Observer Crossword

CULINARY PUNS

ACROSS 1 Rounded map 6 Cavort 10 Beach toy 14 Backcomb 19 Consumer advocate Ralph ___ 20 Andy Taylor’s son 21 Druid letter 22 Knight’s

protection 23 Squirrel’s find 24 Chutzpah 25 Matures 26 Danish coin 27 Region: abbr. 28 Harvesting meat? 31 WWI battlefield 33 Woo 34 Director Howard 35 Barry or Andy

Gibb 38 War god 39 Highest decibel

count 43 Permit 44 “___ it romantic?” 46 Scowl 47 Contend 48 Liberty or dinner 49 Onion family

movie critic? 53 Finch or petrel 54 Biting 55 Shade trees 56 Churl 57 Gave a party for 58 “It’s a Wonderful

Life” star 60 Lunge 63 ___ spoon 64 Clerical vestments 65 “___ Lucy” 66 Count calories 67 “Our Love Is

Here ___” 70 Ways to go 71 Pizza sauce

ingredient 75 Pains’

complement 76 Bloke 77 Touch of color 79 Yikes! 80 Endure 81 Unpicked

legumes? 84 Alaskan town 85 Drink like a cat 86 Determination 87 Monster 88 Left Bank cap 89 “___: A Love

Story” 91 L.A. weather

problem 93 Annoy 94 Many yrs. old 95 Handshake 96 Shearer, of ballet

fame 98 Big-mouthed

vegetables? 102 Scarlett’s home 106 Berate mildly 107 Composer Satie 108 Jai ___ 109 Garfunkel’s

partner 110 Casino game 111 Jousting weapon 112 “... in the pot, ___

days old” 113 Antony’s

countryman 114 Auguries 115 Luge 116 Mrs. Dick Tracy 117 Sleep audibly

DOWN 1 Small insect 2 Lingerie trim 3 Aroma 4 Sweet pol from

Arizona? 5 Avian shore

denizen 6 Scoundrel 7 Moonstones 8 Corn or pepper

grinder 9 Deep-billed shore

birds 10 Czech capital 11 Foretells 12 Bumbling 13 Minus 14 Remove 15 Mission 16 Wild 17 Progeny 18 Prior, poetically 28 ___ nups 29 Bridge position 30 Fresh water game

fish 32 Church seat 35 Rum cakes 36 Choose 37 Actress Burstyn,

to friends 39 Booty 40 Webber heroine 41 Fathers 42 Lingerie item 44 Signature medium 45 Regular meetings 46 Stopper 49 Yeltsin’s predecessor, for short 50 Edibles 51 ___ and well 52 “___ State”: Texas 53 1950’s

vegetarians? 57 Gratis 59 Oh dear! 61 Outermost planet 62 Hogwash! 63 Circumference 66 ___ tread on me! 67 Defer, for now 68 Indian, for one 69 Figure 70 Get ___! 72 Greek

marketplace, of old 73 Appellations 74 “Golden Boy”

playwright 76 Solidifies 78 Fury 81 Fraction 82 Lariat 83 Moussaka

ingredient 86 Shelley or

Jonathan 88 ___ none 90 ___ voyage 91 Flume 92 Like the Lone

Ranger 93 ___ honor 95 Reef component 96 Wherewithal 97 Sooners 98 “For ___ the Bell

Tolls” 99 Trudge 100 ___ and haws 101 Nobelist Wiesel 103 Bullets 104 Surf’s sound 105 Last Stuart queen 106 Noncom 109 Soc. Sec.

beneficiaries