OBSERVER CROSSWORD PUZZLER

ACROSS

1. Medicinal syrup 7. Old Roman port 12. Muslim holy man 16. Go-getter 17. Turned 18. Back of the neck 19. Frigid 20. Ban 21. Dart 22. Today, in Tijuana 23. Ticket taker 25. Percolate 26. Photo ___ 27. Delhi wrap 28. Ventilation shaft 29. Delineate 31. Overshadow 35. Calamity 37. Holed up 39. Hunker down 41. Cricket, at times 45. Iron age collar 46. Fuse 50. Plant tissue 52. Loafer 54. ___ milk 55. Moonfish 57. Tell tales 58. Blood poisoning 61. Albanian coin 62. Tree juice 65. Jaffa 67. Grayish 70. Kind of center 72. Type of CPU (abbr.) 74. Aquarium denizen 76. Bit of high jinks 77. Grave words 80. Caviar 81. Laughfest 82. Native New Zealander 83. Ankle swelling 85. Bad marks 86. Muhammad’s religion 87. Speechified 88. Low in pitch 89. Sierra ___ 90. Hose

DOWN

1. Popular potato 2. Garnet 3. Form into a sac 4. Tabby 5. Neither fore nor aft 6. Brown shade 7. Leather source 8. Took a dip 9. Band member 10. Knowing, as a secret 11. Back 12. Deduce 13. Lilongwe is its capital 14. Forming a summit 15. Alcohol type 24. Mine find 25. In ___ of 28. Inconsiderate of others 30. Saviour 32. On, as a lamp 33. “American ___” 34. Evita of ‘Evita’ 36. #1 spot 38. Cleanses, in a way 40. Moves behind? 42. Chop down 43. Choler 44. Drive away 47. Baseball stat 48. Allow 49. Attracted 51. “Oh, ___!” 53. Betrayal 56. Retrovirus, for short 59. Auricular 60. Exposure 62. Sacred beetle of ancient Egypt 63. Wolf’s bane, plant 64. Mountaineering spikes 66. By means of 68. Regarding this point 69. _____ Rand of orig. Star Trek 71. Positions 73. Serving utensil 75. Salesperson’s prospects 77. Alleviate 78. Game on horseback 79. Ayatollah’s land 82. “Thanks a ___!” 84. Decalitre