Sunday Puzzler

ACROSS

1 Misdemeanor 6 Milan’s La — 11 Bid 16 Produced 21 “Bad, Bad — Brown” 22 Aromatic wood 23 American Revolutionary leader 24 Mountain ridge 25 Chalcedony variety 26 Tiny distance 28 Goatee 29 Frenzied 30 Price 31 Form of “John”

32 Rub out 34 Make free (of) 35 Entreaty 37 Long-handle tool 38 Pigpens 40 Psychic’s ability (abbr.) 41 Mole 42 Hardware item 44 Svelte 46 Sword handle 49 Picturesque 52 Measure of time 53 Lummox 55 Some relatives 59 Esteem 60 Road shoulder 61 Caesar’s assassin 64 Ordinary language 65 Confederate 66 Flit 67 Otary 68 Assn. cousin 70 Not talking 71 Luau fare 72 Honor with a party 73 Calendar abbr.

74 Pale color 76 Beatty or Rorem 77 Many Brits 79 Get-up-and-go 80 Muse of history 82 Very small 84 Cease

85 Kind of school, for short 86 Long time (var.) 87 Sapling 88 Mad tea party character 90 Comic Jay 91 Writer — Deighton 92 Roman goddess 95 Avail 96 Sweet wine 98 Lustrous fabric 100 Dwell 101 Center (prefix)

102 Big bucks

104 — and yang 105 Quite

106 Kind of office 107 Alliance acronym

108 “— — a Grecian Urn” 110 Disparage 112 Green stone 113 Radar cousin 114 Lessen 116 Certain voter (abbr.) 117 Confident 118 Go bad 119 Horse’s color 121 Utter failure 124 Brewing ingredient 125 Ga. neighbor 128 Farm denizen 130 Kind of race 131 — and haw 132 Repeat 136 Caviar

137 Of sight

139 Leg 140 Flavoring plant 141 Cereal grass 142 Welles or Bean

144 Site of weather phenomena 147 Premiere 149 Sleeper’s sound 150 “— Frome” 151 French money 152 Overact 153 Slender candle

154 — Island 155 Prepare 156 Yardstick

DOWN

1 Vise

2 Fit for a king 3 Sultan’s decree 4 Witticism 5 Watch 6 Instruct 7 — and desist 8 Mine entrance 9 Roman household god 10 Judge 11 Unsealed 12 DOT org. 13 Bona — 14 — nous 15 Old material used again 16 Innocent one 17 Before 18 Toothed wheels 19 Anchor position

20 Toy bear 27 Precipitation 30 Stylish 33 Twirl 36 Bother 38 Run-down neighborhood 39 Place in South Korea 43 Melody 44 Type 45 Faithless one 47 Backtalk 48 School period 49 Contour 50 Punctuation mark 51 Well-educated 52 — and now 54 A union 56 Reverse an order

57 Lab compound 58 Disreputable 60 Steam or sponge 61 Insect 62 Roguish 63 Costa del — 66 Ruin 67 Alleged 69 Imprisoned one

72 — mignon 73 Adolescent 74 Zoo denizen 75 Chili con — 78 Dead lang. 79 Victim 81 Onionlike veggie 83 Confederate general 85 Tool for a carpenter 88 Mood 89 Stage whisper 92 Silent performer 93 Essential 94 Like a lot 97 Child 99 Wrath

100 Ore deposit 103 — de force 105 Snake 106 Fabled racer 107 Scandinavian 109 Sgt., e.g. 111 Ruddy 112 Time of year 113 Have a late meal 115 Lawman Wyatt — 117 Go quickly 118 Salon item 120 Gab

122 Go away! 123 Mournful cry 124 Unorthodox belief

125 Ice

126 “— Doone” 127 Noted fabulist 129 Merriment 131 Notorious king 133 Programming language 134 Terre — 135 Aquatic mammal 137 Nonpareil 138 Silver salmon 140 Olympian goddess 143 Mineral 145 Cushion 146 Color

147 “— Rosenkavalier” 148 Big bird