OBSERVER CROSSWORD

A mouthful

ACROSS

1 Cheering section 5 Quick-witted 10 Sewing supply

14 With appropriateness 19 Lyon notion

20 Type of landscape 21 War god 22 Western resort

23 First of “The Raj Quartet,” with “The”

26 Extort

27 For ___: as an example 28 Diagonal

29 Cutting remarks 30 Hefner or Grant 31 Rosary unit 32 Revolving part 33 People, e.g.

36 “No man is an island” author

37 Study of forces upon the body

40 Like a borrowed library book

41 Butcher’s need

43 Polka ___

44 US currency 45 Buildings’ highest points 47 Oracle

48 Muslim title 49 Request to a photog. 50 Vegetable storeroom 54 Disengages

55 Aviary newborn 58 Mountain nymph 59 Climber’s support 60 Triple-layer treats 61 Ricochet

62 Head of a Muslim state 63 Edible bulb 64 Subatomic particle

65 It’s great grated 68 “Golden Boy” author 69 Twist-offs, e.g. 71 Wrath

72 ___ majesté 73 Chesterfield, e.g. 74 Tend to that squeak again 76 Obtain

77 High mountain

78 Raw meat treat 82 Nirvana attainer 84 Light snow

86 Great expanse 87 Stylish

88 Gets close

89 Great mass

90 Port of Egypt 91 Muscle protein 92 Hasidic teacher 94 Skimmer

98 Pallid

99 Love chocolate, say 101 Singer Della

102 ___ easy: egg order 103 Plato’s Pax 104 Woodwind

105 Hindu social class 106 Refute or refuse 107 Ecclesiastical council 108 Cupola, e.g.

DOWN

1 Suva’s islands 2 Yemen seaport 3 Rather’s reportage 4 Boils or bubbles 5 Hurls 6 Premonition

7 Pot part? 8 Stadium cheer 9 Here

10 March participant 11 Word with hand or grip 12 Salamander

13 ID source

14 San Joaquin Valley city 15 Repeat by rote 16 Venetian spanner 17 Deprivation

18 Still

24 Queen of cream 25 Trolley sound

29 Silly blunder

31 Crow

32 Equestrian

33 Veep under Obama 34 Hole ___: ace 35 Attacks ineffectively, by intention

36 Clear the windows 37 Work dough 38 Brothers of film 39 RR stops 41 Daydreams 42 Muhammad’s faith 46 He’s belted on high 48 Often-married Shaw 51 Take it easy

52 Flynn of flicks 53 Sierra ___ 54 Motion picture 56 Hackneyed

57 Most August births 59 Zoroastrian of India 61 Terra ___ 62 Mattress stuffing 63 Digger, of “The Life of Riley”

64 Shallops or shells 65 Song of joy 66 Lengths x widths 67 Meshed

68 Royal name of Norway 69 They make you yawn 70 Rusty hinge sound 73 Toto’s terrier type

75 Cow catcher, e.g.

78 One learning the ropes 79 Theft

80 Diving gear

81 Planned progress 83 Coastal California conifer 85 Try it again

87 Bustled about 90 Dictator’s helper

91 On the Baltic, say

92 Go ape over

93 In a tie

94 Spotted

95 Knight of the road 96 Basic unit of matter 97 Quaker pronoun 98 Curve part

99 Coal scuttle

100 Sardonic