OBSERVER CROSSWORD

Writer’s Block

ACROSS

1 Conceit

8 Cleo’s suitor 12 Catherine of ___ 18 King Hassan’s country 19 Desert

21 “___ Mr. Nice Guy” 22 Parisian expletive 23 Irwin Shaw novel 25 Thirst quencher 26 Nanny has three 27 Handout 28 Albatross’ cousin 29 Posed 30 Actresses Parsons and Harris

32 Chronologist’s concern 33 Place for a chapeau 34 Point of view

37 Arena area

38 Savory cake 39 Belt-mounted beeper 40 Don’t let go!

41 HST or LBJ

42 “___ I say, not . . .” 43 Nero’s M, today 44 Tallin native

46 Kukla’s friend 47 Ukraine native 50 Accumulate

51 Turmoil

53 Fabricate

54 Maritime alert 55 Double-chambered 56 Money, in Modena 57 Weighed down 60 Controversial

61 Lost soul 62 Frankenstein’s assistant 63 Camper abodes

64 Part of PGA

65 Actress Ryan

66 Cozy living room areas 67 Chelsea’s mom Hillary 71 Sets on

73 See the sights 74 Upscale Philly ‘burb 75 Airport near Paris 76 Brilliant ploy

77 Very small creature 78 Box for 27 Across 79 Fracas

81 ___ Christian Andersen 82 Slip, another way 83 Shotgun sport

84 Alan, Frances or Robert 85 Grave

86 Recording unit 88 Gendarme’s law 89 African antelope 90 Show weariness 91 Regatta entrant 92 Barcelona bravo 95 Aldous Huxley novel 98 Configured in folds 100 ___ the Dinosaur 101 Dispossession 102 Banking activity 103 Valued possessions 104 Wet blanket 105 All together

DOWN

1 Madame Bovary 2 Tasty

3 River at Caen 4 Wool weight unit 5 Most lacking in warmth 6 Bouquet

7 Agatha Christie’s “The ___”

8 Austrian composer/ conductor

9 Throat sounds 10 Hope components? 11 ___ -Magnon

12 Go fishing

13 Bialy or bagel 14 Mont Blanc buddy 15 Hall of Fame outfielder 16 Showy 17 Homesteader on the range

19 Grows tiresome 20 Italian journalist 24 Without feeling 30 Signer as owner 31 Legal claim

32 Cuts longitudinally 33 New Mexico resort 34 “___ Funny That Way” 35 Confused

36 Choral voice 38 Underground man 39 Frost work 41 Popular name for popes 42 Imagined 43 “American ___” 45 Light gas

46 Jocose

47 Viva voce 48 Yorkshire river 49 Approach 51 Burden

52 Singers’ syllables 55 Tree trunk 56 Doctorow novel 57 Andean capital 58 Bronze and Iron 59 Doughboys 60 Duffers’ dreams 61 Happy reaction 63 Cunning

64 Ballet bend

66 Data repository

67 Val Lewton’s first horror film

68 Run out of gas

69 Tale opener 70 Shipshape 72 District

74 ___ America 76 Lanza role

77 Senor, stateside 79 Port NE of Gibraltar 80 Weds hastily 81 Secrete

82 Armed horseman 83 Waterway

85 Cool guys

86 Poetic division 87 Claw

89 Weave

90 Coin for Pedro 92 Singer Redding 93 Focusing device 94 Sidle 96 Brunched

97 Hero, for short 99 Memorabilia