Sunday Puzzler

ACROSS 1 Very important 6 Plank 11 Stage 16 Wormlike creature 20 Picture 21 Protective covering 22 Stormed 23 Also-ran 25 Shopping bout 26 Striped feline 27 Cousin to a chimp 28 Brownish pigment 29 Links item 30 Pot with a lid 32 Soft-soaps 34 Old English measure 35 Plus

37 Gin flavoring 38 Ordinary language 39 Fish hawk 41 Say 43 Familial groups 44 Essential oil 46 Toted 49 Adhered 50 Makes known 54 Maltreats 55 Kitchen tool for mixing 56 Aqua — 57 Waistcoat 58 Likewise not 59 Train 60 Feat in baseball 61 Meaning 62 Variety of cheese 64 Shoe part 65 “— Marner” 66 Kind 67 Lunchtime destination, for short 68 Injure 69 Lustrous fabrics

70 Put on

71 — Arbor 72 Distrustful 74 Kind of lily 75 Bender

77 PC part 80 Horror director — Craven 81 Decorative mat 82 Silent 83 Flying insect 87 Provide, as a service 89 British boob tube

90 Song 91 Desert in Asia 92 Venomous creature 93 Shelters for pigeons 94 Spotted horse 95 Dylan or Marley 96 Heavy hammer

97 — of March 98 Tranquility 99 Put on the back burner 102 Pajamas 105 “20,000 Leagues” author 106 Trailblazer 107 Sycophant 108 Craze 109 Conducted 110 Up-to-date 113 Outspoken 114 Tub washing 115 Skidded 119 Holiday time 120 Relating to time 123 Nitty- — 125 Period 126 Ointment 128 Lingo 129 Shipping container 130 Avid 132 Washday problem 133 Drunkard 134 Cousin to a flagstone 135 Skirt shape (hyph.) 136 Watched 137 Celerity 138 Beautify

139 — of passage

DOWN 1 Panorama 2 Cause to act 3 Vetches 4 Get a little older 5 Onion relative 6 Fought 7 Public speaker 8 Walk leisurely 9 Garment for a judge

10 Arid 11 Lengthen 12 Annoy continually 13 Playing marble 14 Caused to go 15 Brink

16 Of the tongue 17 Legendary bird 18 Worker in a theater 19 Comedian Milton — 24 Depend 31 — Park, Colorado 32 Hot dog 33 Mil. group on campus 36 A pronoun 38 Luxurious 40 Demonstrated 42 Cravat 43 Mouse action 44 Buenos — 45 Old Russian ruler 46 Flogged 47 Dwelling place

48 Part of RFD 49 Intone 50 “Three Musketeers” author 51 Medicinal plant

52 City in Germany 53 Strict 55 Tired

56 Do a certain dance 59 Calendar abbr.

60 Not flat 61 Warbled 63 Thickness measure unit 64 Nothing but 65 Inane

66 Kind of market or maker 69 Goes by boat

70 Me too! 73 Pitcher 74 Equine animals 75 Flat-topped hill

76 — foo yong 77 Stuffs 78 Bicycle part 79 Inordinate 81 Put off 82 Chop

84 Man of rank 85 Overhead 86 River through Rome 88 Remove 89 The present time 90 Ross or Rigg

93 Told a tale 94 Danger 98 Kind of colony 99 Vision 100 Farm implement 101 Tips

103 Be a sign of 104 Diminish 105 Moved out of 106 Design

108 In bad humor 109 Restaurant worker 110 Soldier’s meal 111 Egg-shaped 112 Holdup 113 Trend

114 Cry of approval 116 “Kosher” 117 Peace goddess 118 Is bold enough 121 Church service 122 Support 123 Former student, for short 124 Twelvemonth 127 Contend 129 Books pro (abbr.) 131 — Baba