Sunday Puzzler
ACROSS
1 Savory topping 6 Jack in a nursery rhyme 11 Morocco’s capital 16 Says hoarsely 21 Irk 22 Bouquet 23 “Carmen” is one 24 Benefit
25 Get firmly stuck 26 True-blue 27 Bar orders 28 — d’hôte 29 Work in verse 30 Apothecary unit 32 “Hunchback of Notre-Dame” author
34 Out of fashion 36 Drink like a dog 37 Notorious Roman emperor 39 Neglect 41 Plant bristle 43 Certain vote 44 Skillful 45 Instructed 48 Fixes fraudulently 50 Kind of moth 52 Used a strainer 55 Oklahoma town 57 Popular pets 59 Land
63 Cay or key 64 Scornful looks 66 Money sent 68 Raise 69 Treaty
70 Cup handle 72 Cowboy show 73 Links peg 74 Be mistaken 75 Penalty 76 Conducts, as a campaign 78 Poet’s preposition 79 Chief
80 Go off the — — 82 Carrey or Gaffigan 83 Damaged tires 85 Trumpets 86 Stop a fast 87 Cudgel 88 Powdery residue 89 Calendar abbr. 90 Tap or tonic 93 Roost 95 Squid’s output
96 Sad 100 Unusual thing
101 — of tricks 102 Place often visited 104 Aerie 105 Greek letter 106 Tried for office 107 Explosive sounds 109 Crazy 110 So-so grades 111 Math branch, for short 112 Chimney cousin 115 Grow weak 117 Layered rock 118 Renter
119 — and rave 121 Dry
122 Item for a picnic 123 Young or Diamond 125 Cage occupant 127 Yolks 129 Highest point 132 Cereal grass 134 Turner the singer 136 Touch 137 “— Homo” 141 Chinese chairman 142 Range in South America 144 Blanchett the actress 146 Bundles 148 Owns 149 Wrath 151 Hang in folds 153 Musical groups 155 Proclamation 157 Dangerous feat
158 Bar legally 159 Love 160 Nouveau — 161 Parts of pumps 162 Tall grasses 163 Tiers 164 Glacial ridge
DOWN
1 Stylish room 2 Battery terminal 3 Beneath 4 Gear tooth 5 Looked at 6 Meat for sandwiches 7 Conspicuousness 8 Rob — (cocktail) 9 Eastern servant 10 Anklebone 11 Like an automaton 12 Simian 13 Traffic sound 14 Dress in finery 15 Mortarboard ornament 16 Appraise 17 Gardner the actress 18 Costly fur 19 Rice dish 20 Snoozed 31 Highway 33 Part of the EU 35 Walk in a relaxed way 38 Aquatic mammal 40 Doctrine 42 Culture medium 44 — processing 46 No longer working (abbr.) 47 Expire 49 Suffix for team or song 51 Alliance acronym 52 Fathered 53 River in France 54 Fiery signal 56 Reverie 58 Unwrinkled 60 — alia 61 Indian or Arctic 62 Requirements 64 Hourglass contents 65 Droop
67 — of March 69 Liquid measure 71 Ump’s cousin 75 Dread 76 Coven member 77 Incline
79 Use a whetstone 81 Look searchingly 82 Jolt
84 Invite
85 Put an end to 87 Mendicant 89 Chinese idol 90 — -case scenario 91 What’s in — —? 92 Mortise counterpart 93 Gasp 94 Showy actor 95 Place near Nepal
96 Roe
97 Not domesticated 98 Serviceable 99 Brewed beverage 101 Stronghold 103 Labor union letters 104 Sewing 107 Nota — 108 Strikebreaker 110 Who’s in charge
111 The ones there 113 “Citizen —” 114 Grow together 116 Attempt
117 Pig
120 Arm muscle 122 Frigid 124 Hook and — 126 Letters in genetics 128 Lets 129 Gather 130 Poem division 131 Powerful businessman 133 Not wordy 135 Rose oil 138 Baby bird 139 Stash
140 Lab compound 142 Fine and liberal
143 Glut 145 Norse goddess 147 Withered 150 Dir. letters 152 Group of whales 154 Free electron 156 Underworld god