OBSERVER CROSSWORD PUZZLER

ACROSS

1. Skewered entrée 5. String bean’s opposite 10. Cuban dance 15. Exists 16. Big jerk 18. Indian bread 19. In pieces 20. Degree in math? 22. Its symbol is an omega 24. Letter in Greek alphabet 25. Belonging to 26. Thanksgiving serving 27. “Get it?” 28. “Uh-huh” 30. Head, for short 32. ‘86 Peter Gabriel album 33. Children’s ___ 35. High school math 37. Blue hue 39. Fashionable 40. Early hrs. 41. Bring in 43. “When pigs fly!” 44. Harmony 46. Christiania, now 47. ‘Monopoly’ square 48. Bell or Barker 49. Blowgun ammo 52. Deck material 53. Jewel “You Were Meant for __” 54. Cutlet? 55. “I do,” for one 56. Delicate 57. Conversation starter 58. Strong fiber 59. Certain tape 60. Easily tamed bird 61. Do away with 62. Business name abbr. 63. __ Michelle (1987 GN’R tune) 65. ___ canto 66. Fraction of a newton 67. Regularly used contraction 68. Resinous deposit 70. Blemish 72. Mosaic piece

DOWN

1. Relative 2. Put on a pedestal 3. ___ bat; ready to swing 4. Channel marker 6. Indefinite article 7. Listening device 8. Flying jib, e.g. 9. Allowing connection 10. Churchill’s “so few”: Abbr. 11. 2009 Pixar movie 12. ___ Clinic 13. Victoria’s Secret purchase 14. Hindu principle of life 17. Presley’s “In the _______” 21. Egg maker 23. Calendar abbr. 25. Ham it up 29. Door part 31. Democritus, for one 32. Go downhill 34. Take back, in a way

36. Baby’s first word, maybe 38. Zoologist Fossey 42. Canada’s ___ Island National Park 45. One with a glow stick, perhaps 46. Promoting unity among churches 50. Cakewalk 51. Double standard? 52. Flat hat 53. Blend 54. Break 56. Journey part 57. That man 58. “__ Kind Rewind”; 2008 Jack Black film 59. Coif 64. Protomatter of the universe 65. The x in “2x4” 66. Dutch pottery city 69. “When We Were Kings” subject 71. You and I