BIG X AMERICA’S BIGGEST CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Boogiewoogie dance 6 Doozy 11 Sidewalk

game 16 Hamster

homes 17 Patriot Ethan 18 Envelope

stick-on

19 Pie fruit 20 Same old,

same old 21 Between F

and J

22 Fib

23 9/11 heroes 25 Epoch

27 Stir slightly 30 Packers’ org. 32 Trinidad

music

34 Sell cheaper 36 Canines 38 Cathedral

instrument 41 Intention 42 San Diego

ballplayer 44 Stops a

squeak 47 Demise 48 Clean with

steel wool 49 Bell sound 51 Arizona city 53 Vague idea 55 Recyclable

items 56 Burglary 59 Delighted 61 Genesis

garden 62 Related 63 Eggs

64 Cut class 66 Caesar’s 201 67 Had feelings

for

69 Lower the

lights 72 Zodiac cat 73 Leave 76 Single 77 Electric fish 79 Lupino of films 80 Daytona

500 org. 83 High regard 85 Sofa cushions 86 Doohickey 88 Black eye 89 Dairy farm

sound

90 Pool stick 91 Maine college

town

92 Salty 95 Virginia city 98 Paul in

The Sting 101 Caught a crook

103 Tuna catcher 105 Banned bug

spray

106 Informant

108 Motive

110 MacGraw in Love Story 111 Try a spoonful

112 Auburn dye 113 Lakers’ org. 114 Badminton spot

116 Marvin in

Cat Ballou

117 ___ over backwards 119 Hawaiian dance

121 Milk sugar

124 Federal ___

System

127 “Excuse me ...”

129 The Wizard of Menlo

Park

130 Like some teas

132 Bank

machines

134 Barroom

fight

136 Rainbow color

137 Loafer, e.g. 139 Signed a contract 141 Of yore 142 Sophia in El Cid

144 Tarpon, for one

148 OK 152 A woodwind 155 Daisy Mae’s son

156 Russian peaks

158 Lyricist Gershwin 159 Ridiculous 162 Sixth sense 163 Tide type

164 Air an oldie 165 Corsage spot 166 Nobelist Root 167 Singer Mars 168 See-through 169 Sleep through winter

170 Maid

Marian’s love (2 wds.) 171 Men of the

cloth

DOWN

1 Personification of winter (2 wds.) 2 Golfer Woods 3 Footbath

salts

4 Twice a year 5 Swallowed

hard

6 O’Hare

building 7 Beach near

L.A.

8 Fix firmly 9 Ship’s kitchen 10 Give in

11 Not arrogant 12 Game with 48 cards 13 Sadistic 14 Pitch card 15 Spooky night 24 Longoria or

Gabor 26 Bookworm 28 Beehive State 29 Tiara

sparklers 31 Midway

wheel

33 Pro vote 35 Stop

37 Marry

cheaply 39 Italian fashion

house 40 Lunch hour 42 Trudge along 43 Beverage 45 Beetles and

bees

46 Soup cracker 49 Spanked 50 Showy flower 52 Father

Christmas 54 Exams 57 Highland

group 58 Alpine refrain 59 Painter

Picasso 60 Like Death

Valley

62 Of the belly 65 Stole 67 Remark 68 Show up

for duty 70 Distinguish 71 Purplish red 74 Vertical 75 Witherspoon

in Wild 78 African

antelope 81 Make

amends 82 Rooster cries 84 ___ Aviv 87 School of

whales 93 Standing firm 94 Wintry spikes 96 Hello singer 97 Significant

___

99 Roams

100 Wyoming

tribe 102 Extra dividend 104 Sunrise locale 107 Feed the kitty 109 Color of beer 115 Small broom 118 Smoldering coal

120 Laundry unit 122 Spider snare 123 Giraffe cousin 125 Bo Peep’s loss 126 Bitterness 128 Loaf end 129 Scotland capital

131 Texas cattle 133 Tulip tree 135 Cowardly

Lion actor 136 Soccer score 138 Black-andwhite cookie (hyph.) 140 Golfer Ernie 143 Fly-by-night bird

145 Chatty bird 146 Trial balloon 147 Top-notch 149 False

150 Teased

151 Suck up dirt 153 Cancel a launch 154 Proprietor 157 UFO pilot 160 Saharan spring 161 Goodnight girl of song