OBSERVER CROSSWORD PUZZLER

ACROSS

1. Submit a form, perhaps 5. They may have abs of stone 10. Breads with pockets 15. Handed-down history 16. Subatomic particles made up of three quarks 17. Fasting 18. Veteran Marine, in slang 20. Dried coconut meat 21. Beginner 22. “Shoot!” 23. Minister’s platform 25. Atlas enlargement 28. Bogus 30. Romanian currency 31. Buy-one-get-one-free item? 35. Antipasto morsel 37. Blackbird 38. Ground cover 39. Graduates 42. Conservatives 45. Follower of Mary 48. Not just “a” 49. Artist’s stand 50. Arm bones 52. Like Rapunzel 53. Tea’s companion 54. Bit of gossip 56. Calf-length skirt 57. PM preceder 58. “Monty Python” airer 60. C-worthy? 61. ___ podrida 62. BBC nickname (with “the”)

DOWN

1. ___ right 2. Keats, for one 3. Beseech 4. Deliver a tirade 5. Besmirch 6. Victorian, in a way 7. Bakery selections 8. Boxes 9. Calligrapher’s purchase 11. “American ___” 12. Drink 13. Eagle’s home 14. Pigeon’s perch 16. Exist 19. “I swear!” 20. Aromatic seeds 23. Tropical trees 24. Peter the Great, e.g. 26. Falling flakes 27. Whirlpools 29. Like some wages 32. Newton, e.g. 33. Discovered 34. Dipstick wipers 36. Fancy home 40. Bottom of the barrel 41. Chinese nurse 43. Borrower of an empty shell 44. “Uh-uh” 46. Aardvark’s morsel 47. Ottoman governor 50. Astir 51. Andes capital 55. Deep-fried shell 59. Digestion aid 60. Watch chain