OBSERVER CROSSWORD Start the revolution

ACROSS

1 Valley of SW CA

5 Noted rapper

9 Become tiresome

13 Tread

17 Stylized computer figure 18 ___ contendere 19 Songbird Adams

20 “The Merry Widow”

composer

21 Famed feat of 4/18/1775 25 Before febrero: Sp. 26 Costa Rica’s Nobelist

president

27 “___ be in England. . .” 28 South African author Alan,

et al.

29 Oater

32 Name of twelve popes 33 Indigo dye

34 City on Lake Huron 35 One’s equal

36 Came to the party 40 Intrinsically

41 Signal light on 4/18/1775 44 Firearms org.

45 “___ Got sixpence . . . “46 Not so risky

48 Utah resort

49 Oak’s anchor 50 Shipbuilding wood 52 Alternate signal on

4/18/1775

56 See 97 Across

57 Trading ship of yore 59 Varnish ingredient 60 Football position

61 ___ it: awaiting

punishment

62 State of NE India

63 Make very thirsty

64 Altar slabs

66 Chicago’s memorable

mayor

67 Summer snoozing spots 70 Avid

71 Hero of 4/18/1775 73 Perlman of “Cheers” 74 Part of DA

75 Abounding

76 Sandwiched sweets 78 Coffeemaker, e.g.

79 OT book

80 Signal site of 4/18/1775 84 French horn

86 In a dismal way

88 Crew equipment: pl. 89 Package

90 Stravinsky ballet

91 Hindu god of fire

92 Of this world

93 Cosmetics’ Rubinstein 95 Subterfuge

96 Traveler Polo

97 The latest thing, with 56

Across

98 Poet who extolled our hero 104 Cape near Dakar, Senegal 105 Landed

106 Go it alone

107 Invisible emanation 108 Bombeck

109 Caustic substances 110 Mimic

111 “Land of Enchantment”:

abbr.

DOWN

1 ___ tight: wait

2 “___ bin ein Berliner”: JFK 3 A Stooge

4 Prison occupants 5 Nehru’s daughter

6 Author Arthur ___ Doyle 7 Yalies

8 Dress or clothe

9 Trouble the mind

10 ___ amigo: farewell

11 Hat, slangily

12 “Light Horse Harry” 13 Dispatched a manuscript 14 Boston landmark

15 Merit

16 Experts, for short 20 Tilted

22 Castle and Papas 23 “I ___ don’t intrude”: Poole 24 Second-story man, for one 28 Capital of 62 Across 29 White-rumped elk 30 Gridiron count

31 Mission of 71 Across 35 Persian sprite

36 Ethan or Woody

37 Brit’s bye-bye

38 Wear away

39 Library device

41 Man-___: battleship

42 Gas light?

43 Arafat

47 Self-winding clock 49 Ongoing bitterness

51 Sex researcher Alfred 53 Ruffled border

54 “. . . to ___ husband’s

judge”: Ibsen

55 Violin virtuoso Eugene 56 Microorganism, e.g.

58 In the distance

60 Star’s minor role 62 Mail-order merchant Eddie 63 Kitchen trimmer

64 “___ My Shadow”: oldie 65 “Peter Pumpkin ___” 66 Silly 67 Roll call response

68 Fruit seed, for example 69 In a sensible way 71 Ill-natured one: sl. 72 Solemn oaths

75 Isabella, for one

77 Like hens’ teeth

80 “Jane Eyre” author 81 Fermented milk foods 82 Aromatic herb

83 Bay window type 85 Bunting served as a

delicacy

87 Slate

89 ___ the course; typical 91 Palmer, “The King” 92 Birdie’s better

93 Possess

94 At any time

96 Alphabet run

98 Holbrook or Linden 99 Bridge expert Culbertson 100 Explorer Johnson

101 “___ and Abner”: old radio

show

102 Miner’s quest

103 Madame Tussaud’s

medium