OBSERVER CROSSWORD

Fathers of invention

ACROSS

1 One of the Florida beaches 5 Author Ayn

9 Ink mishap

13 First family member et al. 18 Premium

19 Road worker

20 ___ avis

21 Lucy’s landlady 22 Renaissance genius 25 Task

26 Innate quality: var. 27 Billionaire Bill 28 Became frothy 29 Miscellany

30 Not hollow 31 Tropical herb 32 No-no’s 35 Oklahoma natives 36 Least happy

38 Cheers for Carmen 39 Switchboard inventor 42 Noah’s craft

44 Fork features

46 Velvet ending

47 ___ van der Rohe 48 ___-flicker

49 GA newspaper of note: abr.

50 Dynamite man

55 Group of witches 56 Hand-outs

58 Man on the move 59 Flaunt

60 Tiny amount

61 Library stamp

62 Refer or defer add-on 63 Yankee slugger Tim 65 Cowboy, at times 66 Comes before

70 A Yokum

71 He had an elasticity theory 73 Follower: suffix 74 Encyclopedias et al. 75 Caron role

76 Nothing’s alternative 77 Herding need

79 Goof

80 Circular saw creator 85 Negatives

86 Nazareth region

88 Hops heaters

89 African antelopes 91 Predicaments

92 Rock’s often co-star

93 No women allowed 94 Low-down joints? 96 Living in active waters 97 Serving helper

100 Pertaining to apples 101 Spinning jenny inventor 104 Louise or Bryant 105 Concluded

106 Correct

107 Speck of dust 108 Sound navigation 109 Large-mouthed fish 110 ___ facto

111 Hot Lips Houlihan

DOWN

1 Amigo

2 Author James 3 Panthera leo 4 Kipling’s Rikki-Tikki-Tavi 5 Sometimes shortwave 6 Name in cosmetics 7 Beatty or Rorem 8 Cavalryman

9 Like the Beatles 10 Divided

11 Certain whales

12 Mai ___ 13 Minute divisions 14 Colorless gas 15 Wizard of Menlo Park 16 On this spot 17 Belly-bumper 19 Glorify

23 Son of Woody 24 Gentleman’s gentleman 28 Loses color 30 “Goosebumps” author 31 Desert denizen

32 Kind of eclipse

33 Mrs. Kramden

34 Kite flyer of fame 35 They are in the red 36 More cunning 37 Cornered 40 Capable 41 Mediterranean food fish 43 Citizen or Carol 45 Seasoner

48 Part of USAF 51 Gypsy Rose and others 52 Curtain 53 Observer

54 Public

55 Abort 57 Monetary penalties 59 Furtive glance

61 “The Many Loves of ___ Gillis”

63 Unique

64 Aust. composer

65 Rascal

66 Voting places

67 Often a model? 68 Snaked 69 Glacier-facing side 71 Frosts

72 Ceases

75 Strong winds 78 Wordplays

80 Harley accessory 81 Plunderers

82 A Bronx bomber 83 Nigerian author Elizabeth 84 Slow the progress of 87 Humbert’s nymphet 90 Tardy

92 Stadia features 93 Musical sign

94 Latin lesson word 95 Second start? 96 Molten material

97 ___ bien

98 Declare openly 99 Mythical mammal 101 Occupation

102 Unit of elec.

103 Tennis term