OBSERVER CROSSWORD PUZZLER

ACROSS 1. Impede, with “down” 4. Bath exit assistance 11. Brazilian dance 16. Propel, in a way 17. Volatile amine, precursor 18. Intro 19. Referring to forgotten things 21. Chart anew 22. Bantu ethnic group from African Great Lakes region 23. Animal house 24. Lid or lip application 25. Refuse to approve 31. Stormy weather power saviours 34. Publicity, slangily 35. ___ sands 36. Irish paramilitary group 37. Big galoot 38. Move back and forth 41. Ability to succeed at something 44. “The Matrix” hero 45. “Trick” joint 46. “The Beast of ___ Flats” (1961 sci-fi bomb) 48. Sail the ocean, sail the stars 52. Old world economic order 55. Child sharer of secrets 58. Government abolitionism 62. Bit 63. Calculate with SOH 64. Former French coin 65. Pillbox, e.g. 66. One wingtip to another 68. Paralyzed with shock 72. Gave out 73. Turkish “NO!” 74. Sunburn remedy 78. Carry away, in a way 79. Train vendor 83. Allots, with “out” 84. Odin, Cyclops, Pirate 85. “Yadda, yadda, yadda” 86. ___ manual 87. ____ ____ Girls (80’s synthpop) 88. Formula for sin DOWN 1. Not just one 2. Pacific “Gathering Place” 3. Pluck 4. ___ order stops the presses! 5. Genetic messenger molecule 6. Order between “ready” and “fire” 7. Display vividly 8. Small and elegant, for a business 9. Electrolysis particle 10. What it normally costs when on sale 11. Fling about small drops 12. “Gladiator” setting 13. Plural momentum 14. Binturong, colloquially speaking 15. Increase, with “up” 20. Art subject 24. Red Square figure 26. A small place to get away from it all 27. Corny fungus 28. “We move like _____ tigers” (80’s Love Cats lyric) 29. ___-tac-toe 30. “... ___ he drove out of sight” 31. Beat like ice cream 32. Element at Earth’s core 33. What’s in a ____? 38. Razor-wielding philosopher 39. Heretical sub-group 40. ____ at sea 42. Equal 43. “Darn it!” 47. Heirloom location 49. Door fastener 50. Hip bones 51. Teller’s loquacious partner 53. As a non-repeating sound 54. Mariner’s aid 56. Limp and straight 57. U2’s guitarist 58. ___ Wednesday 59. Farfalle, Rotini, Ramen 60. Golden 61. “___ alive!” 66. Cricket stumps 67. Catch 69. Critic, at times 70. Biblical possessive 71. Reduces to bits 75. Bottom of the barrel 76. “I’m ___ you!” 77. Carve in stone, burn into the mind 78. Big bird 79. Haul 80. Visual organ 81. Common base number 82. Annex