OBSERVER CROSSWORD PUZZLER

ACROSS

1. Ceremonial splendor 5. They travel in formation 10. Cable guy or electrician, at times 15. Moving picture? 16. They’re catching 17. Paleontologist’s discovery 18. Attacking verbally with harsh criticism 20. Smartens (up) 21. Spiritual adviser 22. Keanu’s role in “The Matrix” 23. Halvah ingredient 25. Sharp mountain ridge 28. Actress Perlman 30. Manhattan ingredient 31. Kitchen gadgets 35. Representative 37. Besmirch 38. Common soccer score 39. Desk item 42. Auspices: Var. 44. Medical breakthrough? 46. Honoree’s spot 49. One who hasn’t turned pro? 51. Jack & The Beanstalk ogre 52. Atlanta-based airline 54. Breakbone fever 55. Formulate a possible explanation 56. Penthouse feature 58. Creole vegetable 59. You and I 60. Fourposter, e.g. 62. “Cut from the ___ cloth” 63. Burden of proof 64. “O, gie me the ___ that has acres o’ charms”: Burns

DOWN

1. Flow’s partner 2. Big fly with a painful bite 3. “To Sir, with Love” singer 4. Ancient debarkation point 5. Animal with curved horns 6. Bread maker 7. Border lake 8. Man of La Mancha 9. A little bit of work 11. Bird venerated by ancient Egyptians 12. Prayer beads 13. Moriarty, to Holmes 14. Tend to, as a bad lawn 16. “Who cares?” 19. Marble worker’s tool 20. Bob’s companion 23. Taste, e.g. 24. Allocate, with “out” 26. Arab chieftain 27. Dravidian language spoken in India 29. Family life, figuratively 32. Around the bend 33. Tool sharpening device 34. “La Scala di ___” (Rossini opera) 36. Command 40. Litter’s littlest 41. Brainless one, slangily 43. Female flight attendant 45. Pandowdy, e.g. 47. “Mârouf” baritone 48. Ed.’s request 50. Stylish 52. Coif 53. Affirm 57. Japanese art of flower arrangement 61. Outback birds 62. La lead-in