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AMERICA’S BIGGEST CROSSWORD

- By JOHN McCARTHY

ACROSS

1 Badger State

6 New Year’s Eve drink

11 88-Across, for one

16 Unpackaged

18 Sporty neckwear

19 Support a church

20 Two make a quart

21 Shamrock color

23 Fort Worth school

24 Hole-in-one

25 No-frills

28 “Camelot” composer

30 Lawn wreckers

33 Lake craft

35 Saline

37 Self

38 White sale goods

40 Prickly plant

42 Obtain

43 Prudes

44 British corp.

46 Prefix for active

47 Modelesque

50 It plays dead

51 W. Texas city

54 Mongolia neighbor

57 Heat source

58 Sleepwear

59 Final result

62 Ballpark flag

63 Like a bright night

66 Tramp about

67 Facts

68 Salt measure

70 Black-eyed ___

72 Smelling salts gas

74 Do a puzzle

75 Breaks for readers

78 Monte Carlo locale

81 Big wine bottle

83 Fragrant flower

85 Painter’s need

87 Star in Cygnus

88 Yalie

89 Brazil hot spot

90 U-shaped

river bend

91 Philly team

94 Said aloud

97 English ___

100 Honda model

102 Hulk player

Edward

104 Palm fruits

105 Emptied the tub

106 Giraffe features

107 Cost of cards

109 Lights-out call

111 “My Way” singer

114 Average

117 Chicken soup pasta

119 Count on

121 Baseball stat

122 “Greatest” boxer

123 Stays clear of

126 Frolic

128 Major golf tourney

131 “Look ___ you leap”

133 Osaka of tennis

134 Tic-___-toe

135 Powerball, e.g.

136 Rocky crag

137 Hot-fudge treat

140 Big to-do

144 Singer Winehouse

145 Colander

147 Dark yellow

148 Sing softly

150 Licit

151 Times Square lights

153 Soaked

154 Hurricane center

155 Top berth

158 Fool

159 Baghdad native

160 “Lou Grant” star

161 Work

163 Minnesota capital

164 Bad dream

165 Did away with

DOWN

1 Paint alternativ­e

2 Sold-out sign

3 Lyric poem

4 “Rocky” star

5 Jefferson coin

6 Joseph in “Citizen Kane”

7 Fall

8 Rose part

9 Bacon fat

10 Look forward to

11 Dog

12 Caesars Palace site

13 Breakfast food

14 Wrath

15 Kid’s mom (2 wds.)

17 Après-___ party

22 Inlet

26 Zodiac member

27 Loch monster

29 Broadest

31 Norway’s capital

32 Concludes

34 Not quite

35 Leather bands

36 Door fastener

39 Preppy collars

41 Dangle the carrot

45 Romanov ruler

48 Redgrave in “Camelot”

49 Love affair

52 Clicked “send”

53 Highest court

55 Mexico neighbor

56 Contractio­n

60 Roomy car

61 Harvest goddess

64 Fess up

65 Bolshevik leader

67 “Rocketman” is one

69 Swindles

71 Formidable foe

72 Had high hopes

73 Gave a trophy to

74 Wise Israeli king

76 Frenzied

77 Beer color

79 U. of Maine city

80 Monastery head

82 Joke

84 Prefix for corn

86 C—G links

92 Last-minute entries

93 “Frozen” song (3 wds.)

95 Titleholde­r

96 Gin and ___

98 NHL game start (hyph.)

99 On an island

101 Fat

103 “Midnight Cowboy” loser

108 Born

110 Launch site

112 Provoke

113 Round Table head

114 Bashful

115 Little bit

116 Rodeo rope

117 Small bite

118 Writer Waugh

119 “Jurassic Park” clones

120 Poke around

124 Musical lead-in

125 Was an angel

127 Archie’s girlfriend

129 Fun ending

130 Cave sound

132 “Messiah” is one

137 Like a cricket’s chirp

138 Fig ___

139 Role playing

141 C New York lake

142 Polite word

143 Task list

146 Compete

149 Dizzying drawings (2 wds.)

152 Pitching stat

156 Luau dish

157 Wagon trail

161 Luau wear

162 Word from Scrooge

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