Sunday Puzzler

ACROSS

1 Thigh muscles, for short 6 TV’s “Green —” 11 Walked 16 Horse 21 Excessive 22 Deep opening 23 Where Greeks once assembled 24 Bend 25 Footless creatures 26 Perfume ceremonially 27 Revolving mechanism 28 Kingly 29 Drink

30 — — standstill 31 Isle of exile 33 Partly (prefix) 35 Poem 36 Determined 39 DOD headquarters 43 Monk’s title 44 Spread to dry 45 Antenna 47 Water wheel 49 Special — 51 Liking

54 Kind of setter

57 Talk idly 59 Chicago players 63 Playing card 64 Rodent 66 Pan handler? 68 Rents

69 Aid and — 70 Find a new place to live 72 Japanese statesman 74 Recipe direction 76 Coarse file 78 Function 79 Earlier court decision 82 Level 84 What udometers measure

86 Irk 87 Wreck 89 Auricular 91 Affirmative vote 92 Links peg 93 Bite 95 Narrow opening 97 That girl’s 99 Shadowy 101 Calendar abbr.

104 Take suddenly 106 Little pie 108 Housetop 110 Courage 114 Faith

117 Ring 119 Promoting well-being 121 Metallic element 122 San — Obispo 124 Tense

126 Be in debt 127 Pile

128 Dry or liquid measure 129 Pesky bug 131 Beat thoroughly 133 French article 135 That lady 136 Prophet 137 Ancient Greek city 139 White poplar 141 Twangy 143 Kimono s ash 145 Blackboard 147 Part of some caps

149 — Lanka 152 School subj. 154 Diplomat 1 Resembling (prefix) 2 Loosen, in a way 3 Take on 4 Failure 5 Kind of eagle 6 S&L holding 7 “— by the Dozen” 8 Jogged 9 German city 10 Silvery fish 11 Model of excellence 12 In the past 13 Sick room item 14 Love god 15 Was bold enough 16 Be frugal 17 Calendar abbr.

18 Rye fungus 19 Sidestep 157 Order of business 161 Skillet 162 Gossip 164 Snap, snow and split 165 Unmatched 167 Sphere 168 Cravat 170 Noted fabulist 173 Flavoring plant 175 Muscular guy (hyph.) 177 Barrel slat 178 Corrupt 179 Extend a subscription 180 Conscious 181 Landed estate 182 Fashion 183 Way in 184 Passover meal

DOWN

20 Removed, in printing 30 Had a bite 32 Prohibition 34 Anchor 37 Newt 38 — do-well 40 Stoltz or Clapton 41 Spoken 42 Saltpeter 46 Group of animal young 48 Rose oil 50 Head covering 51 City in Florida 52 Oak-to-be 53 Pitt thriller 55 Weep 56 Animal foot 58 Composition 60 War vessel (hyph.)

61 — of the ball 62 Stone monument 65 Help 67 Metric measure 71 College subj. 73 Burden 75 Wood strip for plaster 77 Multicolored 80 Looking at 81 Lean 83 Rank 85 Artless 88 Webster or Beery 90 Corvine bird 94 Bucket 96 Horse’s gait 98 London neighborhood 100 Make pulpy 101 Flows slowly 102 Uncanny 103 Biological copy 105 Branch 107 Warty creature 109 Hunter of birds 111 Earthy deposit 112 Nebraska city 113 Repulse 115 Musical passage

116 To the — 118 Aqua — 120 Confederate general 123 Costly fur 125 Container 130 Group of players 132 Lager 134 Unforeseen problem 137 Turner the singer 138 Mark with dots 140 Stop between flights 142 Mimic 144 Improve 146 Compass dir. 148 Youngster 149 Tic 150 Follower of a religious movement 151 Quechuan 153 Monocle 155 — -Coeur 156 Pale 158 Wanderer 159 Male duck 160 Dogpatch resident 163 Held 166 Moist

169 Ab — (from the start) 171 Versatile bean 172 Lubricate 174 Loan charge (abbr.) 175 Owns 176 Ovine animal