Sunday Puzzler

ACROSS

1 Reads quickly 6 Rascal 11 Water-filled chute 16 Played for stakes 21 Unspoken 22 Tough question 23 Boca — 24 Hippodrome 25 — — a customer 26 Insect stage 27 Glorify 28 Radioactive gas

29 Kind of chest or horse 30 Buckle

32 “— Lang Syne” 34 Hirsute 36 Pub beverage 37 Isle of exile 39 Long river 41 Art movement 43 Itinerary (abbr.) 44 Woeful cry 45 Reach out to 48 Desperate 50 Tale 52 Character 55 Stout stick 57 Merit

59 Slice of meat 63 Egg-shaped 64 Brimless cap 66 Lighthearted 68 Use a stopwatch 69 Breathe loudly 70 Exclude

72 — seal

73 Get hitched 74 Knock 75 Liquid measure 76 Subject to change 78 Food fish 79 Manage 80 Rendered fit or competent 82 Perceive 83 Single number 85 Verbose 86 Rowing need

87 Ship part 88 Get brown in the sun 89 Knight’s title

90 Stir vigorously 93 Speech sound

95 Rds. 96 Hopeful one 100 Magical symbol 101 Dumpster 102 Car race 104 Nat King — 105 Carton 106 Plus 107 Pleasant smell 109 Calendar abbr.

110 Type 111 Sweet wine 112 Containing slander 115 Delicate 117 Protective covering 118 White sale items 119 Decorate 121 Implement 122 Arboreal lizard

123 Son of Adam 125 Chester — Arthur 127 Seized 129 Converse 132 French article

134 Old Russian ruler

136 Love god 137 Variety of cheese 141 Argument 142 Jumped 144 End-of-week exclamation 146 Sudden increase 148 Fuss 149 Sidestep 151 Express out loud 153 Criminal 155 Fifty-fifty 157 Letter stroke 158 Blunder 159 Sierra — 160 Fencing movement 161 Dozed 162 Hard 163 Lawn tool 164 Capacious bags

DOWN

1 Vermont town 2 Waterway 3 Harsh 4 Insect egg 5 Put away 6 Enthusiastic attitude 7 Self-satisfied 8 — — matter of fact

9 Very large 10 Haughty 11 Prinze or Mercury 12 Lenient 13 The Beehive State 14 Back tooth 15 Thing 16 Busey or Oldman 17 Macaw genus 18 Military decoration 19 — Gay 20 Scandinavians 31 English queen 33 Youngster 35 Attained 38 Suddenly severe 40 Brilliance 42 Graceful horse

44 Tiny colonists 46 Mineral 47 Cask

49 — Stanley Gardner 51 Regretted 52 — Dame 53 Pertaining to birds 54 Florida city 56 The Good Book 58 A B vitamin 60 Bring down 61 Correct, as a text 62 Toy bear 64 Ring

65 — -de-vie 67 Horse’s gate 69 Landing place 71 Clear 75 Blueprint 76 Not as many 77 Simple song 79 Ripped 81 Tiresome talker

82 Do a farm job 84 Petrol

85 — and dine 87 Clever remark (2 wds.) 89 Kind of mine 90 Boorish 91 Intuition 92 Excessive 93 Stringed instrument 94 Dead lang. 95 Icy rain 96 Had on 97 Large serpent 98 Metalloid element 99 Spare 101 Stiff hair 103 Carry with difficulty 104 Clavicle 107 Commedia dell’— 108 Atmosphere 110 Put away for later 111 Priggish one 113 Remainder 114 River deposit 116 Wooden pin 117 Era 120 Complete skill

122 — facto 124 Throws 126 Old horse 128 — or later 129 Salad plant 130 Mean dwelling 131 Cognizant 133 Wear with pride 135 Long-barrel gun 138 Intimidate 139 Saying 140 Burrowing creatures 142 Departed 143 Beginner (var.) 145 Nosebag filler 147 Liquefy 150 Short swim 152 Swindle 154 Ship’s record 156 Quid pro —