Sunday Puzzler

1 Like students at graduation 6 Big artery 11 Titanium, e.g. 16 Titleholder 21 Town near Bangor 22 Threesome 23 — and kicking 24 State of mind 25 Homer’s wife 26 Ballroom dance 27 Notions

28 — acid

29 Had a bite 30 Crew 31 Stewart or Serling 33 Stair part 35 Paved ways (abbr.) 36 Aerie

38 Fix fraudulently 39 Estuary 40 Feeling blue 41 Perceive 42 Means of restraint 44 Management 48 Property seized 51 Saloon 54 Plumbing problem 55 First Arabic letter 57 Mutineers

61 Of an Eastern region

62 Paid players 63 Of blood 65 Smallest image component 66 Observe 67 Had a rich meal 70 Factors in heredity

ACROSS

72 Garden implement 73 — Aviv 74 Road division 75 Kindled

77 — — crow flies 79 United

80 Lab compound 82 Poet’s “before”

83 “— & Kumar Go to White Castle” 85 Turkish inn 87 Prize name 89 Swab

90 Tell a tale 91 Main force 92 Stratagem 94 Expressed a belief 96 Colleen 97 Season 100 Word with space or stone

101 Flat cap 104 Failure 105 Wound with horns 106 Playing marble

107 The Golden State (abbr.) 108 “Divine Comedy” poet 110 Shrub “sculpture” 112 Mellow 113 Weight units 116 Grinder 118 Noblewoman 119 Antlered animal 120 Bamboozled 122 Bridge position 123 Sprints 124 Lodestone 125 Praise 127 Most profound 129 Put on the payroll 130 Mountain on Crete

133 — a chance! 135 Fire residue 136 Intelligence 137 The ones there 141 — and don’ts 142 Extremely cold 144 Explosive stuff 145 Pavilion 146 “— Maria” 147 Ingress 149 Andes animal 151 Epic by Homer 153 Macadamizes 155 Look of contempt 156 Make sense (2 wds.) 157 Trumpet part 158 Portents 159 Not wordy 160 Peruses 161 Lab compound 162 Like a julep

DOWN

1 — numeral 2 Deliver a speech 3 Drills 4 Sch. subject 5 Female deer 6 Reach 7 Cousin to a chimp 8 Hoop 9 Schoolyard game 10 Showing great love 11 Servant 12 Antiquity 13 Cake part 14 Benefit 15 Lease giver 16 Burn until black 17 Drone 18 Wrongly 19 — Carlo 20 Ordinary language 30 Show of pleasure 32 Cereal grass 34 Pitcher 37 Handle 39 Rule the — 43 Eagle

44 At hand 45 Cheer from the bleachers 46 Designer — Cassini 47 Fruity drink 49 Energy 50 Kimono sash 51 Liking

52 Ski resort town 53 Stringed instrument 54 Leggy bird 56 Devotees 58 Attempt to persuade 59 Sierra — 60 Icy rain 62 Round jewel 64 Allow 67 Cheated out of money 68 Fanged snake 69 SSW, e.g. 71 MacLaine or Temple 76 Ohio city 78 Big bird 81 Destiny 83 Jump 84 Cover 86 Reply (abbr.) 88 Best — and tucker 89 Blotched 91 Bonds or Manilow 92 Nail cousins 93 Once more 95 Enthusiast 96 Prods 98 Temporary stop 99 Whistle sound 102 Zodiac sign 103 Sufficiently, formerly 105 Mammoth 109 Facilitate 111 Luxurious 112 Thesaurus name

114 Bird of prey 115 Red or Yellow 117 Itinerary (abbr.) 119 Ruin 121 Sand hill 123 Fidgety 124 Catcher’s glove

126 Kind of bill or sign 128 Skillet 129 Impede 130 That is (Lat.) 131 English poet 132 Daisylike flower 134 Diacritical mark

136 Use a loom 138 Refuge 139 Occurrence 140 Not at all neat 142 Spiral motion

143 Art movement 144 Pats

145 Lean

148 In medias — 150 Mire

152 — Vegas 153 Small dog, for short 154 Friend, in France