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AMERICA’S BIGGEST CROSSWORD

- By JOHN McCARTHY

ACROSS

1 Adorable 6 December

holiday 11 Postponed play 16 Stringed

instrument 17 Worth 18 Swerves

19 Up to now 20 Wimbledon

surface 21 Heifer “hello” 22 Lamb’s aunt 23 Turf 24 “Gross!” 25 Floats a loan 27 Takes a peek 29 The Oak ___

Boys 32 Goof-off 34 Hobo 36 Jigsaw parts 38 On the beach 40 Lion group 43 Permit 44 Loosen laces 46 Flower holder 48 Shove off 49 “Your Song”

singer John 50 Inquires 51 Garden tool 54 Itching to start 57 Neighbor of

Wales

59 Says again 62 Insists on 64 Break of day 65 “Othello”

villain 67 Cocker ___ 70 Spring and

fall, e.g.

72 Got there 74 YouTube

features 76 Boxing

legend 77 Bottle top 78 Brunch hour 80 Oleo or butter 82 Baseball boss 84 Canoe mover 86 “Last, but

not ___” 87 Poorly lit 88 Gorilla 89 Boston ___

pie

90 Center 93 Himalayan

peak 96 Influence 99 QB aerials

101 Robot play 102 Airport

rental

103 Instructio­n 105 Sandwiches in 106 Belly

107 Shore

108 “Darn it!”

110 Jokers

112 Good for

nothing

115 Cool weather

wear

117 One seeking

asylum

119 Land of

pyramids

121 Threw in

124 “Woe is me!” 126 Bank job

128 Fairway chunk 129 What felons

break

131 Admittance 133 Self

134 Acts sleepy 136 Mirror

reflection­s

139 Song sections 143 18th President 146 Not external 147 Noble mount 149 Barbarous 150 Origami

necessity

152 Covered up 153 Squealer

154 Freezer

trayful

155 Pro vote

156 Big cat

157 Wipe clean 158 CIA employee 159 Monikers

160 Rule of ___ 161 Calm, cool,

and ___

162 Pirate burials 163 Wrote back

DOWN

1 Letter holders 2 Totally drench 3 2nd President 4 Entails 5 Kentucky

Derby gait 6 Limburger ___ 7 Idolize

8 Velocity 9 Overlooks 10 Small

apartment 11 Colonize 12 Spends

lavishly 13 Crazy number 14 Kind of queen 15 Vanish

26 Pop

28 Did in 30 River dot 31 Portal 33 Buzzed like

a bee 35 Director

Howard

37 Rocking ___ 39 Despises 41 Lyricist

Gershwin 42 Like 2 or 4 44 Secondhand 45 “It” game 47 Inspect 50 Respected 52 Potpie veggie 53 Like a thick

fog

55 Stage

whisper 56 Omelet

ingredient 58 Grab

60 Not showy

61 ___ for the

ride

63 Work of fiction 64 Unfolded 66 Salves 68 USPS

employees 69 Painters’

needs 70 Boils gently 71 Cat ___ fever 72 Comes into

view 73 Voted in 75 Super buys 79 Sees 81 Fishing pole 83 Tire filler

85 In ___ time 91 Magazine

copy 92 Becomes

gloomy 94 Marry in

haste

95 To the penny 97 Afraid 98 What

barnacles do 100 Abs exercise

(hyph.)

104 Stitched

109 Floor cover 111 Ball holder

113 Remain

114 Ponzi ___

115 Bee bite

116 Waterway

117 Somewhat

118 Not hard

119 Full of zip

120 Thus far

122 Meadow

moisture

123 Depicted

125 Fender

bender, e.g. 127 Exam

128 Peace

symbol

130 Psychother­apy 132 Sprinted

135 Gardner of

films

136 Far from

shore

137 Slap on the

cuffs

138 Subject of

a will

140 Magazine

boss

141 Act parts 142 Hot season 144 Messenger

of God

145 Babe Ruth’s number

148 Paradises 150 BBQ site 151 16 ounces

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