OBSERVER CROSSWORD

ACROSS

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Part of HRH

Bake eggs

Not any, in Dogpatch John Ciardi book “Take __ your leader” Counting-out word Sharif

Fred’s sister Fireworks

Singer Haggard Pattern for a dancing Lamour?

Palm off

Had a slight speech defect Gave the once-over Sailors’ drinks

Fake jewelry Floated on the breeze Ancient Roman sport area Abated Mideastern rulers Some sill decorators Tenn. power project Indolent

Gal of song and others Pertaining to aircraft Ivan or Nicholas Work unit

Hairdo for experts? Run after Saratoga Springs campus Fugard’s “A Lesson from ___” Complained peevishly Equipment

Any arum

Best kind of sight? Trigonometry function Bread spreads Hurled missile or insult Lawyer’s need Destroy totally

Be in debt

Carry on

Nanking nanny “Return of the Jedi” creature

75 Govt. agent

76 ___ Glory, Fourth feature 77 Rotating firework 81 Sword, in Surrey 82 Expert

85 Utah’s Senator Hatch 86 Make a pet of 87 Librarian’s request 88 Wire nails

89 Sulk visibly

90 Cassava, for one 92 Popular potato pancake 93 Lookout

97 Bete ___: bugbear 98 Fireworks

100 “Veep” Barkley

101 Not even twice

102 Broadway’s Peron

103 Tar

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56 57 58 59 60 62 63 67 68 70 71 72 74 104 Nuisance

105 Screen’s Cowardly Lion 106 One of a Disney seven 107 La-la leader

DOWN

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Explosive

Courageous one

Etc. counterpart Fourth of July science Ranked, in a tournament Salome danced for him Part of MIT

Inlet

“___ of the Royal Mounted”

Good, but not good enough

Pile up

Lost in thought Brief letter sign-off “___ Fideles” Fireworks “Winnie ___ Pu” Nurture

Certain male, to a NOW member

Not as it should be Danny and Stubby Blackmore’s Lorna 27 29 30 31 32

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Looped rope 100th part of a zloty Rock: Prefix

Land of the eisteddfod “. . . set ___ upon Cain”: Genesis 4:15 Fireworks

Kate’s TV friend Loamy deposit Urn-shaped Belled the cat Temp. scale Called from the lobby Took an oath

Use the little gray cells Less cluttered Knock for ___: stun Hubbub

Stylish

Believer in a god Lion’s pride

Kind of broom Island welcome Bounce back Neighbor of Gainesville, Fla.

Eared seal Anglo-Irish writer Elizabeth