Sunday Puzzler

ACROSS 1 Bitter in tone 6 Flagpoles 11 Power 16 Petty quarrel 20 Wooden hammer 21 Cravat 22 Mountain nymph 23 Wild fear 25 Friend from Tijuana 26 Stains 27 Wash cycle 28 Stage direction 29 Favorite 30 “— Royale” 32 False show 34 Mineral 35 Israel’s airline 37 Unclothed 38 Small birds 39 Seaport in Denmark 41 Picture 43 Rime 44 “Little —” 46 Destructive insect 49 Food fish 50 Bag for a hiker 54 Fit as food 55 Magnificent 56 Peace symbol 57 Ferrum 58 Young canine 59 Throw carelessly 60 Crowbar 61 Beethoven’s “Für —” 62 Sherbets 64 Mean dwelling 65 Candle 66 Produce 67 Fender mishap 68 Twain or Knopfler 69 Sternness 70 Funny fellow 71 — soda 72 Sakes —! 74 Heavenly body 75 Landed estate 77 Energy 80 Western Indian 81 Avid 82 Young girl 83 Bone of the forearm 87 Claim 89 Bread maker 90 Overbearing 91 Word with broad or butter 92 Chunk 93 Zoo denizen 94 Reliance 95 Coq au — 96 Latin abbr. in footnotes 97 Cargo area 98 Strong string 99 Mourn 102 Get even 105 Write a certain way 106 Threefold 107 Ancient part of Asia Minor 108 Animal group 109 Catches 110 Priest 113 Hand in — 114 Stalemates 115 Racetrack shape 119 Evil spell 120 Count systematically 123 Badger 125 “I— — Camera” 126 Liturgical vestment 128 Praying figure 129 Old gold coin 130 Edgar — Poe 132 Kind of bear 133 Gamut 134 Drop a syllable 135 Thin cloth 136 Earns 137 Kind of statesman 138 Filled 139 Swords

DOWN 1 Wide open 2 Dromedary 3 Peron of Argentina 4 Rule (abbr.) 5 Countries in alliance 6 Back rub 7 Have as an ambition 8 Small cake 9 Dorothy’s dog 10 Rds. 11 “— Gump” 12 Eastern region 13 Lets 14 Instance 15 Place of perfection 16 Reckless driver 17 Skillet 18 Writer — Chekhov 19 Rows 24 Western Indian 31 Die down 32 Haughty 33 “— Like It Hot” 36 Tree branch 38 Amiss 40 Store in a farm structure 42 Thickness measure 43 Hotdog 44 Be unsure 45 — and out 46 Lukewarm 47 Bring out 48 Grow more mellow 49 Deceive 50 Hang in the air 51 Operatic songs 52 — Rica 53 Genuflect 55 Fierce look 56 Storage place 59 Barber’s service 60 Beer 61 Therefore 63 Stopping place (abbr.) 64 Strike 65 Stopwatch, e.g. 66 Sweets 69 Airman’s “OK” 70 Middle 73 Sled 74 Became encrusted 75 En — 76 Chafe 77 Origami need 78 The upper crust 79 Fold in a skirt 81 Ern 82 Horse for riding 84 Flat 85 Artless 86 Take over 88 Cream-filled pastry 89 Flora and fauna 90 Edge 93 Certain Asian 94 Doubly 98 Treasure — 99 Lawn cover 100 Rend 101 — facto 103 Hangs about 104 Indian of South America 105 Conspiring one 106 Handled 108 Wheel projection 109 Harangue 110 Guy 111 Dud of a car 112 Banishment 113 Body part 114 Implied but unsaid 116 Esteem 117 Strike with wonder 118 Country ways 121 Drill 122 River in Russia 123 Expressive dance 124 Wise 127 Grimalkin 129 — Moines 131 Drink