2020 Year in Review Crossword 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 Jan. (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 Nov. (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)