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AMERICA’S BIGGEST CROSSWORD

- By JOHN McCARTHY

ACROSS

1 Resumes 6 Gorgeous 11 Flawed 16 Proportion 17 Facial hair 18 Chess

castles 19 Fishing spot 20 Saturn

features 21 Hide ___ hair 22 Caesar’s 502 23 Cash

dispenser 24 Finish 25 Triangles

have three 27 Equivalent 29 Pie fruit 32 One-way

sign 34 Threaded

bolt 36 Soccer team

number 38 Kind of

butter 40 Runway

walker 43 Cereal grass 44 Broke the

silence 46 Swift horse 48 Desert

spring 49 “Red ___ in the Sunset” 50 As well 51 T-bone 54 Quiz answer 57 Mirror 59 Box-office

buys 62 Incoming

plane 64 Whitish 65 Mauna Loa

outflow 67 Made to fit 70 Merge 72 Daybreak 74 Wipes clean 76 Big Band ___ 77 Sass 78 Zodiac sign 80 Footlocker­s 82 Cooked

chestnuts 84 Took the lid

off 86 “Harry Potter” monster 87 Vase handle 88 Gulp down 89 Hubbub 90 Risky

romance 93 Policeman 96 Tortoise 99 ___ of

speech

101 Dog doc

102 Fib

103 Fourth ___

(press)

105 Text

revision 106 Doublequic­k

107 Lyme ___ 108 Mary’s pet 110 Avian

abode

112 “Enough

___!”

115 Tennis

games

117 On horseback 119 Backbone 121 Inquired

124 Uses a

Singer

126 Fancied

128 Like legal

paper

129 Watches

baby 131 Notions

133 Small

battery size 134 Toys on

strings

136 “___

beloved ...” 139 Worth

having

143 “Terrific!” 146 Necessitie­s 147 Stage

whisper 149 Reflection 150 Sedated 152 Bauxite,

e.g.

153 Lily leaf

154 Deli bread 155 After taxes 156 France

neighbor 157 Worth 158 “Gunsmoke”

city

159 Like balsa 160 Glove part 161 In the same

vein

162 Pennants 163 Catches

napping

DOWN

1 December

holiday 2 Famous 3 Golf clubs 4 Rainy-day

item 5 Venus de

Milo, e.g. 6 Mystery 7 Manly 8 Tempest 9 Crazy 10 ___ shepherd 11 Redirect 12 “So long” 13 December

mailings 14 ___ tube 15 Not here 26 Hurricane

center 28 Not quite 30 Seth’s son 31 ___ for

(picks) 33 Siberia

locale 35 Bottle top 37 Social call 39 Zodiac sign 41 Henna, for

one 42 Kayaking spot 44 Guest bed,

at times 45 Nocturnal

bird 47 Inhalation­s 50 Do a

florist’s job 52 Pekoe 53 Sectors 55 Bills QB

Josh 56 Jeep Cherokee, for one 58 Burst of

light 60 Pause sign 61 Live 63 Baritone,

e.g. 64 Abundant 66 Understand­ing 68 Announce 69 Have

coming 70 Orange

veggies 71 Along in

years

72 Like leopards 73 The blues 75 “You’re ___

friends” 79 Panda’s

homeland 81 Santa’s

helper 83 Hit the

slopes 85 Little louse 91 Not as many 92 Ark couples 94 Lighter

igniter 95 Apprehend 97 Saves

98 Not in the ___ 100 Of the city 104 Keeps an

eye on

109 Sound

booster

111 “A Boy Named

___”

113 Not as

much

114 Hollered

115 Creator

116 Because

117 Shirt size

118 Piece of

cake

119 Beachwear 120 Freezer

product

122 Door

opener

123 Depicts

125 Anytime

127 Calendar

squares 128 Praise

130 Patent

holder

132 Hole-in-one 135 Possess

136 Position

troops

137 Trembling

trees

138 It has rungs 140 Calm

141 “Strawberry ___ Forever” 142 Giggles

144 Sacred

song

145 Her ___

Majesty

148 Gandhi’s

land

150 Speak

151 Oil barrels

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