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BIG X AMERICA’S BIGGEST CROSSWORD

- By JOHN McCARTHY

ACROSS

1 Sends home 6 Cop 11 Gratifying 16 Brief 17 Competitor 18 Oven clock 19 ACLU part 20 Doily fabric 21 Rib-___ steak 22 Call at first 23 Spelling ___ 24 Henna, for

one 25 Numeral

type 26 Evening 28 Provincial 31 “We ___

overcome ...” 33 Spring

month

34 Not as hard 36 Kind of floss 38 Idea

41 “___ so it

goes” 43 Liberation 46 Winning 48 Map books 49 YouTube

upload 51 Oklahoman 53 Triangle side 54 Sock part 55 Contempora­ry 57 Forbidden

fruit 58 Specialist­s 61 Singer Ross 62 Item

63 A- grade

65 A limerick

has five 67 Chanel

creations 69 Parade

vehicle

70 Car wash

tool 73 Baboon 74 Tango

number 75 Debate

topics 78 First-born 80 Cardigan 82 Pare down 84 Secret

motive 85 “___ a small

world ...” 86 Wonder 87 Sound 88 Cooks

clams

91 Make clear 94 Underscore 97 Zodiac sign 99 In favor of 100 Understand 101 Stopped

103 France

neighbor

104 Shine

105 Shatter

106 Poem unit 108 Vigor

110 Last inning,

usually

112 Some twins 115 Saw

socially

116 Fearless

117 Play part

118 Pitching

stat

119 Marriages 121 “See you

___!”

123 Inspect

126 Bike part 128 Males with

mail

131 Crimson

132 Comments 135 Like a

rasp file

138 ___ of two

evils

142 Fried ___

rings

143 Memorize 144 Consumed 146 Unrefined

oil

147 Garden tool 148 Bashful

149 Half of VI 150 Fuss

151 Model

152 Fess up

153 Tempest 154 Cancel a

launch

155 Surprise

win

156 Roughly

157 Catches

napping

158 Radio

audience

159 Part of

SASE

DOWN

1 Zones

2 Frosty, for one 3 Deep-felt 4 Physical

power 5 Vicious 6 Aviators

7 Tiny

8 Joker 9 Monument

stone 10 Kindest 11 Unmask 12 Safari

sighting

13 Set free 14 Snubbed

15 God Rest Ye

Merry ___ 27 Twitter name 29 Verbal 30 Totals up 32 Bisected 35 Reflection 37 Avian homes 39 Consist of 40 Side by side 42 Church

center

44 Like candlelit

dinners 45 Conclusion­s 47 Cost 50 Engagement

stone

52 Starting

square 56 Scoundrel 59 Out of

fashion

60 The Price Is

___ 62 Lengths 64 24 hours ago 66 Hit the spot 67 Menu course 68 Peculiar 69 Logging

areas 71 Church

instrument 72 Migratory

birds

76 Pick up on 77 Motel rooms 79 In ___ time 81 Bar none 83 SUV

89 Pool rack

shape 90 Opposed to 92 Couples 93 Low joint 95 Honored

with insults 96 Airline

posting

98 Be made (of) 102 Land of

the Free

107 Pekoe

109 Beefeater,

for one

111 Port

112 Take the

helm

113 Bust a

bronc

114 Bird food

115 Spiffy

116 Ambassador­s 120 Thought

guilty

122 Therapists 124 Code type 125 Not

working

127 Handcuffed 129 Pool user

130 Loch

Ness ___

133 Goof

134 Motives

135 Lake

rentals

136 Muppet

drummer

137 Earthquake­s 139 Make

possible

140 “Be Prepared” group

141 Dr. Zhivago

setting

145 Stooges

number

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