OBSERVER CROSSWORD PUZZLER
ACROSS
1. Abounding 5. Litmus reddeners 10. Physically weak 16. “___ Brockovich” 17. Andrea Doria’s domain 18. Eventually 19. Provided for the future 21. Healthcare facility 22. Injection of a liquid 23. Little bird 24. A limestone landscape 25. Christian Church, Vatican 29. “-zoic” things 30. Morgue, for one 31. Bummed out 32. “A pox on you!” 35. Dusk, to Donne 36. “___ Gang” 37. Boisterous comedy 39. “Tarzan” extra 40. Bit 41. On the safe side, at sea 42. Attended the British sovereign
47. Brain area 48. Diminutive suffix 49. Cheat, slangily 50. Shut in by heavy snow 53. Ring bearer, maybe 54. “60 Minutes” network 57. Animal house 58. The “A” of ABM 59. “Gimme ___!” (start of an Iowa State cheer) 60. Attempt 61. Delivery, feet first 64. Someone who sews 67. Starchy tuber 68. Vacuum flask that holds liquid air 69. Ancient debarkation point 70. A mineral of the mica group 72. Rock variety 73. “Come in!” 74. Freshman, probably 75. Not alert 76. Bloated 77. European language
DOWN
1. (sports) the chief official 2. Magnetite, e.g. 3. Extinguish fires 4. Injection of a liquid 5. ___ Khan 6. Half man and half horse 7. Produce a literary work 8. “A merry heart ___ good like a medicine”: Proverbs 9. Blue
10. Lodge, with matting or brush 11. Undo the ties of 12. Mixes up 13. Breaks a commandment 14. Give off, as light 15. Jiffs 20. ___ Solo of “Star Wars” 26. Barbaric 27. Of a leaf shape 28. Andean animal 32. Shoot 33. Frosts, as a cake 34. Barely get, with “out” 36. Decide to leave, with “out” 37. Bear 38. Ball field covering 39. Again 40. Nitrogen derived from ammonia 42. Departed 43. Black, in poetry 44. Rinse, as with a solvent 45. Bring up the rear 46. Balloon filler 47. “Acid” 51. Heavy fire of artillery 52. Ballroom dance 53. Kind of list 54. Requiring much chewing 55. Salt or ester of boric acid 56. Colourless oily liquid 59. Changed suit new purpose 60. Slender 61. European capital 62. Howler 63. Altar avowal 64. “Roots,” e.g. 65. Blows it 66. High-pitched, whiney noises 70. Chair part 71. Arid