OBSERVER CROSSWORD

Horse power

ACROSS

1 Jai alai equipment 7 Scalawags 14 Austen heroine 18 Togs 19 Central Asia expanse 20 Santiago snooze 23 Start of a riddle about horse power 26 Wall Street symbol 27 Golfer Ballesteros 28 Nimble 29 Choke or fact start 32 Recent 34 Military encampment 37 Admiring fear 38 Ms. Stein’s nickname 39 Sticks around 42 Ditch 45 Kimono clincher 46 Engine inventor 48 Sole 49 Novelist Jong 52 Riddle: part 2 57 Book page size 58 Besmirch 59 Canal of song 60 Ace 61 Former Cambodian leader 63 Tuned-in Timothy 65 Clothes line? 66 Cereal box bonus 69 Net customers 71 Induces perjury: e.g. 74 Container covers 75 Favorite wife of Muhammad 77 Gold rush victim 79 Custard ingredient 80 Paymt. notation 82 Muslim’s faith 84 Fasten 88 Answer: part 1 92 Piece of land 93 I’m content! 94 Carter’s birthplace 95 Neckwear 96 Property 98 Outfit 99 Herbie or Horace 100 Shut out 102 Nordic gods 104 Mr. Turkey 106 Vicinity 107 Book of the Bible 110 Relating to ships: abbr. 113 Secret source of info 115 Answer: part 2 122 Offensive 123 Eyes: sl. 124 ___ Doria 125 Work units 126 Throb 127 Took a peek

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1 Cornfield call 2 Addis Ababa’s loc. 3 Barnyard digs 4 Morsel 5 Indy champ Luyendyk 6 Coupe’s cousin 7 Cheering word 8 Greek war god 9 Tonto’s kemo ___ 10 Ham enhancers 11 Balance sheet item 12 Paul of song 13 Utter 14 Morales in “La Bamba” 15 Tsarist Russian communities 16 Madam, in Madras 17 “On ___ boat to China . . . “21 Subdue 22 Lemon add-on 24 “Jeopardy!” host 25 Take off 29 Discotheque 30 Early violin 31 Travis of country music 33 Aware of 35 ___ time: never 36 Like better 40 Father of Icarus: var. 41 “The Time Machine” race 43 Radar’s drink 44 Plains tribe 46 Fairway chunk 47 Image: comb. form 48 Mink cousin 50 Prank 51 Scottish island 53 Hardy cabbages 54 Let loose 55 Lovers’ liaison 56 Names, in Nancy 62 City on the Hudson 64 Attack 65 Types 66 Sped 67 Correct 68 Gardener’s tool 70 ___ kebab 72 Brigham Young, for one 73 ___ noires: ogres 76 Dream up 78 Diacritical mark 80 Speed 81 Como ___ usted? 83 Canter 85 Fragrant oil 86 “The ___ Mutiny” 87 Safari sight 89 Storyteller 90 Time periods 91 Radio antenna type 97 Secular 98 Understands 99 Improvise 100 Eagle name 101 “80’s TV “Kate and ___” 103 Chip producer 105 Hero’s reward 107 Red leader 108 Train sound 109 Dame Myra 111 Eye part 112 Wrongful act 114 A.D. word 116 Antonym: abbr. 117 Rumanian money 118 Literary inits. 119 Annoy 120 ___ whiz! 121 Owned