OBSERVER CROSSWORD PUZZLER
ACROSS 1. No longer is 4. Make defective 8. Copy 12. Imperial fighter 15. Paul’s hirsute partner 16. Spoken in Pakistan 17. Puts in order. Again. 19. Kilt wearer 21. Block 22. Hawaiian dish 23. Noah’s disembarkment 25. Ignored by Narcissus 26. Intravenous line 27. Sun in Rome 28. Discouraging words 30. Connections 31. Cap attachment 34. Celebratory poem 36. Mushroom caps 38. Medieval mercenary 41. Picture room 42. “___ the season” 43. Exceedingly 44. Spiral instructions 45. Back talk 47. Grassland 48. What is it good for? Absolutely nothing. 50. Thinking of the island 54. Why is it always out of focus on page one? 56. Solar energy 59. “The Matrix” hero 60. Directions from space 63. Keep it hot, keep it cool 65. Mournful poem 66. ___ Wednesday 67. Holy water storage 68. For bankers, basketball, lawyers and booksellers 69. Boozehound 71. Still the empire of broken dreams 74. Astern 75. Middle Eastern ethnic group member 77. Lives in Salt Lake City 79. High school class, for short 81. Came to a hill of beans 83. Songbird of the heavens 86. Programmer in LISP 87. ___ gin fizz 88. Moray, for example 89. Charlotte-to-Raleigh direction 90. Second letter 91. Cravings 92. Hairdresser expiration. “To curl up and...” DOWN 1. Mud dauber, e.g. 2. Curving trajectory 3. Hold the printer! 4. Informal concert 5. Branch 6. Plato’s realm 7. Saki’s real name 9. Suave and courteous 10. Annoying sauce 11. “C’___ la vie!” 12. Small barrel cheese 13. Even more need to scratch 14. Baltic nation 18. Profitable rock 20. Linen fabric 21. Not NOR 24. Succulents 29. Bridge space and time 31. New newts 32. Expressive melody 33. If a dog salivates, he is forced to ring a bell 35. Drift off 37. Islamic leader 39. Born, in bios 40. Makes boats 41. Info disc 46. Vocalized 49. As in foil, craft, head 51. Bereft of schooling 52. Of quantum, faith, ballet 53. Gobs 55. They are closely joined 57. “That’s the way__ ___, __ ___ I like it.” 58. Remarkables 60. Scurvy grass 61. Globular protein 62. British drink flower 64. Balkan capital 66. Bear witness 70. Beyond the fringe 72. Flip, in a way 73. Bracelet site 76. A smaller copy 78. Toward 80. “Cast Away” setting 82. Canadian power brokers 84. Hither and that 85. Cay