OBSERVER CROSSWORD Off titles

ACROSS

1 Prime time staple 7 Bridge expert Sharif 11 Former Turkish official 16 Desire passionately 18 Give an A, say 19 Nonclergy groups 21 Debate?

23 Encircling circles 24 ___-Cat

25 All-out attack 26 Emulated Babe

28 Before poetically

29 A day in the life of actress

Campbell?

32 Hill builders

33 Sudden outpouring 35 Underdog’s feat

36 Chops finely

38 He-men: sl.

39 White sale items 42 Dweller in Syria’s capital 44 Present

45 Scot’s topper

46 ___ course for . . . :

captain’s order

47 Large ref. work

48 Copy, briefly

50 “101 Dalmatians”?

55 P.O. service 56 Architectural addition 57 Caspian Sea feeder 59 Clear the board

60 Assist in an assault, e.g. 62 Like the eyes of some 64 Laboring group member 65 Air line to the lungs 68 “Peanuts” expletive 69 “Sock-it-to-me” Judy 70 Rascals

71 Some trains

72 Franklin, to Sara

73 Story of Popeye’s

childhood?

76 “___ Marner”

78 Get a load of

79 Loads

80 Bender

81 Video ___

82 Beat badly

85 Ad campaign 87 Milwaukee brew 88 Adapats again 89 “Touched By an Angel” Della Misleading, and then some

92 Part of CPA

93 Bernstein’s rainy tale? 97 Mom-and-pop school gp. 98 Dry red wine

100 Bird perch

101 Pub pint

104 Einstein and others 106 Evergreen conveyances? 110 Becomes established

anew

111 George W. Bush, for one 112 He did it his way 91 113 Meddler

114 City N of Provo 115 Shutterbug’s glass: pl.

DOWN

1 Carpenters’ tools

2 “Yes ___”: Sammy’s story 3 “Comin’ ___ the Rye” 4 Corp. honcho 5 Compensates for 6 Reason

7 Granada gold

8 Deface

9 Riders, e.g.

10 Lived

11 “___ Piper of Hamelin” 12 From ___ Z

13 Evidence of baffled

scientists?

14 Cheered

15 Judged the value of

17 A South Korean president 18 Tony winner Verdon 19 Like Erie or Huron 20 Exist

22 Kind of trip

27 Singer Cole

29 Big name in consumer

activism

30 Bottom line? 31 Good times

32 South African ruling

party: inits.

33 Brosnan role 34 Unusually hued Egyptian

eggs?

36 Author Joyce ___ 37 “This ___ fine mess. . .” 38 A ___ of evidence 39 March parade honoree,

for short

40 Lug

41 Big sound maker 43 Chinese leader, 1949–76 49 Unseat

51 Prefix for a metallic

element

52 Clubs for Woods? 53 Biblical undercover agent 54 Prufrock creator’s

monogram

55 VCR button

58 Used cars, say

61 Pitched low

63 Go for the gold? 64 Average

65 Dance of Buenos Aires 66 Pass, timewise 67 Desirable thing 69 Provider of provender 70 Study fast

72 New England town

officers

74 Rocky peak

75 Spanish eye

77 Florence’s land 78 Windshield clearers in

winter

79 Dancer’s org.

83 Tiny piece

84 Big name in scales 85 23rd Greek letter

86 Like a lobster

87 Novel opening, perhaps 90 Rolle, of TV, 1964–98 91 Preserved plant or animal 93 Ted of “Blossom” and

“Soap”

94 Limerick land

95 US-Can. canals

96 Small fry

98 Field yield

99 Permit

101 Sterns

102 Doge’s dough

103 Historic times

105 Excessive sentimentality 107 Fir feller

108 Aries

109 Pep rally participant, e.g.