Sunday Puzzler

ACROSS

1 Savory jelly 6 Uncompromising 11 Burn brightly 16 Intrepid 21 Malice

22 The upper crust

23 Not widespread 24 Place of sanctuary 25 Boat 26 Odometer units 27 Playing marble 28 Cuts 29 Calendar abbr. 30 Numb 31 A woodwind, for short 33 French artist 35 A letter 36 Hardwood tree 38 Peculiar 39 Upperclassman (abbr.) 40 Soundstage VIP

41 Eagle

42 Blue color 44 Grows stronger 48 Bark cloth of Polynesia 51 Altercation 54 Dictate

55 — -bitty

57 Old two-tiered galley 61 Permission 62 Fish organ 63 Measures of land 65 Computer screen dot 66 Writer — Wiesel 67 Most bland 70 Serf

72 — forma 73 Overhead railways 74 Pointed arch 75 Pinna 77 Certain singers 79 Backtalk 80 Second-rate 82 Enthusiast 83 Shriek 85 Sense of taste 87 Little push 89 Old French coin 90 Enlistees (abbr.)

91 “— says ...” 92 Harass 94 Absolute ruler 96 Books pro (abbr.) 97 Diplomacy 100 St. 101 Radio, television, etc. 104 Time 105 Blacken with heat 106 Hebrew letter 107 Insect egg 108 Lawful 110 Distinctness 112 Conflagration 113 Cosmic payback 116 Kind of boom 118 Wheel hub 119 Mitt 120 Makes a scornful look 122 Fiddling despot 123 Airborne toy 124 Invented 125 Join metal parts 127 Easing of tensions 129 Man in the — 130 Sheep’s cry 133 Unfashionable 135 — culpa 136 Food fish 137 Narrated 141 Carry with effort 142 Object from antiquity 144 Color 145 Genuine 146 Fish eggs 147 Town in Maine 149 Summa cum — 151 Concerns 153 Jargon 155 Kind of card 156 Goof

157 Die down 158 Pursue 159 List of candidates 160 Oldfashioned 161 Journal 162 Dry ink

DOWN

1 Kind of tie 2 Headroom 3 Ship of 1492 4 Japanese statesman 5 So-so grade 6 Fix 7 Greek epic 8 — the lily 9 Native of (suffix) 10 Dinner course 11 Source of linen 12 Sleep like a — 13 Sch. 14 Appraised 15 Judicial writ 16 Supervisor 17 Sprinted 18 Stage whisper 19 Venomous creature 20 Industrial center in Germany 30 Pigeon 32 Black cuckoo 34 Graceful horse 37 Tricky fellow 39 Layered rock 43 Simian 44 Diacritical mark

45 By way of 46 Engrave 47 Flows 49 Spot on a card 50 “Exodus” hero 51 Doze 52 Stringed instrument 53 Purpose (2 wds.) 54 — mignon 56 Shout 58 Account 59 Be worthy of 60 Run off with another 62 Music for a dance 64 Drunkard 67 Mutt

68 Safe from attack 69 Seaman 71 Shrub “sculpture” 76 Of a king’s rule 78 Uncle — 81 Floor covering 83 Salty sauce 84 Islet 86 Destiny 88 Certain voter (abbr.) 89 Soiled, in a way 91 Outpouring 92 Cloud and piggy

93 Of birds 95 Curved path 96 Flavoring plant 98 Whittle 99 Wool cloth 102 Negation prefix 103 Image 105 Wooden box 109 Grow weary 111 Loos or Ekberg 112 Stone that sparks 114 Kitten’s comment 115 Have being 117 Sickroom item 119 Something sticky

121 Gin flavoring 123 Patella 124 Cipher 126 Made less keen 128 Flightless bird 129 Predatory cat 130 Spots 131 Relating to hearing 132 Where Greeks met 134 Glittering headband 136 Greek island 138 Harmonium 139 At liberty 140 Hinder 142 Repetitive learning method 143 Brief and to the point 144 Animal group 145 Pitfall

148 — a chance! 150 Deer 152 Lawyers’ org. 153 Behave 154 Greek letter