BIG X AMERICA’S BIGGEST CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Student housing 6 Inducement 11 Whirlpool 16 Weighed down 17 Earthy pigment 18 ___ Attraction
(1987) 19 Heredity
factors 20 Close to home 21 Lout 22 Raggedy doll 23 Twin Falls
locale
25 Stem swelling 27 Patriot ___
Allen
30 Come about 32 Croons
33 As of now 34 Cedar rows 36 Slow tempo 38 Lyricist
Gershwin
39 By ___ and
drabs 40 Censor (out) 41 Weight
allowance 44 Hash house 45 Señora Peron 46 Lap dog 48 Did the floss 50 The Matrix
hero 51 Cloner’s need 52 Noah’s Ark
mount 55 Tehran citizen 56 Paper nest
builders 59 Last Greek
letter 61 Washer cycle 62 Domestic 63 Cribbage pin 64 Extract juice
from
65 Mild,
climate-wise 68 NYC airport 71 Clooney or
Strait 74 Home-care
worker 75 Juice drink 77 Gate-___
table 78 Must-have 81 W Texas city 83 Make a long
story short 84 Demand
firmly 86 Prevent 87 Become
droopy 88 Portray 89 Cut in two 91 Spellbound 94 Masked
mammal 97 Gamer’s
hangout
100 Placid
102 Mrs. McKinley 104 “It Had to
Be ___”
105 Dine
107 Seinfeld girl 109 Cop
110 Venus and
Athena, e.g.
111 Again
112 Suffix for boy 113 Village
114 Store ashes 116 Highest Alp 118 Small pies
121 Easy on Me
singer
123 Fab Four
member
125 Pekoe
126 Group of
whales
127 Apricot
juice
129 2nd Greek
letter
131 Gray wolves 133 City VIP
134 Icelandic epic 136 Wild Aussie
dog
137 Took risks 139 Caesar’s 502 140 Bird dog
143 Set fire to 147 Notice
148 Flashy
149 Colombian
plain
150 Perry’s
secretary
152 Thunder and
Lightning, e.g. 153 “When it
___, it pours” 154 “Greatest”
boxer
155 Spring
resort
156 Fancies
158 2nd
President
159 Striped
stinker
160 Seagoing
vessel
161 Early
anesthetic
162 Washer soap
163 Man-made 164 Meanspirited
DOWN
1 Dawdled 2 Geiger-counter
detection 3 Author
Fleming 4 Mileage
measurer 5 God, in Psalms 6 Incursion 7 Starbucks
product
8 Belt hole 9 Away from the
shore
10 Yule drink
11 Monte Carlo
locale
12 Put in the Hall
of Fame 13 “Erie Canal”
mule
14 Skilled
storyteller 15 Wimp
24 Pearl source 26 Pasture 28 Pre-Soviet
ruler
29 Bern river 31 Noisy insect 32 Cavalry
swords 35 Outlaw bands 37 Similar 42 Made to fit
43 Mysteries 46 Street events 47 Topeka
residents 48 Dinged up 49 Apple drink 53 Eagle nest 54 Busted a
bronco 57 Seniors’ org. 58 Javelin 59 Eyed rudely 60 Rubber
cement 66 Like bungee
cords
67 Word jumble 69 Learned bit
by bit
70 Stir up
72 Playful
mammal 73 Bridge maven
Charles 76 Go-go music 79 Lucy’s sidekick 80 India’s
largest city 82 Corn bearer 85 Pig ___ poke
(2 wds.) 90 Rigby of song 92 Pluto neighbor 93 Home of the
Braves 95 Pessimist 96 “There ___ to
be a law!” 98 Waterfall 99 Lose altitude
100 Escargot
101 The Mystery
of ___ Drood 103 Give out cards 106 Mine
approach
108 Montezuma,
notably
115 Nary a soul 116 Whalebone 117 Monastery
head
119 Silk substitute 120 Lemon-lime
soda
122 “Take me to
your ___”
124 Island off
Cape Cod
128 Sullied
130 Drive too
close
132 Achy
133 Letters
135 Menu
section
136 Musher’s
vehicle
138 Demolish 140 Wise one
141 Clinks glasses 142 Light bulb
man
144 O-ring
145 Slanted type 146 Merited
151 Giggle
157 Baronet’s
title
161 Epoch