Sunday Puzzler

ACROSS

1 Bus 6 Fuzzy fruit 11 Shrink away 16 Object from antiquity 21 “— Get Your Gun”

22 — nous 23 Permission 24 Dispatch boat 25 Humidor item

26 Old Greek theater 27 “Tempest” sprite 28 Ague 29 Piggy 30 Reveal 32 Small bird 34 Food fish 36 Word in a palindrome 37 Concerning (2 wds.) 39 Prejudice 41 Connect, in a way 43 Wild ox 44 Astaire or Rogers 45 Chatter 48 Eastern European 50 Trick 52 Prior to 55 Had bills to pay 57 Usual food 59 Spoke musically 63 Cry of woe 64 The Beaver State 66 Fundamental 68 — and kin 69 Under covers 70 Cistern 72 Soap substitute

73 Gun gp. 74 Letter after zeta 75 Amino — 76 Smooth transition 78 “The Raven” writer

79 Old

80 Joy

82 That girl 83 Run, as dyes 85 Pokes 86 Red-brown horse 87 Abbr. in politics 88 Distant 89 Luau fare 90 Moving about 93 Military decoration 95 An evergreen 96 Sarcastic 100 Like a racehorse 101 Electron loser 102 Rabbit fur 104 Flying toy 105 Actress — Farrow 106 Make lace 107 South American range 109 “Gunga —” 110 Triumphs 111 Come across 112 Tied (Hyph.) 115 Petty scholar 117 The time being 118 Outlying 119 On the summit of 121 Ladder part 122 Dross 123 Skaters’ place

125 Say with confidence 127 Fail to pay

129 Unwanted email 132 Family member, for short 134 Indigo dye 136 Gossip 137 Leader 141 — o’-shanter 142 Rhythm 144 Among 146 Merganser 148 Arab garment 149 Deliver a speech 151 Conical net 153 Coffee variety

155 Rye fungus 157 Player 158 Heron 159 Engender 160 Diacritical mark

161 “To — own self be true ...” 162 Poor

163 — bouffe 164 Velocity

DOWN

1 Desert plants 2 Kind of dome 3 Rage

4 Spy org. 5 Flavoring plant

6 City in Illinois 7 Tried

8 Had a bite 9 Brag

10 — David Thoreau 11 Made a metallic sound 12 Poet’s preposition 13 Lie in — 14 Each

15 Get ready to fire

16 Float 17 Holiday time 18 Body organ 19 Department in France 20 Prepared apples 31 Competent 33 The dawn personified 35 Tiny guitar 38 Time 40 Basted 42 Cleveland’s lake 44 Touched

46 Big boat 47 Rule (Abbr.) 49 Lugosi or Bartók 51 Yearn 52 Cooked 53 The upper crust 54 Deadly 56 White Cliffs town 58 Make less extreme 60 Ballroom dance 61 Sinned 62 Twosomes 64 News item, for short 65 Pester 67 Frame of mind 69 Painful 71 Oleo container 75 Kanten 76 Plant part 77 Fairylike 79 Waterless 81 Footnote abbr.

82 Coal scuttle 84 Corn serving 85 Tiny opening 87 Lake in Switzerland 89 Containers

90 Ray flower 91 Do a barber’s job

92 Tribal emblem 93 Fashion 94 Youngster 95 Superior 96 After-dinner candy 97 Make better 98 Family member 99 Spud 101 Strong 103 Spot on a card 104 Kookaburra 107 — spumante 108 Stiff hair 110 Dwindled 111 About

30 days 113 Standard 114 — Scotia 116 Failure 117 Nothing 120 Punishment 122 Small and attractive 124 Cat

126 Edge 128 Group of war vessels 129 Ermine 130 Make dry 131 Violin name 133 Wool fabric 135 State of uncertainty 138 Golf score 139 Dwelling 140 Old-fashioned 142 Simple 143 Steak preference 145 Village 147 Moistens 150 Large amount 152 Marry 154 So-so grade 156 Rend