OBSERVER CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

1 Mrs. Dick Tracy 5 Partner for billed 10 Committee head 15 Part of a constellation 19 Pizzeria appliance 20 Papal cape 21 “I Am Woman” singer Helen 22 Liter lead-in 23 “La Boheme” heroine 24 French morning 25 Scramble 26 Wading bird 27 Lingual lingerie? 30 Class of plants 31 Positive responses 32 Marshmallow chicks 33 Dry cleaner’s focus 34 ___ of the mill 38 “___ loves me” 40 Architect I.M. 41 Plural abbreviation 42 Dressy operetta? 49 Insect eggs 53 Word with rubber 54 Outlandish 55 Walks in water 56 Nuisance insect 57 Sudden insight expressions 58 Feet of ___ 59 Old McDonald’s vowels 60 Start of Hamlet’s soliloquy 61 Youngster 63 Coquettes 65 Although 66 Transitions 69 Desert “sights” 71 Antenna 72 Up 73 Exile 74 Pulitzer author Morrison 75 Make a blooper 76 Cotton flowers 77 Rock’s Hendrix 79 By a long ___ 83 Church area 84 Mexican 85 Fizzy drinks 86 Float through the air 87 Kind of money 88 Decorator’s garb? 90 ___ the minute 91 Command in a library 93 Author Fleming 94 In disarray 95 Outta ___! 98 “The ___ is the pudding” 102 Fin. adviser 105 “To ___ human” 106 Clothing in Kiev? 113 Symbol of sadness 114 Spring flower 115 Sun-powered 116 Travel 117 Basic component 118 Alpha’s complement 119 Furious 120 Sicilian peak 121 Writes

122 Tough question 123 Pierre’s gals 124 Bridge option

DOWN

1 Selleck and Stoppard 2 Beelzebub’s area 3 Trailer 4 Impertinent one 5 Snuggly 6 Speechify

7 Words for new officials 8 Nobelist Wiesel 9 Impression 10 Skyscraper necessity 11 Bet modifier 12 Accumulate

13 Runs in neutral 14 Pumpernickel ingredient 15 Sartorial evasion?

16 Leg bone

17 Cover story? 18 Long-stemmed blooms, to Hans

28 Churl

29 “___ sesame” 30 Mao ___ -tung 34 C&W singer McEntire 35 Beehive state 36 Darlings’ dog 37 Sartorial museum pieces? 38 Agile

39 Hurry

40 Mexican money 42 Leaves collateral for 43 Stubborn animal 44 Term.

45 “Anchors ___” 46 Laissez ___ 47 “Waiting for Lefty” playwright 48 Portuguese money 50 Boiled ___

51 ___ of contents

52 Herd animal

62 To date

63 Gold Rush seaport

64 Sol followers 65 Blemish

66 Long stories 67 Eschew a big wedding 68 Christmas dinner entree 69 Mediterranean republic 70 Cove

71 Pass off as genuine 73 Red-haired clown 74 Fed

76 The first musical “B” 77 Red-carpet Rivers 78 ___ Amin

80 Beer ingredient 81 Horse feed

82 Paris’s hometown 85 Health haven 89 Entertainer D’Orsay 92 Aves.

94 Elevs.

95 Frame

96 2011 hurricane 97 Prevailing direction 98 Superb

99 Royal administrations 100 American Indian 101 Felix’s roommate 102 Ike’s opponent

103 Jalopy

104 Goddess of the harvest 107 Eastern land mass 108 Standard

109 ___ to the rear!

110 Jot

11 Cloistered women 112 Mardi ___

114 Cut off