Chattanooga Times Free Press

Sunday Puzzler

- By Jim Barrick

ACROSS 1 Oval fruit

6 — the elephant 11 Guinness and Baldwin 16 Lawful 21 Town in Maine 22 Cordial flavoring 23 Mutineer 24 Musical work 25 Antic 26 Impossible to break apart 28 Finch 29 Western Indian 30 Calendar abbr. 32 Celebratio­n 33 Flows slowly 35 Decompose 36 Middling (hyph.) 38 Presidenti­al power 41 Monocle 43 Hwy. 44 Legend 45 Villein

48 Like a julep 50 “House of Usher” author 52 Persuasive 55 Plunder 57 Billiards stick 58 Rose oil 62 Playing card 63 Dagger 65 Measure of thickness 67 Petrol 69 Go without food 70 Interdict 71 Old French coin

72 Deer

74 — Hari

76 Cut of meat 77 Toward the sheltered side 79 Nothing 81 Favorite place 83 Infamous emperor 85 Employ 86 Sweater size 88 Peace prize name 90 One-liner 92 Archer’s weapon 94 Melodies 96 Cogito ergo — 97 Yank 99 Twofold 100 Throb 103 Road or relief 105 Saddle animal 107 Pilfer 110 “Exodus” hero 111 Peddled 113 Kind of eclipse 115 Legendary bird

117 Serf 118 Magnitude 120 Leave unmentione­d 122 Golf standard 123 A state (abbr.) 125 Unmatched 126 Was in abundance 128 A continent (abbr.) 130 Feather scarf

132 Of the ear 133 Tilly or Ryan 134 — statesman 135 Spigot 137 Shapeless mass 139 Roquefort is one

141 Dir. letters 143 Japanese rice dish 145 Sibling 147 Mimicked 150 Farm implement 152 Pea containers 154 Merriment 155 Girls

159 — de mer 160 — Rica 162 Memorandum 164 Superlativ­e suffix 166 Disdainful cry 167 Quickly 169 Anthology 173 Standing wide open

175 The devil 176 Savory jelly 177 Appraises 178 Outmoded 179 Used a broom 180 Snoozes 181 Tale

182 Old anesthetic

DOWN 1 Set of points 2 Poetry muse 3 Is in a funk 4 United 5 Standard 6 Lyndon — Johnson 7 Lesley — Warren 8 Command 9 —— I cared! 10 Wild party 11 Poisonous element 12 Garland 13 Flows back 14 Salad vegetable 15 Weather word 16 Minus 17 Native (suffix) 18 Indian fare 19 Dummy 20 Fractional part 27 Particular 31 Show of approval 34 Vim 37 Unclose, poetically 39 Conversati­on 40 Yoko — Lennon 42 Tight

44 Gold or silver 46 Means’ justifier 47 Clancy or Selleck

49 Two draft animals 51 Cereal grass 52 Conspiracy 53 Florida city 54 Made sweeping remarks

56 — wave 59 Vexatious 60 Dispatch boat 61 Refresh 64 Destroy 66 Grant or Gehrig 68 — Clemente 69 Indian lute 73 School subj. 75 — Aviv 78 Sponsorshi­p (var.)

80 — Alamos 81 Relating to blood 82 Turkic language 84 Burden 87 Periods 89 Vagrant 91 — arabic 93 Turnstile 95 Tolerated 98 Part of 128-Across 100 Fake jewel 101 An archangel 102 Slippery — 104 Young canine 105 Chocolate substitute 106 Upper floor 108 South American range 109 Shelf 112 Expire 114 Capture 116 Trite remarks 119 Correct, as a text 121 Dance skirt 124 Yearn 127 Eagle (var.) 129 Coarse file 131 Priest’s vestment 132 Old Greek coin 136 Teaching method for beginning readers 138 Assn. 140 Work unit 142 A pronoun 143 Bristly 144 Matinee — 146 Itty-bitty 147 Gather together 148 Custard apple cousin 149 Gladden 151 Felix’s roommate 153 Celebritie­s 156 Disconcert 157 Slight error 158 Utter 160 Penny 161 Elec. units 163 Coup d’— 165 Make a sound recording 168 Beanie 170 Fruit stone 171 Japanese statesman 172 Poet’s prepositio­n 174 Gangster’s gun

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