OBSERVER CROSSWORD PUZZLER

ACROSS

1. Doctor’s order 5. Unhealthy vapors 10. Ice cubes, slangily 15. Used before a vowel 16. King in a Steve Martin song 18. Normandy invasion time 19. Like some symmetry 20. Movie’s special effects, commonly 22. Word after carrot or muffin 24. __ Computer, 1997 Radiohead album 25. Regularly used contraction 26. Affirmative vote 27. Blackguard 28. Bit of kindling 30. Setting for TV’s “Newhart” 32. ‘Monopoly’ square 33. Blue Bonnet, e.g. 35. “Planet of the ___” 37. Frigg’s husband 39. Celeb-oriented magazine 40. “__ Thee I Sing” 41. “Dear” one 43. 007’s doctor foe 44. Bits 46. Uncontrolled 47. Linear unit 48. ‘86 Peter Gabriel album 49. Buffoon, to a Brit 52. Experience 53. The royal I 54. Bloody 55. Altar vow 56. Crowd noise 57. Completes ‘either’ 58. Spiral-cut entrees 59. Bermuda, e.g. 60. 30-day mo. 61. At all, old-style 62. White as a ghost 63. Wilco’s 1995 debut 65. ___ lab 66. Miniature sci-fi vehicles 67. Toronto, for short 68. Gulf of ___, off the coast of Yemen 70. Pinocchio, at times 71. Active

DOWN

1. Beatles “Rocky ___” 2. Deluge 3. Word before large 4. Smoker’s discard 6. __ Software, makers of Quake 7. “Much ___ About Nothing” 8. “The Open Window” writer 9. __ Michelle (1987 GN’R tune) 10. Battering device 11. Beast of burden 12. “Bye now” 13. Mary ___ cosmetics 14. A lot 17. Facing 21. Anger 23. “Great Expectations” boy 25. Like games in the dome 29. Magical wish granter 31. Harmful 32. Buzzing pest 34. Basket material 36. George W., to George 38. Tagged player 42. “___ say!” 45. Nothing-but-net sound 46. Ordinary damage 50. One way to stand by 51. “For shame!” 52. Coxcomb 53. Crooked 54. Neon, e.g. 56. Cold and wet 57. Connected 58. Conversation starter 59. “The coast __ clear” 64. Bricklayer’s craft 65. “__ as I say ...” 66. Churchbell sounds 69. Quick swim