OBSERVER CROSSWORD PUZZLER

ACROSS

1. Seafood entree 6. Cylindrical military hats 12. Bed board 16. Indic language 17. Islamic leader 18. Prince of Wales, e.g. 19. Robot of Jewish folklore 20. First act 21. Pink, as a steak 22. Straighten out 24. Verdicts 26. U.N. workers’ grp. 27. Smarmy 30. Banned insecticide 32. Like a bug in a rug 33. Copper 34. Scoundrel 37. Chutzpah 40. Lung structures 41. Mysterious: Var. 42. London flophouse 46. Tailor’s tool 48. In a palpable manner 50. Adjusts, as a clock 51. Puts in stitches 53. Kind of algebra 54. Bargain-basement 55. Heavenly 56. Letter opener? 60. Brass component 62. Feminine side 63. Type of cherry 66. Slander 69. Love-potion 70. Otalgia 73. Ditch 74. Change 78. It’s in circulation 79. God of love 80. Decide not to quit 81. Crockett’s last stand 82. Landlord’s due 83. Laughing scavenger 84. Hose material

DOWN

1. Get steamy 2. “Pumping ___” 3. Bounce 4. See firsthand 5. Dravidian language 6. Sean Connery, for one 7. Accident 8. A pint, maybe 9. Family 10. Kind of house 11. “I dunno” gesture 12. Sacred place 13. Pressure, in a way 14. Pellet shooter 15. Like Rapunzel 23. “Who cares?” 25. Kissers? 27. ___ or about 28. Garage job 29. Everglades bird 30. ___ & Gabbana 31. Lifeboat lowerer 32. Fancy party 34. Back talk 35. Windows forerunner 36. Splash clumsily 38. Gum ___ 39. Church assembly 42. Dawdle 43. Printer’s daggers 44. Assassinated 45. Lip-___ 47. Language akin to Zulu 49. Comedienne Luba 52. Public relations effort 54. Actors 56. More plentiful 57. Pakistani city 58. Slammer 59. Healthiest 61. “Forget it!” 64. Wreck 65. Substantial 66. Pa’s partner 67. City-like 68. Deceived 70. Sicilian erupter 71. Black shade 72. ___ erectus 75. J.F.K. overseer 76. Ogle 77. Voting “nay”