OBSERVER CROSSWORD PUZZLER
ACROSS 1. Single-celled throng 7. Put together 13. Balaam’s mount 16. Washed-out 17. Name before marriage 18. Shorten, in a way 19. Kid 21. Victorian, for one 22. Soapberry fruit 23. Board member, for short 24. Fire remnant 26. “Dig in!” 27. “The Matrix” hero 29. “___ Baby Baby” (Linda Ronstadt hit) 31. Camelot, to Arthur 32. Royal ruler 35. Arctic dwellers 37. Baking sheet 39. Thin, high clouds 44. Star Wars George 46. Batman and Robin, e.g. 47. Clavell’s “___-Pan” 48. Increase, with “up” 49. About 50. In-flight info, for short 52. Shallon to the Brits 54. “Rocks” 55. Japanese air fleet 58. Majestic, Irish, extinct 60. Tomato blight 61. Einstein’s effects 65. Final notice 66. I’m not a crook! 67. Good-for-nothing 69. Athletic events 72. All ___ 74. Cooking meas. 75. Infomercials, e.g. 78. Circle 79. Actor’s lot 81. Divination deck 83. Blah-blah-blah 84. Without focus 88. “What’s the ___?” 89. Centres 90. Punish with an arbitrary penalty 91. Certain digital watch face, for short 92. Clippers 93. Analyzes linguistically DOWN 1. Beatles’ label 2. Ave _____ 3. Shocking fish 4. Boring 5. Backing 6. Tokyo, formerly 7. Financial page heading 8. Leisurely walk 9. Tiny flute 10. “___ to Billie Joe” 11. Short senator 12. It’s five year mission to seek out new life and new civilizations 13. Single-cell loner 14. Kaufman boots 15. Bunch 20. This meteor is King of the Jungle 25. Flat-top mountains 28. Common Market inits. 30. “And ___ thou slain the Jabberwock?” 33. Brio 34. “How ___!” 36. Guardians and educators club, by another name 37. Pizazz 38. Postal scale unit 40. Repetitive learnings 41. Storied carriers 42. The fifth flavour. 43. Impact sound 45. There are lies, damned lies, and these 51. A chorus line 53. Bothers 56. Eighty-six 57. Acknowledge 59. Wittle puddy cat 62. I’m against everything 63. Inactivity 64. Identifying with gender at birth 68. Ideals 69. Big shot movie maker 70. Clear, as a disk 71. Fell off 73. Schlepper 76. Sweet life 77. Eye sores 80. Amount to make do with 82. Affirm 85. US medical establishment 86. Absorbed, as a cost 87. Bug