the hardest crossword
Across
- 1. Finnish phone company
- 3. Bird that frequents rapid creeks and rivers
- 6. Tanzanian island
- 11. Dracula writer Stoker
- 15. singer of "Loser"
- 17. Bridge connecting New Jersey with Staten Island
- 19. French artist in the met
- 20. Northern Australia city
- 21. Pirate gull of the seas
- 22. Planet of the ____
- 23. Popular "violent" video game
- 25. A Kittens favourite toy
- 26. Method of commercial fishing
- 28. ____ Chagall, Painter
- 30. President, _______ Wilson
- 32. Crow-like bird
- 34. Florida island famed for it's seashells
- 36. Wyoming town
- 37. Famous American writer Mark
- 38. Large weasel
- 39. Wildcat that looks like a cheetah
- 40. Acronym for Utah's capital
- 41. Medicine ____, city in Alberta
- 42. word said after a prayer
- 43. disgusting
- 52. Popular fish to catch in creeks and ponds
- 54. Aggressively chop (at)
- 55. Danish island
- 56. Missouri city that was devastated by a tornado
- 59. Fourth longest river in the UK
- 61. Hawk of the southern US with a swallow tail
- 62. Netherlands island
- 65. Love in french
- 67. Utah ____, NBA team
- 68. French island
- 69. Early 20th century avant garde art movement that started in Zürich
- 70. Cambodian river
- 71. Nepali guide
- 73. Oregon's capital
- 75. Plant used in medicine
- 77. Mariana Islands city
- 78. Maine national park
- 79. Otto ___ Bismarck
- 81. "Oh my god you killed ____!" running gag on South Park
- 83. diving bird that can be red-necked or horned
- 88. Mount for Mario
- 90. red songbird with a crest
- 92. Spanish fire
- 95. California city next to Oxnard
- 97. Where all the planes had to land during 9/11
- 99. Sandy island attached to the shore
- 100. Fights
- 103. City south of Gainesville
- 105. Region in Russia
- 107. Rocky raised bed in a river
- 108. Forest of ____, region of Gloucestershire
- 113. Joe Biden's state
- 114. West Texas city
- 116. virginia town home to the FBI academy
- 119. Wrestler Owen
- 121. Grapes of _____
- 123. POW-___
- 124. Singer Celine
- 125. German spa town
- 126. Nation of Islam god
- 127. Alabama state bird
- 129. Opposite of False
- 137. A sparrow-like bird that's black and orange
- 139. Apartment that you buy
- 140. Swamp fish
- 141. Doing something bad for attention
- 143. Micronesian atoll with it's own language
- 144. town in Alabama, or the name of a 2014 film about MLK
- 147. Pigeon sound
- 149. Spanish enclave in Morocco
- 150. Little ground bug with a queen
- 152. ____ Sea, Antarctica
- 153. Bob Marley's band
- 156. University system with locations in Chicago and Springfield
- 157. Harlem _____, pond in Central Park
- 159. He/___, common pronoun pairing
- 161. Candle holder
- 162. Isla ____, CA
- 165. Little red bird of Hawaii
- 167. One-named female singer who's half japanese
- 168. Serial killer Ted
- 170. Apple music store
- 171. South _____ Island, Texas
- 172. Sound a crow makes
- 175. Rapa ___
- 177. South American country above Brazil
- 178. Very small fly
- 180. Mexican state that is ran by the cartel
- 181. French painter who painted Polynesians
- 182. ______ Fair, Magazine
- 184. Treasure cache
- 189. A plant you might find an Elf Owl or Gila Woodpecker nest in
- 190. Isle ______, MN
- 193. Scottish town with a three letter name
- 195. New York city north of Manhattan
- 197. Fiji city
- 198. ______ Building, tallest building to ever be demolished in 1967.
- 199. Writer of the Divine Comedy
- 200. british island territory
- 205. 17th century headdress worn by Mary Queen of Scots
- 207. Alaskan city
- 208. Unusual mammal of Australia that lays eggs
- 209. Pine ______, NJ
- 210. Jennifer Lopez nickname
- 211. Cousin of the mammoth
- 212. contact sport popular in Australia and New Zealand
- 213. Philippine island
Down
- 2. Baseball player Vizquel
- 4. Goes ______, a saying about someone who goes crazy
- 5. Wisconsin city
- 7. Black goose
- 8. "took the Chevy to the ___"
- 9. A NYC Museum, in brief
- 10. Canary Islands city
- 12. Setting of the Hound of the Baskervilles
- 13. Cuban peninsula
- 14. UK industrial city
- 16. Islands between Russia and Japan
- 18. Main character of the video game Red Dead Redemption 2
- 19. Animal that might have Olé shouted at it
- 21. Smallest state in Brazil
- 23. Indie artist who married Elon Musk
- 24. Singer-songwriter Tori
- 27. Remote Alaskan town
- 29. Death cab for ____
- 30. Canadian city across the river from Detroit
- 31. Texan city near Fort Hood
- 33. Capital of Tasmania
- 35. Photo sharing platform
- 36. Ragtime pianist Berry
- 44. ______ Skynyrd
- 45. ____ Verde
- 46. "Look at the silver ______"
- 47. Moon-related ocean movements
- 48. Black chicken of marshes
- 49. Rocky islands near San Fran
- 50. Trinidad and ______, South American island country
- 51. Sandpiper-like bird
- 53. Madeiran city
- 56. Crow-like bird
- 57. Painter who frequently painted ballet dancers
- 58. Pine tree
- 60. It defends North America's airspace
- 63. White bird once hunted for it's prized feathers
- 64. Director Anderson
- 66. "_____ the Maine on Spain"
- 72. Mali city
- 74. A Warbler
- 76. Texan city known for an infamous ATF raid
- 80. ___ Yeller, 1957 book about a boy and dog in post civil war Texas
- 82. Labrador town
- 84. Oregon city with the last Blockbuster
- 85. Virus before COVID
- 86. Vessel used in the move Castaway
- 87. Armenian city
- 89. Type of cactus, or Arizona nat. park
- 91. "It's _ ____!" (two words) quote from Return of the Jedi that was a meme in the early 2010's
- 93. Goth scene of the 2010's
- 94. Inverted crystal rock
- 96. Tree
- 98. Eye part
- 101. Berry of the Pacific Northwest
- 102. Washington state city
- 104. Raptor of the deep south that eats snakes
- 106. Character in the X-Files
- 109. capital of western australia
- 110. Dutch Caribbean territory
- 111. SD city in the Black Hills
- 112. Famous ornithologist of North America
- 114. Ginger ___
- 115. Cape ___, NJ
- 117. Director brother duo
- 118. Gwyneth Paltrow's pseudoscience company
- 120. Famous painting, American ______
- 122. Lake ______ City, AZ
- 124. ___ Tortugas National Park, FL
- 128. Mimicking bird from Asia
- 130. fury
- 131. Stew
- 132. African country next to Togo
- 133. Rapper with a three letter name
- 134. Diving duck
- 135. Prison that Johnny Cash visited
- 136. Finch-like bird
- 138. Washington state mountain
- 140. VP Al
- 142. Mythical northern island
- 145. Small wildcat of North America with big feet
- 146. Writer with a Fatwah
- 148. Long beaked bird of mudflats and sloughs
- 151. Songbird that's resident of California
- 154. Girl who had tea with the mad hatter
- 155. Alaskan city that is a usual stop on Alaskan cruises
- 158. Chinese island province
- 160. Burning ___ Festival
- 163. small boat
- 164. "You're about to meet your _____!"
- 166. I see you pee
- 169. A Danish person
- 173. _______ Sea, California
- 174. Treed swamp
- 176. Passion ___, Indie band
- 179. Arizona ghost town
- 181. Mardi ____
- 183. Black bird of Texas and Florida
- 185. Express your feelings
- 186. Extinct bird of the Atlantic
- 187. What a moon does
- 188. Bernie Sander's home state
- 189. Chilean island
- 191. Michigan capital
- 192. One of Britain's channel islands
- 194. Martha's ________, home of Obama
- 196. Symbol associated with Utah
- 201. planet with rings
- 202. Northern California city
- 203. Brazilian state
- 204. State of the _____ address
- 206. Camping abode
- 210. month after Dec.