OBSERVER CROSSWORD PUZZLER
ACROSS 1. Police force division 4. Africa’s oldest, secondlargest city 11. Finger-like gut structures 16. Glorifying poem 17. Cook with radiant heat 18. Archetype 19. Wartime footwear 21. Remiss 22. Sunburn saviour 23. Golden ratio 24. A pleasant smell 25. Hoity-toity guys and gals 31. Feverwort by another name 34. Water blade propeller 35. 40 winks 36. Intensely fragrant medicinal herb 37. Who must be obeyed. (Hammer Horror film) 38. With guile 41. Settler of disputes 44. Live in harmony with this 45. Forest growth 46. He took two tablets 48. Foolhardy 52. Grassy area 55. Upward growing cave feature 58. American roots music 62. Trick taker, often 63. Center of a ball? 64. Cheat, slangily 65. Bathtub liquid? 66. Movie enthusiast 68. Quality of not being engaged 72. Spirit of a culture 73. “___ house, in the middle of the street” 74. Drag 78. Line for hauling sail corner 79. Thing appropriated presumptuously 83. Holey breakfast food 84. Chemical compounds with same formula 85. Appear, with “up” 86. Staff leaders 87. Error 88. Eye bump
DOWN 1. Cola drug 2. Person or thing regarded with reverence 3. Audition tape 4. Business letters 5. O, almost a cloud of comets 6. Kind of rule 7. Surgical tissue test 8. Peace and love in Hawaii 9. Arrive, as darkness 10. Infomercials, e.g. 11. Genus of alpine or boreal plants 12. Hung around 13. Tower of Pisa 14. Milky 15. Breed 20. Boxing prize 24. Interpret with putting on 26. Hops drying kiln 27. Right tributary of the Rhine 28. Mixed-up monster, terror of Lycia 29. Family head 30. 007, for one 31. Jam 32. Continental 33. Noses, to the Scots 38. Charges 39. Carbamide 40. “Cheers” regular 42. “Cast Away” setting 43. Chuck 47. Assassinated 49. Boosts 50. “Let it stand” 51. Greek goddess of youth 53. Chinese mini cabbage rolls 54. Dimunitive form of ariettas 56. Pimples 57. Orders to plow horses 58. Car accessory 59. Barely distinguishable from conservative (Canadian) 60. Dramatically, towards the back 61. Mandela’s org. 66. Info disc 67. ___ Spumante 69. Common criminal 70. Abs of stone 71. Continental money 75. “My bad!” 76. Bow 77. Catch a glimpse of 78. World service 79. Focused goal 80. “___ lost!” 81. “___ we having fun yet?” 82. Small spoon