AMERICA’S BIGGEST CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Form 6 Hamilton’s duelist (2 wds.) 11 Court decisions 16 Blood of the gods 17 Intimidate 18 Mink alternative 19 Colorful parrot 20 Temple leader 21 Born 22 Partake 23 Forensic evidence 24 “No” vote 25 Three squares 26 Clarinet and sax, e.g. 28 River dot 31 Jazz singer Della 33 Jumps 34 Tic-___-toe 35 Rip off 37 Houston hoopster 39 Collection 40 Dreadlocked one 41 Japanese sash 42 Beethoven symphony 43 English subject 45 Kind of canned milk 47 Eye surgery 49 Unearthly 51 Concert souvenirs (hyph.) 53 Surpass 56 NYC time zone 58 One of the Three Bears 59 Sort 61 Melodic 64 Beach footwear 66 Fruitful 68 Tripoli citizen 70 Play part 71 Eskimo knife 72 Fish sauce 75 Sidewalk material 77 Like spandex 79 Leased 81 Gully 82 Sixth sense 83 Roman 102 84 Mideast land 85 More hackneyed 88 Traveler’s shelter 91 “Goldfinger” villain 94 “The Rose of ___” 97 King beater 98 Aussie bird 99 Founder of an Eastern religion 101 Naval bigwig 102 Heckled 103 Recover a wreck 104 “Moby Dick” captain 105 Small songbird 106 Act the tyrant 109 The meantime 111 Headstone words 113 Ballerina’s rail

115 Lubricated 117 Mirror image 120 Wrongdoing 122 Downy duck 123 “Greatest”

boxer

124 Wrath

126 Pro vote

127 Abounded (with)

130 Parted waters in Exodus (2 wds.) 134 Dracula, at times 135 Muslim faith 136 Dixie breakfast dish

137 Washes

139 Dairy cow

feature 140 Start

141 Broadcast 142 Hunter in “Damn Yankees”

143 Beret

144 List abbr.

145 Ice grippers 146 Bandy words 147 Go one

better

148 Best possible 149 Valentine

symbol

150 Exploded

151 It’s kissed

under

152 Curse

DOWN

1 Pool racer 2 Prepares for a concert 3 Fall field sights in Kansas (2 wds.) 4 Sell for less 5 Avoided capture 6 Bear witness 7 Backwoodsy 8 ___ Peace Prize 9 Familiar with (2 wds.) 10 Comment 11 Coat 12 Maine’s nickname (2 wds.) 13 Baltimore resident 14 Easy question (hyph.) 15 Fondue ingredient (2 wds.) 27 Holdups 29 Loafer 30 Lake in HOMES 32 Pooh’s gloomy friend 36 Entertain 38 Latest fashion 44 Otologist’s concern 46 Nonwinner (hyph.) 47 The public eye 48 “The Boot” of Europe 50 Door sign 52 Singer Lena 54 Hunt on “NCIS: Los Angeles” 55 Hair braid 57 A-list members 60 Green soup 62 Sailed 63 Sidelong pass 64 Author King 65 Make good 66 Up in arms 67 Spotted beetle 69 Raft wood 73 Lacking backbone 74 Pillaged 76 3-D medical scan 78 Maple fluid 80 ___ Mahal 86 Make new charts 87 N. Carolina native (2 wds.) 89 Bed linen 90 Lazy one 92 Dawdled 93 44th President 95 College cheer 96 Work 100 City of India 104 Shortened a word 107 Della Street’s boss (2 wds.) 108 Potpourri bag 109 “Hands down” is one 110 Thought it over 111 Married quietly 112 Snack food (2 wds.) 114 Mars (2 wds.) 116 Make into law 118 Like gardenias 119 Spanish “nothing” 120 Swamp 121 Save it for a rainy day 125 Change a film name 127 Slightly colored 128 Think highly of 129 Curvy macaroni 131 Chaperon 132 Lying faceup 133 Adjective modifier 138 Lifesustaining