OBSERVER CROSSWORD PUZZLER

ACROSS

1. Defeat decisively 5. Old Toyota 10. Abreast (of) 15. Marks subject of destination 16. ___ de deux 18. Before doctoral 20. Member of the mustard family, fun to say out loud 23. A little off the end 24. Playing with black and white stones 25. Anger 26. Appetite 27. 100 kurus 29. ___ roll 31. TV interruption 32. Boat in “Jaws” 34. YES has a big one (Prog rock) 37. Have an “S”, take a load off 38. Big things eating small things 40. Diminished by 42. Debatable 43. Witch trial central 45. Disorder 48. Early pulpit 49. Lose this, lose control 50. Maker of vets 51. Game name 52. More than unmitigated delight 53. Non-manual 54. Lover of 55. Lots 56. Open, in a way 57. __ you __, or __ you ain’t my baby? 59. A fine pilot 60. Ponzi scheme, e.g. 61. South American monkey 62. Cut, maybe 63. In person 64. Air force heroes

DOWN

1. ___ ___ the grass! 2. Dangerous job 3. Automobile sticker fig. 4. Sir ____ now, actually (Rock music) 6. Sad animation about a grump, a scout, and a dog 7. Ace 8. Allude 9. Happens before noon 10. “Much ___ About Nothing” 11. Neverending number 12. Battery contents 13. “Wheels” 14. Bumper sticker word 17. Small insult 19. Ovum tracker 21. Silent treatment 22. Length x width, for a rectangle 28. Liqueur flavoring 30. Sex cells 31. Jack-in-the-pulpit, e.g. 33. Building block 35. Canine’s coat 36. Off is the only other option 39. When doves cry... 41. Early time 44. Data’s nemesis (Star Trek TNG) 46. Fill beyond full 47. Petrochemical haze 48. Gee, this almost a grand party 49. Frat letter 51. Ozone’s arch nemesis 52. Peter Gabriel’s Sledgehammer album (Pop music) 53. Suffix for Latin adjectives 58. In particular, Jewish and Arabic peoples 59. So not basic 60. Monumental stone marker