OBSERVER CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Bribe

4 ___ a beet

9 Post of control 13 Continue

17 Vagrant

18 A daughter of Themis 19 Spread 20 Miscellaneous items 21 Topnotchers

22 Actor David

23 Drawn

24 Show happiness 25 Kites?

28 Musical interval 30 Extinct bird

31 Seed coat 32 Cylindrically tapered 34 ___ Classical Library 36 Concrete leveler 39 Word play humor 40 Odd

44 Quant.

47 Finnish canto 48 Bequeathed

49 Stoker’s count 50 Indian Zoroastrians 52 Filch

54 Linen tapes

55 Sir Guinness

56 Part of a calyx 58 Solemn act

60 Defeat

61 Clergyman

63 Dressler and Osmond 66 Hidden in Lyon 68 Clothe

69 Short lawsuit? 71 Annoyed

75 Sheer fabric

77 Make a ___: try

78 ___ drum

79 Military training gp. 82 ___ a hand

84 Handled clumsily 86 Satan’s work 87 Unprincipled 89 Snickers: Var. 92 Rodent relay?

94 Deli buys

96 cotton machines 97 Graceful sprite

98 Blue

99 Chief of the Paris police 100 Mellow

101 Birch family tree 103 Singing group

104 Reliquary

106 Fencing accessory 110 Romaine

113 Tell it like ___

115 Kelly forte

118 Surrounded by

120 Muslim judge

122 Minor prophet 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131

“___ in the saddle” Leisurely stroll in Rome Excited Mountain nymph And others Uppity one Poetical bereft Nucleus

Ready to go

DOWN

Two-timers

1 Plinth

2 Accepts orders 3 Postulates

4 Phone

5 Guitarist Clapton 6 Aficionado 7 Anointed, old style 8 Man from Malaga 9 Stolen goods? 10 Samuel’s mentor 11 Smirk

12 Posed

13 Flaccid 14 Jack-in-the-pulpit 15 Farm structure 16 Wodehouse farewell 17 Knife handle