OBSERVER CROSSWORD

Athletic

ACROSS

1 Woodworker’s device 6 Departed in a hurry 10 Identifier

15 Straw hat

16 Bathe

17 “The ___ Hoffmann”: Offenbach 19 Unaffected

20 Author Oz

21 Daring

23 Postures

24 Purpose of 37 Down 27 Architect I.M. ___ 28 Geriant’s spouse 29 Natives of ancient Persia 30 Cameos, for example 31 Steadfast 32 Mormon rel. body 33 Vertices

34 More adorable 35 Football’s Lombardi 36 Roadside despoiler 38 Nocturnal rodents 39 Attacks

40 ___ -me-down 41 Angles

42 Aircraft for small flds. 43 Scornful sounds 46 Grain, in Greece 47 Common legume 51 Philippine tribesmen 52 “Little pigs” number 53 Before meter or gram 54 ___ Christian Andersen 55 Wicked

56 Olympic event 58 Church calendar

59 Like a fine fabric 60 Upset

61 Rules out 62 Implement

63 Fellow player 65 Window units 66 Interrogating

67 Rate of progress 68 Curious character 69 Debauchee

70 Spite

73 Mountain nymph

74 Feel ___: sympathize 78 Nom de plume 79 Abrupt

80 Way to go

81 Labor inits. 82 Wedding ___ 83 French composer Saint- ___ 84 Latin American dance 85 Leaf angle 86 Scottish uncle

87 New Olympic event 89 Work hard 90 American who dove for gold

92 Arrow poison 93 Worldly goods 95 Musical foot 96 Internal spy 97 Mountain spurs 98 Facing a glacier’s movement 99 Building extensions 100 You, in Madrid

DOWN

1 ___ of: comprise 2 Tied an oxford 3 Sweetsop

4 Sea, to Simone 5 Led 6 Sweethearts 7 Bringers of light 8 Reveler’s cry of yore 9 Obliterates 10 American poet Sidney

11 Choir members 12 Capital on the Aar 13 Language suffix 14 Cutting 15 American who swam for gold

17 Duke and duchess 18 Intimidating 19 Relieve 22 Marching coins? 25 River to the Baltic 26 Minuscule amounts 29 Early times of day, to poets 31 Olympic event 33 Approaches 34 Olympic event 35 String instrument 37 Theme of this puzzle 38 ___ Philippe watch 39 Spirited equine 41 “Odyssey” sorceress 42 Soprano Beverly 43 Small marine fish 44 Variable bright stars 45 Writer Jong 46 Fissile rock 47 Senses 48 Segment of a serial 49 Back to back 50 “___ To Remember” 52 Unoriginal 53 Masonic doorkeeper 56 Vestige

57 Penalized

62 ___ thing: guaranteed 64 Lead-ins for Scots names 65 Newspaper deadline 66 Primary artery 68 One-time plum 69 Author of “Emile” 70 Singer Mercer

71 Los ___

72 Rosters 73 Threatening dictum 74 Songs for one singer 75 Mesmerized 76 Martini feature often 77 Breathing sounds 79 New citizens? 80 Hindu queens 83 Beaches

84 Angler’s leader knot 85 Winglike

87 Pueblo community 88 Organic compound 89 Let stand 91 Obtained

94 Grad. class members