Sunday Puzzler
ACROSS
1 Cook a certain way 6 Spend carelessly 11 Initial 16 Traditional skill 21 Desire 22 Edgar — Poe 23 Island greeting 24 Bizarre 25 Thesaurus name 26 Meat stew 28 Unwind 29 “— That Jazz” 30 Kind of carpet 31 Mordor resident 32 Sudden movement 34 Docs’ org. 35 Entreaty 37 Essential 38 Inert gas 40 Golf peg 41 Upperclassman (Abbr.) 42 Foray 44 Stage role for a girl 46 Pedestal part 49 Rise 52 One-liner 53 Make lace 55 Hurries 59 Get up on a horse 60 Winged insect 61 Homecoming 64 Take too much joy in victory 65 — podrida 66 Formal approval 67 Showy flower 68 Always, to a poet 70 English river 71 — King Cole 72 Food fish 73 Vagrant 74 Stayed awake (2 wds.) 76 A state (Abbr.) 77 Pained expression 79 Feline 80 Not masc., not fem. 82 Parish official 84 Waistcoat 85 Nonsense 86 Busey or Cooper 87 Blocks 88 Theater district 90 Tee-hee 91 Expert 92 Musical performance 95 Skill 96 Rye fungus 98 O.T. book 100 Desperate 101 Kimono sash 102 Speaker’s platform 104 Root veggie 105 Weary 106 Ricky’s wife 107 Watery trench 108 Coral island 110 Tavern 112 Adjust a certain way 113 Dull surface 114 French painter 116 Jazz instr. 117 Bit 118 Neckless version of 106-Down 119 Half a fortnight 121 Powerful current 124 Wan 125 — -jongg 128 Cuckoo 130 Spicy dish 131 Kayo count 132 Schism 136 In the past 137 Adjust 139 Grassland 140 Far and — 141 Fish eggs 142 Gem unit 144 Whitewashed (2 wds.) 147 Severe 149 “Stop!” at sea 150 Mansion 151 Bay window 152 Gamut 153 Tearful 154 Moderated (with “down”) 155 Sleeps 156 Saccharine
DOWN
1 Discard 2 Online troublemaker 3 Ern 4 — Maria 5 Made the acquaintance of 6 Scoured 7 Alleviate 8 False coin 9 Scot’s cap 10 Stuff 11 Bird of prey 12 Sick 13 Make turbid 14 Cry out 15 Prepared animal skins 16 Apple remnant 17 Regret 18 Reference book 19 Chassis 20 Man from McAllen 27 Press 30 Slide 33 Toothed wheel 36 Place of contest 38 Egyptian cross 39 “The — Professor” 43 Emmet 44 Jot 45 — -de-vie 47 Used a shovel 48 City in Norway 49 In the company of 50 — plexus 51 Art of tilling 52 Ferrer or Feliciano 54 Pact 56 Broken-check pattern 57 Canvas support 58 McQueen or Martin 60 Myers or Nichols 61 A bone 62 Stretch 63 After deductions 66 Triumph 67 Womanizer 69 Elastic 72 Artificial jewels 73 Diner fare 74 Certain 75 Kind of offering 78 Brooks or Gibson 79 Layer 81 For one 83 “Exodus” name 85 An apostle 88 Speeder’s undoing 89 Angry 92 Paddy 93 Die down 94 Metric measure 97 State of matter 99 Samovar 100 Sand hill 103 Sluggish 105 Like a poison 106 Old instrument 107 Alma — 109 Fib 111 Roman household god 112 Neat 113 Wire measure 115 Genuine 117 Balcony affording a view 118 Crazy 120 Chess piece 122 Throbbed 123 Woody plant 124 Jewels for a necklace 125 Colorful bird 126 Century plant 127 Seasonal goddesses 129 Snow dwelling 131 Chirp 133 Peace goddess 134 Valley — 135 Doctrine 137 ABA mem. 138 Part of speech 140 Rara — 143 Snake 145 Opp. of NNW 146 Mineral 147 Upperclassmen (Abbr.) 148 Marble