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BIG X AMERICA’S BIGGEST CROSSWORD

- By JOHN McCARTHY

ACROSS

1 Humiliate 6 Something to chew (2 wds.) 11 Arkansas

hog

16 Honor ___

thieves 17 Android 18 Part of TNT 19 Poisonous

shrub 20 Sadistic 21 Leprechaun 22 Egyptian

king

23 Word from

Scrooge 24 Tax specialist 25 Second of

two

26 Best possible 28 Heart artery 31 Eighth letter 33 Sacred song 34 Fond hopes 36 Pass, as time 38 See eye to

eye 40 Grassland 41 Football rush 42 Cruz and

Nugent 44 Eclipse 45 Aussie

marsupial 46 Luau torch 47 Libya

neighbor 50 Lone

Ranger’s pal 53 With keen

desire 55 Engagement

stone

58 Less clean 60 College VIP 61 Run in

neutral

63 RV activity 66 ___ Young U. 68 Grapefruit

kin

70 Assert without proof

72 Beer 73 Oahu music

maker 74 Canal or

country 76 Viewpoint 78 Oasis locales 80 Olympic

events 82 Defendant’s

excuse 83 And I Love

___: Beatles 84 Kiddie 85 Garlicky

mayo 86 Aborigine 89 Anthem of

46-Down 92 One of nine,

in baseball 95 Be firm

about 97 Sinbad’s bird 98 NBA official 99 Mystery

101 Missouri city 102 Cricket

cousin

103 Bronx team 104 Scarlett’s

home

106 Tennis zero 108 Leave of ___ 111 Fights off

113 Maine capital 115 Nutmeg, e.g. 117 Sweatshirt

size

120 Wedding

exchanges 122 Circular

124 Gets an F

125 Governess 127 Tummy

128 Email hugs 129 Hood or Williams 130 Takes in or out

133 Clinton’s veep (2 wds.) 137 Help a student

139 Postpone

140 “Hi, there!” 142 Quit

143 Reese or

Street 144 Skating surface

145 “No” vote 146 Born

147 Literary

medley

148 Wheat or

rice, e.g.

149 Old Nick

150 Clocked

151 More

qualified

152 Friedcake 153 Threw overboard (hyph.)

154 Cud chewers 155 Stuffed animal (2 wds.)

DOWN

1 Rich in detail 2 Fraternal 3 Moore or

Federer 4 Landing area 5 Filled in for 6 ___ of Bull

Run

7 Small rooster 8 Bottle size 9 Worldwide 10 Accident 11 Channel

changer 12 Green squash 13 News

summary 14 Servile

flattery 15 Michigan city 27 Weapons

depot 29 Capital of

Norway 30 Boat wood 32 Key West,

for one 35 Was

Macbeth 37 Tony or

Oscar, e.g. 39 Wonder Woman’s friend

41 “Does your dog ___?” 43 Canned fish 46 Maple Leafs

home 48 Seventh

letter 49 Trump’s veep 51 Heavenly

hunter

52 ___ Aviv 54 Olympic

events 56 Zodiac sign 57 Earthy

pigment 59 Bungling 60 Playwright 62 Wipe out 64 Not for 65 Rakes up 66 Flintstone­s’

home

67 Hot dog

topper 68 Take the

stand 69 Baked pasta

dish

71 Dens 75 “Merrily, we

roll ___ ...” 77 Sajak or

Benatar 79 Years on end 81 Baseball stat 87 World holder 88 Spiny lizards 90 Poker pennies

91 Chile mountains 93 Nine-sided

figure

94 Has to have 96 Author

Asimov

100 Religion of Pakistan 105 Viper

107 Actor Kilmer 109 Group of quail

110 Enter college 111 Highway

112 David’s

weapon

113 Free from doubt 114 Russian ruler of yore

115 Undermined 116 On edge (3 wds.)

118 911 vehicle 119 Burt in Elmer Gantry 121 Chicago team (2 wds.) 123 Rx amount 124 Young colt 126 Popped up 130 Eased up

131 Sawbuck

132 Part of R&B 134 Mary

Poppins city 135 Pacific et al. 136 Aerie hatchling 138 Olympic symbols

141 Iced tea

wedge

143 Pops

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