OBSERVER CROSSWORD

The word of a comic

ACROSS

1 Stuffed shirt

5 Made do, with out 9 Those who figure the figs. 13 Forehead

17 Secrete

18 Archie Bunker, for one 20 European diacritic mark 22 Kind of log

23 Start of a comment by 46 Down

25 Pianist Claudio 26 Nursery invader

27 “___ Black”: Will Smith film

28 More of the comment 31 Depose

33 Wish granter

34 Corporeal channels 38 Observe

39 Pamplona parent 42 Literary ltrs.

43 Least well

44 Manuscript leaf

45 Shriver or Dawber 46 Fitting

47 Orchestra area

48 More of the comment 53 Antiquing device 55 Solomon’s royal visitor 56 Caucho tree

57 Food fish

58 Wishbone site

60 Reagan program: abbr. 62 Stimpy’s pal

63 Vaulted arch

66 “Mighty ___ a Rose” 67 More of the comment 72 Mazel ___!

73 Antagonist

75 Spanish pelf

76 Bird: comb. form

77 Say aloud, from memory 79 French turndown 80 Campaigned

81 In reserve

84 Lively dance

85 More of the comment 91 Caviar

92 Miler Sebastian

93 Once called

94 ___ nick of time 95 Statute limit, e.g. 98 Sports fig.

99 Physicist Nikola

100 Rooter

103 Nod meaning

104 Dog’s tether

106 Appear

108 More of the comment 113 Like a whole lot

114 Basso Pinza

117 Fungous skin problem 118 End of the comment 120 Mine find

121 Happening 122 Skirt

123 Actress Patricia 124 Disposition 125 Celtic tongue 126 Bridge position 127 Pay to play

DOWN

1 Private eye: sl. 2 ___ Creed 3 Danish seaport 4 Disprove 5 Flow’s partner 6 Diva Te Kanawa 7 Sponsorship 8 Foolish affection 9 Appeal 10 Ancient Persian 11 Bat start?

12 A Penn 13 Spare-time labor 14 Regret 15 Señor’s salute

16 Tie the knot

19 Ilk

21 Iraq’s neighbor 24 Captivate sometimes 29 Inward 30 Ad ___ committee 32 Converses with 35 Lukewarm conditions 36 Like

37 Kitchen addition

40 ___ it out! 41 Architect Mies van der ___ 43 Wedge-shaped: prefix 44 ___ song: cheaply 45 Repository for Goyas 46 Comedian Fred or Steve 48 Certain overnight guests 49 Bolt

50 Lying in ambush

51 Tea biscuit

52 Fire fuel

53 Up to the task 54 Mom’s mom 59 “Funny Girl” composer 61 “___ little teapot. . .” 64 Use the polls

65 First name in daring 68 Take temporarily 69 Clear the board 70 Bring out 71 Grapple

74 Cut the grass 78 Canadian Indian 82 Nastase, of tennis 83 Preserves

85 La Scala instrument 86 Entre ___

87 Synthetic fiber 88 Precede in time 89 Physical therapy, briefly 90 Magic as medicine person 96 Nixed

97 Daughter of Cadmus 98 They’re out of this world 99 Rob

100 Iced

101 “Time is ___ teacher”: Sandburg

102 Goad

105 Dry 107 Minneapolis suburb 109 “___ le roi!”

110 Corker

111 March Madness org. 112 Valhalla group 114 Blight victim 115 Menagerie

116 Altar words 119 Understand