OBSERVER CROSSWORD PUZZLER

ACROSS

1. Word before “fast” and after “home” 5. Dolphins’ home 10. Decree 15. Sinatra’s “__ Way” 16. Kitten’s cry 18. Skedaddled 19. Fill up 20. Flatter, in a way 22. Fiddle stick 24. “___ Not There,” 2007 film 25. 007’s doctor foe 26. Young goat 27. Like a wallflower 28. Contemptible one 30. Metal in rocks 32. “Life ___ We Know It” 33. Shades 35. Two that are one 37. Be in pain 39. Near 40. You and I, not them 41. Downed a sub, say 43. Power of using one’s will 45. Kind of song 46. Tagged player 47. One thousandth of an ampere, abbr. 48. Warm, so to speak 51. Castle part 52. Word before large 53. Half a matched set 54. One of the five W’s 55. Fishing locale 56. Message from our sponsor 57. Baby 58. Convene 59. Aardvark’s morsel 60. Last or farthest away 61. Bridge site 62. That man 64. ___-wee Herman 65. Bill collector? 66. “The coast __ clear” 67. Deck (out) 69. Hurting 71. Cold War-era alliance

DOWN

1. Rear-ender, maybe 2. Feverish malady 3. PM preceder 4. Balance sheet item 6. In event that 7. Muhammad ___ 8. Office message 9. Ego counterpart 10. I, to Claudius 11. Coif 12. Bothers 13. Staple of sci-fi filmmaking 14. A Roosevelt 17. Stiff 21. Hurricane’s center 23. “No ___!” 25. Juicy part of a flower 29. Lifeboat lowerer 31. Attire 32. Long, long time 34. Lumberjack, at times 36. Morse E 38. Conversation starter 42. Listening device 44. Staircase part 45. Finally understand 49. “Don’t forget about me” 50. Raise a stink? 51. They’re related 52. Make sense, with “up” 53. ___ Master’s Voice 55. Crash site? 56. Associate in Nursing 57. Gift-tag word 58. Yours truly 63. Snaky swimmers 64. Common ratio 65. Hyperion, for one 68. Mozart’s “L’___ del Cairo” 70. Rocky Balboa’s greeting