Globe

AMERICA’S BIGGEST CROSSWORD

- By JOHN McCARTHY

ACROSS

1 Soul-stirring 6 Taxi chauffeur 11 Elephant

16 TV host

DeGeneres 18 Cellist Casals 19 Cease-fire 20 Rainbow fish 21 Monarchs 23 Suffix for harp 24 Volleyball

barrier

25 Mrs. Flintstone 28 Purple bloom 30 Loaded down 33 Royal decree 35 Aesop’s tale 37 Average grade 38 Play parts 40 Candy nut 42 Freezer trayful 43 Nevada

neighbor 44 World holder 45 Sen. ___ Paul 48 Additional 49 Frequent

opponent 50 Picnic crashers 52 Proverb 55 Little devil 56 Sick 57 Achieve 60 Inedible

orange 61 Olympic symbol 64 Actress

Sarandon 66 Highland

shrub

67 Talon

68 Pub pint 69 Electric sword 71 Worthless

(hyph.)

74 Rec room

fixture (2 wds.) 77 Film festival

city

80 Deluge refuge 81 Yalie 83 Sailor’s assent 84 Racial 87 Unduly formal 89 Beaming 90 Not quite 92 Gads about 93 Epoch 94 Bride’s title 95 Tart fruit 96 Texas capital 99 Mammoth

102 Indoor

105 Alleviates 107 Sister

109 Astral altar 110 Commotion 112 Sagittariu­s 114 Exceedingl­y 115 Pasta

strainers

116 Rapunzel’s

pride

118 “... ___ daily

bread”

119 After-bath

powder

121 Fat

123 Film award 125 Duck down 128 Cost

130 “Laughing”

animals

132 NBA official 133 Feel poorly 134 Like AAA

widths

137 Terrorist org. 139 McDonald’s

order

141 Comedian

142 Advantage 144 Refrigerat­e 145 Dueling

sword

146 Conger

147 Role playing 150 Pooh’s

gloomy chum 154 “Eureka!” 155 Hard up

157 Milk pouch 158 Black Sea port 160 Sacred song 161 Fiennes in

Skyfall

163 Kind of well 164 Regret

165 Alpine warble 168 Perfect 10 169 Utah city

170 Lloyd in

Airport

171 Saltwater 173 Coming-out

girl

174 Postponed

play

175 Tongue

sensors

DOWN

1 The Sound of

Music song 2 Bird of the

night

3 Golfer Poulter 4 Waterloo loser 5 Address

stickers 6 Multiple-___

exam 7 Combat

8 Circular 9 Austrian capital 10 Decayed 11 Bottom line 12 1948 Triple

Crown winner 13 Tibetan ox 14 Ages and ages 15 Bat of Dodge

City

17 Shade tree 22 Lyricist

Gershwin 26 Like lettuce 27 Oak nuts 29 Take a gift 31 The Thin Man

dog 32 Kool-Aid

pitcher

34 Ireland’s

capital 35 Banquets 36 Glider wood 39 Saltpeter 41 Holds dear 46 Opposed to 47 Stubborn one

(hyph.) 50 Math course 51 N. Carolina

native (2 wds.) 53 The works 54 Hawkeye

Stater 58 Molars 59 Anger

62 Sign of a

skunk 63 Despised

64 Brown photo 65 Wartime

partner 67 Apartment

pest

70 Odd duck 72 Red pepper 73 Kiev locale 75 Porridge 76 High-___ wire 78 Seedless

orange 79 Written test 82 Ocean-going

ship

85 Mary ___

Moore 86 Water fairy 88 Harvest

goddess

91 Baseball stat 97 Good for

nothing 98 Rags

100 City boss 101 Mother-ofpearl

103 Church

tower

104 “___ through the snow ...”

106 Chef’s garb 108 Baseball

officials

111 Palm fruit

113 Serve a

banquet

117 Adams in

Man of Steel

120 Neighbor of

Virgo

122 Barnum’s

circus partner 123 Part of HBO 124 Cook-off dish 126 Blockhead 127 Indy vehicles 129 Ides of

March victim 130 Trite

131 Best of the

best

135 Mutineer

136 Without

value

138 Magic trick 140 Long story 141 Atkins of

Nashville

143 Cards suit 147 Stick to 148 Rude blog

posters

149 Hosiery 151 Got by

working

152 Unsealed 153 Aerie

nestling

156 Henna,

for one

159 Dipper

162 Tire filler 166 Smidgen 167 Rent

171 Hive

resident

172 Debtor’s

note

 ?? ??
 ?? ??

Newspapers in English

Newspapers from United States