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BIG X AMERICA’S BIGGEST CROSSWORD

- By JOHN McCARTHY

ACROSS

1 Cargo ship 6 Man-made 11 Fragrant flowers 16 Temporary 18 Aykroyd or

Rather 19 Oyster find 20 “___ Father” 21 Tell apart 23 Generation ___ 24 Electees 25 Police shield 28 Marble

30 Bar legally 33 Bird on a

quarter 35 Rain source 37 Duck dog 38 Texas border

town 40 African fly 42 Scratch up 43 Peace Prize 44 Guild

45 A.A. Milne

donkey 48 Clumsy 49 Met

production­s 52 Jupiter

neighbor 55 Permit 56 Corn spike 57 Sounds 60 Ruling family 61 Card game for

kids (2 wds.) 65 Betrothed 66 Tater 67 Golfer Scott 69 “Skyfall”

singer 71 Strategies 75 Welsh dog 76 Anchored 79 ___ or later 82 Dots in the

river 84 Groom’s attendant (2 wds.) 86 Part of R&B 88 Tire feature 89 “Apple cider”

girl

90 Hotel cousin 91 Major artery 92 32-card game 95 Brit’s “bye!” 98 House of

prayer

101 Back teeth 103 Cuban

capital

105 Marsh bird 106 Accommodat­es 110 Party boat

111 Ride the

waves

113 Gospel author 115 Sweet girl of

song

118 Creeks

122 Foolish

124 From rags

to ___

126 “That feels

nice”

127 Luau bowlful 128 Petty despot 131 Net-worth

factors

133 Pasta dish 134 Candy

136 Fish finder 137 Book jacket 138 Tide type

139 Privet rows 142 Recorded

over

146 Notable

time

147 Skinflint

149 Scarlett of

Tara

150 High-IQ

group

152 From the Far

East

153 Actor Fiennes 155 Massage

156 Sundial’s “3” 157 Green drink 160 Waikiki

wreath

161 Toy blocks 162 “SNL”

network

163 Ardent

166 Dorothy’s

friend

167 Jewels

168 ___ eggs

DOWN

1 City in Alaska 2 Have a bite 3 Watchdog

warning 4 NFL’s ___

Buccaneers 5 Tire type 6 Vocalist 7 Snoozed

8 Tin Man’s need 9 Spring flowers 10 Place for a

coat

11 Place for a car 12 Deliverer 13 Dawn goddess 14 Skating surface 15 Saharan

mounds (2 wds.)

17 Heart test 22 Ripken of

baseball 26 First

appearance 27 Queen of

mysteries 29 Meekly 31 Dripping wet 32 Canadian

capital

34 On dry land 35 Defoe’s

“Robinson ___” 36 Off-Broadway

awards

39 Muse of poets 41 Finished 46 Groups of

nine

47 Vulgar 50 With keen

desire 51 Misery 53 Swiss peak 54 Dairy cow

feature 58 Gem State 59 Actress Mendes 62 Meadow 63 Wrestling

surface

64 Ltd. relative 66 Now and

then

68 Muffin

topper 70 Simplest 71 Nicotine

source

72 Romaine

lettuce 73 Doctrine 74 Golden-agers 75 Pipe type 77 NBA great

Shaq

78 Duck down 80 Nebraska

city 81 Desmond of

“Sunset Blvd.” 83 Fond du ___,

Wis.

85 Ball holder 87 Swabbie (sl.) 93 Good for

nothing 94 Female

protagonis­t

96 Conger 97 Cleaning

cloth

99 Kiev locale 100 Test-tube

user

102 Islamic deity 104 Car parker 107 Dracula, at

times

108 Anger

109 Graceful

tree

112 Boxing

legend

114 Korean car 116 More

precious

117 Spring

holiday

118 “Beats me”

gesture

119 Doctor a

script

120 Domiciles

121 Bright star in

Virgo

122 Store

sections

123 Daytona

500 org.

124 Looks like 125 Ice-cream

holders

129 “Boléro”

composer

130 Bought

132 Terrorist

135 Mr. Scrooge 139 Make holy

140 Like

stuntmen

141 Insignia

143 Sun-dried

grape

144 New Orleans

team

145 ‘70s dance

clubs

148 Cyclone

center

151 Darkness

154 Every bit

158 ABBA’s

“Mamma ___” 159 Good War

card

164 Upper limb 165 Nocturnal

bird

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