OBSERVER CROSSWORD

Something magical about this one

ACROSS

1 Narrow gash

5 Dried orchid tubers 10 Large ungulate 15 Satisfy

19 Leveret

20 Texas shrine

21 ___ Zola

22 Tickle me toy 23 Shakespeare’s river 24 Moral faults 25 Motorist’s haven 26 Shred of waste silk 27 The May apple 29 Express indirectly 31 Clothing

33 Magic

34 Declare

35 Portico

36 Surgical appliance 39 Slips 40 Comfortable 44 Labors

45 Actor Owen

46 Divide into two equal parts

47 Faucet

48 Derricks

49 The coast

50 Social division

51 Wan

52 Timber tree 53 Slumbered

54 Wens

55 Roasting fowl 56 Showy flowers 58 Social gathering 59 Puissant

60 Nice discernment 61 Gasps

62 Docile

63 A longing 66 “Inferno” author

67 Type of hole? 71 Roman official 72 Weathercocks 73 Protuberances

74 Title of respect 75 Arachnid

76 Carp

77 Sacha ___ Cohen 78 Mirth

79 South American plant 80 ___ law

81 Slow: mus.

82 Vestige

83 Denuded

85 Take captive 86 Disgraced

87 A lure

88 Expend uselessly 89 Famous fictional detective 90 A movement: mech. 93 Fall into disuse 94 Sublimity

98 Eskers

99 Axiom

101 More unusual 103 Spanish river

104 Case for small articles 105 Serve with onions 106 The choice part 107 Grand divisions of time 108 A bristle

109 Prophets

110 Takes main meal 111 Soapframe bar

DOWN

1 Pretense 2 Molten rock 3 Metallic element 4 Slender plant organs 5 Man of learning 6 Similar 7 Delicate fabric 8 Uncle: dial. 9 Certain 10 Entices

11 Soap plant 12 Compassion 13 Island: Fr. 14 Kinsman

15 Of the mind 16 Word of Jesus from the Cross 17 Arabian official 18 To toll: dial. 28 Operates 30 Manufactured 32 Vocal quality 34 Avoid 35 Seasons 36 Leather thong 37 Equilibrium 38 To ignite 39 Small stores: naut. 40 Meat pie 41 Public warehouse 42 Literary gathering 43 Exhausted 45 Defraud 46 Stags

49 A cross section 50 Fencing position 51 Father: L. 53 Trap

54 Needs 55 Arrives 57 Useful

58 The whole jury 59 Thin metal disk 61 Unreasoning fear 62 Forbidden

63 The populace 64 Decree 65 Hindu guitar

66 He slew Goliath 67 Merit

68 Religion of the Moslems 69 Female relative 70 Avarice

72 Manservant

73 Spear

76 Chief cities

77 Improved

78 Spanish noblemen 80 Extend over

81 Young girl

82 A conjunction 84 Louisiana parish 85 Frolics

86 Participates in

88 Bet

89 Greek island

90 Female deer

91 Italian princely house 92 Tense

93 Wash

94 Wide smile

95 A tree

96 Footed vases 97 Flagwoman Betsy ___ 100 Expire

102 Fourth caliph