Sunday Puzzler

ACROSS

1 Principle 6 Harsh in tone 11 — facie evidence 16 Hide 21 Plant used as soap 22 Also-ran 23 Ring-tailed creature 24 Brownish gray 25 Balance 26 Sufficient 27 Kind of butter 28 Rustic 29 “— Always Sunny in Philadelphia” 30 Drink 31 Form of “John” 33 Repetition 35 Fuss 36 Decorous 39 Took willingly 43 Diving bird 44 Put in position 45 Lady of Spain

47 The Lone Star State 49 Grassland 51 Phase 54 Roost 57 Superstitious practice 59 Dalai — 63 Chance 64 Monotonous routine 66 Double 68 Thomas Hardy character 69 Elliptical 70 Melville captain 72 Cap-a- — 74 Periods 76 Short footrace 78 Loathsome 79 Causing distress 82 Heap 84 Midday 86 Grant entry to (2 wds.) 87 Near in place or time 89 Reiner or Sagan 91 — bono 92 Lair 93 Precious stone 95 Word in forecasts 97 Paid athletes 99 Ump cousin 101 — Angelico 104 Liquor 106 Distribute cards 108 Broth 110 Conspiracy 114 Counterargument 117 Let fall 119 Harass 121 Touch on 122 The “Iliad” is one 124 Simpleton 126 Foot digit 127 Singer — James 128 Interlock 129 Spring 131 Calendar abbr. 133 Forefoot 135 Get brown in the sun 136 Gen. Robert —— 137 Remorse 139 Imaginary creature 141 Affirms 143 Abbr. on a map 145 Red dye 147 Give comfort to 149 Airport security org. 152 Moray 154 Expression 157 Turn on an axis 161 Elf

162 Metal dross 164 Rounded handle 165 — -o’-shanter 167 Congeal 168 Satellite’s path 170 Follow 173 Hayes or Asimov

175 Fix a text 177 Add fuel to a fire

178 Split evenly 179 Shelf 180 Minister’s house 181 Organic compound 182 Lodge 183 Look scornfully 184 Sheer

DOWN

1 Old wall hanging 2 Overact 3 Racket 4 Overhead railways 5 A letter

6 Jai — 7 Liken 8 Clairvoyant’s power 9 Object from antiquity 10 Alla — 11 Decorative pot 12 Certain voter (abbr.) 13 Devilkin 14 Horse and donkey hybrid 15 Betel palm 16 Touch lightly 17 Greek letter 18 Unseen emanations 19 Shovel 20 Serf 30 Thesaurus entry (abbr.) 32 Fitting 34 Ship’s body 37 Food additive 38 Wanton look 40 Playing or credit

41 Go out 42 Old-fashioned 46 Extra feature 48 Boyle or Lucci 50 High up 51 Head covering 52 Lake out west 53 To pieces 55 Stage signal 56 Orchestra member 58 Org. 60 Eschew 61 Bea Arthur role

62 Van — belt 65 Raises 67 Secular 71 Two-masted ship

73 Arab ruler 75 Hit

77 Time 80 Sluggish 81 Minced oath 83 Goes wrong 85 Female relative 88 Hurried

90 Fly up and around 94 Not talking 96 Old aromatic ointment 98 Fat 100 Visage 101 Supporting structure 102 Mutineer 103 Treat badly 105 Kind of sugar 107 Plunder 109 Drive forward 111 Town in Montana 112 Rose oil 113 Tilts 115 — Pendragon 116 Feudal lord 118 Stopper 120 Watery expanse 123 Holiday song 125 Half-score 130 Money in Mexico 132 Middling (hyph.) 134 Texas town 137 Film spool 138 Caused to laugh 140 Collage 142 Experienced one, for short 144 Examiner 146 Mother superior 148 Weapon 149 The ones there 150 Types 151 Monks’ superior 153 Turner’s machine 155 Works 156 “Doll’s House” playwright 158 Emissary 159 Taut 160 — statesman 163 Metric unit 166 Genus of maples 169 DDE, familiarly 171 Vestment 172 “— Got a Secret” 174 Sweet drink 175 Cassowary cousin 176 Cushion