OBSERVER CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 5 10 15 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Equestrian pastime Gold coin of yore Banana leafstalk fiber Showed up

Great Barrier Island Literary Arden Fiddler and pianist Melville title

Courts

Relative of the serape Comes down hard Broadway’s “King” Start of 4-line topical verse Beethoven’s “Fur ___” Learning method Fabled hare Poetry’s rose Hangar area “Downtown Abbey’s” network

___ dig: beneath one’s dignity Campaigned Lao-tse follower Symbols of hardness Second line of the verse Tot’s aversion

City on the Oka

Coop males

Greek theater Nourishes

Wright wing? Collection

Delay

Scarab

Narator of “Great Expectations” Charlemagne’s domain, for short

74 Double quartet

77 ___ the hills

81 Cordial flavoring 84 Herring’s cousin 85 “Amadeus” character 87 Third line of the verse 90 Five Dynastics capital 91 New Testament book 92 Attila was one 93 Muscular

95 Samovar

96 More extensive

98 Elect. unit

101 Challenges

104 Henry James biographer 106 Author ___ Calvino 108 Last line of the verse 114 Composer ___ Stravinsky 115 Singer Potter

116 Greek meeting place 117 Not fooled by

118 Oaf

119 Made slippery

120 French income

31 32 33 34 35 38

41

73 121 Decorticate 122 Desires

123 “Pagliacci!” heroine 124 Guest of poetry 125 “Ring” goddess

DOWN

Working verse

1 Talc

2 “Lion in Winter” star 3 Shooting star

4 Hot spots

5 Tryout disc

6 Sloth

7 Face

8 Director’s call

9 U. ___ of the UN 10 Oppositionist 11 Borscht base

12 Re space

13 Jazz group

14 St. Francis’s birthplace 15 Fadeproof

16 In the center of 17 That 70’s ring

18 Long, long time 28 Biblical affirmative 29 Adulterated 30 Sharapova’s’s forte 36 37 39 40 42 43 45 46 47 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 61 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 74 75 Hyde Park sight Country balladeer Collin Lawn game

Twice LI

Covers with frost Tow, in Turin Fatigue

Main or Wall Oarlock

Before emic or olic Blood group system “Old ___”: Satan HST follower “Believe ___ Not” ___ qua non Moved soil Blockhead

San Joaquin Valley town Van Gogh’s brother Enthusiasm Fictional Adam Relax Writer/director Kazan Trail

___ water: threatened Watts’s instrument Coveted award

TV choice 76 Seamen

78 Coming-out girl

79 Julio’s hoop

80 Knightly title

82 Flags

83 Group of nine

85 Poker type

86 Topnotch

88 Ostrich’s kin

89 Capital of Assam 94 Knight’s nemesis 96 Stuck

97 Cruise port 98 Memorable comic Gilda 99 On cloud nine

100 Society of Jesus founder 102 Eagle’s perch: var. 103 Burn

105 “Wreck of the Mary ___” 107 Figure of speech

108 Give the wolfish eye 109 Both hands up time 110 Served perfectly

111 Mother of Castor

112 Ionian gulf

113 Buddy or Bugs

114 Far from cordial