BIG DEAL
Credit: LA Times Crossword
Sylvia Bursztyn and Barry Tunick

1. Big deal in the Coral Sea
2. Big deal on the slopes
3. Big deal in cartoons
4. Big deal in Arizona
5. Big deal the Ancient World
6. Big deal at Ground Zero in New York
7. Big deal in metaphors of vulnerability
8. Big deal in early comics and TV

Answers:

1. Great Barrier Reef
2. Giant slalom
3. Mighty Mouse
4.  Grand Canyon
5. Colossus of Rhodes
6. Twin Towers
7. Sinking of the Titanic
8. Superman