OBSERVER CROSSWORD PUZZLER
ACROSS
1. Juicy fruit 6. Boundaries 12. Acad. 16. Budget rival 17. Like one battery terminal 18. Finger, in a way 19. “The Night Watch” painter 21. Sirius 23. Affirm 24. Inside info 26. Rap sheet data 27. Heavenly name 29. Swindle, slangily 31. Astir 32. “Beats __” 33. “___ calls?” 34. 3.14 35. Of small organisms 38. Average 39. Attack 40. Crepuscule 43. Shrek, for one 46. H+, e.g. 47. U.S. med. research org. 49. Fish eggs 50. Nice 53. Virtuoso 55. Velvet finish? 56. Anomalous 57. Porcino 58. Acorn droppers 59. Act 61. Striped equine 63. Laurel 65. Childlike 67. Stylish 68. Cambridge sch. 71. Mom 73. Refusal 74. Kind of line 75. Like fatty tissue 77. Poplars 80. Insinuating 82. Wings 83. “Casablanca” villains 85. Opinion piece 87. It holds a yard 88. Long-legged bird 90. Feather, zoologically 91. Penny, perhaps 92. Certain Japanese poems 93. Coasters
DOWN
1. Rattle 2. One after another? 3. Weak manner 4. Spanish card game 5. “___ any drop to drink”: Coleridge 6. Pop 7. ___-European 8. Roadside hotel (2wrds) 9. Ego counterpart 10. Bit 11. Hogwash 12. Flat 13. Alliance acronym 14. Superficial compliment 15. Breviloquent 20. Buzzing 22. Chow 25. Cropped photos? 28. Getaway 30. Marriage contract 35. Debatable 36. “Miss ___ Regrets” 37. Papal court 38. Kind of patch 41. Good, long bath 42. Some male dolls 43. Kind of column 44. Delight 45. Extend, in a way 46. Truly 48. Conversation starter 51. “Who cares?” 52. Carpenter’s tool 53. “Beowulf” beverage 54. Coquettish 57. Straight neckline 60. Kitchen set 62. Parting words 63. Bathroom cleaner? 64. “Wheel of Fortune” buy 66. Lady of Lisbon 68. Illinois city 69. Cuba, e.g. 70. Magnetic induction units 71. Molten rock 72. Asian economic Association
75. Horizontal passage from surface into a mine 76. Danger 78. “Hey ... over here!” 79. Clash 81. “The very ___!” 84. Female gametes 86. Harvest goddess 89. ___ or about