OBSERVER CROSSWORD PUZZLER

ACROSS

1. Like the Marx Brothers

7. Come to mind

12. Newborn

16. Chemical solution

17. Doofus

18. Fencing sword

19. Lathe operator

20. Back biter

21. Healthful retreats

22. Give off, as light

23. Stun with noise

25. Computer woe

26. Kind of fingerprint

27. Chinese dollar

28. Doctrine

29. Digging, so to speak

31. Bring up

34. Gulf State

37. Make tracks?

39. “Holy ___!”

40. ‘Monopoly’ square

41. Greek courtesan

45. Church part

47. Dry riverbed

50. Not by sea

52. Substitute at the plate

54. Shooter’s ammo

55. Beginner

57. _____ of potash

58. Yours truly

59. Setting for TV’s “Newhart”

61. “My dear man”

62. Backgammon piece

65. Asparagus unit

67. Association

70. Choral work

71. Shake

73. Nancy, in Nancy

75. Parish land

77. Echo 80. Acute

81. Faux pas

82. Rag

83. ___ dictum

85. Scraped (out)

86. Salami choice

87. Big test 88. Fastidious

89. Archetype

90. Noggin

DOWN

1. Doled out

2. Graduates

3. Fruit in Thai cuisine

4. “Out of the question”

5. Downed a sub, say

6. Concealed

7. Annual register

8. Good vantage point

9. Capri, e.g.

10. Rap session?

11. Be off

12. Near

13. About, briefly

14. Squire

15. Acceptances

24. Canal locale

25. Kill, in a way

27. Bumpkin

30. Autocrats

32. H+, e.g.

33. Cashless deal

35. Sit in on

36. Hack

38. All worked up

40. Trivial Pursuit edition

42. Javelin, e.g.

43. Caffeine source

44. “___ calls?”

46. Animation

47. Spin

48. “Caught you!”

49. Bit of gossip

51. Big bore

53. Neck spasm

56. “Take ___”

58. Allocate, with “out”

60. Arctic tusked whale

62. Seal

63. Signed

64. Common man

65. Went flat

66. Beluga yield

68. Married

69. Northern

72. Sing like Bing

74. Actress Oberon

76. Norse god

78. ___ the wiser

79. Greek portico

80. Lover of Aeneas

82. Special FX

84. Dude