OBSERVER CROSSWORD PUZZLER

ACROSS 1. Up and at ‘em 5. Correct, as text 10. Light bulb units 15. Centers of activity 16. Indian load carrier 17. Thai currency 18. Stuff in a muffin 19. Solar system mobile 20. Urban transit system 21. Pirate captain of legend 23. Demolitionist’s supply 24. Sideshow spiel 26. Humble in manner 29. First instrument heard in the Beatles’ “She’s Leaving Home” 31. 100 qintars 32. Catch a glimpse of 35. ____ as a rock 37. ___ & Gabbana 39. Former French coin 40. A little of this, a little of that 41. Problem drinker, e.g. 44. A resident of Kyrgyzstan 46. Bad-tempered 47. “___ on Down the Road” 50. “___ Maria” 51. Something to kick 52. Word with ‘’opened’’ or ‘’married’’ 54. Like some humor 55. 1952 Winter Olympics site 56. Stan who created Spider-Man 57. Bookkeeping entry 59. Precious amount? 60. “The coast __ clear” 62. “We ___ People...” 64. “La Vie en Rose” singer 65. Alternative to a fade 66. Little one

DOWN 1. Priestly garb 2. Have an effect 3. Superfood 4. If you please 5. “To ___ is human ...” 6. Willing sacrifice 7. Neck and neck 8. Word with magnetic or true 9. Home improvement letters 11. Assist in wrongdoing 12. Schoolyard report? 13. Losing come-out roll in craps 14. Baby deliverers, symbolically 16. Gift-tag word 20. Tree that’s tapped 22. “__ as I say …” 24. Lacking wit or imagination 25. Secretary, e.g. 27. Ace 28. Careless 30. Full-price payers 33. Kind of bean 34. Range of understanding 36. Slap on 38. Algonquian Indian 40. Sinatra’s ‘__ Way’ 42. Get-up-and-go 43. Capri, e.g. 45. Microbe 46. Plate appearance that doesn’t count as an AB 48. Cobbler’s tool 49. #13 51. Conversation starter 52. 007’s doctor foe 53. ‘50s audiophile’s purchase 58. Take the witness stand 61. “Roxana” author 63. “Listen!” 64. Frisk, with “down”