OBSERVER CROSSWORD

Containers

ACROSS

1 Quick thrusts 5 Large-eared lagomorph 11 Small restaurant 15 Sharp sound 19 Region

20 Punish by fining, e.g. 21 Swedish actress Lena 22 “Scent-sation” 23 Unwilling to respond 24 Disavower

25 Coin factory

26 ___ Nui: Easter Island 27 Feminine suffix 28 Large wading bird 29 Latex product 31 Genghis title

32 Belt alternative 33 “Quiet!” 35 Courageous

36 Sad interjection 38 Rural areas

39 Poet Teasdale 41 Contemporary 44 Confused tumult 45 Came back

49 “___ nous le déluge” 50 Strong woody fiber 51 Greek letter 53 Crystalline amino acid 54 Chief support

56 Edit film, in a way 59 Major criminal 60 Game menu choice 61 Past events rec. 63 Publicize 64 Hawaiian tunemaker 66 Essential to the whole 69 Profitable purchase 73 Rocky hill 74 Masculine 75 Buddhist temple Angkor ___

78 “See ya later” in Seville 79 Sifted

82 Little motorcycle 85 Represent

87 To’s partner 88 Footnote abbr. 90 Marker

91 Catches

93 Tess’s tormentor, Angel ___ 95 Shoe brand from Maine 96 Gooey substance

97 Nile city

98 Ricelike pasta 99 Discontinue

102 One in need 105 Destiny

109 Nullify 110 Petroleum isomer 111 Donations to the needy 112 Continual change

113 At the summit of

114 Mythical Norse deity 115 Cowboy conventions? 117 Hebrides island 118 Fodder repository 119 Persia, now 120 Opposed 121 Fashionable 122 Command, a long time ago

123 Tyne of acting 124 Endured

125 Orient

DOWN

1 Green shades 2 Sports palace 3 They’re counted or spilled 4 Shelter 5 Extremist 6 One-celled organisms 7 Niger neighbor 8 Coarse hairs 9 Clinch, as a deal

10 Of the earth

11 Small jazz ensembles 12 Excuse 13 Adroitness 14 Beseeches

15 Political patronage 16 Northwestern state 17 Prickly cactus 18 Impressive

30 Chin region 34 Ceases operating 37 Laddie’s girlfriend 40 Deplorable 41 Arrived 42 Gemstone 43 Composer Satie 44 Thou hast permission 45 Bird of lore 46 Longest river 47 Organic compound 48 Sandy tract, at Brighton 50 Glasgow children 52 Ancient king of Tyre 55 Asian cuisine 57 Chaplain

58 Greek geometrician 62 Spud

65 Astute

66 French philosopher/ mathematician 67 Local anesthetic brand 68 Asian perennial 69 Directed 70 Yemen seaport

71 Rends

72 Deteriorating 75 Katarina of the ice arena 76 Soapberry family tree 77 Guam, e.g. 80 Stipulations

81 Daily record

83 ‘60s singer Foxx 84 Theater fixture 86 Rotating like a wheel 89 Fancy fabrics

92 Desert plant

94 True to fact

95 Clad

97 Nook and ___

98 Absorb gradually 99 Suppress completely 100 Loosen

101 Objects of devotion 103 Part of CAT

104 Vigilant

106 Oahu howdy-do

107 N. African capital 108 Precise

116 Egg cells