OBSERVER CROSSWORD Homonyms

ACROSS

1 Centerfold, perhaps 6 Serves perfectly 10 Avoid

14 Sobs loudly 19 Buddhist shrine 20 Actress Spelling 21 First-class 22 Gasoline additive 23 Leash for male deer? 25 Female bus driver? 27 In addition

28 Chief Japanese island 30 Not on time

31 “I cannot tell ___.” 32 Ex follower

33 Lab tube 34 Buckskins’ kin 36 Close 37 Many-stringed lute 38 Famous Franklin 39 Vertical

41 Relies (on) 44 Twisted 46 Ridicules in fun 50 African succulents 51 Talked back to

52 PA in DC

53 Go quicly

54 Cow on the scales? 57 Spicy catafalque? 60 A legume 61 Stablemates

63 Foot forepart

64 Evil spell

65 Repair shoes, in a way 68 Nickname

70 Most offended 72 Nonconformist 74 Sign 76 Alabama seaport 78 1933 US Congress creation 81 Examples of oglers? 84 Stuck-casement annoyance? 87 TV attachment 88 Long time 89 Ridiculing

91 ___ up: took refuge 92 “Mission Impossible” leader

94 Dresses up 95 Doorbells, say

97 Fall flower 99 Musicians’ booking 100 “___ Foolish Things” 101 Bank transaction 104 Rainbows

106 Cereal grain

107 Leo, for one

110 Catch sight of

111 Coquette

112 ___ up: cried

114 Point of land

115 Car port spinnaker? 118 Kasparov ennui?

120 Marketplace of yore 121 Sea eagle 122 Stockings 123 Mountain nymph 124 Gives temporary use of 125 Tinted 126 Exclamations of delight 127 Troublesome

DOWN

1 Exclamation of disbelief 2 Boot country

3 Care provider

4 As long as

5 ___ de deux

6 One of the Fates 7 Devised

8 Dadaist Max

9 Yearn (for) 10 Houston or Shepard 11 Card game authority 12 Vivid

13 More organized

14 Bug with a sting 15 1996 Olympic Games site 16 Mammoth mammal 17 Turkey, at one time 18 More clever 24 Diamond point

26 Save 29 Consumers 33 Violet’s cousin 35 Removes, as a tent fastener

37 Look for

38 Hit hard: inf. 40 Compel 41 Moist 42 Author Wiesel 43 Nude in the Arctic? 44 Jokesters 45 Blue-pencil 47 Camisole story? 48 Relationships 49 Dry 51 Seductive sorts 52 Of long standing 55 Which person 56 Borne by the wind 58 Snooping 59 Clear the tables 62 Total

66 Ballad ending 67 Slumbers 69 Respectful bend 71 Classic auto 72 Invitation letters 73 Engrave with acid

75 “An Affair to Remember” star

77 Places to store stuff 79 Competitor

80 Word connectors 82 Slow to react

83 Assault

85 Bridgelike game 86 Apple or pear 90 Jefferson, for one 93 Neck cord 94 Fundamental

95 Brie and Parmesan 96 Coin toss call

98 Rubbed out

100 Beat with a flail

101 Permitted by law 102 Kind of orange

103 Kitchen coverup

105 Backbone

106 Mackerel family member 107 Is concerned

108 Vertical, nautically 109 Kind of bear

113 Reverberate

114 Center

116 Empty talk

117 Directed

119 Jazz form