Sunday Puzzler
ACROSS
1 Pipe made from a tree root 6 Troubles 10 Consecrate 15 Where Portland is 20 About 28 grams 21 Competent 22 Lariat 23 “The — of Seville” 24 Invited 25 Small rodent 26 Bury 27 Director’s cry 28 Bashful 29 Western Indian 31 Sand hill 33 Tablet 35 Serf 36 — Freedoms 37 — without leave 39 Music maker, for short 41 Chaos 44 Leaping insect 45 Bump on — — 48 Released 53 Special agent — Ness 54 Peddled 55 Powerful 57 Human trunk 58 Cabbage salad 59 Remain 60 Cold and wet 61 School (Abbr.) 63 Prejudice 64 — ammoniac 65 Command for a pooch 66 Fermented milk drink 68 “Yikes!” 70 Stage signal 71 Shoestring 72 Earthworm, e.g. 74 Give off 76 Humidor item 79 Grew wan 81 Be idle 83 Conditional release 87 Oak-to-be 88 Gin flavoring 89 Sapling 91 Clear 92 Forced into a crack 94 — Raton 96 Motor inn 97 — Park, Colorado 98 Eskers 100 Foolish 102 Conduit for fluid 104 Cakes and — 107 Shut with force 109 Mails 110 Clan 111 Energy 114 Big cat’s thatch 116 Fencing sword 118 Jerry — Lewis 119 Not a hit 120 Confront 121 Rounded molding 123 Kumar’s friend in movies 125 Color 126 — majeure 127 Town in Alabama 128 Of a wing 129 Nonsense 130 Bitter beer 131 Links item 133 Kind of sale 136 Red gem 137 Big dogs, for short 141 Pincer 144 Clothing 145 Govern 146 State of matter 149 Make more nutritive 151 — plexus 153 Musical work 155 Insect stage 157 Pas de deux section 158 Hackneyed 159 Verdi opera 160 Israel’s — Heights 161 Ear 162 Goldbrick 163 Youth 164 Approaches
DOWN
1 Snakes 2 Hurry 3 — -cap mushroom 4 High card 5 Old British soldier 6 Vacillate 7 Woodwind instrument 8 Annex 9 Patch of ground for planting 10 Seawater 11 Flaxen fabric 12 Break a fast 13 Walk 14 Wraparound garment 15 Computer type, for short 16 Commedia dell’— 17 Leggy bird 18 Sign gas 19 River in Ireland 23 Stop short 30 Liquor 32 Neighbor of Can. 34 Traveling bags 36 Go with the — 37 Associate 38 Seaman 40 Newt 41 “Porgy and —” 42 Jazz great — Fitzgerald 43 Watch part 44 Young horse 46 Mauna — 47 A single time 49 Steal from 50 Idle or Clapton 51 Birthright seller 52 Prescribed amount 54 Soaks 55 Strongbox 56 Cloth with diagonal ribs 59 Dry, as wine 60 Tear 62 Moist 65 Get control of 66 Patella 67 Lively and noisy 69 Language variant 71 Slowly, in music 72 Standoffish 73 Flits 75 Confidence 76 Crow’s cry 77 Cover with frosting 78 Deity 80 Priestly vestment 82 Charge 84 Fall mo. 85 Tell a tale 86 Asner and Begley 90 Most senior 93 Valley 95 Coral island 96 Airborne speck 99 Renaissance painter 101 Secondhand 103 — and downs 104 OT prophet 105 Wash 106 Lab compound 108 Crushed grain 110 Go down 111 Leave 112 — homo 113 Look searchingly 115 Shade tree 117 Notable time 119 A pronoun 120 Cross a stream 122 Cereal grass 124 Assoc. 125 Vessel for towing and pushing 126 Alien 129 Exclude 130 Chum 132 Repeat 134 Playing marble 135 Harder to find 136 Lucci or Sarandon 137 Spring 138 “The King — —” 139 Muffin variety 140 Omen 142 Wine city in Italy 143 News 145 Ill-mannered 146 Festival 147 Culture medium 148 Some children 150 Spy org. 152 Diamond — 154 Dessert item 156 “Simpsons” bartender