Sunday Puzzler

ACROSS

1 Escarpment 6 Dull finish 11 Object from time past 16 Nuisance 20 Treat with respect 21 Direction indicator 22 Winged 23 Take place 25 Cognizant 26 Hoisting device 27 Toned down 28 Itinerary 29 Watery land 30 Moral philosophy 32 Lees 34 Showed the way 35 Worry 37 Busy place 38 Symbol 39 Ways between seats 41 Express a belief 43 Legitimate 44 Kind of war 46 Breathe 49 — goose 50 Headgear for a sea dog (2 wds.) 54 Be present 55 Garden shelter 56 Ride a wave 57 Jason’s ship 58 A pronoun 59 Innocent ones 60 Ill-will

61 Say

62 Five (prefix) 64 Destined 65 Substantial 66 Treeless plain in Russia 67 Gin flavoring 68 “Prince —” 69 Peter’s — 70 Wildebeest 71 Ending for profit or racket 72 Made of flax 74 Commerce 75 Like seawater 77 Weep 80 — ammoniac 81 Diving birds 82 Press 83 Mild oath 87 One held in bondage 89 Aim 90 Nonsensical talk 91 Apple or pear, e.g. 92 Hoist 93 Unbroken 94 Go after 95 Kimono sash 96 Kind of surgeon 97 Flexible tube

98 Lee or Willis 99 Interstellar distance 102 Falcon 105 Fog 106 French dramatist 107 The cream 108 Hold tightly 109 O.T. prophet 110 Come about 113 — setter 114 Cause of misery 115 Buss

119 Broke a fast 120 Reprove gently 123 Ridicule 125 Permit 126 Mug for beer 128 Incident 129 “Kosher” 130 Polish

132 Le —, France 133 Beetle Bailey’s nemesis 134 — acid 135 Tantalize 136 Woodwind instrument 137 Modify 138 Restaurant 139 Stopped

DOWN

1 Discarded material 2 Debase 3 Pointless 4 In favor of 5 On the house 6 Adding or sewing 7 Make the scene 8 Vestige 9 Lots 10 Female sheep 11 Dish for baking 12 Got away from 13 Dead language 14 Particular 15 Yield by treaty 16 Stoa 17 Environment (prefix) 18 Racing shell 19 Student 24 Cincinnati players 31 Fractional part

32 — plexus 33 Brad 36 Drink too much 38 Yarns 40 Mexican shawl 42 Fasten, in a way 43 Promised 44 Shindig 45 Excessively abundant 46 Says hoarsely 47 Mrs. Mertz 48 Old office worker 49 Not tipsy 50 Retinue 51 Thin pancake 52 Wide open 53 Fire iron 55 — Rouge 56 Kind of station 59 Roll with a hole 60 Dispatches 61 Stupefy 63 — Aviv 64 Ultimate 65 Intended 66 Expressive of contempt 69 Liable 70 Jelly fruit 73 Ait 74 Transparent fabric 75 City in Idaho

76 For sure! 77 Band for sharpening 78 Midwest airport 79 Crude pipe 81 Baggy 82 Mealtime prayer 84 A waterfowl 85 Yellow color 86 Make free of frost 88 Dozing 89 Call

90 Dull sound 93 Tiny amount 94 Infatuation 98 Too bold 99 Sat for a painter 100 Cakes and — 101 Hazard 103 Gathered 104 Outer layer 105 Raised sore 106 Computer screen 108 Recoil 109 Leatherneck 110 Chopped food 111 Essential oil 112 Annoy 113 Sluggish 114 Commence 116 Epic by Homer 117 Good judgment 118 Equine 121 Flattopped hill 122 Racetrack shape 123 Half (prefix) 124 Punta del — 127 Wrath 129 Boy 131 Farm animal