Observer Crossword
RUMINATIONS AND QUOTES
ACROSS
1 English author Ambler 5 Afternoon social event 8 Boast 12 Criticism 16 Youthful passion 17 Radio panel 18 Caesar’s capital 19 Incline 20 Charles Schulz quote 24 Willow 25 Med school subj. 26 Speak authoritatively 27 Russian cooperatives 28 Strong-arm tactics 30 Extended family 31 Decorative border 32 Ralph Waldo Emerson quote 35 Infamous marquis 37 Samovars 38 Narrow opening 39 Garment edge 42 Hebrew spiritual leaders 43 Nourished 44 Oven 45 Stipend 46 Love affair 47 Shakespeare: Henry V quote 50 Gods of Norse mythology 51 Equal 52 Club preceder 53 Existed 54 Pass 55 Female relative 57 Backtalk 58 Roger Bannister, e.g. 60 Survival species 63 Bog 64 Exploit 65 Princely Italian family 69 Jonathan Swift’s forte 70 Katherine Mansfield quote 73 Slowpoke 74 Bob’s “Road” companion 75 Stratagem 76 Owned 77 A Barrymore 78 Slump 79 Six, in Seville 80 Word of agreement 82 Small freshwater fish 83 Emily Dickinson quote 86 Avoid 88 Medical suffix 89 Coordinated outfit 93 Globe 94 Bank transaction 95 Year in Pius I’s papacy 96 1934 Nobel chemist 97 Marshall McLuhan quote 101 Auricular parts 102 City on the Oka 103 Electrical molecules 104 Descartes and others 105 Algerian Gulf 106 1981 film 107 Government agcy. 108 Statistical probabilities
DOWN
1 Muse of poetry 2 Bombay currency 3 Classic WWII book and film 4 Greek letter 5 Medicinal drink 6 ___ of Eden 7 American prizefighter 8 Neckwear 9 Ivanhoe character 10 Gen. Bradley, for one 11 Sherman’s synonym for hell 12 Woodwinds 13 Pop singer Trini 14 McIntosh or Delicious 15 Offshore islands 16 Stylish 17 Signify 19 Run at top speed 21 Water nymphs 22 Gallery 23 Dark purple 29 Committee head 30 Part of Miss Muffet’s diet 31 Mademoiselle 33 Line 34 Chinese dynasty 35 Honorary British title 36 Tropical tree 39 Fastening 40 Sponsorship 41 Small pond 42 Prison sentence 43 Emancipated 44 Boxing decisions 45 Queen Victoria quote 47 RN’s duty 48 Gemini 49 Pile 50 Maugham’s “Cakes and ___” 52 Acquire 54 Member of a fraternal order 56 Gelid 57 Garland 58 Temperate 59 Under the weather 60 Barbecue food 61 Silkworm 62 Louisiana political family 63 Take wing 64 Intended 66 Reasonable 67 Row 68 Building extension 70 Animate 71 Misplace 72 Relieved exclamations 73 Yes or no reinforcement 75 Glanced furtively 77 Hollywood canine star 79 Traps 80 Attacks 81 Conduits 82 Jeans 83 Hockey players 84 Lodged 85 A Rubinstein 86 Magistrate in ancient Sparta 87 Biblical kingdom 90 Trademark 91 Laws: L. 92 Scans 93 Town in northern France 94 Entice 95 Dice 98 Comparative ending 99 Stand-off 100 Playwright’s dream sign