OBSERVER CROSSWORD

Rhyming

ACROSS

1 Swear

5 Movie piggy 9 Chinese dynasty of note 13 Dull sound 17 Former

18 Place for a redo

19 ___ Domingo

20 “Les Miserables” author 21 Avoid

23 Neon

25 Storage area 26 Before, to The Bard 27 Dumbfound 29 Goddess of grain

30 Still

31 WWII Dogfaces 32 Slack-jawed 33 Triumphal interjections 34 Goal

35 Sanctify

36 Hooey 40 Comforter

43 Mare’s morsels 44 Hurry

45 Aloe, for one 46 Coffee container

47 Hull part

49 Holding a grudge 50 Shade tree

51 Climb a pole

53 Minor auto accident 56 Bout ref’s call 57 Sharpen

58 Speed demon 59 Pseudonym 60 Pathfinder’s destination 61 Khan subject 62 Stumble 63 Roebuck’s partner 65 Asia, et al. 66 Sweep’s target 67 Numbers cruncher, for short 70 Communications equipment

72 Klein, of design

73 In what way 74 Biography beginning 75 Way overweight 76 Boxing’s big name 77 Diving position 78 Matrimonial “Yes indeed” 79 Dimwit

80 NASA’s concern 83 Minute difference 86 Chews the fat

88 Uproar

89 Scottish Loch

90 Knights’ wear

91 Play about Capote 92 Wrigley product 95 Measurement across 97 The March King

98 Finish in front

99 Gene component 100 Magician’s words 102 Departure for greener

pastures by professionals 106 Finished

107 Solo

108 Perjuring oneself 109 Role model

110 Yield

111 Small salamanders 112 Snakelike fish 113 Refuse to admit

DOWN

1 Dr. Huxtable on TV 2 Get the knots out 3 Aroma 4 Understand 5 Bundles of hay

6 Pub pint

7 Python cousin 8 Furious

9 Corn

10 “Picnic” playwright 11 High degree? 12 Victorious cries 13 Need for water 14 Immense 15 Sounds of disgust 16 Period

18 Live frugally 19 Clothing closures 22 Host Philbin 24 Hurdle game with “frog” 28 Barker and Kettle 32 Economist Greenspan 33 Change

34 Top naval officer 35 Capital on the Aare 36 Basketball player: sl. 37 Role for Harper 38 Buenos ___

39 Equal

40 Mound mistake 41 Ticklish toy

42 Dig sites

43 Born before

45 Vegas transaction 47 Author Ann

48 Lest

49 Salon sound

51 Ms. Belafonte

52 ___ sense: reason 53 Hot dogs

54 British nobleman 55 High society

60 Breed of shark

61 For rent sign

62 Elixir

63 ___ Arabia

64 John, of “Candle in the Wind”

65 TV viewing choice 66 Casa rooms 67 Fashionable

68 Pig’s place? 69 Reverent astonishment 70 Homeless child 71 Roger Rabbit and others 76 High-rise units: abbr. 77 Manhandle

79 ___ hands: homemaker’s woe

80 Marketable

81 Goofing

82 Plump

84 Withstand

85 Permits

86 Justification

87 Towel pronoun 90 Rushmore, for one 91 Castor and Pollux 92 Mark

93 ___ Jack: Brit’s flag 94 Masculine

95 Worked on a loom 96 Frosted

97 Flat bottomed boat 100 Ad ___ committee 101 Bravo

103 Bakery or bar order 104 Feel poorly

105 Disencumber