CROSSWORD PUZZLER

ACROSS

1 Television hookup 6 Diner fare 10 Lady 15 Car for hire 18 Hatred 19 Woven container 21 Socrates’ specialty 22 Ignoble 23 Yearns 24 “The -- Strikes Back” 25 Clothe 26 Commedia dell’-27 Assn. 28 Stood wide open 29 Jerry or Jerry Lee 31 Bank worker 33 Coral ridge 35 So be it! 36 French painter 37 Hardwood tree 38 Ardent follower 40 Hazy 41 -- vitae 42 Used with others 44 Ward off 45 Where Cuzco is 47 Aerie 51 Spade 52 Pro -53 Reflect 55 “The Murders in the -Morgue” 56 Holiday song 57 Raised platform for a panel 58 Woe 60 In flames 62 On -- -- (equivalent) 63 Meal outdoors 65 Kind of processing 66 Smooth and shiny 67 Shamus 68 First (Abbr.) 69 Frozen rain 71 Call 73 -- volente 75 Long fish 76 Ricochet 77 Spinning toy 78 Joker 81 -- Gras 83 Oil cartel letters 84 Spongy material 85 Nest egg letters 87 Granitelike rock 90 Vetch 92 Per annum 94 Envelope part 95 Unwilling 96 Laugh loudly 98 Earl -- tea 99 Profits 100 Abbr. in a timetable 101 Youngsters 103 Was concerned 105 Wince 106 Carvey or Andrews 108 Victim 109 Rhythm and -110 Decorative border 111 Goad 113 Stoke-on- -114 Write a certain way 115 Carefully 118 Land area 119 Froth 120 Irritated state 124 Treat with honor 125 Intone 126 Economic downturn 127 Poem 128 The States (Abbr.) 129 Defense acronym 131 Adulterated 133 Heart chambers 135 Legal wrong 136 Wading bird 137 Hauled 138 Cap part 139 Med. specialty 140 Dwindled 141 Tinted 142 Foe

DOWN

1 Tint 2 Love 3 Overindulge 4 Big clumsy fellow 5 Letters 6 Hinder 7 Mecca for skiers 8 Slide 9 That ship 10 Fairgrounds area 11 Molding edge 12 Performs 13 Reply (Abbr.) 14 Special aura 15 Monte -16 Daisylike flower 17 Smelling of lager 19 Smiled 20 Wire 22 European peninsula 28 Mallet 30 Smeared with yolk 32 Old French coin 34 Taste 36 Campus building 37 Robust 39 Pitcher -- Hershiser 40 Persian language 42 Molded 43 Roman writer of odes 44 Aim 45 Bard 46 Deeply moved 48 Satie or Estrada 49 Certain 50 Adolescent 51 Go away! 52 Make easier 53 Sacred song 54 Picnic spoiler 57 Had a meal 59 Folly 61 Went quickly 63 Landing places 64 Sistine -66 Completely wet 70 Exist 72 Christmastime decoration 74 Leave out 76 Stoppers 79 Ill 80 Farmers’ association 82 Pale 84 Reduces 86 Vaulted church area 87 Merry 88 Ibsen character 89 Merit 91 Sore 93 Long-legged bird 94 Swoons 96 Indian spice mix 97 Assorted 99 -- and bear it 102 Wealth 104 Family member 105 Pinch together 107 State with confidence 109 High-fiber food 110 Entrapped 112 -- contra 113 Exchanged 114 Decanted 115 Jalopy 116 Juicy fruit 117 Not hidden 118 Feudal lord 119 “The Magic --” 121 Scandinavian 122 Expression 123 Watery-eyed 125 Grouch 126 Sprightly 130 Sphere 132 In a rage 133 -- Maria 134 Metallic element