OBSERVER CROSSWORD PUZZLER

ACROSS

1. Muscular contraction 5. Drug-yielding shrubs 10. Spherical bacteria 15. Baltic capital 16. Drone pipe 17. Unit measuring loudness 18. Appropriate 20. Draft holder 21. Wherewithal 22. People person 24. Stan who created Spider-Man 25. Bundle 27. Sound asleep? 29. Computer operator 31. “The Catcher in the ___” 32. Boar’s mate 35. Strike down 37. Après-ski drink 39. Support, with “up” 41. Near 42. Birthplace of Solidarity 45. Dump into a Dumpster 46. Queen’s home 48. Spore sacs, in botany 51. “Is that ___?” 52. Hematologist’s study 53. One way to fall 55. End 56. Oceanic backflows 57. Angel’s headwear 59. Benzene derivative, for one 60. Cellist Yo-Yo 61. Dracula, at times 63. Lit 64. Antioxidant berry 65. Comedian and podcaster Maron

DOWN

1. French vineyard 2. Type of CPU (abbr.) 3. Chills and fever 4. Soils 5. Trigonometry abbr. 6. Electric receptacle 7. Algonquian Native 8. “Farewell, mon ami” 9. Ham, to Noah 11. Crude group? 12. Energy point in yoga 13. Brooklyn’s ___ Island 14. Marching together 19. Composes 21. Jacobs and Anthony, e.g. 23. Fiasco 25. Indiana’s state flower 26. Mail org. in The States 28. Yemeni currency units 30. Sacred beetle of ancient Egypt 33. Boat in “Jaws” 34. Sophisticated 36. Auspices: Var. 38. Animal with striped legs 40. Stone Age 43. Notre ___ 44. “God’s Little ___” 47. Congratulations, of a sort 49. Blue 50. The “I” of T.G.I.F. 52. Circumference divided by diameter 53. Word before large 54. Bogus 58. Common coffee variety 62. Seaweed substance 63. ___ and cheese