Sunday Puzzler

ACROSS

1 Captivate

6 — —, so good 11 At right angles to the keel 16 Fasteners 21 Rascal 22 Efface

23 Fly that bites 24 Permit 25 Building addition 26 Droops 27 Rags-to-riches author 28 Post 29 Understand 30 Fish with a hook 31 Distance unit 32 Decompose 34 Links item 35 Word with sound or solar 38 Pluvious 40 Heap for burning 41 Clairvoyance (abbr.) 42 Mont Blanc’s range 44 Isinglass 45 Greek letter 47 Abbr. in business 49 Hammerhead 52 Ordinary language 54 Projecting wheel edge 56 Of the ear 60 Nuisance 61 Trick 62 Downbeat 63 Former 65 Publishing people (abbr.) 66 Adobe 67 Grumpy one 68 — bene 69 Little bit 70 The “I” 71 A way to learn 72 Ball of yarn 73 Double-decker 74 Employment 76 Reject 78 Forehead 79 Lacking color 80 Had a meal 81 — foo yong 82 Cheerful 83 Break down 84 Fellows 85 Foolishly imitative 88 Metric unit 89 Boom-and- — 90 Wished for 94 Attack on all sides 95 Workplace, for short 96 English county 97 Far-out artist

98 In the past 99 Poem

100 God of love 102 Chow for animals 103 Twofold 104 Quid — quo 105 Service branch 107 Landing place 108 Harshsounding 109 Hammer part 110 Actor — Guinness 111 Aft

113 Davis or Midler 114 Rich cake 115 Antiquity 117 Solemn fear 118 Tricky maneuver 119 Sullen 121 Extinct bird 124 Long, long time 126 Enamel 128 Incalculable 132 Pointed tool 133 Samovar 134 Radar-screen image 135 “M.A.S.H.” role 139 Petition 140 Greek epic 142 Ego — 144 Fragrant flower 145 Frighten 147 Compact 148 John — Garner 149 Town in Florida 150 Annoyed 151 Place 152 Came to a close 153 Charger 154 Highways

DOWN

1 Boorish 2 Term of endearment 3 Actress — Moorehead 4 Regret 5 USA neighbor 6 Stitched 7 First (abbr.) 8 Time of year 9 Footnote mark 10 In medias — 11 With full force 12 Blackjack cousin (2 wds.) 13 Brink 14 Time 15 — -go-round 16 Be quick 17 Elevation (abbr.) 18 Laminated rock 19 Prods 20 Use a broom 30 Elec. unit 31 Farrow the actress 33 Eastern region 36 Sour 37 Antlered animal 39 Playing card 40 Fasten 43 Imaginary creature 44 Monastery dweller 46 Bad actor 48 Portable bed 49 Race 50 Row of bushes 51 Org. cousin 53 Marathon 54 Imperfection 55 Wild- — chase 57 Giant god 58 Picture 59 Yielded by treaty 61 Fork part 62 Developed 64 Brandy (hyph.) 66 Get sunny 67 Earthy lump 68 — and void 72 Stuff 73 Cheese in a trap

75 Trig function 77 — - majesté 78 Spill the beans 79 Time gone by 82 Mardi — 83 Supply of money 84 Bloom or Ringwald 85 Big snake 86 Bicycle part 87 River in France 88 Sheen 89 Lager 90 Covered 91 Grow smaller by degrees 92 Leggy bird 93 “Lorna —” 96 Avid

97 Do a household job 101 Schoolbook 102 Ingle 103 Sticky fruit 106 Rime

107 Seat for parishioners 108 Limit

109 — of call 112 Get brown in the sun

113 Roll

114 Cask 116 Praised 118 Headstone inscription 120 “— Town” 121 Servants 122 Young bird 123 Dress shape (hyph.) 125 Cat- — — -tails 127 Troubled 129 City in Japan 130 Enticed 131 Acts

134 Lean downward 136 Winglike parts 137 Valley 138 School (abbr.) 141 — — matter of fact 143 Rather or Blocker 144 — Alamos 145 Knight’s title 146 — -Magnon