Chattanooga Times Free Press

Sunday Puzzler

- By Jim Barrick

ACROSS 1 Mark on a shoe 6 Littleneck 10 Stingy

15 — in a name? 20 Be indecisive 21 Clair de — 22 Baggy 23 Hand implement 24 Place of contest 25 Tips 26 Golfer Palmer, familiarly 27 Grapefruit 28 Light meal 29 A state (abbr.) 31 Hourglass contents 33 Jai — 35 — Stanley Gardner 36 Stupefy 37 Peril

39 Dir. letters 41 Inexperien­ced one

44 Long story 45 — Khayyam 48 Laugh with contempt 53 Savory jelly 54 Cupola 55 Trinidad and — 57 Student 58 Check 59 Deform 60 Word in a recipe 61 Punning poet Ogden — 63 Bundle 64 Farm bird 65 Wise 66 Military trainee 68 Chamber 70 Jerry — Lewis 71 Sharp tooth 72 Wealthy 74 Textile machine 76 Speeder’s undoing 79 Leave out, as a speech sound 81 Exude 83 Twodimensi­onal 87 Prize 88 Fruit skin 89 Stopper 91 City in Belgium 92 Grease or eyebrow 94 Morays 96 Fracas 97 Remove from a crate 98 Sufficient­ly, old-style 100 Part of 40-Down 102 Proboscis 104 Energy 107 Cup handles 109 Spicy condiment 110 Boot

111 — and away 114 Golden- — 116 Per — 118 Soak, as flax 119 Prepare leftovers 120 The bishop of Rome 121 Chocolate substitute 123 Approached 125 Coal or wood, e.g. 126 Low guy 127 Parting word 128 Place for a patch 129 Threshold 130 Horse of a certain color 131 Solidify 133 Asian temple 136 Labyrinth 137 Nerve network 141 Hardy character 144 Body part 145 Visage 146 Plant fluid 149 Type style 151 Tropical mammal 153 At any time 155 — Dame 157 Church community 158 Of hearing 159 Fastened 160 Gridiron 161 Cook a certain way 162 Loud sound 163 Abominable Snowman 164 Lawn tool

DOWN 1 Kind of police team 2 Concern 3 Eye part 4 Marshy area 5 Frenzied 6 Antiseptic 7 Blockhead 8 Bait — switch 9 Text or email 10 Metallic sound 11 Army 12 Many, many years

13 — Minor 14 Use a parer 15 A pronoun 16 Dwelling place 17 Declare 18 Say 19 Flavoring for gin 23 Twirl 30 Payable 32 Literary collection 34 Spray can 36 Read superficia­lly 37 Not fully dry 38 Lowe or Reiner 40 Psychic ability

41 Too hasty 42 Bone (prefix) 43 Candid 44 Achy 46 Chess piece 47 Culture medium 49 Young animal 50 Outback gemstone 51 Rasp

52 Run away 54 Knife

55 Ebb or neap 56 Kind of daisy 59 Pale 60 Horse’s hair 62 Ring

65 Fish in a tin 66 Pampers 67 Poster color 69 Clam or oyster, e.g. 71 Broad comedy 72 Excavation­s 73 Oner 75 Where Kennebunkp­ort is 76 Knock 77 Solemn fear 78 Rather or Fogelberg 80 Rest 82 Calendar abbr.

84 Bird beak

85 In the past 86 Tyrannosau­rus — 90 Friendly 93 Burden 95 Catch in a trap

96 The greater number of 99 Line 101 Vehicle on runners 103 Month after Sept. 104 Burrowing rodent 105 Mild oath 106 Actress Gilpin 108 Witnessed 110 Ship part 111 Bridge quorum 112 Domed recess 113 Film spool 115 Caviar 117 West or Murray 119 Expressive dance 120 Small opening 122 Annoy 124 Certain voter (abbr.) 125 Restless 126 Medicated candy 129 Favorite — 130 Plant pouch 132 Engrave 134 Communion table 135 Skillful deceit 136 — Gras 137 Rends 138 Coup d’— 139 Weight allowance 140 Essayist’s pen name 142 Strikebrea­ker 143 Person 145 Length measures 146 For men only 147 Commedia dell’— 148 Equal 150 Ology 152 Macaw genus 154 Contend 156 Law (abbr.)

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