Sunday Puzzler

ACROSS

1 Scholarly tongue 6 Binge 11 Makes healthy again 16 Poles on a ship 21 Of sheep 22 Frighten 23 Adhesive ingredient 24 War vessel (hyph.) 25 School event 26 Branch of philosophy 28 Meaning 29 Job for a combo 30 Solid figure 31 Pickled fish 32 “—, c’est moi” 34 Mil. rank 35 Energy type (abbr.) 37 Jerry — Lewis 38 Direction indicator 40 Table part 41 Sign on a marquee 42 Weather word 44 Sang a certain way 46 Masculine 49 Old Roman orator 52 Smudge 53 Printer’s measures 55 Scoundrel 59 Stop! (heard at sea) 60 Appear 61 Edit

64 Fur garment 65 River deposit 66 Unhearing 67 Gets brown at the beach 68 Scarlet 70 Town in Oklahoma 71 — Aviv 72 Water bird 73 Western writer — Harte

74 The Southern states 76 Droop 77 Imposing building 79 Red or Yellow 80 Captain in fiction 82 Pass

84 Kind of club dancer (hyph.) 85 Blueprint 86 Church area 87 Small monkey 88 Fast food item 90 Drones 91 Fellow

92 Of a vast desert 95 Greek letter 96 Hearsay 98 Tumble 100 Spiritual guide 101 Wing 102 Drinks a little of 104 Cushion 105 Remove, in printing 106 Lean and strong 107 Plant part 108 Yellow pigment 110 De Niro or Redford 112 Wash against 113 Biological duplicate 114 Fillmore’s predecessor 116 Pester 117 Modest restaurant 118 Raised 119 Deed 121 Place often visited 124 Traffic noise 125 Distress call letters 128 Joke 130 Fathered 131 By way of 132 Clean with a mop 136 Ball-andsocket joint 137 Notorious king 139 Roadster 140 Pickle flavoring 141 Doctors’ org. 142 — and well 144 Place for young learners (2 wds.) 147 Sire

149 Wild 150 Long-legged bird

151 Bird on a coin 152 Occurrence 153 General tendency 154 Itty-bitty 155 Place

156 Full of good flavor

DOWN

1 Rustic house 2 Benefit 3 Hint of color 4 Abbr. in business 5 Word in wedding announcements 6 Morse or Adams 7 Freshman at Annapolis 8 Appraise 9 Time 10 Powerful ruler 11 Sri Lanka, formerly

12 — and downs 13 Make turbid 14 Stand out 15 Dewey Decimal — 16 Something essential 17 Honest — 18 Ballads 19 Stun gun 20 Office worker of old

27 Big sandwich 30 One of the Muses 33 Chinese gelatin 36 Thorax 38 Cuckoopint, a plant 39 Dandelions, e.g. 43 Skill 44 Roman à — 45 Kind of forensic evidence 47 — Vegas 48 Punta del — 49 Class

50 Like a college wall 51 Beautiful writing 52 Legume 54 Copyist 56 Plotter 57 Assumed name 58 Place for a window box 60 Dried out 61 “Norma —” 62 Snarl

63 A state (abbr.) 66 Polite behavior 67 Ticket for a connection 69 Of usual food 72 Big cat 73 Smile

74 — Jones’ locker

75 Yale or Root 78 Pea soup 79 Aspersion 81 Move by truck 83 — — glance 85 Light particle 88 Muddle with ale 89 New York town 92 Certain 93 Coeur d’— 94 Called 97 Impair 99 Elevation (abbr.) 100 Flexibility 103 Personal interest 105 French artist 106 Float 107 Strikes 109 Caviar

111 Cry from Scrooge 112 Speak highly of 113 So-so grade 115 Fury 117 Forces 118 The — McCoy 120 Objective 122 Subtle difference 123 Mardi — 124 Sent an invoice to 125 Axle 126 Cargo ship 127 Tapering tower 129 Stuff 131 Stringed instrument 133 Money earned 134 Catkin

135 A little crazy 137 Retained 138 Challenge 140 Old Venetian magistrate 143 — Allen belt 145 Lair 146 Boater 147 Wager 148 Perón or Gabor