BIG X AMERICA’S BIGGEST CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Kid’s coin

collector (2 wds.) 6 Owned

11 Tropical cyclone 16 Vision 18 Pained cries 19 Monopoly buy 20 Grass cluster 21 Pancake topper 23 Peg for Woods 24 Picnic pest 25 Light refractor 28 Phone response 30 Below zero 33 Met staging 35 Take to the ice 37 Pub pint 38 Vendor 40 Household

duties

42 Half pint 43 Jockey

44 Not quite right 45 Bottom digits 48 COVID-19, for

one 49 Wake-up call 50 Pre-owned 52 Radio noise 55 Beat ___ rap 56 Country

lodge

57 Car contracts 60 Door sign 61 See-through 64 Source of gluten 66 Hilltop 67 No-fat milk 68 Baboon 69 Sand near a

green 71 Dracula, at

times 72 Seedling 74 Remove all signs 77 Brewery tank 78 Radio Free ___ 81 Fitting 82 Squid’s squirt 84 Crafty one 85 Break loose 88 Bowman 90 Pant leg 91 July 4 event 93 “Last, but not

___”

94 “___ la-la ...” 95 Eisenhower 96 Taper off 97 Aloha State 100 Turner ___

Movies

103 Cross out

106 Be firm about 108 Inquire

110 Podded plant 111 Singer Garfunkel 113 Uphill climb 115 That female 116 Also-ran

117 Goddess of love 118 Sizable

119 Fog

121 Smallest bill 122 Black-___

Susan

124 Encounters 126 Storm sewer 128 Covered

stadiums

131 The ___

Prayer

133 “It just ___

add up”

135 Keats poem 136 Corrida cheer 137 In the phone

directory

140 Bargain

142 Genesis

disaster

144 North

Dakota city 145 Calendar

squares

147 Téa of “Madam

Secretary”

148 “High” shoes 149 Dog doc

150 Buy stock in 153 Smooches 157 Oahu music

maker

158 Waterfowl 160 Say “yes”

161 Swiped

163 Penn Station

arrival

164 Embezzle

166 Enjoy Aspen 167 Dallas college 168 Belly

171 Card deals

172 Panda’s

homeland

173 Radio and TV,

e.g.

174 Like Alpine

peaks

176 Tossed out 177 Radio audience 178 Figured a job

cost

DOWN

1 Travel documents 2 Joke

3 “Are we there

___?”

4 No place special 5 Small hills 6 Six-shooter 7 Ponzi ___ 8 Rocker John 9 Make waves 10 Physician 11 Some ranches 12 Puts back 13 April 15 letters 14 Televise 15 Strong coffees 17 Towel word

22 Tibetan ox 26 Delhi locale 27 Comic Short 29 They fall in fall 31 Purple flower 32 Southern Cal

rival

34 Allow 35 Cards suit 36 Zodiac ram 39 Egg size 41 Speak from a

dais

46 Opal’s month 47 Seventhinning ___ 50 Reveal 51 Chosen by ballot

53 “For shame!” 54 Musical pace 58 Loft

59 Epoch 62 Lend a hand 63 Proportion 64 Calendar rows 65 As well 67 Clams and

mussels, e.g. 70 Bestowed 72 Not total 73 Takes the

offense

75 ___ violet 76 Looks forward

to

79 Map lines

80 Trails

83 ICU worker 86 Orca prey 87 Flabbergast 89 Heifer 92 Curve 98 Varsity

member 99 Spray can

101 Child’s wear 102 Rescued

104 Pecked at 105 With gusto 107 Particulars 109 Lemony

112 Wear the

crown

114 Mating game

120 Bygone

123 New Year’s ___ 125 Salad green 126 Give meaning

to

127 Dwelling

129 Test grades 130 Oklahoman 132 Plates

133 Over the moon 134 Marry in

haste

138 Movie melody 139 Exhibited

141 Connected 143 Facts

144 Forgery

146 Plentiful

150 Did a laundry

job

151 Ship

152 Hockey

equipment

154 Loony

155 Leaves clueless 156 Cowboy’s

seat

159 American uncle 162 Switchblade 165 2,000

pounds

169 “___ Doubtfire”

(1993)

170 Pro vote

174 Total

175 Seeing stars