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BIG X AMERICA’S BIGGEST CROSSWORD

- By JOHN McCARTHY

ACROSS

1 House numbers 6 Hemmed

and hawed 11 Garage em

ployees 16 Light source 17 Unable to

relax 18 Snooze ___ 19 Make certain 20 “Aye aye,

___” 21 Craggy crest 22 Fitting 23 Ouster 24 Bullpen’s

best 26 Come calling 29 Loneliest

number 31 NY time zone 32 Blown up 34 Hallway 36 Tag

38 Oven cleaner 39 Waste maker 41 Relaxation 44 Hopping

mad 45 Popsicle

holder 46 Renown 48 Irish brogue,

e.g. 50 Ground forces 52 Solemn vow 53 Adjective

for Everest 56 Menorah

lights 58 Shipshape 59 Lengthy 60 Bygone 61 Tiara

sparklers 63 Diplomatic

missions 66 Giving

antonym 69 Make a

choice 72 Top rating 73 Giveaway

shirt 75 Part of

BYOB 76 Break out 79 Alphabet

member 81 Prisoner’s

dream 82 Sandwich

in

84 Muse of lyric poetry 85 Pub pint 86 Favorite 87 Requiring

assembly 88 Pilfered 91 Not reckless 94 Bug 97 Pencil end 99 Obtained 101 Bauxite, e.g. 102 Epoch

104 Tom

Clancy fan 106 Orlando theme park

107 Supple

mental

108 Headliner 110 Rent

111 Picked up

the tab

113 Keto ___

115 Good for

nothing

118 Recommend 121 Cash

register

123 No-brainer 124 “Tennis

___?”

126 Cutting

___ 128 President

#2

130 Funniness 131 Baby buffalo 133 Loft

134 Cornell’s

league

135 Ski chalet 136 Handcuffed 140 Travel docu

ment

144 Walked in 146 “To a” poem 147 Lucky

number 149 Spider

snare

150 Lettuce

variety

152 Bivouac

bed

153 “A Boy

Named ___” 154 Easter meat 155 Idle talk 156 Green turn

signal

157 Like spandex 158 Beige

159 Counterpar­ts 160 Pirate burials 161 Must-have

DOWN

1 Land Down

Under 2 Jeans fabric 3 Equal 4 Colonists 5 Traffic light, e.g. 6 Slugger 7 Deprive of

food

8 Golf hazards 9 Ketchup

ingredient 10 Physician 11 Took

umbrage 12 Judging

standards 13 Air 14 Magazine

number 15 Large

spaniels 25 Like nannies 27 Run in

neutral 28 Tops the

cake 30 Jefferson

coin

33 Eat like a

cow 35 Period of

rule

37 Side with

eggs 40 Ill-temper 42 Varsity

member 43 Display 46 Dinosaur

bones, e.g. 47 Foreman 49 Uncle

Sam’s bird 51 Wizardry 54 Hydrant

hook-on 55 “A ___ of

Honey” 56 Prepared

apples 57 Barrymore

in “E.T.” 59 Talk radio

audience 62 Under a

roof 64 Weird 65 Gives a bug

to 67 Intricate 68 Monogram

letter 70 Woody vine 71 Nearby 74 Moray

catcher 77 Kind of fair 78 Tony or

Oscar, e.g. 80 Tango

number 83 Spud bud 89 Believed in 90 Free time 92 Hot-dog

holders 93 Exploits 95 Twitchy 96 Fine

glassware 98 Bare all

100 Verbal

103 Engagement

wear

105 Try for a

job

109 Ticket

word

112 Spoken

114 Like house

wiring

116 Over the

moon

117 On the dot 119 “The Hunger ___” (2012) 120 The

Continent 122 Sways

123 Buzz Lightyear’s vehicle 125 Hospital

room

127 Finish

school

129 Sunny-___

up

130 Talk up

132 Creative 137 Bus lines,

e.g.

138 Whispered

message

139 Mar-aLago, e.g.

141 Response 142 Candy

143 Acquire 145 Stopwatch,

e.g.

148 Action

words

151 Part of XL

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