Chattanooga Times Free Press

Sunday Puzzler

- By Jim Barrick

ACROSS 1 Quite a lot 6 Ort 11 Traveler on foot 16 Wading bird 21 Dromedary 22 Sheer fabric 23 Sheeplike 24 Circus performer 25 Genus of lizards 26 Witch of — 27 Wyoming range 28 Century plant 29 Garland 30 Chasm 32 Aspiration 34 Got some zzz 36 Mil. rank 37 Krabappel of “The Simpsons” 39 Commotion 41 Dregs

43 In the past 44 Animal group 45 Latitude 48 Sorrowful cry 50 If not 52 In foreign lands 55 Black 57 Sketch 59 Made very happy 63 Witch’s transport 64 Bamboozled 66 Manumit 68 Outstrip

69 As a matter of — 70 Joker

72 Fold in a garment 73 — -de-sac 74 Name in Genesis 75 Uncommon 76 Fiend 78 Dead lang. 79 Go undergroun­d 80 School for Jewish students 82 Wire measure 83 Minaret 85 With — breath 86 Neighbor of Can. 87 Cacophony 88 Encountere­d 89 Faux — 90 Kitchen utensil 93 Lone Star State denizen 95 Rodent 96 Of service 100 Diner fare 101 Persona — grata 102 Stormed 104 Fat

105 —— shoestring 106 Building extension 107 Presage 109 Move up and down 110 Sour 111 Diving or bathing 112 Swamp in Florida 115 Floor exercise 117 Famed Italian poet 118 Deadly 119 A cheese 121 Rent 122 Return to — 123 “Exodus” author 125 Cabbage salad 127 Drugged 129 Affectiona­te 132 Trivial lie 134 Three-pip card 136 River in Ireland 137 Slipped 141 — Jima 142 Power-line support 144 Maintain 146 Holy Roman emperor 148 Expert 149 Steam bath 151 Scoundrel 153 Texas landmark 155 Sink

157 Rye fungus 158 Long-legged bird

159 Car type 160 Portents 161 Bassoon parts 162 Stem joints 163 Flavorful 164 Oversized

DOWN 1 Weighing device 2 Imprisoned 3 With full force 4 Certain voter (Abbr.) 5 Dross 6 Slender and graceful 7 Trust 8 Disencumbe­r 9 To a place underneath 10 Hazard 11 Quicktempe­red one 12 “— Got a Secret” 13 Sets of parts 14 — Gay 15 Break a promise 16 Immediatel­y 17 Schoolyard game 18 Picture

19 Pry 20 Tendency 31 Secondhand 33 Use needle and thread 35 Skunk 38 Underway 40 Mechanical man

42 Title for a king 44 Pile

46 Farm animal 47 Do a lawn job 49 Heat or hurricane 51 Narrow opening 52 “Downton —” 53 Alla — 54 Flowers 56 Stair post 58 Billfold 60 Implied but not said 61 Musical work 62 Removed 64 Teasdale the poet 65 Water barrier 67 Approach 69 Kind of bean 71 Acquired 75 Danger 76 Money in Serbia 77 Wandering one 79 Fastener 81 Be quiet! 82 Combine 84 Damp 85 Hairless on top

87 Lay bare 89 Saucy

90 “— of Fortune” 91 Reduce by 50% 92 Ait 93 Ancient garment 94 Seize 95 Show to be false 96 Dwell on 97 Discovered 98 Make as one 99 Delayer’s motto 101 Render void 103 Abbr. in politics 104 Where to wash clothes 107 Culture medium 108 Some wines 110 A crowd? 111 Polishes 113 Baba au — 114 Common condiment 116 Distress call 117 Poor grade 120 Bull and bear 122 Let it stand! 124 Soft and gentle 126 Small

128 “— and Cleopatra” 129 More sage 130 Cognizant 131 A cosmetic 133 Drum 135 Leavening agent 138 Beam device 139 Frosting 140 Thick 142 Taps

143 Old ointment 145 Entreaty 147 Greek coin 150 Give silent assent 152 A letter 154 Classified­s 156 Org. for docs.

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