Sunday Puzzler

ACROSS

1 Runner’s problem 6 Cravat 11 Stand-up entertainer 16 Ermine

21 One of the

Simpsons 22 Hackneyed 23 Hoist

24 Food fish 25 White poplar 26 One showing promise

27 Say 28 Gladden

29 Do wrong 30 River in

Belgium 32 Salt lake in

Asia

34 Set of three 36 — turkey 37 Tips 39 Unusual

thing 41 Christmastide 43 Psychic’s gift

(Abbr.) 44 Nothing but 45 Wild pig 48 Superman,

sometimes 50 Dueling

sword 52 Choose 55 Was in the

red

57 Highway

59 Fit for

cultivation 63 Banishment 64 Clay pipe 66 Defamatory 68 Drab 69 Bouquet 70 Bovine creature 72 Kilmer poem 73 Insect egg

74 Oklahoma city 75 Auction 76 Speed-trap device 78 Annex

79 Melt

together 80 Gift for dad 82 Inlet

83 Brave 85 Tablelands 86 Zero

87 Mild

explosion 88 — Angeles 89 Pro

90 Earlier 93 Causing

harm 95 Attentiongetter

96 Sir — Drake 100 Housing

expense 101 Kitten’s

comment 102 Oldfashioned 104 Fat

105 Work in verse 106 Choose

107 Black-andwhite animal 109 — and feather 110 Brusque

111 Beast of

burden

112 Never-ending 115 Nigh

117 Made a sound

recording 118 Skier’s place 119 Shout

121 Run-down

area

122 Irrigates 123 — of March 125 Alcove

127 Nobles,

collectively 129 Throw

132 Game official,

for short 134 Strikebreaker

136 Journey 137 What remains

141 Fuss 142 Folklore

creature

144 Recognized 146 Agents

(Hyph.)

148 A letter

149 More refined

151 Oahu

neighbor

153 Waterwheel

155 Heather

genus

157 Tropical resin

158 — nous

159 Eccentric

fellow

160 Some

relatives

161 Use a

plectrum 162 Smells 163 Row of

bushes

164 Legumes

DOWN

1 Go after 2 A songbird 3 Improve 4 Ott of baseball 5 Victim 6 Climb 7 Goods depository 8 PC peripheral 9 Olive genus 10 Cotton cloth 11 Fried cake 12 Avena 13 Glove 14 French department 15 Red color 16 Raced

17 — Aviv 18 Deliver a speech 19 Player 20 Motif 31 Categorize 33 Diving bird 35 Clothing 38 Get bigger 40 Loud and rough 42 Son of Seth 44 Food and drink 46 Expert 47 “— whiz!” 49 Diplomacy 51 Discord goddess 52 Auto style 53 Emit 54 Pale color 56 Decompose 58 Compulsion 60 Added extra 61 Verdi’s “— Miller” 62 — Park, Colorado 64 Fruit brand 65 Show assent 67 Depend 69 Bucket 71 Funny fellow 75 Recipe word

76 Swift 77 Held sway 79 Plant often potted

81 Tangle 82 Spar

84 Plaything 85 Water-filled trench 87 Fine snow 89 Worry 90 Supports 91 Drive back

92 Musical passage, for short 93 Pavilion 94 Feline 95 Start of a toast 96 Anger 97 Alternative to 52-Down 98 Do-nothing fellow 99 Pips 101 Rubdown specialist 103 Light brown 104 Going under 107 Mottled 108 Soon 110 Bottle for oil 111 Alma — 113 Roasting rod 114 Town in New Mexico 116 High mountain 117 Playground game 120 Western range 122 Stop sleeping 124 Tobacconist’s customer 126 State near Col. 128 Old movie done over 129 Promontories 130 Fully grown 131 More achy 133 Airliner 135 Long seat 138 Minnesota city 139 Denominations 140 Tantalize 142 Decorate 143 Old stringed instrument 145 Sported 147 — tide 150 Big bird 152 Big boat 154 Half diam. 156 Bemoan