BIG X

AMERICA’S BIGGEST CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Sweden neighbor 5 Bay State 12 Lettuce

variety 16 Perfect 10 18 Comical 19 Deed holder 20 Say “ouch!” 21 ___ cum

laude (Lat.) 23 Baseball’s

Gehrig 24 B&B 25 Youthful 28 Fat 30 Amorous

meeting 33 Wolfed down 35 Washer cycle 37 Peculiar 38 Putin’s

concern 40 Like heaven’s

gates 42 Spelling ___ 43 Washington’s

VP 44 Seesaw

number 45 Chinese bear 46 Chums 49 Annual 52 50 Big cat

51 “Do it or ___!” 53 Fled to wed 56 Gave a

heads-up to 59 Rest home

residents 60 Farm vehicle 63 Lord’s day 64 Once in a

blue ___ 65 Roman poet 67 Japanese feudal warrior 69 Zero

71 Plied the

needle 72 Used a

hammer 75 Big Apple

school 76 Heating fuel 77 They fall in

the fall 80 Recently 82 Mime Marcel 84 “Really?” 86 Tempest 87 Highchair

neckwear 88 Crimson 89 Fit out 90 Native

Alaskan 93 Cry out 96 Company

symbol 99 A.A. Milne

donkey

101 June bug

102 Slip up

103 Chess piece 105 Misery

106 Makeshift

ballfield

107 Tiny

108 Abominable

Snowman

110 Polar ___

112 Job

possibility

115 Sleeper sofas 117 Walk

aimlessly

119 Skullcap

121 Neck back 124 Arthur of

tennis

126 Original

128 Church

bazaar game 129 Fare-___-well 131 Rose barb

132 Seth’s mom 133 Lowest point 134 Not at home 135 Eggs

container

138 Lets up

142 Welcome ___ 143 Still-life pitchers 145 Cheers server

146 Osaka of tennis

148 Texas shrine 149 Soda insert 151 “___ Pete’s sake!” 152 “Quiet!” 153 Cards suit 156 Lust after 157 Suffix for fraud

158 Boise locale 159 Parking ___ 161 Deviled egg spice

162 Tar Heel State 163 Larry, Moe & Curly

DOWN

1 “Once upon a

time ...” story 2 Born 3 Everyone 4 Spring flower 5 Crèche crib 6 Fashions 7 Brazil rodent 8 Bee product 9 Lemon-lime

soda

10 GoldenEye singer Tina 11 Sailor’s song 12 Major city in Turkey 13 Deciduous tree 14 Henhouse

find 15 Memphis home of Elvis 17 Raggedy doll 22 Boxing legend 26 Heavenly

prefix 27 Preachers

preach it 29 Metro 31 “Darn!”

32 Dick and

Jane’s dog 34 Wake-up

calls

35 Say it again 36 Curtain

fabric 39 Like 8-Down 41 Wrath 47 Book

additions 48 Peculiar 51 Nudged 52 Wrap with

bandages 54 Zodiac sign 55 Of

punishment 57 Valerie

Harper role

58 QB Manning 61 Lord’s table 62 Doubly 64 Monks’

residence 66 Vanish 68 Has ___ Seen My Gal? 69 Numerals 70 Food connoisseur 71 Small burgers 73 Creamy

white

74 Mr. Fudd 78 Tomato

disease 79 Bank room

81 “Such a

pity!” 83 ___-de-sac 85 Conger 91 Naval base

builders 92 Hero-worship 94 Halloween

handout 95 TV oldie Kate

& ___

97 Not subtle 98 Sun-EarthMoon event 100 French ___

soup

104 Heavy

sword

109 Lamb’s

parent

111 Furry TV

alien

113 Baby grands 114 Cordial

115 Fairway

chunk

116 Kris Kringle 117 Mason’s tool 118 Perfumes

119 Yellow wildflower 120 Dwelling

122 Milk pouch 123 July 4th event

125 Rink drink (2 wds.) 127 Singer Horne 128 Smile broadly

130 Amusing

135 Cowardly

136 Roof beam 137 Strong inflow 139 Small café 140 South Pacific isle

141 African desert

144 ___-eye steak 147 Met staging 150 Office

neckwear

154 Ballpark official 155 Après-___ party

159 Cow

comment

160 “It” game