THE BIG X-WORD
ACROSS 1 Twaddle 5 YouTube offerings 10 Jamaican spiritual
movement 15 — of ale 19 Bewildered 20 Books exam 21 Sir — Hercules
John, CBE 22 Cavatina cousin 23 An easing 24 Part of an opera 25 Fritter away 26 Aka Superman 27 Trouble 29 Stiff hairs 31 Start of a quip by
anonymous 33 Particular 35 Prima donnas 37 Latvian 38 Civil War battle site 42 Gem weight 44 God of the winds 48 — cross 49 A Musketeer 51 Rocky debris 53 — avis 54 Part 2 of quip: 7 wds. 59 Milkshake ingredient 60 Auld — syne 61 Antagonist 62 Gendered contraction 63 Chooses 66 Old form of a verb 69 Only just 71 What’s caught 73 Travel headache 75 Mr. Heyerdahl 76 Holds fast: 2 wds. 80 Theater curtain 82 Weak 86 Pinna 87 Chord of three tones 89 Casing 91 — of Sandwich 92 Part 3 of quip:
5 wds. 98 — -European 99 Something to
manage, for some 100 Big seabird 101 Word in place names 102 Parts of boats 105 Parisian carpet 107 Some convertibles:
2 wds. 109 Defense org. 111 Take root: 2 wds. 113 — palm 114 End of the quip:
2 wds. 118 Candy shape 120 Amble 124 Dugout shelter 125 Committee 127 Descendant of Adam 129 Disconsolate 130 Soil 131 Edict 132 Of the number eight 133 Certain trees 134 Additions 135 Summoned 136 Like a panhandler 137 Transported
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1 Kind of salts 2 DOL agency 3 Cauterize 4 The Big Island 5 CD predecessor 6 Jean- — Godard 7 Day of infamy 8 Ached 9 Broadcast problem 10 Fact-finding 11 Mount 12 Stanch 13 Talon anagram 14 SS — Doria 15 Japanese fare 16 Range 17 Grommet 18 Go steady with 28 Fish serving 30 Exclamation at sea 32 Abbr. on some maps 34 Taj — 36 Garment for a ranee 38 Whale of — — 39 Twangy 40 Fabric for gowns 41 Unicellular organism 43 Gulls 45 Item for a turner 46 An archangel 47 Like a hoyden 50 Council of
churches 52 Jettison 55 Fretful 56 Double-curve
moldings 57 Nebraska tribe 58 Great British poet 64 Preference 65 Ubi — 67 Cable channel 68 Unkind 70 Angler’s basket 72 Verdi’s “— Miller” 74 Egad! 76 Big rigs 77 Childish remark 78 — — Triomphe
de l’Etoile 79 Sully 81 King of ancient Crete 83 Potato state 84 Bugged 85 Balls of yarn 88 French painter 90 A polymer 93 Spectacles: Hyph. 94 Revolted 95 Compose 96 In the manner of
churls 97 Inappropriate 103 Seize 104 Congest: 2 wds. 106 Son of Jacob
and Leah 108 Shaver 110 Yodo River city 112 For the — 114 Lock brand 115 Greek weight 116 River to the Caspian 117 Get 119 Distinction 121 Pot 122 Sugar serving 123 For fear that 126 Pt. on a compass 128 Bounder