COLOSSAL CROSSWORD

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2017-12-23 -

ACROSS

1. Actress passed who ‘turned world on with her smile’ (4,5,5)

9. Parts of U.S. saw total solar ___ (7) 13. Girl scouts first sold these 100 yrs ago (7)

17. Partridge Family heartthrob who passed (5,7)

24. Stolen Lennon items returned to Yoko ___ (3)

28. He raced a shark (7,6)

29. Music mag that turned 50 & was put up for sale (7,5)

35. Pretty Woman ___ Roberts turned 50 (5)

36. Harvey, Irma, Jose & Maria (10) 38. Fizzy drink (4)

40. Third person singular of verb ‘be’ (2) 41. Face-hiding singer released 8th album (3)

43. Much ___ About Nothing (3)

44. Actress who received 20th Oscar nomination (6)

45. Utilizing (5)

47. Ringling Bros closed ‘greatest show on Earth’ (6)

48. Energy drink Red ___ turned 30 (4)

49. Twister & Titanic star died at age 61 (4,6) 52. Material Girl who adopted twins from Malawi (7) 54. Pig (3)

55. Bad jokes (4)

57. Sketch show that Alec Baldwin hosted for 17th time (3)

59. Abbreviation for lane (2)

60. Affirm (5)

64. Computer introduced 33 yrs ago (3) 66. The meter in classical Indian music (4) 68. 1st movie about this Disney fawn turned 75 (5) 72. A certified accounting professional (2)

73. Pre-delivery inspection, abbr. (3)

77. Oscar winner for best picture (9)

78. Movie mistakenly announced as best picture (2,2,4) 81. City announced as host of 2028 Olympics (2) 82. Playboy founder died at age 91 (4,6)

87. Bogart film that turned 75 (10)

91. First 3 letters of alphabet (3)

94. Chicago O’Hare’s airport code (3)

95. Business V.I.P. (4)

97. Paris-based fashion house founded 1854 (2) 99. Procedure to open blocked arteries (11) 102. Princess killed in crash 20 yrs ago (5)

104. Popular presentation program turned 10 (10)

106. Rock ‘n’ roll pioneer who died at age 90 (5,5)

110. Plural pronoun (2)

112. New slang for boyfriend or girlfriend (3)

113. A cob of corn (3)

115. U.K. continued talks to leave this group (2)

116. Egyptian sun god (2)

118. To ___ or not to ___ (2) 119. Footballer player ___ Taylor was killed 10 yrs ago (4)

120. The Granite State, abbr. (2) 121. Fleur-de-___ (3)

123. Super Bowl winners (8) 125. Stanley Cup champs (8) 128. These saddle-shaped chips turned 50 (8) 131. Two-headed mammal found in North Sea (8) 132. ___ Guevara died 50 yrs ago (3) 133. Spring bloom (4) 134. Our continent (2) 135. Morning (2) 136. To be unfaithful to a partner (4,3) 138. Gosh! (3) 139. Turkish town near Lake Gaga (5) 141. Without hair (4) 143. Spaces at the start of paragraphs (7) 146. Feline’s sound (4) 147. Symbol for helium (2) 150. Symbol for Cesium (2) 151. Electrical unit (4) 154. Pant fastener 1st patented 100 yrs ago (6)

156. God also known as Enki (2) 157. Let’s Make A Deal’s Monty ___ died at 96 (4) 160. A nurse (2) 163. It belongs to me (2) 164. Boxer __ LaMotta passed away (4) 166. Darjeeling and oolong (4) 167. At least 1 in 5 now has this body art (6) 168. Massage (3) 170. 100th anniversary of ___ Hari’s arrest (4)

173. Rat packer ___ Martin born 100 yrs ago (4)

175. Rubber objects used to eliminate pencil marks (7)

179. A three-dimensional “square” (4) 180. Bandleader Lawrence ___ died 25 yrs ago (4)

181. Auto (3)

182. Soft drink originally made with sassafras (4,4)

185. TV’s Love ___ debuted 40 yrs ago (4) 187. Give off (4) 189. Out of kilter (5) 190. Fabricated (4) 191. Actress Arthur and others (4) 192. Santa laugh (2) 193. Priscilla married him 50 yrs ago (5) 195. Ammonium nitrate, abbr. (2) 196. Stranded motorist’s need (3) 198. End-of-school-year dance (4) 200. Opposite of west (4) 202. Squeaky dog sound (3) 203. Out of harm’s way (4) 204. Obsolete phone feature (4) 205. This country’s emperor abdicated (5) 207. Hospital’s emergency dept. (2) 208. People you call when computer crashes (2)

211. Co. founded as America Online (3) 213. Received salary (4)

215. Frozen rain (4)

217. Identical (4)

218. Kelly’s new co-host (4) 219. Queen ___ & Jay-Z had twins (3) 221. American League, abbr. (2)

223. His alter ego, Spiderman, got another movie (5,6) 226. Lackluster (4)

228. A common Welsh surname (4) 230. Singer ___ Fitzgerald born 100 yrs ago (4)

231. Membership fees (4) 233. Worldwide smash Latin song (9) 235. Symbol for the chemical element hassium (2)

236. Real time strategy, abbr. (3) 237. Belonging to you and me (3) 239. Happy Days’ ___ Moran passed at age 56 (4)

241. Old-fashioned curl (7) 243. Extend credit (4) 244. Fast-food outlet opened in China 30 yrs ago (3)

245. To hush someone (3) 246. A unit of width in typography (2) 248. ___ Jong-un tested missiles (3) 250. Soccer’s ___ Hamm turned 45 (3) 251. Sweeping story (4)

253. ‘Rabbit food’ (5)

254. Italian car maker (4)

255. Hagar the Horrible creator ___ Browne (3)

257. Raring to go (5)

259. A person, place or thing (4) 260. Spike ___ turned 60 (3) 262. Investment book of record, abbr. (4) 264. Fry bacon in this (3) 265. Billiards relative (4) 266. TV’s The Flying ___ debuted 50 yrs ago (3)

267. Super Bowl’s MVP ___ Brady (3) 268. Lower part of a wall (4) 270. Proposal (5)

271. 1st successful ___ transplant was 50 yrs ago (5) 273. Nose-in-the-air type (4) 275. Mend (4)

276. A form of French poetry (7) 278. A startled cry (3) 279. Actor ___ Diesel turned 50 (3) 280. Extremely small (5) 281. Sport of the UFC (3) 283. Actor ___ Shepard passed in July (3) 284. Sean Connery, for one (4)

285. Put on the payroll (4) 286. TV drama ___Men started 10 yrs ago (3) 287. Noisiest (7) 288. QB-turned base baller ___ Tebow turned 30 (3)

290. 1st openly gay doll sold 40 yrs ago (3) 291. All kidding ___ (5) 293. Markle is marrying a future ___ (4) 295. Its leaning tower became a UNESCO site 30 yrs ago (4)

297. Coal container (3)

298. Men’s accessory (3)

300. Type of wild goat (4) 301. Kendrick Lamar’s hit (3) 302. Affirmative vote (3)

303. 100th an. of Battle of ___ Ridge (4) 304. A violent conflict (3)

306. Big rig (4)

308. ___ Bon Jovi turned 55 (3)

309. A film’s final scene (3)

310. Arm bone (4)

311. Egyptian snake (3)

313. Football League of Europe, abbr. (3) 314. 50th an. of Beatles’ Penny ___ (4) 315. Walked back and forth (5)

317. Per person (4)

319. A long time ___ (3)