CROSSWORD PUZZLER
ACROSS
1 Ides of -6 Expire 11 Like a potato chip 16 Loud sound 21 Run off with a lover 22 Happen 23 Fleming or Zellweger 24 “M*A*S*H” character 25 Opponent 26 Spacecraft part hyph.) 28 Fiber plant 29 Rime 30 Papa 32 Jacob’s twin 33 Kind of engine 35 -- whiz! 36 Time in office 38 Tiresome talker 41 Punta del -43 Time periods (abbr.) 44 Scotsman, e.g. 45 Big building 48 Steed 50 Linden or Holbrook 52 Edible seed 55 Sated 57 Insect egg 58 Sloping roadways 62 A state (abbr.) 63 Victory goddess 65 Barrel 67 Midnight -69 In regular succession 70 Knight’s title 71 Summer in Paris 72 Silent 74 Hit a baseball 76 “-- Karenina” 77 Legal wrong 79 Evergreen tree 81 Treat with respect 83 Implement 85 “-- a boy!” 86 Bend 88 Compare 90 Big -92 Rich stew 94 News 96 Burton or Allen 97 Hard liquor 99 Cafe au -100 Hot-dog condiment 103 Latter- -- Saints 105 Saying 107 Ordinary 110 Furthermore 111 Postal material 113 True-blue 115 Wager 117 Ship in Greek myth 118 Graven image 120 Tidy 122 Glove size (abbr.) 123 Cry of discovery 125 Tax org. 126 City in New Jersey 128 Brewed beverage 130 Sticker 132 Indigo 133 -- the light 134 One of the Muppets 135 Provide with weapons 137 Gangster’s girl 139 Horse’s gait 141 Recipe meas. 143 Beg 145 Football 147 Serving item 150 Fuss 152 Flavoring for 97-Across 154 Sticky fastener 155 Float gently 159 Lacerate 160 Yiddish turnover 162 Related 164 Part of NATO (abbr.) 166 Sad 167 Ski resort 169 Seesaw 173 River in France 175 Stringed instrument 176 Revolves 177 Kukla, Fran and -178 Comedy 179 Lovers’ meeting 180 Speechify 181 Garden problem 182 Hauled
DOWN
1 Earn 2 Wonderland girl 3 Name for a pooch 4 Books pro (abbr.) 5 Clutched 6 “-- -- the Rings” 7 High card 8 For each hundred (abbr.) 9 Of course! 10 Notched, as a leaf 11 Toasted bread cube 12 Chronicle (abbr.) 13 Writing fluids 14 Boil 15 -- Pan 16 Stuff 17 Fall behind 18 Familiar saying 19 Kind of orange 20 Welcome 27 Hasty 31 Talent 34 Cigar residue 37 Encountered 39 Abundant 40 Old French coin 42 Discord personified 44 “Bewitched” aunt 46 Eat 47 Antlered animal 49 Ticket remnant 51 Exist 52 Endures 53 George or T.S. 54 Gets more specific
(two wds.) 56 Dud of a car 59 Certain painter 60 Trousers 61 Reduce 64 On an even -- 66 Pistol 68 Enthusiast 69 Chair at a bar 73 Unruly crowd 75 Holiday drink 78 Whistle sound 80 Cleverness 81 Of blood 82 Kingly 84 Island feast 87 Baby buggy 89 Child 91 Veto 93 Mona -95 Guzzled 98 Pen point 100 Where Bangor is 101 Beneath 102 Expire 104 -- Kippur 105 Gentlewoman 106 Intend 108 See eye-to-eye 109 Also-ran 112 Dead lang. 114 So far 116 Dense growth
of bushes 119 The non-clergy 121 Bluish green 124 Jai -127 Legal matter 129 War god 131 Political acronym 132 Seaweed 136 “The -- Falcon” 138 Set afire 140 Dir. letters 142 Skillet 143 Affected one 144 Portal 146 Card suit 147 Religious pamphlet 148 Stair part 149 Put on 151 Same as above 153 A joint 156 Watchful 157 Compel 158 Woolen fabric 160 Tangle 161 Olympian queen 163 Distribute (with “out”) 165 Raise 168 Building extensions 170 An explosive 171 Cakes and -172 Disencumber 174 -- Paulo