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BIG X AMERICA’S BIGGEST CROSSWORD

- By JOHN McCARTHY

ACROSS

1 Champagne features 5 Cookie type

(2 wds.) 12 Canon

products 16 Microwave

wrap 17 Rainforest

parrot 18 Anxious 19 Florida

seaport 20 Try a little 21 Jewel 22 Pitching stat 23 Auction bid 24 Suffix for

harp 25 Russian

pancakes 26 Peer

28 Nick in

The Deep 31 Lustful

looker 33 Best of the

lot 34 Belly-flop

result 36 Slow tempo 38 Baked pasta dish 41 Borrower’s note 43 Approvals 46 Albert or

Murphy 48 Took in a

stray 49 Governess 51 Amulet

beetle 53 Junkyard

dog 54 Break bread 55 Pay a visit

(2 wds.) 57 Union

demand 58 Bank

employees 61 Damascus

locale 62 Spanish rice

dish 63 Agate 65 Downhiller 67 Likes 69 Singer Mars 70 Sissy in

The River 73 Old Egypt 74 ___ for Two 75 Staggered 78 Dark blue

plum 80 Accomplish 82 Eyed rudely 84 Spinetingl­ing 85 Miller in Easter Parade 86 Sinbad’s

wings 87 Dutch cheese 88 Grassland 91 42nd

President 94 W. Texas city 97 Friendly 99 Greatest

boxer

100 Footed vase 101 Ice skater

Yamaguchi 103 Singer

Springfiel­d 104 Fenway Park,

for one

105 New Haven student 106 Spaghetti cheese

108 Kind of will

or room

110 Kingdom

112 Deep red

115 Fritter fruit 116 Per ___ income (Lat.) 117 Blonde shade 118 Tolkien brute 119 Walk like a tot

121 Pops

123 Vex with pain 126 Set of beliefs 128 Trinket

131 Addams Family cousin

132 Not packing 135 Dig further 138 Does some

housework 142 Boca ___

143 2nd

President

144 Gem State 146 Unable to

move

147 Chinese bear 148 David Muir’s network

149 Gear tooth 150 Big shot 151 Michele of Glee

152 Car parker 153 Israeli port 154 Waste maker 155 Baghdad

native

156 Proportion 157 Marked down 158 Austria

neighbor 159 Milk

measures

DOWN

1 World Series souvenirs 2 Jam fruits 3 Hankering 4 Boiled

gently 5 Desert plant 6 “1984”

author 7 Pacific and

Indian 8 Guardian ___ 9 Deserved 10 Wiener 11 Grapefruit kin

12 Board head 13 Is important 14 Dressing type 15 Kidnapped author 27 Per unit 29 Buckeye

State 30 Stretched

tight 32 Titans 35 Separated 37 Peru peaks 39 Painting

medium 40 Cornhusker

State 42 Pearly gem 44 Buttonwood

tree 45 Magnify 47 Pre-Brownie

scouts 50 Nourish 52 Spy org. 56 Fly-by-night

bird 59 Midday meal 60 Banish 62 Driven one 64 Adorable 66 Fugitive 67 Explorer

Drake 68 Breastbone 69 Theater

section 71 Composer Copland 72 Tomato

disease 76 Degas or

Poe 77 Uncouth

ones

79 La La Land heroine 81 Author Fleming 83 TLC

specialist­s 89 Fabled city of

gold (2 wds.) 90 Mean coward 92 Tehran

native 93 Coin toss call 95 Sun/Earth/

Moon event 96 Type of key

or crew 98 Dream up

102 Encroacher 107 Eggs

109 Steelers’ org. 111 Chaos

112 Titleholde­r 113 Become

gooey

114 ___ Dame

115 Irish brogue, e.g.

116 Motorist for hire

120 Undertakin­gs 122 Connected 124 Come across 125 Scratching spot

127 Baby mallard 129 Fought

130 Madman

133 Clothes

134 Pinocchio

whale

135 Boone or Craig

136 Fly the coop 137 King Henry the ___

139 Sweetheart­s 140 Set a high goal

141 Valley of the Dolls author 145 Path to the altar

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