Sunday Puzzler
ACROSS 1 Pokes 6 Made more manageable 11 Domed recess 16 Desire 21 Variety show 22 Deliver a speech 23 Where Bangor is 24 “Thinker” sculptor 25 Endure
26 — bear
27 Talk show name
28 Act like a ham 29 Kayo count 30 For fear that 31 Charged particle 33 Indian federation 35 Butt 36 School type (abbr.) 38 Banjo cousin 39 Govt. agcy. 40 Digit
41 Isle of —
42 Jot 44 Feudal lord’s estate 48 Peruse 51 Brainteaser 54 Victuals 55 Levin and Gershwin 57 Boutonniere 61 Nymph in Greek myth 62 Pang 63 Extend a subscription 65 Embezzled 66 Becomes more solid
67 Ring of flowers 70 Sorcery 72 Steal from 73 Pt. on a compass 74 War god 75 Print measures 77 Russian writer 79 Spring 80 Nerve network 82 Abbr. in bus. 83 Fastener 85 Stand about 87 Post or Dickinson 89 Destiny 90 Scull 91 Kind of arrest 92 Spiffy 94 “No man is an — ...” 96 Weight unit 97 Goods (abbr.) 100 Number prefix
101 Rye fungus 104 School subj. 105 Coniferous tree
106 — and yang 107 — de Janeiro 108 Sing a certain way 110 Measure of loudness 112 Argot 113 Entertain 116 Cause of sickness 118 Attention 119 Broad comedy 120 Church figure 122 Work by Zola 123 Actuality 124 Victor 125 Ignore 127 Professor’s talk 129 Hourglass contents 130 Marquee notice 133 Sheep’s cry 135 Scrap 136 Greek letter 137 Connecticut school 141 Rocky hill 142 Mythical monster 144 Persona — grata 145 Deed
146 — Plaines 147 Meeting place
149 Okra stew 151 Homer’s epic 153 Hover 155 Singing voice 156 Receded 157 Meaning 158 Slight error 159 Harriet Beecher — 160 Forays
161 The underworld 162 Michaelmas daisy
DOWN 1 Chatter 2 Mutineer 3 Pertaining to sheep 4 Failure 5 Understand 6 Place in Kansas 7 Came to be 8 Brewing material 9 Letter after zeta 10 Ridiculed 11 Prayer’s end 12 Chum 13 River deposit 14 Not active 15 Golden-ager 16 Western Indian 17 Gypsy
18 Love a lot 19 Essential 20 Foe
30 Old stringed instrument 32 Lummox 34 Stew meat 37 Golden-touch king 39 “Shrek” ogress 43 Hoary 44 Frustrates 45 Movie-set VIP (abbr.) 46 Utah city 47 Person in charge
49 Hirt and Pacino 50 Speck 51 Moore or Federer 52 Peace goddess 53 Harmful 54 Got along 56 Kind of lily 58 Something for a knitter (2 wds.) 59 Run off 60 Concrete strengthener 62 Bash 64 Toupee 67 Exhibition room 68 Stinging plant
69 Kind of evidence 71 Army rank 76 Parasite 78 Gehrig or Costello
81 Big bird 83 Distress call letters 84 Youth 86 Doctrine 88 Frost 89 Word-for-word 91 Sharpened 92 Sandal part 93 — ballerina 95 Plus 96 Place in Asia 98 Because 99 Stage direction 102 Elected official (abbr.) 103 Norse god 105 Fragment 109 Clair de — 111 Map
112 Gift for a valentine 114 Main and Wall (abbr.) 115 Long time 117 Cul-de- — 119 Fish paddle 121 Valuable stone 123 Provide 124 Hold on 126 Annoy persistently 128 Also 129 Sunglasses 130 Number facts, for short 131 Thesaurus maker 132 Town in Maine 134 Bonaire neighbor 136 “— porridge hot ...” 138 Take on 139 Charter
140 Lab compound 142 Fabled racer 143 Both (prefix) 144 Shows assent 145 Discovery 148 Fight 150 Planting area 152 Grassy expanse
153 A state (abbr.) 154 — Vegas