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AMERICA’S BIGGEST CROSSWORD 52

- By JOHN McCARTHY

ACROSS

1 Crimson (2 wds.) 6 Special times 11 Oddball 16 Adjust the

wheels 18 Singer Parton 19 Toastmaste­r 20 Abrams on

Glee

21 Snowy mound 23 Suspect’s

excuse

24 The Almighty 25 Tibetan ox 26 France

neighbor 27 Erato or Clio,

e.g.

28 Marble 30 Public face 33 Legislate 35 Humane org. 36 Links legend

Walter 38 Beethoven

opus

40 Love of Venus 42 Bury

44 Osaka of

tennis 45 Clubs for

Tiger 46 Austrian

capital

48 Like holy

water

50 NBA score 52 Witherspoo­n

in Wild 54 Picks up 56 Betrothed 58 High-___ wire 61 Sent a cybermessa­ge 63 Ancient Peru

Indian

65 Good hole

cards

68 Travel bag 70 Cider

“hardener” 72 Hit-or-miss 74 Waikiki locale 75 Inc. cousin 76 Self

77 Hunt for 78 Mystery 80 British “bye!” 82 Whalebone 84 Special

Forces cap 85 Dallas

college

86 Pick up a

perp

87 U. of Maine

city 88 Floating 91 Japanese

knight 94 Spring

holiday

97 Like

powwows 98 Igloo material 99 Neither’s pal 100 Vandalize

101 Madman

102 When soaps

air

103 God, in Psalms 104 Mortgage

paper

106 Money

machines

107 Home of the

A’s

110 Bill Clinton’s

daughter

113 Panacea

(hyph.)

115 Trees poet

Kilmer

117 Spooky

120 Staggered 122 Batter’s goal

(2 wds.)

125 Big Ben’s

home

127 Prefix for

media

129 Not up yet

(2 wds.)

131 City in

Belgium

132 Wearing a

burqa

135 Egypt

neighbor

139 Lake craft 140 Edinburgh

citizen

141 Butter maker

142 Subway

144 Supper prayer 145 Smear

146 Whole-___

bread

148 Dollop

149 Tire filler

150 Heavenly

being

152 Auction bid 153 Scoundrel 154 Oklahoma!

aunt

155 Paradises 156 Visitor from

Venus

157 Amtrak eatery

(2 wds.)

158 Tossed out 159 City law

DOWN

1 UMW member

(2 wds.) 2 Sewing machine inventor (2 wds.) 3 Hindu queen 4 Glowing quality 5 Cowboys’ home 6 Atmosphere

gas

7 Kind of union

or card 8 Pelvic bones 9 Minded 10 Rattled

11 Frills

12 Pool tool

(2 wds.)

13 Nothing (Sp.) 14 Waterresis­tant 15 Emotional

release 17 Sparkle 22 One getting

up

29 Facing 31 Constructe­d 32 Jokes 34 Bitty bite 37 Donated 39 Monk’s

superior 41 Utah city 43 Championsh­ip 47 Henpecking 49 Titanic’s call

51 TV station 53 The deep 55 “Apple cider”

girl

57 Wheat or

rice, e.g. 59 Mother-ofpearl

60 Blood of the

gods 62 Untied 63 Lived in 64 Lack of

bravery 66 Diving

seabird 67 Sailing ships 68 Hanoi locale 69 Like spandex 70 Defendant

71 Lionlike 72 Heist 73 Temple

candelabru­m 79 Ending for

guitar 81 Down Under

bird

83 Break a fast 89 “Alas and

___!”

90 Mrs. John

Adams 92 Perhaps 93 Sneak

attacks 95 Like North

Africa 96 Tomato

disease

105 Marty

McFly’s pal 106 Beer

108 Eagle nest 109 L.A.

baseballer

110 Plotting group 111 Golfer Trevino 112 Thespian

113 Square dance

VIP

114 Soviet Union

founder

115 007 (2 wds.) 116 Hawaiian

tuna

118 Uprising

119 Stamina

121 Like Tesla

cars

123 Sunny-___ up 124 Locks

126 Departed

128 Support a

church

130 ___ Peace

Prize

132 Churlish

133 Without a

doubt

134 Hot coals

136 Flew like an

eagle

137 “It’s a deal!” 138 City on the

Rio Grande 143 Oklahoma city 147 Ireland

151 Put on

weight

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