Globe

BIG X BIGGEST AMERICA’S CROSSWORD

- By JOHN McCARTHY

ACROSS

1 Vanilla ___ 5 Weatherman 12 20th Century

___ (train) 16 Sinatra’s asset 18 Actor in a crowd 19 Midday meal 20 Hornet wound 21 Golf clubs 23 Standing rib

___

24 Do Easter eggs 25 She-goat 26 Matron of ___ 27 Can covers 28 Appaloosa, e.g. 30 Speed trap 33 Smallest

amount 35 “Hold ___ your hat!” (2 wds.) 36 Uber

alternativ­e 38 Cause of

burnout 40 Beneficial 42 “Say it ___ so!” 44 Spectrum

producer 46 Debatable

topic 48 Pressing 50 Stopped by 52 Source 54 Mushroom

parts

56 “The ___ bird

catches ...” 58 Casino

employees 60 Like models 63 Simplest 65 Mousketeer

cap

67 School subject 70 Shelter 72 Inspect 74 Leafy dishes 76 More chilly 77 Hockey team

number 78 Ooh and ___ 79 Cave sounds 80 Unbroken

string 82 Lettuce variety 84 Within 86 Hidden

motive 87 Electees 88 Santa’s helper 89 Fly-by-___ 90 Tempo 93 Tornado 96 Apostles

number

99 LP feature

100 Shelley poem 101 Fib

102 Designer

103 Wipes clean 104 Compactnes­s 105 Lethal

106 Wipe the

furniture

108 Be a

bookworm

109 Dozing

112 Draws a blank 115 Like fortune

cookies

117 Broadway

stagings

119 Notions

122 Crooner

124 “Rio Lobo”

is one

127 Prohibited

129 Soap ___

131 Paradises

133 Spud buds 134 “___ beloved

...”

137 Showed

shock

141 Snoot

142 Deserve

144 Hangs a left 145 Bonfire

remains

147 Is a good dog 148 Land measure 150 Weasel-like

animal

152 Moo

153 Favorite

154 Mars

neighbor

156 Them

there

157 Spin doctor’s

concern

158 “___ got to

be kidding!” 159 UFO

passenger

160 “Full speed

___!”

161 Wastelands 162 Thinking 13 is

unlucky, e.g. 163 Voted in

DOWN

1 Stationery items 2 Infield base 3 Region 4 Growing molars 5 Engines

6 One at a swap

meet 7 Edmonton team 8 Had title to 9 “Do unto ___

...”

10 In a class by ___ 11 Like a rain

dance 12 Photograph­er’s

concern 13 Principal street

14 Rose feature 15 Unexpected

find 17 Expenses 22 Alex Haley book 29 Social

standing 31 Seeks answers 32 Polly, to Tom 34 The Continent 37 Entertain 39 North Pole

workers 41 Duck down 43 Baseball teams 45 Eisenhower 47 McCartney’s

title

49 Carry out 51 Hotel cousin 53 Offensive

remarks 55 AMA members

(abbr.)

57 Cash

dispenser 59 On one’s toes 61 Sidestep 62 Car gear 64 Stopped 65 Swapped 66 Like monks 68 Bordering 69 Hemmed and

hawed

70 Part of ROTC

71 Igloo builders 72 Was

73 With keen

desire 74 Chose a new

gear

75 Stage setting 81 Jamie Foxx

film 83 Greyhound 85 Sick

91 Basil and

thyme, e.g. 92 Lab work 94 Near the core 95 ___-baked

potato 97 Cloud nine

98 Tire part with

a cap

107 Attempt

108 Valentine color 110 Op-ed piece

111 Madison

Square ___

112 Less

113 Stomach

114 Mails

115 Spider snare 116 A cube has six 117 Shielded

118 Gorilla

120 New Year’s

___

121 Postponed

123 Nose parts

125 Speaks

126 Razor feature 128 “Fiddlestic­ks!” 130 Signs a lease 132 Demise

134 Nightmares 135 Sawing wood 136 Attorney

138 Viewpoint

139 Kind of chip 140 New Jersey

NHL team

143 Chess castles 146 Do ghostly

work

149 Bureau

151 Sign of sorrow 155 Garden tool

 ?? ??

Newspapers in English

Newspapers from United States