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BIG X AMERICA’S BIGGEST CROSSWORD

- By JOHN McCARTHY

ACROSS

1 Spy game 6 Doozy 11 Typhoon’s

cousin

16 On an island 18 Baseball stat 19 REM activity 20 Deli meat 21 Varnish 23 Grass or

whiskey 24 Lyricist

Gershwin 25 Good Book 28 Group of

eight

30 Out of bed 33 Kinda

35 Heidi Klum,

for one 37 McCartney’s

title

38 Be rife with 40 Evenings 42 Brazil cruise

stop

43 Send money 44 Doctrine 45 Boo’s brother 48 Demolish 49 Dark fur 50 Buckeye State 52 Rained ice 55 Pool stick 56 Boxing official 57 Aftershock 60 Sports venue 61 Threaded bolt 64 Hits the horn 66 Banquet 67 Tell all 68 Donkey pin-on 70 ___ Aviv 71 Dreads 73 First showing 76 201 in old

Rome 77 Postpone 80 Evening

hooter 81 Track has-been 83 “Yuck!” 84 Store sections 87 Magazine VIP 89 Rakes into a

pile

90 Job for junior 92 Part of BLT 93 Spud bud 94 That girl 95 Armstrong or

Bass 96 Bothers 99 Even out

102 Seinfeld girl 105 Tiny

107 Corn spike 109 OK oil city

110 High tennis

shot

112 Video game center

114 Bikini top 115 Largest antelope

116 Powdery

117 Asphalt

118 Head out to sea

120 Basics

122 Small antelope 124 Burger topper

126 Prom vehicles 129 Approaches 131 The Lion King baddies

133 Catch

134 Years on end 135 Alter evidence 138 Ostrich cousin

140 Kick out of school

142 Big cat

143 Amazed

145 Long for

146 Sea keys

147 Fall behind 148 Ladybug, for

one

151 Broadway angel

155 ___ for Two 156 In dire straits 158 Archaic oath 159 Regions

161 Me, Myself & ___ (2000) 162 Sophia in Two

Women

164 Computer “brain” 165 Texter’s “haha!”

166 Sang in the Alps 169 “Say what?” 170 Cheek reddener

171 Waikiki wreath 172 Lawman

175 TV host Ellen 176 Mural print 177 Religious

song

DOWN

1 Scotland capital 2 Sleepwear 3 Fossil fuel 4 O’Hare and

Heathrow 5 Correction list 6 Salon creation 7 Present-day 8 Romantic pairs 9 Zodiac duo 10 Same ol’, same ol’ 11 Grand slams 12 Part of R&D 13 Skating surface

14 Bar none 15 Moving staircase 17 Internet address 22 MGM lion 26 Thumper’s

deer friend 27 Purim queen 29 Eases up 31 Golden calf 32 Quits 34 “Do unto ___

...”

35 Engines 36 Jeans fabric 39 Speak 41 Clark in The

Misfits 46 Thought up 47 Bright red 50 Policeman 51 Kind of

dressing 53 Feel queasy 54 Address

sticker 58 Cigar ends 59 Kimono sash 62 Rowing sport 63 “That ___

funny!” 64 Stir slightly 65 Stopper 67 Fenway Park

souvenirs 69 Radio audience 71 Read the future 72 High-school

math 74 Orchard

measures 75 ___ hangs a

tale 78 Disney World

park

79 Open to

bribery 82 “Full steam

___!” 85 Loafer 86 Singer

Ronstadt 88 B&B

91 Thrilla in

Manila winner 97 Wimp

98 Fat flute

100 Loaded down 101 Rafael of tennis 103 Satellite dish 104 Tell a story 106 Osprey claw 108 Alda or Arkin 111 Bart’s bus driver

113 Large fissure 119 Schumer in Trainwreck 121 Average grade

123 Hardly ever 124 Minded

125 Say in the matter 127 Sorcery 128 Waiter

130 Car tire

131 Trite

132 Cause to smile

136 Kind of bear 137 Feeling ill will 139 Bring about 141 Goatish glance

142 Heavy horn 144 Do a lake

sport (hyph.) 148 Soaks in the tub

149 Abstain from 150 Hardy’s partner Stan 152 Dozing

153 Kind of whale or bee

154 Civil War buttons, e.g. 157 Henna, for one 160 Gear up

163 Taylor Swift’s

___ Song

167 Man’s best friend

168 Cariou of

Blue Bloods 173 Yalie

174 Gambler’s note

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