CROSSWORD PUZZLER
ACROSS
1 Story from Aesop 6 Level 10 Cygnets 15 Abbr. in a cookbook 18 Do-nothing 19 Drive 21 Creature of -22 Loud laugh (hyph.) 23 Makeup 24 Gulch 25 Seed-to-be 26 Omnia vincit -27 Eagle 28 Mothers and grandmothers 29 Catlike animal 31 Complete 33 Becomes more solid 35 Declare 36 Aquatic mammal 37 Twisted 38 Moved little by little 40 Hard-hearted 41 French cleric 42 Kind of door 44 Talisman 45 Singer -- Guthrie 47 Crazy 51 Electric razor 52 Layered rock 53 Streams 55 -- generis 56 Slender candle 57 Box 58 Coercion 60 Devoured 62 Arab VIP 63 Inconsistent 65 Mail 66 Not difficult 67 Cushion 68 Ventilates 69 -- -American 71 Covered with water 73 -- King Cole 75 You --! 76 City in Ohio 77 Coffee-filled vessel 78 Die down 81 “War of the Worlds” author 83 Good-bye! 84 Gator’s cousin 85 Throw 87 Formula 90 Reheat 92 Agreement among nations 94 Kind of bean 95 Kind of orange 96 Friendly 98 British composer 99 Wheel spokes 100 -- soda 101 Short trip for business 103 Musical group 105 Stir up 106 Island dance 108 Charter 109 Sings like Ella 110 Next to 111 Metric unit 113 Foggy 114 Part of RFD 115 Transform 118 Jars 119 Greek letter 120 River in Belgium 124 Eternally 125 -- Gras 126 Alloy 127 Put to work 128 Contends 129 Express a belief 131 Source 133 Thoroughbred creature 135 Coup d’-136 Chops 137 Character 138 Pressed 139 Term in tennis 140 Baking need 141 Krupa or Kelly 142 Really small
DOWN
1 Discharges 2 Like a lot 3 Plainspoken 4 Table part 5 “... -- I saw Elba” 6 Constructed 7 Paramour 8 As neat as -- -9 Playing card 10 Spade 11 Be uncertain 12 Touch 13 Nothing 14 African antelope 15 Indian language 16 Coast 17 Reduced 19 Demonstrated 20 Delivered a lesson 22 Detestation 28 Money gambled 30 Particular 32 Seize 34 Computer in a network 36 Kind of surgeon 37 Winds 39 Cervine animal 40 Nautical map 42 Medicine man 43 Per -44 Converses 45 God of war 46 Steakhouse 48 Wine city in Italy 49 Combustible material 50 Fork park 51 Curtail 52 Casual duds 53 Sing 54 Seven -57 Salesman’s pitch 59 Displace 61 Patient’s complaint 63 Weasel relative 64 Town in Washington state 66 Ornate 70 Monk’s title 72 Composed 74 Branchlet 76 Bitter 79 Like ice skates 80 Of cows 82 Sword 84 Largest asteroid 86 Worm on a hook 87 -- Hashana 88 Birthright seller 89 Summon 91 English queen 93 Old and worn 94 Kin 96 Dirt 97 Form of expression 99 Sub -102 “Bohemian --” 104 Berets 105 Untamed 107 Struck by horror 109 Auctioneer’s cry 110 Lighter fluid 112 Sunbeam 113 Most painful 114 Go to bed 115 “Bolero” composer 116 The cream 117 Perspire 118 Eyre and Fonda 119 Started 121 Sudden increase 122 City in Germany 123 Tall and slender 125 Isinglass 126 Tiny bit 130 Easy as -132 Dishcloth 133 Simple house 134 Mineral