OBSERVER CROSSWORD National pastime

ACROSS

1 R&B’s Domino

5 Little Rhody capital

9 Yard sale stipulation 13 Wretched places 18 Female French friend 19 Dutch treat?

20 Actress Thompson 21 English architect Jones 22 Judgment call at home 25 ___ two: 1:50

26 Flavored with hazelnuts 27 Bikini, et al.

28 Trial at 27 Across

29 Pool player’s piece 30 Mixes

31 Auction acknowledgment 32 Catcher’s padding

38 Fan club member 41 Logrolling tournament 42 Angeles article? 43 Mathematician Napier,

a.k.a. ___

45 Worldwide workers: abbr. 46 Novelist Bagnold

47 Battle of Normandy site 49 Bent again

51 Tokyo, once

52 Burglar alarm? 57 Elizabeth II to Edward

VIII

58 Haphazard try

60 Sang like Bing 62 Concerning

63 Mai ___

64 Facial feature, for some 65 Actor/director Howard 67 Heart problem? 70 Pungent pepper 73 Arresting officers, say 77 Sneakers, e.g. 79 “Moonstruck” star at the

plate?

82 Like winter weather 83 Hustler’s hangout 85 Extremists, for short 86 Hulot of film

87 Sort

88 Some unhittable curves? 90 Alley ___

91 Pontiff ‘s formal wear 92 Cuba’s former leader 94 Trampoline tutoring? 99 Illuminated

100 Grades

101 Cologne connector? 102 Caprices

104 Turks and ___ islands 106 Treat with contempt,

slangily

111 Attacked

112 Free pass?

114 January in the Andes 115 Rare bird

116 Abacus operator

117 Switch add-on

118 Batted 119 Legendary Loch 120 Leo’s hello?

121 French land masses

DOWN

1 2 3

He’s half goat Bullets, pellets et al.: sl. Different little house on the prairie? Half-dozen tamales in Havana

5 “Wanted” ___

6 Sort of awakening 7 Lyrical poem

8 Moves out

9 Classify

10 Continues a sea voyage 11 Sosa, to sandlotters 12 Without: Fr.

13 Batter’s tactic?

14 ___ many: overloaded 15 Border patrolings? 16 Certain triptakers

17 Kind of ball

19 Greet the day 23 Right-hand page 24 Resembling: suffix

30 Pub perch

32 Annoying or disgusting one

4 33 Celtic John “___” Havlicek 34 Part of TSE

35 Pain reliever: abbr. 36 Pueblo cookware

37 Tried again for office 38 Oppenheimer’s org. 39 Choose

40 Copland ballet

44 Soccer superstar 47 Buster Keaton’s expression 48 Asian celebration 50 Mirthful

52 ___ Na Na

53 Fragrance

54 Man from Mashhad 55 Bridge consultant Charles 56 Doze off

59 Superman makeup

61 Wet blankets

64 rack action

66 Not closed, to Coleridge 67 Savory cold jelly 68 Mexican-American woman, in slang Pirate’s wet-deck missteps?

71 Capable

72 Elihu and family

73 Boor 69 74 Algerian port native 75 Squeal about

76 Batter’s try

78 Quick coffee break? 80 Old sailor’s drinks 81 Hook or Kidd: abbr. 84 In the past

86 Author Amy

89 Elves, e.g.

90 Poor restaurant rating 91 See 92 Across

93 New Zealand port 95 Speedsters

96 “Blame ___ Rio”: Caine

movie

97 Successful batter 98 Keep ___ to the ground:

listen

102 That’s a relief!

103 Mandlikova of tennis 104 Plant graft: var.

105 Literary Lindbergh 106 Soft drink

107 Ein follower

108 Rank above viscount 109 Juicy, healing plant 110 Ali’s stats

113 Altar answer