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BIG X AMERICA’S BIGGEST CROSSWORD

- By JOHN McCARTHY

ACROSS

1 Ivy League school 6 Jumping

insect

12 Walk away

from 16 Monikers 17 Headless

sculpture 18 Cove 19 Kitchen

appliance 20 Ice-cream nut 21 Part of TNT 22 Ewe’s mate 23 Prefix for

cycle 24 Sandwich

bread 25 Alabama city 26 Prefix for

media 28 Show horses 31 Bids first 33 Great Wall

locale

34 With deep

affection 36 Library patron 38 Standing tall 41 “Gotcha!” 43 Vulgar

46 Like a King

novel 48 Nine-sided

figure

49 Eric Trump’s

mom

51 At sixes and

___

53 Ball holder 54 Partake 55 Dog shelter 57 Peru ancients 58 Breakfast

order

61 Bird of prey 62 Humphrey or

Green 63 Sissy in

Carrie 65 Spoken 67 Kiev locale 69 Taco sauce 70 Gismo 73 Raggedy doll 74 Deep-___

fryer 75 Cut some

slack

78 Fab Four

member 80 Aromatic herb 82 Boston chair 84 Cook-off dish 85 Girl 86 Wallach in

Lord Jim 87 Yankee

legend Yogi 88 Snarl up 91 Pesticide-free 94 Vandalism 97 Befuddled 99 Sinbad’s bird 100 Cravat

101 Slow, musically 103 Sells

104 “Finders ___, losers ...” 105 Mount in Exodus

106 Italian cheese 108 Evenings

110 Chocolate sub 112 Ruling family 115 Fathers

116 Iran’s former

name

117 Beer

118 Sound from a hot tub 119 Anchorage locale

121 Osprey claw 123 Sports nut 126 Early calculator­s 128 Mosey along 131 Land of the free

132 Naval bigwig 135 Hallowed 138 Coast Guard boat

142 Salsa Queen Cruz

143 San Antonio landmark

144 Tree homes 146 Hersey bell

town

147 Roomy car 148 Paint container

149 ___ de Janeiro 150 List abbr. 151 Switch positions 152 “Put your hands up!” 153 The Odd Couple playwright 154 Raised the ante

155 Did in, gang-style 156 Boise locale 157 Flip-flops 158 Fargo locale 159 Christmas tree

DOWN

1 JurassicPa­rk

creatures 2 Gadabout 3 Ford model 4 Part of UFC 5 Ramis in Ghostbuste­rs

6 All in the

Family girl 7 Vet’s patient 8 Hayek in

Frida 9 Slow-witted 10 Sentence ender 11 Horseshoes score 12 Intense dislike

13 Issue sides 14 Mislead 15 Without equal 27 Doctrines 29 Gosling in

La La Land 30 Boast 32 Small dress

size

35 Extend a

lease 37 Moorehead in

Show Boat 39 Lettuce

variety 40 Drag one’s

feet

42 Better ___

(spouse) 44 Church fundraiser (2 wds.) 45 Mexican coin 47 Masked

mammal 50 Holy 52 Aussie bird 56 Wide shoe

width 59 Staten Island

transport 60 Orléans river 62 Baby’s seat

(2 wds.) 64 Outback

leapers 66 Hazards 67 Remove a

logjam 68 Consequenc­es 69 Giant steps 71 Toweled off 72 A-list

members 76 Formed a

sphere 77 “Beats me”

gesture 79 Sister 81 Grassland 83 The Jungle

Book snake 89 Recommend 90 Colonel’s

superior 92 Masters

jacket color 93 Must-haves 95 Roman goddess of wisdom 96 Denied 98 Middleman 102 Kabul

native

107 Poem of

praise

109 “Naughty!” 111 Small fowl

112 Postpone

113 “Woe is me!” 114 Palm Beach

vessel

115 Out of the sun 116 Vacationer’s mailings 120 Pennsylvan­ia city

122 Little Rock locale 124 Au naturel 125 Diplomacy 127 The whole kit and ___ 129 Liv in 40 Carats 130 Windpipe 133 Nowhere to be found 134 Twinkle 135 Menu fish 136 Intersecti­on 137 “No more!” 139 Once did (2 wds.)

140 Washington port

141 Church lottery 145 Antique photo tint

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