OBSERVER CROSSWORD

A duck in water

ACROSS

1 Thick slice

5 __ House

10 Screw pine

15 Part of the hand 19 Queen of heaven 20 Weird

21 Biblical name 22 Medicinal plant 23 Indigo dye 24 Senseless

25 Famous jockey 26 Electric catfish

27 Wild ducks

29 Caress

31 Pleasant period 33 Musical work

34 Aits

36 Ovid’s 152

37 To greet 40 Buildings housing horses 42 Valuable possessions 46 Lena ___

47 Chiplike piece

48 A duct 50 Proofreader’s mark 51 War god

52 Thin fabric

53 Vends

55 A defense alliance: abbr. 56 Cistern

57 Famous physicist 58 Diversity

60 High hill

61 Sour ale 63 Notoriety 65 Religious rite 67 Shirley MacLaine role, ___ La Douce

69 Soft drinks

71 Super food

72 The tunny

76 Leonardo’s birthplace 78 Small twigs

82 Pikelike fish

83 Hires

85 Accumulate

87 Born

88 A-tiptoe

90 Roman garments 91 Barter

92 Old

93 Mythical king

95 ___ Aviv

96 Agricultural lands 97 Famous Glenn

98 Blood deficiency condition 100 Vilifies

102 Actor Christian

103 Senate employee

105 Rescued

106 Mast

107 A shroud

111 French article

112 Aquatic athletes

116 Filament

117 “___ Jackie” 119 Measuring instrument 121 Mental concept 122 Being 123 Unexpected pleasure 124 Musical study 125 Half: prefix 126 Noxious plant 127 Oozes 128 Protuberances 129 Walked

DOWN

1 Pretense 2 Russian river 3 Seed covering 4 Inflated toys 5 Capital of Lebanon 6 Affords 7 Periods of time 8 French river 9 Souvenir 10 Artist’s chalk 11 Macaw 12 Actress Shelly 13 A French wine 14 Interstice 15 Zealous advocate 16 Turkish regiment 17 Rich soil 18 Ancient Persian 28 Church part 30 German river 32 Compact ___ 34 Type style

35 Cut

37 Love, in Hebrew 38 Shade of red 39 Greek island

40 Ooze

41 ___ law

43 Muse of poetry 44 River in Montana 45 Bedtime staple? 47 In favor of 49 Smooth and glossy 52 A New England state 53 Lucifer

54 Street: Ger.

57 A mockery

58 Quo ___

59 Barks shrilly 62 Actress ___ Scala 64 Holds in deep affection 66 Mal de ___

68 Cant

70 Marked by wounds 72 Old-world lizard 73 Classical language 74 Groom’s companion 75 Enthusiastic 77 Mohammedan nobles 79 Cast metal mass 80 Anserine birds 81 Jewish home service 84 Storms at sea

86 Paid notices 89 Indulged to excess 91 Certain jurors 92 Scaremonger 94 Thailand 96 ___-o’clock scholar 97 Bivalve mollusk 99 Deputies

101 Male servants 102 Steeples

104 Habituate

106 Native of Stockholm 107 Masticate

108 Comfort

109 Ascend

110 Woody plant

112 Boss

113 European river 114 San ___

115 Uttered

118 Weaken gradually 120 WWII theater