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BIG X AMERICA’S BIGGEST CROSSWORD

- By JOHN McCARTHY

ACROSS

1 Generic Advil 6 Texas cattle 11 Ten-event

Olympic event 16 Place for

a fan

17 “Nova”

network 18 “Jailhouse

Rock” singer 19 ER staff 20 Tuneful 21 Bummed out 22 Tango

number 23 Juvenile 25 “We hold ___

truths ...” 27 Egg size 30 Spanish

tennis star 32 Prima ___ 33 Garden tool 34 Norway

neighbor 36 Slow,

musically 38 Self

39 Late

41 “Blah” feeling 43 Team

animal 46 Shakespear­e

play 47 Clothing tags 50 Golfer

Schauffele 53 Tesla, for one 54 Luau lute 55 “One more

song!”

58 Big bird 59 Hosed down 63 Holy day 64 Brother of

51-Down 65 Designer

Cassini

67 Bake sale

items

69 Large shell 73 Two-dot

symbol 74 Canine shelter 77 Book

correction­s 80 Sunday

reader

82 Like spandex 84 Guarantee 86 Lloyd Webber

musical

87 B&B

88 Uncle Sam’s

land

89 Map book 90 Big game fish 93 Sets ablaze 96 Runway 99 Pearl source 101 Fear

103 Moorehead on “Bewitched” 104 NYC team 108 Wild dog

109 Olympic

sword

111 Observed

113 Use a ruler

116 Showed

gratitude

120 Greeted an

officer

122 “The Iceman

___”: O’Neill 124 Spring

resort

125 Yalie

126 Endured

129 Wasp

131 Christenin­g 132 Eggnog spice 134 Portugal

neighbor

135 Singer

Ronstadt

136 Suffix for

lobby

137 Shooting

star

140 Really

bother

144 Corned beef

on ___

145 Junk room 147 Spacious

148 Outscores 150 Goatee

151 Chip dip

153 ___-de-sac 154 Orange

pekoe, e.g.

155 Count in 157 Fuss

158 Extra

energy

159 Asphalt

160 Pasta

pockets

162 Goers

163 Evening

drinks

164 Everlastin­g

DOWN

1 April 15 concern

(2 wds.) 2 Teamsters, e.g. 3 Baseball stat 4 Boxers

5 Italian seaport 6 Tenant

7 Seattle’s Space

___

8 Hang in

midair

9 Took a break 10 Potent 11 Square-dance

step (hyph.) 12 Finish

13 ___ Aviv 14 Carrying

cargo 15 Unfuzzy peach 24 Writes rap

lyrics

26 On/off control 28 Major mall

store

29 Small

kitchen

31 Shopping-cart

paths

32 “It just ___

add up” 35 Portals

37 For all to hear 40 Jog

42 “New” prefix 44 Magazine

piece 45 English sport 48 Club soda

feature 49 Student 51 Raggedy doll 52 Elder

statesman 56 Mormon Tabernacle ___

57 Regret 60 Tavern

61 Bar none 62 Eternity 64 Talus

(2 wds.) 66 Meadow 68 Mattress coils 69 Nicety 70 Small battery

size 71 Unconsciou­s 72 Alibis 73 Hornswoggl­ed 75 Manicure

focus

76 Fill with joy 78 Get there 79 Improvise

(hyph.)

81 Mongrel 83 Enjoy Vail 85 Einstein’s

birthplace 91 Plains Indian 92 Antarctic

bird

94 Sister 95 Cravat

97 Curl

98 One of the

Twelve

100 Movie

melody

102 Opinion

pages (hyph.) 105 Sigh of

delight

106 Relatives

107 Eden mother

110 In favor

112 Wide shoe

width

114 Racial

115 High regard 116 Postpone 117 Elec. unit 118 Chess piece 119 Voice an

objection 120 Gary in

“CSI: NY”

121 Philly

team

122 Panama

neighbor

123 Actress

Farrow

127 Beige

128 Playwright

130 Fetch

133 Killer

137 Back

teeth

138 Business

baron

139 Cigar-shaped 141 Breathing

woe

142 Dies down 143 Petty

despot

146 Quietly

implied

149 Fess up

152 Not tied

down

156 “Ode on a

Grecian ___” 161 By way of

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