MAMMOTH CROSSWORD
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In 2019, we said goodbye to celebs such as Doris Day, Eddie Money and Luke Perry, while saying hello to Harry and Meghan’s new little prince. It’s been 50 years since we met the Brady Bunch, strolled down Sesame Street and saw man walk on the moon. The year also saw a college admissions scandal, controversy at the Kentucky Derby and one of the world’s richest men get divorced. These are just a few of the events that inspired clues in this puzzle from crossword creator Monica Zurowski.
ACROSS
1. Epic fantasy TV drama ended after 8 seasons (4, 2, 7)
8. Overcrowding on this mountain led to near-record deaths (7)
12. TV show about this Central Perk gang debuted 25 years ago (7)
16. Blended family sitcom hit the air 50 years ago (3, 5, 5)
23. George Gershwin’s bro (3) 24. FIFA Women’s World Cup champs (3)
25. Aspirin ingredient (3)
26. The 1st _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ flight (with stops) occurred 100 years ago (13)
27. A bug infected this social media channel in Jan. (7)
28. Queen’s Brian May is defending these animals (7)
29. Rhoda actress passed away at age 80 (7, 6)
30. _ _ _ and outs (3)
32. Net run rate, abbr. (3)
34. Johnny Cash recorded A Boy Named _ _ _ 50 years ago (3)
36. In October, the Pope declared five holy people as these (6)
40. Having the ability to do something (7)
43. Brooklyn-born comic & mega sitcom star turned 65 (5, 8)
45. A gift (7)
47. A varied mixture (6) 50. Company, abbr. (2)
52. Fran Drescher discussed a potential reboot of The _ _ _ _ _ (5)
54. Expected (3)
56. _ _ _ the season to be jolly (3)
57. Internet code for Saudi Arabia
(2)
58. Super Bowl winners (8)
60. _ _ _ Haw 1st debuted on TV 50 years ago (3)
62. An opposite opinion (7) 66. A modern expression of disinterest (3)
69. He won 1st Oscar, for Blackkklansman (5, 3)
73. Pirates’ cry (2)
74. Vogue editor _ _ _ _ Wintour turned 70 (4)
77. Rocker killed in plane crash 60 years ago (5, 5)
80. She split from husband
Liam Hemsworth (5, 5)
83. Lass (3)
84. Slippery (3)
85. Curtains (6)
89. At the summit of (4)
91. Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy _ _ _ _ turned 75 (4)
92. A frozen dessert, creamier than sorbet (7)
94. She lost to Bianca in tennis at US Open (6)
95. World Series winners (9) 98. Absorbed, as a cost (3)
99. Nile viper (3)
101. Hi-_ _ _ photos (3)
103. Minimal (5)
105. A replacement (3)
106. And so forth (3)
108. _ _ _ we there yet? (3) 110. Stimpy’s cartoon pal (3) 111. Dissenting vote (3)
113. _ _ Chapter Two released, based on Stephen King’s book (2) 115. A set of principles (5)
117. Street, abbr. (2)
118. No _ _ _, ands or buts (3) 120. A person admired for courage (4)
123. Health resort (3)
124. 75th anniversary of this WWII Allied invasion (1-3)
126. Level of seating in a stadium (4)
128. NW’S opposite (2)
129. Apple sold its 1st _ _ _ computer 35 years ago (3) 131. Average; _ _-so (2)
132. Books of maps (7)
136. _ _ _ _ She Sweet? (4) 137. Furniture piece for storing china (7)
140. Competed for (4)
142. Internet code for the Netherlands (2)
143. Watering hole (3)
144. Group that helps compulsive eaters (2)
146. _ _ _ _ Spelling rebooted BH 90210 (4)
148. System of record, abbr. (3) 149. Hard to find (6)
151. Oscar’s best song (7) 152. Withdraw gradually (4)
153. Kung Fu Panda’s _ _ _ _ Black turned 50 (4)
155. This group of people convicted drug lord El Chapo (4)
156. _ _ _ _ _ Dame Cathedral suffered major fire (5)
158. Super Bowl’s losers (4) 160. A Scottish steep bank or hillside (4)
162. Longed for (5)
164. The English language Braille code standard (3)
165. Prince released Purple _ _ _ _ 35 years ago (4)
166. Window glass (4)
167. Tennis star who won US and French Opens (5)
168. Try out (4)
170. _ _ _ _ Chapman passed; wife of Dog the Bounty Hunter (4) 172. He proposed to J.LO (1-3) 174. Desired (7)
177. _ _ _ _ Armstrong walked on moon 50 years ago (4)
178. Opposite of nights (4) 179. Casual clothing chain opened 50 years ago (3)
180. Symbol for chemical element hassium (2)
181. Lennon and _ _ _ staged 1st bed-in, 50 years ago (3)
182. _ _ _ Arnold split from his
4th wife (3)
184. Consisting of two parts or two aspects (4)
186. Rein in (4)
188. NYC declared health emergency due to this (7)
189. _ _ _ _ Bezos and wife Mackenzie split (4)
190. Short test (4)
191. Diamond measure (5)
193. Nanotesla, abbr. (2)
195. _ _ _ Conway, from Carol Burnett show, died at 85 (3) 197. Partiality (4)
199. Sing the praises of (4) 201. Removed moisture (5) 202. Words of disapproval:
_ _ _ _ & hisses (4)
203. Took to court (4)
204. Dust remover (3)
205. Not far (4)
207. Beatles 1st appeared on _ _ Sullivan show 55 years ago (2)
209. A time standard based on the earth’s rotation (2)
211. _ _ _ Leppard was inducted into R&R Hall of Fame (3)
213. The _ _ _ _ Ranger premiered on TV 70 years ago (4)
215. Very sad (4)
217. Safety data sheet, abbr. (3) 218. Bank claim (4)
219. The revived Let’s Make a
_ _ _ _ turned 10 (4)
220. Monopoly token (3) 222. National Board Exam, abbr. (3)
223. The Mod Squad’s Peggy
_ _ _ _ _ _ passed at 72 (6)
225. _ _ _ Majors hit TV as $6 Million Man 45 years ago (3) 227. Pepper’s partner (4)
229. A fire on a diving _ _ _ _ killed 34 (4)
231. Actress _ _ _ _ Garland died 50 years ago of overdose (4)
232. The Grateful _ _ _ _ formed 54 years ago (4)
233. _ _ _ Halladay inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame (3)
234. Jan. blizzards hit this Hellenic Republic (6)
235. Symbol for the element lawrencium (2)
236. British slang for sailors (4) 238. Golfer Ernie _ _ _ turned 50 (3)
240. God’s _ _ _ _ was Grammy’s best rap song (4)
242. Lancelot and Mix-a-lot, for two (4)
244. Roll call reply (4) 245. Adolescent (4)
246. Happy Days’ _ _ _ Howard turned 65 (3)
247. FX show about motorbike club; shortened form (3)
248. Now hear _ _ _ _! (4)
250. Reality show Love _ _ _ _ _ _ hit North America (6)
253. Reunion attendee (4) 255. An official order to do something (7)
257. Nickelback’s _ _ _ _ Kroeger became a Trump meme (4)
258. Actress who split from Jamie Foxx (5, 6)
263. Ton-force, abbr. (2)
265. Tidy (4)
267. And others, Latin (2, 2) 269. Twosomes (5)
270. Goatee site (4)
271. A form of Chinese lyric poetry (2)
272. Wrapped up (5)
273. _ _ _ _ Kendrick did ads for Hilton hotels (4)
275. 50th anniversary of Beatles’ 11th studio album (5, 4)
278. Make money (4)
280. Musher’s transport (4) 282. Figured out (3)
283. Small songbird (4)
1
Across
284. Singer Diana _ _ _ _ turned 75 (4)
286. Shortened name of Goo
Goo Dolls (3)
288. Freight weight (3)
289. _ _ infinity & beyond; Toy Story 4 was released (2)
290. Internet code for Greece (2) 291. _ _ _ rang? (3)
293. Canvas cover (4)
295. Decor retailer _ _ _ _ 1 Imports closed stores (4)
296. Growing method that keeps shrubs tiny (6)
298. Much _ _ _ about nothing (3) 300. Prefix for cycle with two wheels (2)
301. Maximum _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ was disqualified at Kentucky Derby (8)
305. Country _ _ _ _ _ won Kentucky (5)
306. Dirt (4)
307. Oscar’s best foreign film (4) 308. _ _ _ _ _ Springsteen turned 70; released new album & film (5)
309. Sport first televised 80 years ago (8)
313. Call of Duty developers; initials (2)
315. Creator of about 2,900 poems, _ _ cummings (2)
316. The point a spacecraft in lunar orbit is furthest from moon (7)
318. Larry _ _ _ _ filed for divorce from 7th wife (4)
320. Doing something wrong: _ _ _ _ no good (2, 2)
322. Short musical piece, used to develop a skill (5)
324. Atlanta-based rapper _ _ started a podcast (2)
325. End user licence terms, abbr. (4)
326. Nuclear disaster site became focus of miniseries (9)
329. Symbol for the element tennessine (2)
330. Hill of sand (4)
331. _ _ _, humbug! (3)
333. Calendar span (4)
335. Where ambulances take patients (2)
336. Oscar’s best film of the year (5, 4)
339. Lock opener (3)
340. Double-reed instrument (4) 342. Ex-one Direction member turned 25; initials (2)
343. Giant ice_ _ _ _ D28 broke off Antarctic shelf (4)
344. Simone _ _ _ _ _ broke record for world gymnastic medals (5)
346. Justin Bieber launched this clothing line (4)
348. California’s Big _ _ _ sees ‘overtourism’ (3)
350. Reproductive cells (3) 351. European barcode (3)
353. Prefix meaning new (3)
354. Born Ellas Otha Bates, he became _ _ Diddley (2)
355. Popular bread in India (4) 357. Jacket (4)
358. Oprah _ _ _ _ _ _ _ turned 65 (7)
360. Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings, abbr. (4)
362. Most popular dog name of the year (5)
364. Pits that collect liquids, esp. in pumps (5)
367. Abhor (4)
369. Leader of the wildly popular boy band BTS (2)
370. Roseanne _ _ _ _ sitcom continued without her (4) 371. Horse feed (4) 372. Falling flakes (4) 374. Slipped (4) 376. _ _ Turner publicly talked about his dementia (3)
377. Bluetooth, abbr. (2)
378. _ _ _ _ Rogen appeared on The Price Is Right (4)
380. E-commerce giant turned 25 (6)
381. Emmy’s best variety sketch series (3)
383. Stop or yield is common wording on this (4)
384. Truth or _ _ _ _ (slumber party game) (4)
386. Coloured Easter eggs (4)
388. _ _ _ Loughlin was one celeb caught in admissions scandal (4)
390. Most popular cat name of the year (6)
392. Norma _ _ _ was released 40 years ago (3)
394. Soccer icon scored his 1,000th goal 50 years ago (4)
395. Soap star Kristoff St. _ _ _ _ died at 52 (4)
396. Veteran actor _ _ _ Torn died at 88 (3) 398. Dollar bills, singles (4) 400. Fizzy drink (4) 402. The Tin Man, Lion & _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ took to the screen 80 years ago (9)
403. Temporary places to stay (8) 404. Designer _ _ _ _ Lagerfeld left money to his cat (4)
405. Ballet attire (4)
406. _ _ _ _ _ Crews became host of America’s Got Talent (5) 408. Darjeeling and oolong (4) 410. Beckham wed this Spice Girl 20 years ago (4) 412. Lose steam (4) 413. Zig _ _ _ (3) 414. This Lady got Oscar nom. for acting (4)
415. Space image of a black _ _ _ _ was released in April (4)
416. 50 of these preserved bodies newly found in Egypt (7)
418. This colourful singer turned 40 (4)
420. _ _ _ _ Remini finished her Scientology TV series (4)
422. Internet code for Russia (2) 424. Kickoff returner, abbr. (2) 425. Penske Media got all ownership of this rock mag; initials (2) 427. Shipwreck signal (3)
428. SNL’S _ _ _ _ Davidson dated Cindy Crawford’s daughter (4) 429. A small horse (4) 430. _ _ _ _ desert now has snow leopard reserve (4) 431. Whole bunch (4) 433. Brooks & _ _ _ _ inducted into Country Music Hall of Fame (4)
435. _ _ _ _ 51 was the subject of a joke raid (4)
437. A mayor in this country was stabbed on stage (6)
440. European country with 4th election in 4 years (5)
442. A pump or loafer (4)
443. Oscar’s best actor _ _ _ _ Malek (4)
444. Ice cream holder (4)
445. She lost her sheep (2-4) 447. Well-behaved (4)
449. Reduce, as expenses (4) 451. Challenges (5) 452. Threadbare (4) 453. A nanny; au _ _ _ _ (4) 454. _ _ _ _ Chappelle won Grammy for comedy album (4)
455. Hardwood, tile and carpet cover these (6)
456. Get cozy (6)
457. Dungeness, king or snow (4) 459. Phases of deep sleep (4) 461. River deposit (4)
462. Lithium _ _ _ battery creators won Nobel Chemistry prize (3) 463. Chair part (3)
464. A dog’s warning sound (5) 466. A short river in Wiltshire, U.K. (2)
468. Tellurium’s symbol (2) 469. Everything is fine (2) 470. Sleeveless garment worn over a shirt (4) 472. Loud noise (3) 474. Barley brew (3) 475. The computer key often beside Ctrl (2)
476. Hustlers star turned 50 & saw net worth hit $400 million (3) 477. You and me (2) 478. Openly (7) 480. Related to hip hop (3) 482. Popular legumes (4)
484. 007, for one (3)
486. A language spoken in northeastern Spain (7)
488. The elder of Jr. (2) 489. Per annum, abbr. (2) 490. Breakfast, lunch and dinner
(5) 492. Balanced (4) 493. Masculine pronoun (2) 494. Plastic wrap (5) 496. Interest rate, abbr. (2) 498. Rosetta Stone’s stock market symbol (3)
499. SNL boss _ _ _ _ _ Michaels turned 75 (5)
501. This game turned 90; under the B (5)
503. Donald _ _ _ _ 1st appeared in cartoon 85 years ago (4)
505. Text to speech, abbr. (3)
507. Hid oneself (4, 3)
509. To do surgery (7)
511. The Who released this rock opera 50 years ago (5)
513. The Joker, born in _ _ Comics, got another movie (2) 515. Sculptures and paintings (3) 516. Christmas month (3) 517. Phonetic spelling of the 19th letter of alphabet (2)
519. Also (3)
520. Shucks! (4)
521. Perfect (5)
523. Deadly (6)
526. A short laugh (2)
528. 90 years ago, U.S. & Canada agreed to protect _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Falls (7)
531. Charlie’s _ _ _ _ _ _ was remade, again (6)
534. No Doubt singer _ _ _ _ Stefani turned 50 (4)
536. Good times (3)
537. Social media giant turned 15, abbr. (2)
538. Travels here and there; wanders (5)
540. High cards (4)
542. Comet’s path (5)
544. A flash drive (3)
545. One of the biggest American gaming companies; abbr. (2)
546. Actress Doris _ _ _ died at age 97 (3)
547. A long time _ _ _ (3)
549. A small, round spot (3) 552. A medical prescription (2) 553. A sleeveless top (4)
554. A short preposition (2) 556. Years and years (3)
557. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Cumberbatch reprised a role for Avengers: Endgame (8)
561. NBA champs (7)
563. Reflects (7)
565. This Augusta tournament turned 85 (7)
568. Carrie Underwood created this type of beach clothing (8)
572. Pioneer Woman _ _ _ Drummond turned 50 (3)
573. Tight end, abbr. (2) 574. S. Korean island with botanical garden (4)
575. The Sunshine State (2) 576. Symbol for the element silver (2)
578. Opposite of stop (2) 579. Scottish term for sweetheart (2)
580. Not recognized (12)
581. He took on the role of Mister Rogers (3, 5)
583. Galaxy discovered to be twisted, not flat (5, 3)
586. Tim Berners-lee invented this global info system 30 years ago (5, 4, 3)
588. The H1N1 _ _ _ was circulating again this year (3) 589. A golf ball sits on this (3) 590. It fills the tank in your car (3) 591. Kids’ TV show debuted 50 years ago; home to Big Bird (6, 6)
592. Movie that inspired
Disney’s new theme areas (4, 4)
593. Sci-fi TV series that got its 1st movie 40 years ago (4, 4)
594. Titanic director turned 65 (5, 7)
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1. Microsoft founder celebrated 25 years of marriage (5)
2. Florida city where Jonas Brothers recorded Cool video (5) 3. The start of something (5) 4. UK gallery that announced Warhol exhibition (4)
5. It’s 30 years since he was U.S. president (6)
6. Viewership surged for _ _ _ _ _ _ Fillion’s The Rookie (6)
7. A town in this Italian region is giving away abandoned houses (6)
8. Consumes food (4)
9. Corrected written mistakes (6) 10. Whole, unabridged (6)
11. Gates that only allow one person to enter at a time (10)
12. Silk, linen and cotton (7) 13. An unknown period of time
(10)
14. A slender sewing tool (6)
15. Back talk (4)
16. Alehouse (6)
17. Sign up (6)
18. Repeated TV shows (6)
19. The keto _ _ _ _ soared in popularity (4)
20. _ _ _ _ _ Shelton did his 17th season on The Voice (5)
21. Country hosting this year’s South Asian Games (5)
22. This ginger-haired prince had 1st child with Meghan (5)
31. Periodic table symbol for neon (2)
33. Second note of a scale (2) 35. Opposite of down (2)
37. Prize (5)
38. To read a story aloud (7) 39. British biscuit (5)
41. Create art, with brushes (5) 42. Air_ _ _ got 6 million listings for lodgings (3)
44. Documentary released on sex therapist Dr. _ _ _ (4)
46. Norse goddess of medicine
(3)
47. Hawaiian cocktail _ _ _ tai (3)
48. Fawn’s mother (3)
49. The top dogs at a corporation (5)
51. When a game lasts longer than usual (2) 53. Olympic prizes (6) 55. Decode a message (7) 57. Helps secure a broken bone (6) 58. Ma’s husband (2) 59. Continent south of NA (2)
60. Military cadence; _ _ _ 2, 3, 4 (3) 61. Slight advantage (4) 62. A cat that is a domestic longhair, abbr. (3)
63. Pancake topper (5)
64. Mexican mafia AKA La _ _ _
(3)
65. Thallium’s symbol (2) 66. So long! (3) 67. Have you ever, texting abbr. (3) 68. Defender or protector (8) 69. Fill to excess (4) 70. A dog shelter (6) 71. Actress _ _ _ _ Tomlin turned 80 (4)
72. One of the big four accounting firms, abbr. (2) 75. Short snooze (3) 76. Main arteries (6) 78. Slangy assent (4) 79. 8.5-million-year-old
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ egg found in Turkey (7) 81. Computer bailout key (3) 82. A single-stranded chain of cells (3)
83. Actor _ _ _ _ Busey celebrated his 75th (4)
86. Egyptian sun god (2)
87. Dogs, cats and fish (4) 88. Traditional melee weapon in Okinawa (3)
90. Gym class (2)
93. Blackberry’s stock symbol (2) 96. A planet in the Nijune sector, in Star Wars (3)
97. Talent show guru turned 60 (5, 6)
100. Egyptian beetle (6)
102. _ _ _ _ _ _ Madre or Nevada mountains (6)
104. To look for something (6) 107. Worked hard (6)
109. Paradise (4)
112. 21-time Oscar nominated actress turned 70 (5, 6)
114. Baby talk for thanks (2) 116. Sweltering (3)
117. Texting abbr. for ‘so lame’ (2) 119. For sure, when you text (2)
121. _ _ _ _ _ _ _, one horned, flyin’ purple people eater (3, 4) 122. Bleat (3) 123. Stitch up (3) 125. A paid notice in a newspaper (2) 127. Pen filler (3) 128. _ _ _ _ _ Sanders left W. House press secretary role (5) 130. A natural fibre (6) 133. Clocked (5) 134. Cry loudly (3) 135. Cooling system for buildings and cars (2)
137. He became the longest waiting heir to British throne (7) 138. Music genre (5)
139. San Francisco’s _ _ _ Hill (3) 140. Wedding wear (4)
141. Catches some rays (4) 143. A flower, before blooming (3) 145. _ _ _ we having fun yet? (3) 147. Where hospital surgeries take place (2)
149. S. Korean city closed its last dog meat plant (5)
150. Group that helps drinkers (2) 152. Homeless child (4) 153. Brooklyn-born rapper
Shawn Carter turned 50 (3-1) 154. Common era, abbr. (2)
155. This country’s emperor abdicated (5)
157. Superlative suffix (3) 159. To accidentally strike one’s toe against something (4)
161. Nike’s new European HQ will be near _ _ _ de Triomphe (3)
163. Darlings (5)
165. Game officials (4)
166. Gave money to (4) 167. No apparent reason, texting abbr. (3)
169. Tyke (3)
171. Pellets of frozen rain (4) 173. Pulling something, with difficulty (4)
175. Parenthetical comment (5) 176. Beatty, of Deliverance (3) 177. Sign gas (4)
178. A battle between two people (4)
179. A laugh-provoking remark or act (3)
183. Prefix with night or day (3) 185. Asian country building new railway to China (4)
187. Light _ _ _ _ or flower _ _ _ _ (4) 189. NSYNC’S _ _ _ _ Fatone filed for divorce (4)
190. Thigh muscle (4)
191. Famous feline Grumpy _ _ _ died (3)
192. Multi-occupancy building, sometimes run down (8)
194. _ _ _ _ _-frutti (5) 196. Documentary being made of funnyman _ _ _ Brooks (3)
198. Rice Krispies sound (4)
200. Pairs (4)
202. Wait patiently, _ _ _ _ one’s time (4)
203. _ _ _ _ Combs changed his name, again (4)
204. Fast food guru _ _ _ Kroc died 35 years ago (3)
206. The start of our alphabet (3) 208. Gossip (4)
210. Comfortably warm (6) 212. Touch (4)
214. _ _ _ _ Fitzgerald was big winner at 1st Grammys, 60 years ago (4)
216. Injure (4) 218. Artificial bait (4) 219. A legal document, esp. for property ownership (4)
220. Refining a skill (6) 221. Spoken rather than written (4)
224. Not rated, abbr. (2) 226. Distinctive flair (4) 228. Story (4)
230. Snare (4)
231. N.Y. team that beat Colts in Super Bowl 50 years ago (4)
232. ‘Rebel’ actor James _ _ _ _ to be digitally resurrected in film (4)
233. A repetitive learning method (4)
234. Everything’s OK; all _ _ _ _ (4)
237. Sports mag turned 65; initials (2)
239. Curl one’s lip (5) 241. Cashews and almonds (4)
243. Glitch (4) 244. Comedian Kevin _ _ _ _ was hurt in car crash (4)
245. Skinny (4)
246. The symbol for radium (2) 247. Small building for storing tools (4)
249. To _ _ _nob, or mix with a higher social class (3)
251. A Hindu religious teacher (5) 252. Data access arrangement, abbr. (3)
254. Brewer’s need (4)
256. Superstar songstress
Celine _ _ _ _ started world tour (4)
257. She separated from Sonny 45 years ago (4)
258. Smooched (6)
259. The borders of an object, like a desk or lawn (5)
260. Octavia Spencer’s horror film (2)
261. Nose-in-the-air type (4)
262. This Swayze passed away 10 years ago (7)
264. Title for a German-speaking woman (4)
266. Competitions to get on a team (7)
268. Renting (7)
270. Brought something into existence (7)
271. Agrees (7)
274. Friends’ Jennifer _ _ _ _ _ _ _ turned 50 & got new Appletv+ role (7)
276. _ _ & Luke Duke 1st appeared on TV 40 years ago (2) 277. Mideast V.I.P. (5)
279. People, places and things (5) 281. Sales grew of this remote-controlled flying device (5)
283. Diary of a _ _ _ _ _ Kid turned 15 (5)
284. Plan dropped to rename part of _ _ _ 66 after Trump (5)
285. Australian state home to Kangaroo Island, abbr. (2)
287. Oversees drug and food supply in the U.S. (3)
290. Swindle (3)
292. Take advantage of (3)
294. It was year of this animal in Chinese zodiac (3)
295. A virtual pet game featuring an alien (3)
296. One of the sunniest spots in Switzerland, Monte _ _ _ (3)
297. International Baccalaureate, abbr. (2)
298. Month of newly ripened grain, in Exodus (4)
299. Another name for margarine (4)
302. Penny (4)
303. Restart a computer (6) 304. Eagle’s claw (5)
305. Hectolitre, abbr. (2)
310. Ancient (3, 3)
311. Italy’s Mount _ _ _ _ erupted
(4)
312. Beverly Hills 90210 star died at 52, of stroke (4, 5) 314. A question of timing (4) 317. A domesticated bovine animal (2)
318. Nirvana’s _ _ _ _ Cobain died 25 years ago (4)
319. A baby cow or elephant (4) 321. Paddles (4)
323. White heron (5)
327. Something that is superficially attractive (3, 5)
328. Symbol for the element ytterbium (2) 330. Beloved (4) 331. Receptacles (4) 332. His and _ _ _ _ (4) 334. Numbers of times a gym weight is lifted (4)
337. _ _ _ Longoria produced new TV show Grand Hotel
(3)
338. American Samoa’s paradise islands:
_ _ _-Olosega (3)
341. Nobleman (4)
342. A system that identifies Royal Doulton figurines (2)
343. _ _ _ _ in the U.S.A. album released 35 years ago (4) 344. To chomp into (4)
345. Dispatch (4)
347. Pink Floyd released The
_ _ _ _ 40 years ago (4)
349. A class of German submarines (2)
352. Enzyme found in the liver (3) 354. Cavendish, burro and plantains (7)
356. Morning (2)
357. Actor Nicolas _ _ _ _ got married for four days (4)
358. Caution someone (4) 359. Stringed toy introduced commercially 90 years ago (2-2) 361. Profiles of people (4)
363. _ _ _ Dicaprio turned 45 (3) 364. Foot strap attached to saddle (7)
365. Millisecond, abbr. (4)
366. She turned 30 and released 7th album, Lover (6, 5)
367. Where the earth and sky meet (7)
368. Internet country code for Spain (2)
370. _ _ _ _ Hader won Emmy for best comedy actor (4)
371. This island’s Kailua Beach was ranked No. 1 (4)
373. Hit the road (4)
375. Let go of (4)
377. The _ _ _ _ _ Witch Project turned 20 (5)
379. Radio’s bad boy turned 65 (6, 5)
382. Negatory (2)
383. Song: Que _ _ _ Sera (4) 384. To lavish affection on (4) 385. Not soft, esp. with a mattress (4)
387. Bottomless (4)
389. American _ _ _ _ was renewed for its 18th season (4) 390. Halloween’s month (3) 391. Flying geese formation (3) 393. Breakfast food (3)
394. Old school: To call someone on a beeper (4)
395. This month became the hottest ever recorded (4)
396. A Belgic people of northeastern Gaul (4)
397. Jail (6)
399. Stated (4)
401. Drifting on the ocean (4)
404. _ _ _ _ Hudson launched a gluten-free vodka (4)
405. Literary giant _ _ _ _ Morrison died at age 88 (4)
406. Potatoes and yams are two examples of these (6)
407. Gave a short, sharp cry (6) 409. Like a bug in a rug (4) 411. Heavenly instrument (4) 414. Star Wars creator turned 75 (6, 5)
415. Main web page (4)
416. The kissing disease (4) 417. Perceives with the eyes (4) 419. Raps on a door (6)
421. Actor Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca) suffered this (5, 6)
423. Word of regret (4)
424. Sounds of a bell, esp. at a funeral (6)
426. Belongs in a trio with knife & fork (5)
427. Wrongdoing (3)
428. Fraternity letter (3) 429. A meringue-based dessert named after a ballerina (7)
430. Search engine fined $1 billion-plus for EU antitrust (6) 432. Moister (6)
434. A negative conjunction (3) 436. A common verb used with ‘you’ (3)
438. Organization development, abbr. (2)
439. Solo piece in an opera (4)
441. _ _ _ Anderson took on new role with All Elite Wrestling (3)
442. Elliott or Rockwell; both got an Oscar nom. (3)
443. Not cooked (3)
444. Rags (6)
446. Urgent request (4)
448. Jones or Crockett (4) 450. To preserve a body (6) 453. TV teaser (5)
454. Scooby-_ _ _ debuted on TV 50 years ago (3)
458. To _ _ or not to be (2) 460. Strauss opera (6) 463. Weatherman _ _ Roker turned 65 (2)
465. Slowly, in music (5)
467. The space behind a house (4) 471. Self-contained system, abbr. (3)
473. _ _ _ _ J. Blige got a lifetime achievement award (4)
476. First month of year (3)
477. Walk in water (4)
479. May 8, 1945 was _ _ Day (2)
480. The Amazon and Congo
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ suffered fires this year (11)
481. Words that read the same forward and backward (11) 483. Take a little drink (3)
485. Sacred hymn (5)
487. Net neutrality, abbr. (2) 489. Falafel bread (4)
491. This James Bond actor turns 90 in August; initials (2)
494. Specific absorption rate, abbr. (3)
495. An affirmative motion of the head (3)
497. Refinance one’s house (10) 498. Renewable energy target, abbr. (3)
500. _ _ Sheeran released a duet with Justin Bieber (2)
501. Groom’s partner (5)
502. Former Portuguese colony in India (3)
504. Beer barrel (3)
506. Garments in ancient Rome
(5)
507. Cat sanctuary on this Hawaiian island turned 15 (5)
508. Horizontal thread in fabric
(4) 509. Offensive lineman, abbr. (2) 510. Exams (5) 512. A Spanish cheer (3) 514. This People’s Republic saw a 100-car collision in Feb. (5)
515. Article used when a noun starts with a vowel (2)
516. Common first ‘word’ for a baby (2)
518. Leaked (6)
519. _ _ _ Eliot’s Cats became a movie
520. Stock symbol for John Deere (2)
522. Stomach muscle (2)
524. It’s at the end of your arm (4) 525. Workers on a ship (4) 527. Preposition expressing location (2)
529. Gosh (3)
530. Ratio between net profit & cost of investment (3)
532. Nitrile rubber (3)
533. Tardy (4)
535. The least populated state in the U.S. (2)
539. Tool for chopping wood (3) 541. Female pig (3)
543. This South African conflict started 120 years ago (4, 3)
544. Its capital is Salt Lake City
(2)
546. To stop drinking (3, 3) 548. To understand, according to Heinlein (4)
550. Operating system, abbr. (2) 551. Do-re-mi-_ _ (2)
555. Island nation that banned plastic bags (4)
557. St. Louis _ _ _ _ _ won their 1st Stanley Cup (5)
558. Manicurist’s concern (5) 559. What you do when you sleep (5)
560. Mentions (5)
562. Excellence of any kind, Greek origin (5)
563. _ _ _ culpa (3)
564. To consume too much, especially drugs (2)
565. Civil rights leader _ _ _ Jr., born 90 years ago (3) 566. Wood-cutting tool (3)
567. The Ocean State (2)
568. Turf (3)
569. It converts digital signals (5) 570. 5th anniversary of death of comic genius _ _ _ _ _ Williams (5) 571. At a distance (4)
573. In Avengers: Endgame, Hemsworth plays this character (4) 575. Pest for dogs (4)
577. This animated explorer got her own live-action movie (4)
578. TV series about high school singers debuted 10 years ago (4)
581. Transport layer security, abbr. (3)
582. A confidentiality agreement, abbr. (3)
584. Are we there _ _ _? (3) 585. A Tibetan ox (3)
587. WWII female branch of army (3)
ACROSS
1 Game of Thrones, 8 Everest, 12
Friends, 16 The Brady Bunch, 23 Ira, 24 USA, 25 ASA, 26 Transatlantic, 27 Twitter, 28 Badgers, 29 Valerie Harper, 30 Ins, 32 NRR, 34 Sue,
36 Saints, 40 Capable, 43 Jerry Seinfeld, 45 Present, 47 Medley, 50
Co, 52 Nanny, 54 Due, 56 Tis, 57 Sa,
58 Patriots, 60 Hee, 62 Dissent, 66
Beh, 69 Spike Lee, 73 Ar, 74 Anna, 77 Buddy Holly, 80 Miley Cyrus, 83 Gal, 84 Icy, 85 Drapes, 89 Atop, 91 Page, 92 Sherbet, 94 Serena, 95 Nationals, 98 Ate, 99 Asp, 101 Res, 103 Least, 105 Sub, 106 Etc, 108 Are, 110 Ren, 111 Nay, 113 It, 115 Ethic, 117 St, 118
Ifs, 120 Hero, 123 Spa, 124 D-day, 126 Tier, 128 SE, 129 Mac, 131 So, 132 Atlases, 136 Ain’t, 137 Cabinet, 140 Vied, 142 Nl, 143 Bar, 144 OA, 146 Tori, 148 SOR, 149 Scarce, 151 Shallow, 152 Wean, 153 Jack, 155
Jury, 156 Notre, 158 Rams, 160 Brae,
162 Ached, 164 UEB, 165 Rain, 166
Pane, 167 Nadal, 168 Test, 170 Beth, 172 A-rod, 174 Yearned, 177 Neil, 178 Days, 179 Gap, 180 Hs, 181 Ono, 182 Tom, 184 Dual, 186 Curb, 188 Measles, 189 Jeff, 190 Quiz, 191
Carat, 193 Nt, 195 Tim, 197 Bias, 199 Laud, 201 Dried, 202 Boos, 203 Sued, 204 Rag, 205 Near, 207
Ed, 209 UT, 211 Def, 213 Lone, 215
Glum, 217 SDS, 218 Lien, 219 Deal, 220 Hat, 222 NBE, 223 Lipton, 225
Lee, 227 Salt, 229 Boat, 231 Judy, 232 Dead, 233 Roy, 234 Greece,
235 Lr, 236 Tars, 238 Els, 240 Plan, 242 Sirs, 244 Here, 245 Teen, 246
Ron, 247 SOA, 248 This, 250 Island, 253 Alum, 255 Mandate, 257 Chad, 258 Katie Holmes, 263 Tf, 265 Neat, 267 Et al, 269 Pairs, 270 Chin, 271
Ci, 272 Ended, 273 Anna, 275 Abbey Road, 278 Earn, 280 Sled, 282 Got,
283 Wren, 284 Ross, 286 GGD, 288
Ton, 289 To, 290 Gr, 291 You, 293
Tarp, 295 Pier, 296 Bonsai, 298 Ado, 300 Bi, 301 Security, 305 House, 306 Soil, 307 Roma, 308 Bruce, 309 Baseball, 313 IW, 315 Ee, 316 Apolune, 318 King, 320 Up to, 322
Etude, 324 T.I., 325 EULT, 326 Chernobyl, 329 Ts, 330 Dune, 331 Bah, 333 Year, 335 ER, 336 Green Book, 339 Key, 340 Oboe, 342 HS, 343
Berg, 344 Biles, 346 Drew, 348 Sur, 350 Ova, 351 EAN, 353 Neo, 354 Bo, 355 Naan, 357 Coat, 358 Winfrey, 360 SPAB, 362 Bella, 364 Sumps, 367 Hate, 369 RM, 370 Barr, 371
Oats, 372 Snow, 374 Slid, 376 Ted,
377 BT, 378 Seth, 380 Amazon, 381
SNL, 383 Sign, 384 Dare, 386 Dyed,
388 Lori, 390 Oliver, 392 Rae, 394
Pele, 395 John, 396 Rip, 398 Ones,
400 Soda, 402 Scarecrow, 403
Lodgings, 404 Karl, 405 Tutu, 406
Terry, 408 Teas, 410 Posh, 412 Tire,
413 Zag, 414 Gaga, 415 Hole, 416 Mummies, 418 Pink, 420 Leah, 422
Ru, 424 KR, 425 RS, 427 SOS, 428
Pete, 429 Pony, 430 Gobi, 431 Slew, 433 Dunn, 435 Area, 437 Poland, 440 Spain, 442 Shoe, 443 Rami, 444 Cone, 445 Bo-peep, 447 Good, 449 Pare, 451 Dares, 452 Worn,
453 Pair, 454 Dave, 455 Floors, 456 Nestle, 457 Crab, 459 Rems, 461
Silt, 462 Ion, 463 Arm, 464 Growl, 466 Og, 468 Te, 469 OK, 470 Vest,
472 Bam, 474 Ale, 475 Fn, 476 JLO, 477 We, 478 Overtly, 480 Rap, 482
Peas, 484 Spy, 486 Catalan, 488
Sr, 489 PA, 490 Meals, 492 Even, 493 He, 494 Saran, 496 IR, 498
Rst, 499 Lorne, 501 Bingo, 503
Duck, 505 TTS, 507 Laid low, 509 Operate, 511 Tommy, 513 DC, 515
Art, 516 Dec, 517 Es, 519 Too, 520
Darn, 521 Ideal, 523 Lethal, 526 Ha,
528 Niagara, 531 Angels, 534 Gwen,
536 Fun, 537 FB, 538 Roams, 540
Aces, 542 Orbit, 544 USB, 545 EA,
546 Day, 547 Ago, 549 Dot, 552
RX, 553 Tank, 554 Of, 556 Eon, 557 Benedict, 561 Raptors, 563 Mirrors,
565 Masters, 568 Swimwear, 572
Ree, 573 TE, 574 Oedo, 575 FL, 576
Ag, 578 Go, 579 Jo, 580 Unidentified, 581 Tom Hanks, 583 Milky Way, 586
World Wide Web, 588 Flu, 589 Tee,
590 Gas, 591 Sesame Street, 592
Star Wars, 593 Star Trek, 594 James
Cameron.
DOWN
1 Gates, 2 Miami, 3 Onset, 4 Tate, 5 Reagan, 6 Nathan, 7 Sicily, 8 Eats,
9 Edited, 10 Entire, 11 Turnstiles, 12 Fabrics, 13 Indefinite, 14 Needle, 15 Sass, 16 Tavern, 17 Enlist, 18 Reruns,
19 Diet, 20 Blake, 21 Nepal, 22
Harry, 31 Ne, 33 Re, 35 Up, 37 Award,
38 Narrate, 39 Scone, 41 Paint, 42
Bnb, 44 Ruth, 46 Eir, 47 Mai, 48
Doe, 49 Execs, 51 OT, 53 Medals, 55 Decrypt, 57 Splint, 58 Pa, 59 SA, 60 Hup, 61 Edge, 62 DLH, 63 Syrup, 64 Eme, 65 Tl, 66 Bye, 67 HYE, 68 Guardian, 69 Sate, 70 Kennel, 71
Lily, 72 EY, 75 Nap, 76 Aortas, 78
Yeah, 79 Ostrich, 81 Esc, 82 RNA, 83 Gary, 86 Ra, 87 Pets, 88 Sai, 90 PE,
93 Bb, 96 Aar, 97 Simon Cowell, 100 Scarab, 102 Sierra, 104 Search, 107 Toiled, 109 Eden, 112 Meryl Streep, 114 Ta, 116 Hot, 117 SL, 119 FS, 121 One eyed, 122 Baa, 123 Sew, 125 Ad, 127 Ink, 128 Sarah, 130 Cotton, 133 Timed, 134 Sob, 135 AC, 137 Charles,
138 Blues, 139 Nob, 140 Veil, 141
Tans, 143 Bud, 145 Are, 147 OR, 149 Seoul, 150 AA, 152 Waif, 153 Jay-z,
154 CE, 155 Japan, 157 Est, 159 Stub, 161 Arc, 163 Dears, 165 Refs, 166 Paid, 167 NAR, 169 Tot, 171 Hail, 173 Drag, 175 Aside, 176 Ned, 177 Neon, 178 Duel, 179 Gag, 183 Mid,
185 Laos, 187 Bulb, 189 Joey, 190
Quad, 191 Cat, 192 Tenement, 194
Tutti, 196 Mel, 198 Snap, 200 Duos,
202 Bide, 203 Sean, 204 Ray, 206 ABC, 208 Dirt, 210 Toasty, 212 Feel,
214 Ella, 216 Maim, 218 Lure, 219 Deed, 220 Honing, 221 Oral, 224
NR, 226 Elan, 228 Tale, 230 Trap,
231 Jets, 232 Dean, 233 Rote, 234
Good, 237 SI, 239 Sneer, 241 Nuts, 243 Snag, 244 Hart, 245 Thin, 246
Ra, 247 Shed, 249 Hob, 251 Swami, 252 DAA, 254 Malt, 256 Dion, 257 Cher, 258 Kissed, 259 Edges, 260
Ma, 261 Snob, 262 Patrick, 264
Frau, 266 Tryouts, 268 Leasing, 270 Created, 271 Concurs, 274 Aniston, 276 Bo, 277 Emeer, 279 Nouns, 281 Drone, 283 Wimpy, 284 Route, 285
SA, 287 FDA, 290 Gyp, 292 Use, 294 Pig, 295 Pou, 296 Bre, 297
IB, 298 Abib, 299 Oleo, 302 Cent, 303 Reboot, 304 Talon, 305 Hl, 310
Age old, 311 Etna, 312 Luke Perry,
314 When, 317 Ox, 318 Kurt, 319
Calf, 321 Oars, 323 Egret, 327 Eye candy, 328 Yb, 330 Dear, 331 Bins,
332 Hers, 334 Reps, 337 Eva, 338
Ofu, 341 Earl, 342 HN, 343 Born, 344 Bite, 345 Send, 347 Wall, 349
UB, 352 AST, 354 Bananas, 356
AM, 357 Cage, 358 Warn, 359 Yo-yo, 361 Bios, 363 Leo, 364 Stirrup, 365 Msec, 366 Taylor Swift, 367
Horizon, 368 Es, 370 Bill, 371 Oahu, 373 Went, 375 Drop, 377 Blair, 379
Howard Stern, 382 No, 383 Sera, 384 Dote, 385 Firm, 387 Deep,
389 Idol, 390 Oct, 391 Vee, 393
Egg, 394 Page, 395 July, 396 Remi, 397 Prison, 399 Said, 401 Asea, 404 Kate, 405 Toni, 406 Tubers, 407 Yelped, 409 Snug, 411 Harp, 414 George Lucas, 415 Home, 416
Mono, 417 Sees, 419 Knocks, 421
Heart attack, 423 Alas, 424 Knells,
426 Spoon, 427 Sin, 428 Phi, 429 Pavlova, 430 Google, 432 Wetter, 434 Nor, 436 Are, 438 OD, 439 Aria, 441 Arn, 442 Sam, 443 Raw, 444
Cloths, 446 Plea, 448 Davy, 450
Embalm, 453 Promo, 454 Doo, 458
Be, 460 Salome, 463 Al, 465 Lento, 467 Yard, 471 SCS, 473 Mary, 476
Jan, 477 Wade, 479 VE, 480 Rainforests, 481 Palindromes, 483 Sip, 485 Psalm, 487 NN, 489 Pita, 491
SC, 494 SAR, 495 Nod, 497 Remortgage, 498 RET, 500 Ed, 501 Bride,
502 Goa, 504 Keg, 506 Togas, 507
Lanai, 508 Weft, 509 OL, 510 Tests, 512 Ole, 514 China, 515 An, 516 Da, 518 Seeped, 519 T.S., 520 De, 522
Ab, 524 Hand, 525 Crew, 527 At,
529 Gee, 530 ROI, 532 NBR, 533 Late, 535 WY, 539 Axe, 541 Sow, 543 Boer War, 544 UT, 546 Dry out, 548 Grok, 550 OS, 551 Fa, 555 Fiji, 557 Blues, 558 Nails, 559 Dream, 560 Cites, 562 Arete, 563 Mea, 564 OD, 565 MLK, 566 Saw, 567 RI, 568 Sod, 569 Modem, 570 Robin, 571 Afar, 573 Thor, 575 Flea, 577 Dora, 578 Glee, 581 TLS, 582 NDA, 584
Yet, 585 Yak, 587 WAC.