AMERICA’S BIGGEST CROSSWORD
By JOHN McCARTHY ACROSS 1 Drained fully 5 Ill-at-ease 12 Former
friends 16 Bother 17 Black-eyed ___ 18 Wear the
crown 19 Similar 20 Place for a
trunk 21 Neither
partner 22 Trophy room 23 Possessed 25 “Six ___
a-laying ...” 27 Eighth of a
cup
30 Fabric
32 QB Rodgers 33 Lug of a jug 34 Vacation spot 36 Sagittarius 38 Aardvark
snack
39 Be funny 40 Le Mans
curve 42 “Peter
Grimes” is one 43 Took a look 46 Oil well
blowouts 47 Injured party 50 Pencil part 53 Eggs 54 Tic-tac-___ 55 With kindness 58 Predicament 59 Fruit juices 62 Seventhinning ___ 63 Emerald Isle 64 Wedding
vows 66 Romantic
couples 68 Opal’s month 70 Briny deep 71 Clock bird 74 Garden tools 77 Heavenly
beings 79 Dieter’s
avoidance 81 Four-___ bed 83 Bar fruits 84 Bakery item 85 Tango
number 86 Publish 87 Snub 90 Musical solo 93 Loses a lap 96 Alibi
98 Bring in from
abroad
100 Distinguished 101 Idealist
102 Office
furniture
103 Cab
105 Bug-___
(agog)
107 Stumbled
110 Postal number (2 wds.)
113 River feeders 115 Uncle’s son 117 ___-horse
town
118 Henna, for
one
119 Sorority
member
122 Ship
124 Seeking
handouts
127 Swapped
129 Blue ___
Mountains
130 Checkers
color
131 Prom wear 132 Trapdoor
cover
133 Alberta
locale
136 Not as great 140 Jacuzzi
141 Fathers
142 Shine
harshly
143 Kind of card
or finger
145 Coin-toss
call
146 Road sign
147 Existed
148 “___ Father” 149 Like a good
cake
151 Backdrop
152 In pieces
153 Perfect 10 154 UPS truck
color
155 Teetertotters
156 Spontaneously 157 Radical DOWN
1 Intricate
2 Sinai ___ 3 Yale’s league 4 Think
differently 5 Belfast’s
province 6 French filmfest
site
7 Looking glass 8 Whopper
topper
9 Part of TLC 10 Limb 11 Magazine VIP 12 GOP symbol 13 Pitching stat
14 Meddle
15 Not primary 24 Farther down 26 Once in a
blue moon 28 Plains tribe 29 Beer
purchase 31 They’re raked
in autumn 32 Nuclear 35 Bach’s
instrument 37 Expenses 41 Open-and-___
case
44 Beach
shrinkage
45 Ease up 48 Professions 49 Deeply felt 51 Hitting stat 52 Talk
56 The Great
Wall setting 57 Zodiac sign 60 Quotes 61 Saunter 63 Blue-ribbon 65 Thought guilty 67 Postpone 68 Called for a
pizza 69 Venomous
snake 70 Voting “no”
72 Joker 73 Caravan stop 75 Light
refractor 76 Dance Fever
music
78 Sloe ___ fizz 80 Enjoy Aspen 82 Shotgun
gauge
88 The real McCoy 89 Squid relative 91 Like
flophouses 92 Musical pace 94 Vienna locale 95 Dutch elm
___
97 Motel rooms 99 Fourth Estate 104 Back in time 106 She raised
Cain
108 They flow to
the sea
109 Buck
110 Striped
equine
111 Elevator car 112 Fringes
113 Small couch 114 Noon
115 Time for
giving
116 Stress
120 Hence
121 Home
123 Recommends 125 Dad’s mom 126 Run in
neutral
128 Liquefy
133 iPhone
feature
134 Most recent 135 Remove
weaponry
137 Strikingly
unusual
138 Ear-piercing 139 Seldom
144 Keg beer
150 English brew 154 Night flier