OBSERVER CROSSWORD PUZZLER

ACROSS 1. Lofty verse 5. Mysterious 11. D-Day beach 16. Iron age collar 17. Mideast capital 18. Revs 19. Ship to Colchis 20. Chin cover 21. Skins 22. Add up 24. Bat wood 26. “How ___!” 27. Grocery section 28. “So ___ me!” 31. Parties 33. Maiden 36. Dull finishes 37. Trickle 38. Perfume 39. Idle 40. Flash 41. ET’s ride 42. Confine 44. Care for 45. Inflammation of the lungs 48. Gastric woe 51. Gob 52. Porcino 53. Trophy 56. Closed in on 58. Japanese poetry 60. Like old records 61. Came clean 62. Caribbean percussion groups 64. Snake mackerel 66. Always, poetically 67. Beginning 68. Comparative word 69. “That means ___!” 71. Aromatic solvent 72. Ark contents 74. Viler 78. About 80. A Muse 81. Outdoor toy 82. Above 83. Alter 84. Green tea 85. “___ me!” DOWN 1. Greek H 2. Doorway curtain 3. Very pleasurable 4. Pelecypod 5. Bacchanal 6. ___ Bravo 7. Myanmar monetary unit 8. Pillbox, e.g. 9. Brain wave 10. Kind of board 11. Mythical monster 12. Indian Ocean nation 13. Mechanism 14. Incautious 15. Tax payer, e.g. 23. Floral necklace 25. Same: Prefix 27. Annexes 28. Begin 29. Last: Abbr. 30. Involved 32. Tabby’s treat 34. Call at first 35. “___ Brockovich” 41. Spool out 43. British pound 45. Masquerade 46. Foot pads 47. Blue hue 48. Release 49. Sailor’s dread 50. Buckthorn varieties 53. Preserve 54. Submarine 55. Announce 57. 6/6/44 59. Born, in Bordeaux 60. Tenacity 63. Data miner 65. Crude 70. Nasty 71. Blunders 73. The sixth W? 75. Fleur-de-___ 76. Chapel vow 77. Bard’s nightfall 79. Famous Bruin