OBSERVER CROSSWORD

Who and why

ACROSS 1 Milquetoasts 6 Mary’s pet

10 Mighty mount 15 Muffs it

19 Pend

20 Olympic weapon 21 Island near Venezuela 22 Delete

23 Thin costar of “It’s a Wonderful Life” 25 Soiled newsman? 27 Derisively

28 Bravo or Grande 29 Mimic

30 ___ -France

31 Driving area 32 Aquarium, for one 34 Whole

36 Kuwaiti princes 39 Redford role 41 Catches flies, e.g.

44 Folk history

45 Motor or side 46 Afternoon socials 47 Discussion groups 49 Match made in heaven 51 Pivoted tongue

52 Get the job done 53 Hindu honorific 54 Donkey for one 55 Something to shoot for 56 Boone, familiarly 57 Genetic stuff

58 Entre ___ 60 Afternoon entertainments 63 Maggie’s mate of yore 65 Actress Samantha 67 Storage addresses 68 Just made

69 Sheriff ‘s men 70 Caught

71 Leopold’s codefendant 72 Big business ltrs. 73 Brickell of pop/rock 75 Children’s card game 76 “Friend” Courteney 77 Salt Lake athlete 80 Ushered

82 Greek letters 84 Trinidad tunes 86 Northern neighbor 87 Mucho

88 Bright star 89 Inventor’s cries

90 Last words of Kiplings “If “91 RSVP response

93 “___ Remember”: “Fantasticks” song 94 Sylvester’s nemesis 96 Quotable catcher 97 Shelley’s “___ Skylark” 98 Tear

101 Film holder

103 Mich. capital

104 Tall ships celebration 108 Swollen rap singer? 110 Accused Communist in a snit?

112 Baseball family name 113 On ___: spreeing, sl. 114 God, to Gaius 115 Observe Yom Kippur 116 Blackbird

117 “Death Be Not Proud” poet

118 Nile nippers 119 Camping gear

DOWN

1 Bankrolls 2 Victor’s boast 3 Lion’s pride?

4 The ___ State: Maine 5 Looks intently

6 See 10 Down 7 Opening 8 Highway dividers 9 Way out there

10 Big name in cheesecake 11 Describing a heat wave 12 Ormandy and O’Neill 13 Roger the reviewer 14 ___ es Salaam 15 Jubilant 16 Took the train 17 “Sisters” actor Paul 18 Eye sore

24 Bar choice

26 Sly actor?

33 Clever skater? 35 Skiing mecca

36 Pipe joints 37 Othello, e.g. 38 Unsmiling author? 39 HS hurdles

40 Novel

42 Hirsute president? 43 First aid items 45 Mama of the ‘60s 48 Hide away 50 Shabby NY Times columnist?

51 Host holder in church 52 Lip

55 Buddies 56 Accomplishment 59 W. Hemisphere alliance 60 Hole in the ground 61 Grammy Awards org. 62 ER part

64 Bad temper

65 Prot. sect 66 Batman’s turf: ___ City 67 Ireland’s Sinn ___ 71 Broadway vamp

74 Lane or Ladd 76 Spelunking spot 78 Perfectly

79 Exxon in the ‘50s 81 Unfrugal

82 “And the Band ___” 83 Sweetie

84 Next

85 Hanger-on

87 Took measures

88 NW Mexico border town 92 Pina ___ 93 Astaire/Rogers movie 95 Poet’s inspiration 97 Rocky crag

98 Computer junk 99 Whimper

100 ___ effort

102 Electro suffix

105 “I’ll be ___ of a gun!” 106 Ain’t corrected

107 Caustic chemicals 109 June honoree

111 Count conclusion