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BIG X AMERICA’S BIGGEST CROSSWORD

- By JOHN McCARTHY

ACROSS

1 X’s and O’s

game (hyph.) 6 “A Farewell to

Arms” author 11 Six

16 Tango number 17 Hurry-scurry 18 Limb

19 Hard to solve 20 Peace

activists 21 Racket

22 TLC providers 23 Spud bud 24 Disrobed 26 Tire feature 28 Zodiac

member 29 The Almighty 30 Bunny 33 Jumbo 36 Instructed 39 RAV4, for

one 40 Witchy month 42 “Gettysburg

___” 44 Briefcases 47 Tesla product 48 Arcade game

(hyph.) 51 Grab some

z’s (2 wds.) 53 Pie-in-thesky guy 55 Aloha State 57 Strive for 58 Aquarium

cleaners 61 Another

helping 66 Words from

a mentor 68 Orts

70 Word on a

door

71 Sign of

boredom 72 Relief pitcher 75 Perfect 10 76 Proposed 79 Handbook 80 Technique 83 Shout 86 Classroom

favorites 87 Goody 90 True-blue 93 Piece of cake 94 Doubly 95 Pitched 96 Talisman 97 Falling-out 100 See eye to

eye

102 Similar

105 Motown

music

107 Native

American 109 Put down

roots

111 Moon goddess 112 “All ___ go!” 116 Public

persona

117 Quick view 120 Involved with 121 Excuses

122 Deluges

125 Teaching 127 Signature

part

130 Stamp licker 132 Ran amok 133 “___ and gentlemen ...”

135 Bank action 138 Magazine

piece

142 Arrange 144 Big joint

145 Talk radio fan 147 Kind of fair 150 Clothes,

slangily

153 Ms.

Longoria 155 “S’pose” 157 Stood up 159 “___ of

Gold”: Sting 162 Jog

163 Hawaii’s

Mauna ___ 164 Speak

166 Origins

168 PGA member 169 Bungle

170 Imply

171 Proportion 172 Wrath

173 Stooge of

fame

174 Light source 175 Common

conjunctio­n 176 Volunteer

State

177 ***

178 Splendid

DOWN

1 Samuel Morse

invention 2 Like pet

parakeets 3 Change the

fit

4 Glove part 5 Like many

cuisines 6 By ___ or by

crook 7 Center

8 “No way!” 9 Squandered 10 Ivy League

school 11 Japanese cars 12 Untruthful 13 Resided 14 Goose eggs 15 Grand Ole

Opry city 25 Junk room 27 Varsity starters (hyph.) 31 Ooh and ___ 32 Foreman 34 North Pole

ocean 35 Madison

Square ___ 37 Stalin’s empire 38 Weeding tool 41 “Bad call,

ump!” 43 Expected 45 Eiffel ___ 46 Like a new bill 49 Studio stand 50 Zodiac sign 52 Leather

piercer 54 Wrap-up 56 Indoors 57 Admission 59 Thoughts 60 Divide 50-50 61 Incline 62 Brownie 63 Corrida cheer 64 Henna, for one 65 With a heavy

heart 66 Broadway

backer 67 Baritone, e.g. 68 “There’s ___

About Mary” 69 Barty of tennis 73 Gondolier’s

pole 74 Recollects 77 “Faith of

Our ___” 78 Set free 81 Infield base 82 “Aida” is one 84 Washer phase 85 To the penny 88 Carpet 89 Had a snack 91 Nocturnal

hooter 92 Noah’s boat 98 “Certainly!” 99 Warty

amphibians 100 One more

time

101 Takes a break 103 Debate topic 104 Be

105 Madrid locale 106 Worth having 108 Electric atom 110 Also

113 “___ got it!” 114 ___-gallon hat 115 Family

member 118 “You’re ___

friends”

119 Spotless

123 Smallest

amount

124 Cause of tears 126 Bauxite, e.g. 128 Somewhat 129 Modifies

131 OPEC offering 132 Four-term

president 134 New faces 135 Office fixture 136 Spotted

pony

137 Charlie Woods, to Tiger

139 Roofing

goo

140 Small ___

advisory 141 Other

143 Eisenhower 146 Crosby of

hockey

148 Par for the

___

149 Orange

root

151 Marsh birds 152 Remove

weaponry 154 Ohio city 155 Union

demand

156 Sidewalk

eateries

158 Mink relative 160 Beer

161 Buying binge 162 Juliet’s love 165 Canned fish 167 Has a title

to

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