a sharp instrument (7) 283 Igneous rock formed from lava (6) 285 Not us (4)

287 Simon Cowell missed finale of this

show, due to broken back (3)

288 Ding, in a car (4)

289 Board game decided OK was a real word (8) 292 ___ Thompson appeared in Back to the Future 35 yrs ago (3) 293 A unit of absorbed radiation (2) 294 The new album from K-pop sensation BTS (2) 295 The cover for a pot (3) 297 Moby-dick captain (4) 299 Hours, minutes and seconds (4) 300 Goals against, abbr. (2) 301 Ghost’s cry (3) 302 Second World ___ ended 75 yrs ago (3) 304 Defensive tackle, abbr. (2) 305 Billboard’s top group was Jonas ___ (8) 309 Batman sidekick made debut 80 yrs ago (5) 310 ___ & terminer; historical court terms (4) 311 Packing product Bubble ___ introduced 60 yrs ago (4) 312 I Am Woman singer ___ Reddy died at age 78 (5) 314 A variation of the common Korean surname Lee (2) 316 The Prime Minister quit in this Land of the Rising Sun (5) 318 Road, abbr. (2) 319 The country code for Senegal (2) 320 Abbr. for the enzyme thyroid peroxidase (3) 322 Victory (3) 323 NBA star who died in helicopter crash (4) 325 Choir part (4) 327 A thin layer of cells acting as a boundary (8) 330 Comedian ___ Reiner died at 98 (4) 332 An expectant mom’s doc: __-GYN (2) 334 This Clinton turned 40 (7) 336 TV show Party of ___ rebooted (4) 337 Letters of distress (3) 339 Back-to-school month, abbr. (4) 341 Sports mag announced partnershi­p with The Curling News (2) 342 Actor ___ Tucci turned 60 (7) 345 This tablet turned 10 (4) 348 Actor Ted Lange is AKA ___, the Love Boat’s bartender (5) 349 A Russian brand of cigarettes now owned by Japan Tobacco (2) 350 Religious ceremony, act of passage (4) 351 The traffic ___ was invented 100 yrs ago (5) 353 Challenge someone to do something (4) 355 Scotland’s Firth of ___ (3) 357 Electrocar­diogram, for short (3) 358 The first three vowels (3) 360 Martial arts expert Chuck ___ turned 80 (6) 362 Astronauts started staying here, long term, 20 yrs ago (3) 364 Carol Burnett Show actor ___ Waggoner died in March (4) 365 Officials who examine movies, books for unacceptab­le content (7) 367 Allows (4) 369 Apple released its 1st wrist device 5 yrs ago (5) 371 Animated show Family ___ had 350th episode (3) 373 Internet code for Lithuania (2) 374 Standardiz­ed units (7) 376 Ranch newborn (4) 377 He founded analytical psychology (4) 378 Dog sound (4) 380 Reverberat­e (4) 382 Ignited (3) 383 Internal affairs, abbr. (2) 384 Tom Selleck’s show ___ Bloods turned 10 (4) 386 One more time (5) 387 Lil __ X won Grammy for Old Town Road (3) 388 Existing as a result of birth (4) 389 Civil wrong (4) 391 ___ Earnhardt Jr. was voted into motorsport­s’ hall of fame (4) 393 Wolf’s sound (4) 395 Mount, abbr. (2) 397 Actor ___ Harris turned 70 (2) 400 Roll call reply (4) 401 Aluminum or tin (4) 402 Slang word for criticize (3) 404 Food for sea urchins (4) 406 Sitcom Man With a ___ ended (4) 408 Popular Sunday dinner feature (5,4) 411 One of the first celebs to get COVID-19 (3,5) 413 Watered-down (4) 414 This Dead Man Walking actor turned 60 (4) 415 Oct. hurricane (5) 417 It’s thrown at a bullseye (4) 419 Improvisin­g in jazz (4) 421 Guilty or not guilty (4) 422 ___ Danson’s series The Good Place wrapped (3) 423 It may be raised at a party (4) 424 Rabbit relative (4) 425 Murder ___, a type of stinging wasp, arrived (7) 427 Not far (4) 429 Compass direction opposite of west (4) 431 Abominable Snowman (4) 433 Third note of a major scale (2) 434 Versus, abbr. (2) 436 Rocker ___ Stewart turned 75 (3) 437 The last name of The Incredible­s (4) 438 Actress Goldie ___ turned 75 (4) 439 Go left or right (4) 440 Basic unit of a chemical element (4) 442 Implored (4) 444 Himalayan spikenard (4) 445 ___ Johnson was world’s No.1 golfer (6) 447 Early anesthetic (5) 449 Clods (4) 450 Farm building (4) 451 What spiders spin (4) 452 A person taking part in a sport or game (6) 454 Mickey Mouse ___ debuted on TV 65 yrs ago (4) 456 The smallest American state, abbr. (2) 458 Vote into office (5) 459 United Arab Emirates sent a rover to this planet (4) 460 Coal site (4) 461 Gone With the ___ won best picture some 80 yrs ago (4) 462 Evergreen (3) 463 Short word for agricultur­al (2) 464 Afraid (6) 465 Notion (4) 467 Casual conversati­on (4) 469 We hear with these (4) 470 Garfunkel turns 80 next year (3) 471 Be bedridden (3) 472 A person, place or ___ is a noun (5) 474 Kids’ song: The Farmer in the ___ (4) 477 A type of record album (2) 478 Symbol for the element helium (2) 479 Loathsome (4) 481 Golf ball support (3) 483 Decay (3) 484 Reset, abbr. (2) 485 Hallucinog­enic drug used in new trials to treat adult ADHD (3) 486 Regarding, abbr. (2) 487 Needle-shaped, as pine leaves (7) 489 Bro’s counterpar­t (3) 491 Price (4) 493 Tina ___ turned 50 (3) 495 A triathlon of running, swimming and cycling (7) 497 Opposite of yes (2) 498 Popular expression, showing a lack of interest (3) 499 ___ Tyler Moore got her own show 50 yrs ago (4) 501 Spheres (4) 502 A Thai unit of measuremen­t (2) 503 Steals (5) 505 Operating system, abbr. (2) 507 Yellow, Black or Red (3) 508 An address assigned to every computer connected to a network (2) 509 Regrets only, abbr. (2) 511 Latin word found in footnotes (4) 513 District attorney, abbr. (2) 514 A bomb deployed in ways other than traditiona­l military action (3) 515 Transactio­ns per second, abbr. (3) 517 Schulz comic strip that ended 20 yrs ago (7) 519 Someone who imitates another’s dress or ideas (7) 520 Varieties (5) 522 Baseball Hall of Famer ___ Morgan died at 77 (3) 524 A lacrosse league in North America (3) 525 A sea that is an arm of the Mediterran­ean (6) 528 Sense of self (3) 529 Chris Hemsworth said he’ll be back as ___ in upcoming superhero film (4) 530 A restroom in the U.K. (3) 532 ___ vera (4) 534 Nanosecond, abbr. (2) 535 Internatio­nal sporting event postponed (8) 537 Emmy’s best drama series (10) 540 Show that swept all comedic Emmy categories (7,5) 544 Oscar’s best film of the year (8) 547 10 actress __ Derek is about to become a senior citizen (2) 549 This catch phrase turned 25: __ infinity and beyond (2) 550 Regional sports network, abbr. (3) 551 A smaller-sized newspaper (7) 552 ___ Eliot’s Cats was adapted into a movie (2) 553 Clears after expenses (4) 555 Occupation­al therapist, abbr. (2) 556 Opposite of NW on a compass (2) 558 Music genre popular at raves (3) 560 Joaquin ___ won Oscar’s best actor (7) 563 Identify (4) 564 India’s Mayurakshi River is also known by this name (3) 565 Card game in the rummy family (7) 568 The Social Contract philosophe­r (8) 570 Internal rate of return, abbr. (3) 572 Morning (2) 573 Back muscle, for short (3) 575 Pa’s counterpar­t (2) 576 Early 20th-century art movement (4) 579 Pirate’s call (2) 580 Prepositio­n used in expressing location (2) 581 Slang term for government­employed man (1-3) 583 Name of the remote control buggy in Toy Story (2) 584 Beatle who turned 80 (5,5) 586 Legendary musician shot outside The Dakota 40 yrs ago (4,6) 588 Tiny European country became 1st in world to make all public transit free (10) 590 Mel Gibson award-winning film released 25 yrs ago (10) 593 Short snooze (3) 595 Wedding vow reply: I __ (2) 597 Video-based social site almost banned in U.S. (6) 598 Los Angeles ___ were World Series champs (7) 599 Dirty Harry actor turned 90 (5,8) 600 Black Panther’s Chadwick ___ died of cancer (7) 601 Dunphy sitcom ___ Family ended (6)

Down

1 Kansas City ___ won the Super Bowl (6) 2 Flowers found blooming on Alcatraz 30 yrs ago (5) 3 Tidiest (7) 5 Dutch ___ Disease continued to spread in N. America (3) 6 ___ Milne 1st wrote about Winnie-thePooh in a newspaper 95 yrs ago (2) 7 Each day, 500 million of these social media messages are sent out (6) 8 Run off to wed (5) 10 A computer larger than a laptop (7) 11 Impulsive part of our psyche (2) 12 Scientists debated if this planet showed signs of micro-organisms (5) 13 Supermodel Campbell turned 50 (5) 14 Actor ___ Pacino turned 80 (2) 15 Outback birds (4) 16 Pickling liquid (5) 17 Keanu Reeves 1st appeared as this Matrix character 21 yrs ago (3) 18 A funeral song or lament (5) 19 Indefinite article (2) 20 India’s time zone (3) 22 A prenatal test (5) 23 Real Housewives’ ___ Jayne got a Broadway role (5) 24 Adhesive tape invented 90 yrs ago (6) 25 Exposing food to direct heat (8) 27 Right away (11) 28 Charging too much (11) 30 Whales that started ramming boats near Spain (5) 32 Heart lead singer ___ Wilson turned 70 (3) 34 Not applicable, abbr. (2) 35 Down’s opposite (2) 38 Shakespear­e wrote Much __ About Nothing more than 400 yrs ago (3) 42 A puzzle solved for amusement or to exercise the mind (11) 43 Financial debts and obligation­s (11) 48 Colorado resort town changing its affordable housing rules (5) 49 A complete, ready-to-go product or service (7) 50 Marketing abbr. for Go No Go (3) 52 Paddle (3) 55 Groomed oneself carefully (7) 56 A key staff member in hospitals (2) 58 Come to light (6) 59 Computer-generated imagery, abbr. (3) 60 Michael Jordan daughter, who gave interviews about her dad (7) 61 Steve ___ became head coach of the Brooklyn Nets (4) 62 Easily broken (7) 66 Greek fable writer (5) 67 Matures (4) 69 Plural, abbr. (2) 71 A substance of no fixed shape, especially a liquid (5) 73 Confidenti­al informant, abbr. (2) 76 Reunion attendee (4) 77 Plunder (7) 78 Dishonorab­le discharge, abbr. (2) 80 An elevated railroad (2) 81 State south of ND (2) 82 A casual hello (2) 83 Beverage 1st canned 85 yrs ago (4) 85 Department that keeps computer systems functionin­g (2) 86 Word repeated over and over in Deck the Halls (2) 87 Romaine ___ was linked to e.coli outbreak (7) 88 Where the fingers are located (4) 90 A film about the making of Citizen ___ was released (4) 91 Breakfast staple (3) 95 Explores deeply (6) 99 Texting abbr. for real life (2) 101 One of Gibson’s electric guitar models (2) 104 Bad day for Caesar (4) 105 Strong adhesive tape (4,4) 106 Earthquake hit this state in July (6) 108 A food catcher, fastened around the neck (3) 110 A Kipling poem published 110 yrs ago (2) 112 Pester (6) 113 Poison ivy woe (4) 114 Hollywood icon & Spartacus actor died at 103 (4,7) 117 Soft ___ silk (2) 119 Raises a glass (6) 122 Negatory (2) 123 A cola co. founded in 1905 (2) 126 Fresh Off The ___ debuted 5 yrs ago (4) 127 The Gambler singer died in March (5,6) 129 One of Cirque du Soleil’s shows stopped due to COVID (2) 131 Stalk (4) 133 Types data into a computer (6) 135 A cognac cocktail (7) 136 Authentic (7) 139 The symbol for dysprosium (2) 141 The ringing of bells (5) 143 Tyke (3) 145 Ripped (4) 147 Be quiet (2) 150 Attempt (3) 151 Phobos, to Mars (4) 152 Building full of shops (4) 154 Fresh Prince of ___-Air cast did a reunion (3) 156 Representa­tive, abbr. (3) 159 Income before depreciati­on, abbr. (3) 161 Glasses prescripti­ons include an OD and an __ notation (2) 162 Two cases of this plague were confirmed in Mongolia (7) 164 Everyone (3) 165 Sketch (4) 166 It’s on your cereal (4) 167 Symbol for the element thallium (2) 168 ___ Jeter voted into Hall of Fame (5) 170 A former partner (2) 171 One of 24 similar, curved bones in the body (3) 173 ___ and needles (4) 175 Basic monetary unit of Latvia (4) 177 Chick’s sound (4) 178 A 4th and 5th instalment of Keanu Reeves’ John ___ was announced (4) 179 Relatives (3) 182 Band booking (3) 184 Give as an example (4) 186 Leaves, takes off (4) 187 ___ Pitt won the Oscar for best supporting actor (4) 188 Utter a command abruptly (4) 189 Ooh and ___ (3) 191 Makes pastries, cookies, etc. (5) 193 Battering wind (4) 195 Floppy ___ invented about 50 yrs ago (4) 197 Agreement (4) 199 Morning moisture (3) 200 Butterfly catcher (3) 201 Kaput (4) 202 Actress/comedian ___ Lynch turned 60 (4) 203 Night’s opposite (3) 204 Someone who watches kids for money, often a teenager (6) 206 A crater on the moon; or, a loch in Scotland (3) 207 New dino relative of T___ identified (3) 209 Floated, up and down in water (6) 211 Surprise attack (4) 213 Baby talk for thank you (2) 215 Extend credit (4) 216 It equals 1,760 yards (4) 217 ___ Gronkowski came out of football retirement (3) 219 The program that takes newspapers into classrooms (3) 221 Astronomer­s discovered new pulsating ___ (4) 223 Ship hazard in icy waters (4) 225 The ‘U’ in Law & Order: SVU (4) 227 Newly industrial­izing economies, abbr. (4) 229 A South African war (4) 230 Billboard’s top artist was ___ Malone (4) 231 Roman robe (4) 232 Hogwarts librarian Pince (4) 235 A large motorhome is one (2) 236 What goes around comes around (5) 238 Female deer, plural (4) 240 ___ Leblanc confirmed he was doing the Friends reunion (4) 241 Borscht vegetable (4) 242 Steve Harvey became ___ of Family Feud 10 yrs ago (4) 243 An island paradise the Kardashian­s infamously visited this year (4,4) 244 Musical finale (4) 247 They fly in V formations (5) 249 What you pay to a landlord (4) 251 Italian money (4) 252 Smooth and even (4) 253 Stop (4) 254 A pound, abbr. (2) 255 Domesticat­ed (4) 256 An organized military force (4) 257 Elevator alternativ­e (6) 259 When a plane is due to land, abbr. (3) 261 Qatar’s capital (4) 263 Interlocki­ng toy block co. pulled its Facebook ads (4) 264 Queue (4) 265 Home rental co. banned Halloween parties (6) 266 Coca-___ is cutting its brands by 40% (4) 267 A type of air gun that shoots ball projectile­s (2) 268 Got older (4) 269 Netflix show about Joe Exotic was a hit (5,4) 270 Newspaper opinion piece is an __-ed (2) 271 Yellow ___ protests continued (4) 273 Legal (7) 275 It is incumbent on someone to do something (7) 277 Enticed (7) 278 The Real Housewives of ___ turned 10 (2) 281 Space Force launched its first ___ (9) 283 Big ___ is a golf club, named after a howitzer (6) 284 Leg bone (5) 286 Perhaps (5) 288 Disappeari­ng phone features (5) 289 Corporate department that brings in revenue (5) 290 Abbr. for Area of Operations, in the military (2) 291 Dance style full of shuffles and flaps (3) 294 To __ or not to be (2) 296 Racket (3) 298 Honey, bumble or killer (3) 299 ___-la-la (3) 300 Jewel (3) 302 Tip off (4) 303 Sprint (4) 306 Yoko ___ handed her biz interests over to her son (3) 307 Bong Joon ___ was Oscar’s best director (2) 308 A biological group of similar creatures (7) 313 Give off (4) 315 Bug (6) 317 Glee star ___ Rivera died in boating accident (4) 321 A super-powered fictional dinosaur also known as Old Lace (2) 323 High-flying toy, with a tail (4) 324 Kim Kardashian has ___ named Sushi and Sake (4) 326 October birthstone (4) 328 Harry and Meghan quit the ___ family (5) 329 Engrave, especially on metal, glass or stone (4) 331 Rummy, fish or solitaire (4,4) 333 Buffalo (5) 334 Spicy cuisine from the bayou (5) 335 Space Launch System, abbr. (3) 336 At the pumps: ___ ‘er up! (4) 337 Follow a melody with your voice (4) 338 Display (4) 340 Elder or alder (4) 343 The symbol for the chemical element silver (2) 344 Original Mouseketee­r Bonni ___ Kern passed at age 79 (3) 346 The __ boy sandwich started in Louisiana (2) 347 Physician’s title (2) 350 Actor Gosling turned 40 (4) 351 Gave temporaril­y (4) 352 Walked upon (4) 354 The ___ A Sketch toy turned 60 (4) 356 Expression of mild disappoint­ment (2) 359 Give the slip to (5) 361 One who copies another (8) 363 Initials of famous director who delayed release of new West Side Story (2) 364 Handed-down history (4) 365 Ringlet (4) 366 Good, long bath (4) 368 Boutique (4) 370 ___ Tebow married Miss Universe 2017 (3) 371 The Peach State, abbr. (2) 372 Symbol for ytterbium (2) 375 Where science experiment­s occur (3) 376 The companion to knife and spoon (4) 377 Enlist in (4) 379 Ran away (4) 381 Great horned, snowy and barn (4) 383 A village in this European country gave away homes for free (5) 385 Onion relative (4) 388 Kidney, fava or lima (4) 389 Muscle quality (4) 390 Pottery oven (4) 392 Distinctiv­e flair (4) 394 A fancy fabric (4) 395 Swab (3) 396 A carved or cast figure (6) 398 This star of The Jerk turned 75 (5,6) 399 Chronic kidney disease, abbr. (3) 400 Successor, especially to a throne (4) 401 Terrarium plant (4) 402 Laura ___ said she’d appear in Jurassic Park sequel (4) 403 Robs (6) 405 Get ready (4) 407 Leavened flatbread, popular in Indian cuisine (4) 409 Gardener’s spring purchase (4) 410 Cartoon about this prehistori­c family 1st aired 60 yrs ago (11) 412 ___ Flanders lives next door to The Simpsons (3) 413 Reality show Storage ___ debuted 10 yrs ago (4) 414 ___ Stars started its 17th season (4) 415 The fin on top of a fish (6) 416 Take aggressive action (6) 418 After-bath powder (4) 420 Romanov ruler (4) 423 School dining halls (10) 424 Super Bowl was played at ___ Rock Stadium (4) 425 Busy airport (3) 426 Bean used to make miso (4) 428 A feeling of relaxation from anxiety or distress (6) 430 Fossil found of T-rex attacking this dino (11) 432 ___ of Capri, or of Man (4) 433 A unit of length equal to one millionth of a meter (6) 435 Dallas ___ were defeated in Stanley Cup finals (5) 436 Hi or lo ___ photos (3) 437 You fry eggs in this (3) 438 Buildings for airplanes (7) 439 Real Housewives ___ Giudice finalized her divorce (6) 441 A variety of a dark wine grape from France (6) 443 Something that doesn’t work (3) 446 Drop from the eye (4) 448 Course of medication intended to replace estrogen (3) 449 Black gold (3) 450 Coal container (3) 451 Women whose husbands have died (6) 453 Gym set (4) 455 A large group of people or things (4) 457 Plant that felines love (6) 460 Prefix with night or day (3) 461 Hair piece (3) 466 Artificial Intelligen­ce, abbr. (2) 468 It’s measured with a thermomete­r (11) 471 Cigarette’s end (3) 473 Merkel said she’d stand down as leader in this country next year (4,7) 475 A French article (2) 476 The oldest ___ in Maasai Mara Game Reserve died (4) 480 Fabricatio­n (3) 482 Electronic arts, abbr. (2) 485 ___ Zeppelin disbanded 40 yrs ago (3) 486 Egyptian sun god (2) 488 Radio that all truckers once used (2) 489 Fly high (4) 490 Building material (6) 492 Also (3) 494 Person with a mike (5) 496 Texting shorthand for No Reply (2) 498 Where flour is made (4) 499 Wise men who went to Bethlehem (4) 500 Hankering (3) 503 ___ Dicaprio was again nominated for Oscar’s best actor award (8) 504 Street, abbr. (2) 506 One who watches an event (9) 507 A wooden post, with a point at one end (5) 510 Former football star found not guilty of murder 25 yrs ago (2) 512 Types include A, B and O (5) 513 The distance from the surface to the bottom of a pool (5) 516 Sheriff’s group, enforcing the law (5) 517 Snapshot (5) 518 Slipped (4) 519 Terra ___ (5) 521 Nay’s opposite (3) 523 The lonely number (3) 525 FM’S counterpar­t on radio (2) 526 A skin condition (6) 527 Protrude (3) 528 Electrical conductivi­ty, abbr. (2) 529 Seventh note of a scale (2) 531 Extra time, after regulation play (2) 533 Driving ___ Daisy was Oscar’s best film 30 yrs ago (4) 536 Rocky’s casual greeting (2) 538 An outline, especially of an irregular shape (7) 539 Serial number, abbr. (2) 540 Musher’s transport (4) 541 Trendy (3) 542 A web feed (3) 543 Bambi’s aunt (3) 545 Pooh’s kangaroo friend (3) 546 The years between 12 and 20 (7) 547 Giant blast hit this Lebanese city in August (6) 548 3.141 (2) 554 ___ Raider announced a sequel (4) 557 Pop star Timberlake about to turn 40 (6) 559 Election protests hit this Belarus capital (5) 560 Marketing item given away for free (5) 561 A pledge (4) 562 One size bigger than L (2) 564 Arcade game Pac-___ released 40 yrs ago (3) 565 Doctrine (5) 566 Apprehend (3) 567 Engine supercharg­er (5) 568 Part of a cell nucleus (3) 569 A hypothetic­al ordinary man, Joe ___ (5) 571 Symbol for the chemical element Roentgeniu­m (2) 574 Backstreet Boy __ Mclean appeared on Dancing With the Stars (2) 575 Breakfast, lunch or dinner (4) 577 ___ Hathaway said she’ll star in upcoming film about Sesame Street (4) 578 Swiss peaks (4) 579 A heavy-edged cutting tool (2) 582 Diva’s song (4) 585 City called off its 2021 Carnival due to pandemic (3) 587 The Flying ___ ended 50 yrs ago (3) 589 Cow’s sound (3) 591 The Old Dominion state, abbr. (2) 592 Example, abbr. (2) 594 A group to assist alcoholics, started 85 yrs ago (2) 596 You and me (2)

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