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AMERICA’S BIGGEST CROSSWORD

- By JOHN McCARTHY

ACROSS

1 Advantageo­us 6 Smashed 11 Sleep through

winter 16 Acorn, e.g. 17 Water carriers 18 Seedling

19 On the fence 20 Rage

21 Gout site 22 Egyptian king 23 Failure to

appear

25 For ___ birds 27 New York

fruit

30 Fitting 32 Work helmet

(2 wds.) 34 Look like 36 Fenced in 38 Kind of park 41 ___ and tonic 42 “Hi, there!” 44 Street race 47 Cabs

48 Rigg or Ross 49 Kind 51 “Attack!” 53 One-way signs 55 Munch on 56 Called for a

pizza

59 Intent 61 Oceans 62 Have mercy on 63 Sick

64 Like Crater Lake 66 Country

lodge 67 Microbes 69 Land units 72 Pekoe

73 Most recent 76 ___ as directed 77 Weep

79 CBS logo 80 Car repair shop 83 Humankind 85 Selects 86 Song sections 88 Ballroom dance 89 Enjoy Aspen 90 Baked good 91 Dwelling 92 Proprietor­s 95 Cigar leaves 98 Compass part 101 Round figure 103 Epoch

105 Building wing 106 Court divider 108 Viewpoint

110 Lyon in “Lolita” 111 Do a crossword 112 “Strange to

say ...”

113 Passing fancy 114 Sitar relative 116 Make a doily 117 Slothful

119 Smog

121 Synagogues 124 Neverthele­ss 127 Uniform

129 Scary film

genre

130 Raised areas 132 “___ upon a

time...”

134 Moses’

brother

136 Rainy month 137 Language of

Eire

139 Croquet areas 141 Part of TGIF 142 What place? 144 Not guilty 148 Arctic Ocean

hazards

152 Stand behind 155 Big-eyed bird 156 Customary 158 Colorado

tribe

159 In the dark 162 Rowboat

adjunct

163 “___ Father” 164 Lair

165 Tapers

166 Things to darn 167 More

clamorous

168 Commotion 169 Office job 170 Highly

regarded

171 MIT grads

DOWN

1 Amazing 2 Ayes and nays 3 Boy Wonder 4 Antibiotic

target 5 Happenings 6 Solar ___ 7 Magnetism 8 Hobo 9 Decayed 10 Kind of floss

11 Does ghostly

work

12 Cake occasion 13 Measuring

device 14 Horse-and-buggy

travelers 15 Atomic

particles 24 Tall tree 26 Warmed 28 Cribbage pins 29 Loan

31 Baked veggie 33 Do Easter

eggs 35 Short-haired

dog

37 Ski-lift part 39 To the penny 40 Advantage 42 In this place 43 Running free 45 Do another

draft

46 Adult 49 Broadway

house

50 Rite of ___ 52 ___ nor reason 54 Speed trap 57 Former spouses 58 Donna

Summer music 59 Gets in the

game

60 Antelope, to

a lion

62 Like Cabinet

appointees 65 At the moment 67 “Family Feud”

answers 68 Juilliard

School solo 70 Acknowledg­e 71 Threescore

and ten 74 Copier cartridge 75 Thread holder 78 Part of HRH 81 Bonfire

remains

82 Be a clown

84 Suffix with

ball or buff 87 In the dumps 93 Horse opera 94 November

winner

96 Red veggies 97 Dishrag, e.g. 99 Carry out the

law

100 Fire truck

equipment

102 Cloudless 104 Easy victory 107 “So what ___

is new?”

109 Lost color

115 Fling

118 Hidden

motive

120 Animal parks 122 Grassland

123 Sweater size 125 “...for better

or ___”

126 Crushed

fabric

128 Rear-___

mirror

129 Sledding spots 131 Museum

dinosaurs, e.g. 133 Standards 135 Little lice

136 Largest

continent

138 Continuing 140 Siesta

143 Hem and ___ 145 Nary a soul 146 Relief

pitcher

147 ER workers 149 Place for

hangers

150 Incinerate­d 151 Cookbook

page

153 Lose control 154 1/16 pound 157 Reunion

relative

160 Kitchen wear 161 Out of bed

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