Sunday Puzzler

ACROSS 1 Throng 6 Foundations 11 Hindu social class 16 Conspiracy 21 Subordinate 22 Cay 23 Musical group 24 Maxim 25 Actress — Moorehead 26 Create a ballet 28 Toxic substance 29 “Peggy — Got Married” 30 Distort

31 Pub pint 32 Onion roll 34 — Baba 35 Graceful girl 37 Enclosure for animals 38 Catkin 40 Kind of forensic evidence 41 Actor — Cariou 42 Perjurer 44 Knitted garment 46 Sufficient (arch.) 49 Divides 52 Male swine

53 — in the bud 55 Like a putting green 59 Entreaties 60 Quite 61 Ancient (hyph.) 64 Persona non — 65 Peruse 66 Traveled 67 Informal talk 68 Black-andwhite bird 70 Barge 71 Stop a fast 72 Box or booster 73 Cable car 74 Place

76 Fish eggs 77 Morally right 79 “Simpsons” bartender 80 Give off 82 Off-color 84 Times 85 Rights org. 86 Lone 87 Plant genus 88 Become gloomy 90 Disapproving cry

91 Fiery 92 Clayware 95 Spherical object 96 Place for a patch 98 “Once — a midnight ...” 100 Like some wines 101 Born (Fr.) 102 — tide 104 Weep 105 Group of rowers 106 Mouthful 107 Check 108 Mother-ofpearl 110 Trouble 112 Framework for glass 113 Tantalize 114 Inuit

116 Drop in on 117 Have a meal 118 Cause of hay fever 119 Porridge 121 Devil’s — needle 124 Lake

125 — Lanka 128 Haul 130 Annoy 131 Mine’s output 132 Quiet

136 — de mer 137 Hooded snake 139 Before, to poets 140 Seal 141 Contend 142 Sun-dried brick 144 Native of the Golden State 147 Intrepid 149 “Bolero” composer 150 Love a lot 151 — Haute 152 Of a grain 153 River in England 154 Falk or Fonda 155 Horse 156 Mimicry

DOWN 1 Fastening 2 Knave 3 Proprietor 4 Quite small 5 AMA members (abbr.) 6 Quarrel 7 Very pale 8 Decelerate 9 Poet’s “always” 10 Soft-shell clam 11 Convincing 12 Summit (prefix) 13 Attempt 14 Neither hot nor cold 15 Gaseous fuel 16 Rodent of South America 17 Sweet drink 18 Trite 19 Nimble 20 Bolshevik leader 27 Genus of olives 30 Springs 33 Tongue (abbr.) 36 Epic by Homer 38 Far and — 39 Doctrine

43 “— a girl!” 44 Classify

45 — de Janeiro 47 Assoc. 48 Armed conflicts 49 Binge

50 Fold in a garment 51 Largest turtle 52 Inclination 54 River in Nebraska

56 Of a religious rite 57 Taboret 58 Went off course 60 Meat for stew 61 Triumphant cry 62 Daytime TV fare (2 wds.) 63 Payable 66 Stoat cousins 67 Kind of comfort

69 Bar sing-along 72 Climb 73 Dorothy’s dog 74 River deposit 75 Soiled 78 Annoy 79 Feline cry 81 Heavenly body

83 Last — not least 85 Satellite of Mars 88 English poet 89 Fields 92 Footway 93 Della or

Pee Wee 94 Oman neighbor 97 Move up and down

99 — capita 100 River in France 103 Prudish 105 Closefisted 106 Explosive sound 107 Vends 109 Flightless bird 111 Spread to dry 112 — qua non 113 Also

115 City in Norway 117 Amuses 118 — laureate 120 Cover for a tire 122 Sailor’s jacket 123 Notorious emperor 124 Trimmed 125 Brainy 126 Speeder’s undoing

127 “— — Lucy” 129 Mark 131 Chicago’s airport 133 Egg-shaped 134 Ten-spot kin 135 Itty-bitty 137 Irish or Scot, e.g. 138 Thanks — — 140 Father

143 Big — 145 Wrath 146 After deductions 147 Feather scarf 148 Knock