Sunday Puzzler
ACROSS
1 French composer 6 Grade 10 Blotch 15 High-ranking Turk 20 “Sakes —!” 21 Portent 22 Vast multitude 23 Column 24 Gem surface 25 Fragrant flower 26 Self-evident truth 27 Apply oil ceremonially 28 A letter 29 Costly 31 Wraparound garment 33 Upper room 35 Whirlpool 36 Trick 37 Side 39 Greek letter 41 Detroit 44 Hard fat 45 Dwindle 48 Cloth design 53 Anew 54 Go after game 55 Handsome fellow 57 Outburst of cheers 58 Vend 59 Store 60 Kimono sash 61 Yearn 63 Watch part 64 Dry, said of wine
65 Get along 66 Derisive look 68 Held on to 70 Tiny colonist 71 Fearless 72 Helter- — 74 Grow weary 76 Pack animal 145 Legal wrong 146 Wonderment 149 Sense of taste 151 Nonsense 153 Kind of oil 155 Swift 157 Drilling machine (2 wds.) 158 Ventilated 159 The Bard’s river 160 A simian, for short 161 Commerce 162 Watery-eyed 163 Observe 164 Huge 1 Floating platform 2 Wings 3 Wrongdoing 4 Holiday time 5 Disappointment 6 Ethical 7 God of love 8 Legal matter 9 Israel’s parliament 10 Portion 11 Deadly 12 “Exodus” hero 13 Graven image 14 Captain of fiction 15 Fastener 16 Succulent plant 17 Skidded 18 Cards held 19 Dilettantish 23 Traveled way 30 Long, long time 32 Fitting 34 Sudden overflow 36 Thwart 37 Family member
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38 Lowest prime 40 Harvest goddess 41 Bulk 42 Arch with a point 43 Soapstone 44 Confident 46 Literary collection 47 In the — of time 49 Boy 50 Inter — 51 Russian man’s name 52 Dummy 54 Minimally 55 Cain’s victim 56 Follows a food regiment 59 — de mer 60 Singles 62 Long story 65 Recorded video material 66 Bowling pin 67 Ostensible 69 Walk on and flatten 71 Fog 72 Spray of leaves 73 Monarch 75 Post or Dickinson 76 Contemptuous cry 77 — supra 78 Decompose 80 — Wiedersehen 82 Compass pt. 84 Letter after zeta 85 No longer working (Abbr.) 86 Exist 90 Tweak 93 Kind of palm 95 Parlor 96 Warble 99 Place out of sight 101 Trolley 103 Final (Abbr.) 104 “Get out!” 105 Tiny opening 106 Knitting need 108 Sch. type 110 Flat candy 111 Melville’s captain 112 Seethe 113 Walking stick 115 — Cruces, New Mexico 117 Shade tree 119 Sated 120 Jot 122 Slangy reply 124 Have a snack 125 Bird with a pouch 126 Dominance 129 Clever fellow 130 Chemin de — 132 Designer — Cassini 134 High-strung 135 Slender 136 English poet 137 Catch sight of 138 Den 139 She, in Spain 140 Hospital area 142 Right away 143 A Great Lake 145 Horse’s gait 146 On — — 147 Plane part 148 Brink 150 Gift for a dad 152 Nest egg letters 154 Ab — 156 Macaw genus 79 — lazuli 81 Whirled 83 Item for a shutterbug 87 In the neighborhood of 88 Mongol’s tent 89 Arm bone 91 Bishop’s hat 92 Killer for hire 94 By — and starts 96 Horse 97 Kind of glass 98 Sponsorship (Var.) 100 Creeping ice mass 102 Fireworks month 104 Mole 107 Sword 109 African antelope 110 Slipper 111 Fox rival 114 Fossil fuel 116 Asian timber tree 118 Assoc. 119 Clenched hand 120 “Slow down!” 121 Dress in finery 123 Give in 125 Kick 126 Connect, in a way 127 Taut 128 Flaubert’s Bovary 129 Wheal 130 Minor shortcoming 131 Olla 133 Excite 136 Fender spoiler 137 Did in 141 — majesty 144 Himalayan humanoid