Sunday Puzzler
ACROSS 1 A shellfish 6 Lance 11 Urgent requests 16 Hardware item 21 Lover in a play 22 Rorqual 23 Long
24 City in Utah 25 — provocateur 26 Main artery 27 Proportion 28 Also-ran 29 Private room 30 Simian creature 31 Best or Ferber 33 Solitary
35 Tip 36 Fervid 39 Scandinavian of old 43 Edgar Allan — 44 Piggery 45 Opening move in chess 47 Fainthearted 49 Literary collection 51 Flower 54 Have being 57 Breakfast pastry
59 Too hasty 63 Rend 64 Newt 66 Sidewalk’s edge 68 Succor
69 Old Persian poet 70 Elevator name 72 Sleeve 74 Docile 76 Vehicle on runners 78 Saharan 79 Small picture 82 Hold 84 Front-lawn fundraising event (2 wds.) 86 Greek poet
87 River in Belgium 89 Failure 91 New Zealand parrot 92 French article 93 Peruke 95 Uttered 97 Strong sweet wine 99 Intelligence 101 Powdery residue 104 Machine part 106 Trick
108 Fly up and around 110 Minimum 114 Unyielding one 117 Implement 119 Devoted optimist 121 Woody stem 122 — the Red 124 Horse’s coloring 126 Light meal 127 Space 128 Korbut the gymnast 129 Cheerful
131 — and kin 133 Play part 135 Payable 136 River in England 137 Looked 139 Great confusion 141 Sharpens 143 Female sheep 145 Wise lawgiver 147 Peninsula in Europe 149 Depot (Abbr.) 152 Ooh and — 154 Marine creature that clings 157 Holiday drink 161 Cover 162 “Right away!”
164 Beyond (Prefix) 165 Fleur-de- — 167 “— Town” 168 War vessel (Hyph.) 170 Lariat 173 Angry
175 Ill will 177 Effrontery 178 Burstyn or Barkin 179 Come to be 180 — firma 181 Cupidity 182 Intended 183 Drenches 184 Kind of pea DOWN 1 High-fashion brand 2 “Who Framed — Rabbit” 3 Improve 4 Cyst
5 — a chance! 6 Exchange 7 Bird that rises from ashes 8 Pinna 9 Change 10 Interprets 11 Old Egyptian structure 12 Pasture 13 Have a bite 14 Seed appendage 15 Pry
16 Bad temper 17 — -Magnon 18 American Beauties 19 Occurrence 20 Verbose 30 Cash dispenser (Abbr.) 32 After deductions 34 Webster or Beery
37 The “I” 38 Christen 40 Of the ear 41 Eastern servant 42 Dressed to the — 46 Sell out 48 Humdinger 50 Wall hanging 51 Thin soup 52 Picture of a kind, for short
53 A drug 55 Amount 56 “Star —” 58 Say a few words 60 Of hearing 61 Grin 62 Secretes 65 Certain club member 67 Complaint 71 Merganser 73 Young woman 75 Marine plant 77 Sketched 80 Block for building 81 Frond 83 Body of liquid 85 — double 88 Violent uprising 90 Support 94 Wind 96 Dutch or double 98 Whistle sound 100 Salty drop 101 Cravat 102 Not at all original 103 Device on a door
105 Blend 107 Appear 109 Make happy 111 Battery terminal 112 Nose 113 Domesticates 115 — and desist 116 Angers 118 Secular 120 Fond du — 123 Chocolate substitute 125 — degree 130 Walter — — Mare 132 Weather phenomenon 134 Branchlet 137 Earthy fuel 138 Inactive 140 Stone pillar 142 Crone 144 Squandered 146 Compass pt. 148 Legal matter 149 Thrown 150 Rome’s river
151 Love a lot 153 Seraglio 155 Book of maps
156 City on the Nile
158 Bête — 159 Unconventional 160 Massive 163 Flooring piece
166 — of March 169 Word of greeting
171 A state (Abbr.)
172 X
174 By way of 175 Rds.
176 Seat for parishioners