BIG X AMERICA’S BIGGEST CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Piñata hitter’s wear 6 Society girl 11 Musical

wordsmiths 16 Closet wood 17 Curved

sword 18 Tribal pole

figure

19 Dice shapes 20 “Round up the ___ suspects” 21 Capture 22 Ending for

guitar 23 Arthur of

Maude 24 Part of TGIF 25 Wipe clean 27 Playwright

Chekhov 29 Plus-size 32 Key West

trees 34 Macaroni

shape 36 Soaring birds 38 Commands 40 Mermaid’s

milieu 43 Busy airport 44 Whale spray 46 Mars 48 Depart 49 Wash up 50 Mine

approach 51 Family car 54 Beer-colored 57 With keen

desire

59 Fails to renew 62 Large shell 64 Chicago

team 65 Engagement

gift

67 Run roughshod over 70 Champagne

features 72 Remarkable 74 Chatty bird 76 Stooge of

fame 77 Golf

instructor 78 Central NY

lake

80 W. Texas city 82 Altar boy 84 Part of UFO 86 Fiend 87 Cul-de-___ 88 Play the role 89 Improve a

text

90 King Henry

the ___ 93 Fish-fry fish 96 Glossy paint 99 Store

sections

101 CBS logo

102 Sea eagle

103 Truck stop

fuel

105 The Old Sod 106 Warrior

107 Course of

study

108 River

sediment

110 Hurt

112 Adversaries 115 Library users 117 Mexican coin 119 Donkey

121 Pet adoption

org.

124 Zesty flavor 126 Lid

128 Landscape item

129 Pantry pests 131 Just One of ___ Things 133 “Yoo-___!” 134 Halloween

handout

136 Rainbow color 139 Hispanics 143 Graceland idol

146 Fork prongs 147 VP Burr

149 Desert plants 150 Bracelet bangle

152 Part of TNT 153 Suffix for law 154 Backyard pond fish

155 “... ___ daily bread” 156 Freighter load

157 Within the law 158 Singer Ronstadt

159 Butter maker 160 Vote in

161 Instructor

162 Compact

oven

163 Joan Baez songs

(2 wds.)

DOWN

1 Single guys 2 Taj Mahal’s

land 3 Funeral hymn 4 Stumbling

block

5 War of words 6 Adventurous 7 Put up a fight 8 Spud 9 Numeral 10 Bust out 11 Clothing tags 12 Fought off 13 Motive 14 Baby pigeon 15 Kind of taffy 26 The deep 28 Deadeye

Annie 30 Arthur of tennis

31 Lots and lots 33 Saudi ___ 35 Cut off 37 Rent

39 Pub game 41 Finale 42 Nursemaid 44 Wawrinka of

tennis 45 Sphere 47 Roads 50 Police school 52 Aussie bird 53 Greek fabulist 55 Singer

Haggard 56 Eternity 58 Stared slackjawed 60 Painter

Picasso

61 Stage a comeback 63 Fried ___

rings 64 Funny folks 66 Four-run homer (2 wds.) 68 Trailblazer 69 Shattered 70 Volleyball

spots 71 Radio part 72 Becomes

mushy 73 Like

cherubs 75 Olympic

events 79 Notions

81 Breakfast food

83 Boy 85 Doctrine 91 River in

France 92 Ship’s course 94 U.S. airline 95 Sheepish 97 Greece

neighbor 98 Plant

swelling

100 Soda bottle

size

104 Moral

climate

109 Debtor’s slip 111 Sinbad’s bird 113 Memo

114 Firmly in place

115 “Nevermore”

bird

116 Walk tall

117 Poolside hut 118 Like the

cosmos

119 Yellow flower 120 ___ Grande 122 Dessert item 123 Part of ATM 125 Capt. Nemo’s

sub

127 Perlman of Cheers

128 Fly alone 130 Baseball league

132 Hit the slopes 135 Cheer

136 Asian wild

ass

137 Sanctuary 138 Scampi

ingredient 140 Capital of Turkey 141 Winter dripper 142 Neck back 144 Zodiac

sign

145 Slingshot

ammo

148 Seated Beatle

150 ___ puff 151 Prayer endings