Observer Crossword
UNCLE SAM’S PLACE
ACROSS 1 Uncle Sam’s
southernmost city 5 Circle meas. 9 Deceives 13 Hebrew month 17 Collier’s passage 18 Slalom turns 20 Bounds partner 22 Phone starter 23 Musical symbol 24 Uncle Sam’s
northernmost spot 26 So long, in Soho 27 Medicine measure 29 More confident 30 IOU holder 32 Seeing red? 34 Calcutta outfits 36 Canines 37 Enjoined 40 Gon or gram lead
in 42 Rain: comb. form 45 Murrow’s “You
___ There” 46 Moore co-star Ed
___ 48 Edward ___: aka
Blackbeard 50 Turkish city on
the Seyhan 51 Valley 53 High spirits 55 ___ a wastin’ 57 Additions 58 Phonograph
needles 60 Rampart 62 Secluded spots 64 ___ down:
disappointed 65 Concept 67 Declare 69 Place for a
keepsake 71 Trying test 73 Coty and
Descartes 75 Lost souls 76 Stacks the deck 77 Transmitted 78 Scorch 79 Ike’s wartime
milieu 80 Merry Widow
composer 83 Tuscany city 85 Greek island 89 Get in up to your
knees 91 Saltpeter 93 Night light 94 Ebb and flow 95 Betting choices 97 Part of a posy 99 Rolls ___ 102 Churchillian sign 103 Clinton’s Labor Secretary and family 105 Dubbed 107 ___ Exposure 109 Shredded salads 111 Shift mechanisms 113 Observer 114 Trigger, for one 117 Critical joints 119 Perceived 122 Word of woe 123 Uncle Sam’s
longest river 126 Spiders’ nests 127 Byway 128 Caballero’s
country 129 Trapping device 130 Uncle Sam’s
westernmost town 131 Goals 132 Piscivorous birds 133 Fulda feeder 134 Dotted
DOWN 1 Word with headed
or hearted 2 Concept: comb.
form 3 Gracefully 4 Canadian capital 5 Relies 6 Equal: comb. form 7 Sales term 8 Bills of fare 9 Benny Goodman’s licorice stick 10 “___ the
ramparts...” 11 Drug buster 12 Bon vivant 13 Mental outlook 14 Uncle Sam’s
lowest point 15 One of the saxes 16 Stern 19 Commuter’s aid 21 Win a series 25 Basque beanie 28 Cinema’s
Lollobrigida 31 Designer ___
Renta 33 Management skill 35 Unexciting 37 June honorees 38 Part of QED 39 Take out order? 41 Tippy top 43 Firths and fjords 44 Hops roaster 47 Traffic watchdog 49 Uncle Sam’s
deepest gorge 52 Suppress 54 Cathedral
sections 56 Indolence 59 Pattern of
perfection 61 Aloha State birds 63 Ort 66 Consumed 68 Kidney enzyme 70 Gemologist’s
measure 71 Piano’s group of
eight 72 Uncle Sam’s
smallest state 74 Range rover 79 Pitcher 81 “...___ o’clock
scholar” 82 Put on a new
label 84 High time 86 Levee location 87 Baltic feeder 88 Observed 90 Surrounds 92 Shell-shaped
baking dishes 96 Fraud 98 Slants 100 Bishops staff 101 Major ending 104 Enters the pool 106 Sari or sarong 108 Salon
preparations 110 Marsh bird 112 Parisian divider 114 Ashen 115 Alda or Arkin 116 Glacial ridge 118 Mining nail 120 Wax-coated
cheese 121 Embankment 124 Transgress 125 Before launch or
lunch