OBSERVER CROSSWORD PUZZLER

ACROSS 1. Rein, e.g. 5. Princess headgear, not a crown 10. Meat delicacies, liverwurst for one 15. This bus is no place to be 16. Cat drink 18. Able to take a direct object 20. Speaker, from memory 23. Oh __! 24. This bin is no place to be, either 25. ___ for a limited time 26. To the ___ degree 27. Set phasers to ____! 29. ___ timey times 31. To the same degree 32. Not as tardy as impossible! 34. Most prickly, as in a problem 37. Logical operator 38. Animal group, could be made of glass 40. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary ____ 42. Set up track 43. This drum beat is really catchy 45. Don’t dwell on ____ mistakes 48. Don’t be one! 49. Hide 50. To two 51. Drone, e.g. 52. In name only 53. Cardinal 54. Carpentry tool 55. Began 56. Of the ball! 57. Is this thing __?! 59. Brother bestie 60. Go this way young man! 61. Is that funny peculiar, or funny __-__? 62. “Don’t bet ___!” 63. Good to eat 64. Sometimes, this is more DOWN 1. Second name is better than first name 2. ___ fly 3. Floats like a butterfly, stings like a bee 4. Taps 6. The __ Crowd 7. Branch 8. Viscose fabric 9. Suffix for Latin adjectives 10. Needle cousin 11. Occupy a point in space 12. Baked bean containers 13. First among women 14. Ratty place 17. These cats are happy cats 19. With respect to the distant stars 21. Chancery judge positions 22. Essen basin 28. Harmful 30. Listen with your eyes 31. Above 33. Stop 35. Curdling enzyme 36. Half-alright 39. “___ lost!” 41. Deadly 44. Pimples 46. Befoul 47. Muscle condition 48. Handle clumsily 49. Plead to a lesser charge 51. To draft it is the thing itself 52. This means itself 53. Halftime, myself 58. Writes something in notation 59. Nerd hat 60. A pattern of spirals