Las Vegas Review-Journal (Sunday)
OBSERVER CROSSWORD Let’s play
ACROSS
1 Unfair treatment
8 Less chancy
13 Diagrams
19 Accept
20 Shimmering
22 Decide not to participate 23 Nut cracker
24 Stays still, nautically 25 Stanley Kowalski’s better
half
26 Hindu social system 27 Universite, e.g.
29 Part of Great Brit. 31 Thailand, formerly
32 “. . . wish upon ___” 33 Recluses
35 Mideast resident
38 That ship
39 Football linemen: abbr. 40 Stitches
41 To any known extent 43 Attila’s tag, with “The” 44 Eastern term of respect 46 Tough to eat
48 Brawn
50 City on Puget Sound 53 Sweet sandwich
55 It’s a bowl of cherries, to
some
57 “If ___ a nickel . . .” 58 Like some nerve cells 59 Site of a 1945 conference 61 In ___: quickly
63 “The ___ Love”: golden
oldie
64 Over and done with 66 Reverence 68 Architectural support 71 Make a burro bray? 75 Localities
76 Schnozzola
77 In this spot
78 Lightly brown
79 Like ancient Troy 81 Airline of the past 83 Uncommon
85 Korda of tennis 87 Worms and such 89 Author Morrison
90 Love nests
91 Gourmands
93 “Beyond Peace” author 95 Is so bold as
97 Bat wood
98 Thread partner
100 Irritable
101 Musical notes
104 Drink or bread
105 Thesis start
106 Toy
109 Author Hite
111 Whippersnappers
113 Tesla or Prius
115 Stairway post
116 Sonja on skates 117 Image-related
120 1998 Olympic site 122 24,902-mile imaginary
line
124 Colorless, poisonous gas 125 Japanese tradition 126 Daybreak
127 Ancient celibate 128 Charger
129 Came to terms
DOWN
1 Scoundrel
2 Appalled
3 Takes hold of
4 Kind of wing, or wave 5 Searcher for congers 6 ___ crow; backed down 7 Siren
8 Clip joints?
9 Resourceful
10 Escapee
11 Some MIT grads
12 Be worthy of
13 Literary monogram 14 Poppycock!
15 Blows away, so to speak 16 Customs agents at the
Warsaw Airport? 17 Luau entertainment 18 Having anthers 21 Trapeze feature? 28 Child’s play
30 Term of address, at a pub 34 Compass direction 36 Came across again 37 Actress Joanne 40 Shannon of the Broncos 42 Hooter
44 Lonely jewel?
45 Doc bloc
46 Animator’s frame 47 Thorny political issue? 49 “You’re So Vain”? 50 “Buccaneers” Bay
51 “___ of star-crossed
lovers”
52 Decipher a message in
Morse code? 54 Proportion
56 Vestibule
60 Rhone feeder
62 Prefix with bar
65 Not docked
67 Hawke or Allen
69 Most insignificant 70 Fictional Jane, et al. 72 Victor over T.E.D. 73 Shorten, with “off” 74 “___ Rides Again” 80 “Hedda Gabler”
playwright
82 Deauville denial 84 Historic start? 85 Resembling a Bose or
Bartlett
86 Comedy of ‘40s radio 88 No later than 92 Biochemist’s letters 94 Signed, in a way 96 Immemorial 99 Andonandon... 100 Johnny Depp movie role 101 Soup seed
102 Melodic
103 Hit the roof
107 Ludicrous
108 Al ___: cooking style 109 Sidetrack
110 Ticker
112 Snick’s partner
114 Cheers
118 B&B
119 Cave opening?
121 Skedaddle!
123 N.Y.C. neighbor