OBSERVER CROSSWORD PUZZLER

ACROSS 1. Realm 8. Leg turned out 17. Primitive time 18. Operation 19. Subdivision of a lobe 20. Sick-looking 21. “Welcome” site 22. ___ or about 23. Departure 25. Excite 27. Gauze-like 31. Kind of tax 32. First: Prefix 34. “When pigs fly!” 35. “That’s nice!” 38. Deteriorate 39. Hit the road 40. Concert platforms 43. Dudgeon 44. Clean 45. Fa follower 46. Gift-tag word 48. Moose’s cousin 50. Nineveh’s land 52. Used before a vowel 53. Browning work? 54. Eaves dropper? 56. Bran source 57. It has strings attached 59. Go (over) 60. Elliptical 62. Freon, generically 63. Greeting 64. Bits 65. Fox or wolf 67. Celestial 70. Ribbed cloths 73. Breezed through 74. Circle ratio 76. “That’s ___!” 77. Catnip 79. Open 83. Sketch 85. Swell treatment? 86. Politician from America? 87. Settles

DOWN 1. Narc’s find, perhaps 2. Flatten, in a way 3. Head, slangily 4. African grazer 5. Pigeon pea 6. S-shaped moldings 7. Yours truly 8. Avalanche 9. Dot-com’s address 10. John Paul II, e.g. 11. Computer image 12. Salamanders 13. Zoologist Fossey 14. Burial mound 15. Gets the lead out? 16. Can’t stand 20. Selling of church offices 24. Idyllic place 26. Not quite 27. Errand runner 28. Baseball’s Mel 29. “Who cares?” 30. Coarse file 32. Skin fold 33. Aired again 36. Word before large 37. Annoyance 40. Not entirely human 41. Chucklehead 42. Honker 44. Lift 46. Coronet 47. “Bellefleur” author 49. Emphatic, in a way 50. On the move 51. Like turnip fields 54. Creep 55. Cornell’s home 57. Envelope material 58. Belonging to 59. Campaigner, for short 60. Groups of eight 61. Rascal of yore 64. Stylish 66. “Death, Be Not Proud” poet 68. Corroded 69. Bring out 71. Caddie’s bagful 72. Junk E-mail 74. Clip 75. Classes 78. Pilot’s announcement, briefly 80. Homer’s TV neighbor 81. Day ___ 82. “Mangia!” 84. Tagged player 85. “The coast __ clear”