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BIG X AMERICA’S BIGGEST CROSSWORD

- By JOHN McCARTHY

ACROSS

1 Sarcastic

comment 6 Fast-food

favorite

11 Big dog

(2 wds.) 16 Floral wear 17 Place for pins 18 Midway

attraction­s 19 Timid soul 20 Off-road

wheels 21 Divinity 22 Tablet

23 Early settler 25 Place for a

ring

27 Creepy 30 Poem of

praise

32 Good for

nothing 34 Farm area 36 Mileage

measurer 38 License ___ 41 ___ Dhabi 42 Detest 44 Prank 47 Pasha’s wives 48 Perfume 49 Romanov

title

51 Not fragile 53 Thoroughbr­ed gait 55 Sea eagle 56 N. Carolina native

(2 wds.) 59 36th

President

61 In the sack 62 Old Italian

coin 63 Collection 64 Capital of

Norway 66 Pull-___ can 67 Mind

69 Ben of Ben

& Jerry’s 72 Possess 73 Snitch on 76 Raggedy doll 77 Arctic bird 79 Juice drink 80 Frightened 83 Loved to

bits

85 Deny 86 Identify with 88 Improvise

(hyph.) 89 “Gosh!” 90 RAV4, for

one 91 Colorado ski

spot

92 Fit to eat 95 Baked Italian

dish

98 Met stagings 101 Not harsh 103 Hitter’s stat 105 PC “brain” 106 Aussie bird 108 Sri Lanka,

once

110 Enemy

111 Pelvic bones 112 Stows cargo 113 Rainbow

114 Old King ___ 116 Chart

117 Prince

William’s wife 119 Nullify

121 Driving force 124 Seafood

item

127 PGA

members

129 Sunflower

State

130 One

camping out 132 Urge

134 Peer

136 Unhappy

look

137 Comfort

139 English

nobles

141 Slip up

142 Midday

meal

144 Brave

148 Amazon

et al. (hyph.) 152 Least

possible

155 Tyrannosau­rus

___

156 Spaghetti,

e.g.

158 YMCA room 159 City in

129-Across

162 ___ and aah 163 Alaskan knife 164 Zig’s pal

165 Sort of lens 166 Sumatran

ape

167 Plane wing

flap

168 Is no more 169 Evidently

170 Marc

Antony’s love 171 Curative

DOWN

1 Paint

alternativ­e 2 Nixon’s VP

Agnew

3 Stash

4 Soaked up 5 Sandwich roll 6 Wanting to eat 7 Homicide 8 Cow feature 9 Showed shock 10 Hit-or-miss 11 Fancy glass 12 Food fanciers 13 W Nevada

lake

14 Marble 15 Listen in 24 Court divider

26 Nautical

symbol 28 Dutch cheese 29 Debt notes 31 Fatalities 33 Water dog 35 Eagle nest 37 Jamaican

voodoo 39 Wrath 40 Genesis

garden 42 Saudi, for

one 43 Wrestling

grips 45 Thought up 46 Witchy

month 49 Metallic wrap

50 Contrary to 52 Cary in

“Charade” 54 “Run” singer

Lewis 57 Trombone,

e.g. 58 Hawaiian

veranda 59 Sidewalk

game 60 Require 62 Sluggish 65 Law 67 Weasel

relatives 68 Cherubic 70 Country

bumpkin 71 Edgy

74 Osprey claw 75 Record ID 78 Open a soda 81 Stop

82 Force back 84 Geisha’s

sash 87 Balloon filler 93 Thaw 94 Defect 96 Con games 97 Swallows 99 Case in point 100 Takes a gift 102 High

schoolers

104 Pop in the

oven

107 Time for

grace

109 Klondike

locale

115 ___ eclipse 118 Sean in

“Rudy”

120 Podium

122 S. Dakota

capital

123 Pitch card 125 Bakery whiff 126 ___ hearts

club

128 Film spool 129 Michigan

city

131 Wedding

run-through 133 Upper limits 135 Helen of

Troy’s mother

136 Guitar ridge 138 Picked up

the phone

140 Roman 601 143 “Ick!”

145 Peace

accord

146 Rare and

wonderful

147 Apple

product

149 Schooled

150 Large lizard 151 Badge

153 Israeli desert 154 Virile

157 Marsh

160 Skeptic

161 Hawkeye

Stater

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