OBSERVER CROSSWORD PUZZLER

Across

1. “I’ve got my spine I’ve got my orange _____” -REM 5. Edible plant of goosefoot family 10. A flat place? 15. Pink, as a steak 16. He’s the King, thank-you very much. 17. “Catch!” 18. ___ manual 20. Cornish for “enemy”, pl. eskerens 21. Emerald ash for one 22. Japanese verse 24. Police force division 25. More inexplicable 27. Roman fork 29. Blows it 31. Away 32. Shelf surveillance 35. Accommodate 37. Goes with ivory 39. Freight Operator Recognition Scheme 41. Grump, scout, talking dog film 42. Common rock-forming pyroxene 45. Dutch rock 46. Terbium oxide 48. Beatle, Apostle 51. “Hold on a ___!” 52. Polymer of mannose 53. Magical wish granter 55. Boron and hydrogen compound 56. Coat iron with aluminum 57. Gulf of ___, off the coast of Yemen 59. Call for 60. Marks subject of destination 61. Single strand world 63. Final notice 64. To long for, as by Norwegian parrots 65. Antares, for one

Down

1. French vineyard 2. Foolhardy 3. Urine compound 4. Printing flourish 5. Bauxite, e.g. 6. Rescue Air Combat Patrol 7. Fungal spore sacs 8. Group with common ancestor 9. “___ Town Too” (1981 hit) 11. God with a hammer 12. Vaporize 13. More than free 14. Iron rich sposodol soil 19. Gull-like bird 21. Inebriate 23. Language of Pakistan 25. Erbium oxide 26. Court figures 28. Non-systemic fungicide 30. Saskatchewan city 33. Gobs 34. Given without charge 36. Mountain pool 38. Unit measure of gain or loss 40. Not quite first-class 43. Shady side of the mountain 44. Interrogate 47. Charlotte-to-Raleigh direction 49. “Gimme ___!” (start of an Iowa State cheer) 50. “Malcolm X” director 52. Yo Yo __ 53. Don’t stop! 54. Hoff, from the homestead 58. Come down from space 62. Spanish girl 63. Harvest goddess