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AMERICA’S BIGGEST CROSSWORD

- By JOHN McCARTHY

ACROSS

1 Man-made

6 Safeguarde­d

11 Job openings

16 Burr, to Hamilton

17 World holder

18 Penn Station arrival

19 Rocking ___

20 Go-between

21 “___ not fair!”

22 Spigot

23 Capture

24 Brownie

25 Fixed a squeak

26 Liberace’s instrument

28 Up to now

31 Minds

33 More splendid

34 Bygone

35 Identify with

37 “___, My God, to Thee”

39 Hit the slopes

40 LPGA golfer Korda

42 Canine command

44 2022 Olympics host

46 Loosen laces

48 In the open air 49 Garden hoppers

52 Swiped

55 Light source

56 Spanish cheer

57 Bluebloods

60 Say “yes” to

61 “The Honeymoone­rs” star 64 District 65 Spud

67 Not as strong

70 Watches

72 Boudoir

74 Light refractor

75 Federation

77 Gorilla

78 “___ are my sunshine ...”

79 “Yours for the ___”

81 Talked to God

83 Castle lights 85 Mom or Dad

87 Exams 89 This instant

90 Apex

91 Ford flop

92 Salad green

95 Outrageous

98 Cross swords

101 Invent

102 Notice

103 Informer

104 Pencil end

106 Bears and Cubs

107 “NBC ___ News”

108 Kind of energy

109 Up-to-theminute

112 To a large extent

115 Employing

117 Twister

120 Teetertott­er

121 Rattled

123 Wonder

124 Kind of soup

125 Essential

128 Meet at the door 130 Catch a pass

133 Toys on strings

135 Aviator

137 Aged

138 Details

139 Limb

140 Not as great

143 Catches on

147 Country lodge

148 Governed

150 Forewarnin­g

151 ___ finger

153 Once more

154 Demolish

156 Tinker Bell’s friend

157 Fitting 158 Maine Coon ___

159 Eisenhower

160 Ballroom dance

161 Rainbow fish

162 Therefore

163 “Hi!”

164 Like monster trucks

165 Jail terms

166 Woodworker

167 Highly regarded

DOWN

1 Encircles

2 Original

3 July

4, for one

4 1/3 tablespoon

5 Basement

6 Six-shooter

7 Production

8 Precise

9 Knot up 10 Physician

11 Varsity member

12 Accented

13 Kind of jam or circle

14 Bounding main

15 Weekend starters

27 Latest

29 Avian abode

30 “Come ___ my parlor ...”

32 More than good

36 “Merrily, we roll ___ ...” 38 Ohio city

41 Zodiac member

43 Notion

45 Sick 46 Reveal

47 As a result

50 Madder

51 Frosty, for one

53 Ark number

54 Break bread

58 KO count start

59 Storm center

62 Duck down

63 Laziness

65 Like Cabinet appointees

66 Pekoe

68 Makes

bootees

69 Like

clockwork

71 The blues

72 Read ___

the lines

73 Whodunit

74 Punch and

Judy, e.g.

76 Longshot

win 80 Longhorn

82 Total up

84 Lincoln or

Ford 86 Epoch

88 Sugary

93 Mosquito

protection

94 Visualize

96 Big cat

97 Part of XL

99 Peanut ___

100 Berliners

105 Stop the bidder

110 A hardwood 111 Female

113 Be light, at poker

114 Tell a story

116 Come together

117 Contract details

118 Christmas

119 “Aida” is one

120 Adage

121 Detaches

122 Bar none

126 Do Easter eggs

127 Exhibited 129 Like candlelit dinners

131 Maize

132 Not working

134 Points of view

136 Future frog

138 Deeply felt

140 Lousy cars

141 Radio noise

142 Each of two

144 Excluding

145 Somewhat

146 Mariner

149 Napkin cloth

152 Like a thick fog

155 Dance of the ’60s

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