OBSERVER CROSSWORD

Name game

ACROSS 1 5 9 13 18 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 30 Partner Stern Fashion CIA Traveler’s Henry Ending Trim Bacon, Bid medium Employ Part Coral Newscaster diary of back reef and “drop before NRA with magazine for document author Limbaugh wheel Williams major out” slicing Philip or 31 32 33 35 38 41 43 Take Grabs Adele Borden’s Making Trifler marion Sailor’s advantage or warning a Celine ___ choice the of cow

44 45 46 49 See Bridge’s Compass Small 35 bill Across Charles pt.

50 53 55 That Allan Morose man “drop out” 56 57 Approving Racetrack stroke 59 60 Make Mayday! happy

62 63 Early Humane harp org. 66 65 “The “Kukla, rule Fran ___ and tomorrow ___” . . .”: Lewis Carroll

70 Paul “drop out”

74 Milk source

75 Ham hangout

76 Bridge position

77 Moore of the movies 79 Bewilder

81 Question

82 The Red and the Black 83 Relatives of aves. 86 Nautical direction

87 Rose “drop out” 92 Watson’s discovery 93 Cool

94 Parisian possessive 95 Mountain ridge 96 Funnyman Johnson 98 Make amends

100 Sophia, and family 102 Stew ingredient

103 Lost speed

104 On time

106 List ending

107 Tennis stroke

109 Chad or Rob

110 Anne “drop out”

117 2009 Best New Artist 119 Court figure

120 Baseball’s Musial 121 Nonsense! 122 Complete: comb. form 123 Row

124 Miles, of “Psycho” 125 Mah-jongg pieces 126 Victoria and Tim 127 Pitcher features 128 Chief exec. 129 Editor’s notation

DOWN 1 2 3 4 5 It Wide: Object Plunder Pillow sticks Comb. covers of in adoration here! form

6 7 8 Alit ___ Malt code beverage 9 Contrive

10 “Fur ___”: Beethoven 11 As well

12 Spare 13 Scepter’s companion 14 “Who can hold a ___ his hand?”: Shak. 15 Scott “drop out” 16 Make jubilant 17 Descartes namesakes 19 Wendell “drop out” 28 Rhine feeder 29 Showing remorse for 33 Tea soak 34 Nuremberg one 35 Road sign 36 Hebrides island 37 Putin negative 39 Recline

40 Turf 41 Bumbler’s word 42 Country club employee 45 Response to a bad pun 47 “If you knew ___. . .” 48 Eastern potentate 51 ___ League 52 Nickname for Margery 54 “My Fair Lady” locale 55 Money, in Dortmund 58 DiCaprio to pals 61 May “drop out” 63 Sinuous 64 Sleepwear, for short 66 Russian log huts 67 Inscribed monument 68 Russell “drop out” 69 Malarial fever 71 “Steppenwolf” author 72 Asner and Sullivan 73 Acorn, for one 78 Boy’s ultimate status 80 White heron

81 Mult. housing units 83 Come in third

84 Prong

85 Hastened

88 Craving

89 Knight’s weapon 90 “___ Tu”: Verdi aria 91 WWII theater 95 Dadaist Hans 97 Capture in a web 99 “___ human . . .” 101 Souffle’s cousin 102 Not these

103 Taste

104 Sylvia, of “The Bell Jar” 105 Western show

106 Blue yonder

108 Magdalene diminutives 110 Shrew of Padua

111 ___ Minor

112 Inviting letters

113 Road to Rome

114 Pinball disqualifier 115 Fencer’s weapon 116 Staff symbol

118 Dawn goddess