OBSERVER CROSSWORD

Anniversary

ACROSS

1 Bandit baggers 6 Dreaded Soviet system 11 Taxis

15 Loony tunes

19 Bit of mischief 20 Province bordering Madrid

21 “There should be ___ against that!” 22 Thames school 23 Picnic items for the 1st year

25 Umpire’s call

27 ___ standstill

28 Web address: abbr. 29 Puritanical preacher for the 2nd year 31 Motown, Mich.

32 She bear: Sp.

34 Weed whackers 35 Yonder

36 More appealing to a horse, say

39 Hose 42 Rice-shaped pasta 44 Loretta Lynn’s younger sister

46 Average guy 47 Baron’s superior: abbr. 51 Indulge

52 Gilbert and Sullivan offering 54 Seasoned sausage 55 Happening not long ago 59 Sub finders

60 Certain attys.

61 Chess pieces 63 Classical start 64 1950’s pol. inits. 65 Tennis redo

66 Theme of this puzzle 72 Santa toymaker 73 Family members 74 Debtor’s letters

75 Lobe location 76 Make-believe 77 Covered with grass 79 Elvis song, say 81 Wheels for families 84 Kept at, as a barn 86 Sells in shops 88 Vintner’s prefix

89 Stan or Spike 90 Utensils for the 25th year 95 Met or Cub, e.g.

97 Top layer

98 Warfare

99 Certain chemical: comb. form

102 Former Yugo notable 103 Woman

105 Hit sign 106 Monetary backup system for the 50th year 110 Wash. neighbor 112 ___-Magnon

113 Sierra Nevada resort 114 Hawaiian viewing for the 60th year 118 Elevator man

119 Oz traveler

120 Finish

121 Gossiping meddler 122 Coy act

123 Ogles

124 Hotel offerings 125 Quick Halloween costume

DOWN

1 Duvalier’s moniker 2 Rampaging

3 March honoree, informally 4 It’s you, in Vienna 5 Light tan

6 Irritates

7 Sch. Jefferson founded 8 Aflame

9 Kim’s husband

10 Fuel mixture

11 Hindu social systems 12 Choir section

13 Cows’ home

14 Do the butterfly 15 Bigwig from Bonn

16 “A Day ___ Races” 17 Castle feature 18 Sound of slumber 24 Proportionately 26 Screenwriter Gloria 30 Color quality 33 More sore

37 “The die ___”: Caesar 38 And others, to Antony 40 Sun ___-sen 41 Rhône city

42 Alley ___

43 Della and Pee Wee 45 Jack who played Felix 46 High spirits

48 Type of stress? 49 Sesame, for one 50 Role fillers 53 Courageous rider Parks 54 Paella ingredient 56 Deep boredom 57 Yellow River joiner 58 Puppy ___: crush 60 Weaken

62 Finger feature

64 In ___: owing debt 66 “I ___ emotional”: Whitney Houston lyric 67 ___-ball 68 Paragon of fitness? 69 Show approval 70 Spring holidays

71 Rescue price, perhaps 78 Hotel nerve center

79 List topper

80 First name in mysteries 82 Make out

83 Fido’s brand

85 Cloth ending

87 Close of the day

90 ___ precedent 91 Organized

92 Lewd

93 Tell the tale

94 ___ attention

96 Missing

97 Home movies, perhaps 99 Beaming

100 Raccoon relative

101 “The Living End” novelist

Stanley

102 Issuance from Uncle Sam 104 Basketball, informally 107 London gallery

108 Sea call

109 Rat Pack name

111 Ice cream brand

115 Stir

116 The word, often

117 Nervous laugh