OBSERVER CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

1 Minn. neighbor 5 Lock like Mélisande’s 10 Buddy 14 Border upon 18 No part 19 Do a double take, e.g. 20 Famous fabulist 22 Astronauts’ org. 23 ___ none 26 Nicholas or Alexander 27 Basketball term 28 Stove parts 29 Garb 31 Bent 32 Did a farm job 33 Certain kinfolk: abbr. 34 Floe material 37 Turkish title 38 “Laughing Cavalier” painter 39 Cathedral city on the Somme 41 Neither partner 42 Bond or Smiley 44 Piano parts? 45 Trademark 46 “Place your ___” 47 Short-tailed rodents 50 Narrow cuts 51 African fly 53 Winged 54 Inclined up 55 Plant’s home 56 Roués 57 Wading bird 59 Flowed 63 Lyon summer 64 ___ seven ___ 68 Number in Nantes 69 Vows anew 71 Operatic soprano Johanna ___ 72 Old Thai coin 74 Heraldic border 75 Brit chip 77 Iranian language 78 Journalism’s W. R. ___ 81 Upright 82 “I crave ___ of tears . . .”: Robert Frost 84 Peak 85 Minotaur’s isle 86 Bog contents 87 Deputy Chief of Staff 88 “___ Sea Around Us” 89 Axis foes 91 Dracula’s Stoker 92 Mil. officer 94 Heir, frequently 95 Unauthorized disclosure 96 Mine vehicle 97 Detour 100 Map source 102 Fancy’s opposite 104 Competent 105 River to the North Sea 107 “84 ___”: 1987 film 110 List of names 111 Macho type 112 Muscular organ 113 Chanted 114 First victim 115 Ditto 116 Pecan or walnut drupe 117 Major ending

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1 Gridlock, e.g. 2 Gift recipient 3 “___ three” 4 Organic compound 5 General course 6 Tear 7 Sup, say 8 Harrow and Winchester 9 Allen and McQueen 10 City in Normandy 11 Chops with an axe, e.g. 12 Take advantage of 13 Arthurian traitor 14 Hill builders 15 Crib’s cousin 16 “Born in the ___” 17 Road surface mixture 21 Juan, Eva, or Isabel 24 Long of Louisiana 25 Comic Skelton 30 Road curve 32 Shakespeare’s witches 33 Storage receptacles 35 Camp beds 36 Gaelic 38 His relative 39 Seed covering 40 Mr. Dillon 42 Participant 43 Gourmet’s pride 44 Directed 45 “Three ___” 46 Composer Bartók 48 Jeanne d’Arc, e.g. 49 Perfume counter items 50 Greek colonnade 51 Ripped 52 Snoozes in Seville 54 Exist: pl. 55 Recipe direction 57 Now’s partner 58 Asner and McMahon 59 Opp. of NNW 60 “___ Nothing” 61 Related on the mother’s side 62 Actor Alain, et al. 65 Sentry’s order 66 For fear that 67 Canine cry 70 Fatigued 73 Suffix for motor or lobby 75 Manitoba Native American 76 Prepares flax 77 Fala or Checkers 78 Chapeaux 79 Nymph who loved Narcissus 80 Tractable 81 Composer Satie 82 Oilers, e.g. 83 Overactor 85 Conflicts 86 One of Santa’s eight 89 “This above ___ . . . “90 Sievelike material 91 Shining 92 Swindles 93 Not dense 96 Sunbather’s object 97 “Enough!” in Rome 98 Bias 99 Solid-stemmed grasslike plant 101 Renowned archer 102 Nanny’s vehicle 103 Trade or occupation 104 Bulb’s cousin 105 NOW concern 106 McEnroe strategy 108 “I ___ Camera” 109 Bob’s partner of yore