OBSERVER CROSSWORD

Vocation

ACROSS

1 Paint poorly 5 Gathering of bees 10 Mitchell mansion owner

15 ER order

19 First brother? 20 Chocolate bean 21 Picture puzzle 22 Impish one 23 Renowned American composer/songwriter 25 Horror tale author 27 Unsavory sights 28 Gives off 30 Martial art of Japan 31 Pastry purchase 32 Butterfingers 33 Imitate 34 Monastery superior 37 “The Most Happy ___”: Loesser

38 Sweet, juicy orange 42 Songbird 43 “Harlow” star

46 Plus

47 Vote count

48 Bank holding 49 Secondhand 50 Lhasa ___ 51 French word? 52 CORE cofounder 56 ___ ego

57 Lasted longer

59 Axel and Lutz 60 Proclaim

61 ___ up: crammed for an exam

62 Like an old joke 63 Kenyan tribe 65 Soprano Alma 67 Plover

68 Italy, poetically 71 Small amounts 72 Noted anchor 74 Dernier ___: latest fashion

75 Bagel or bialy 76 Santa Fe’s arty neighbor

77 Raisin cake

78 Very young horse 79 Poet’s monogram 80 Pulitizer composer for “Vanessa”

84 A way to learn

85 Man of great strength 87 Plains tribe 88 Wisecracked

89 Luau wear

90 Beat it!

91 ___ and polish

93 Cools one’s heels 96 Vertical on a mountain 97 TV, sl.

101 “Lolita” star

103 Former manager in

Baltimore 105 Yemen port

106 Farewell, to Fidel 107 Wide-eyed

108 Apparatus

109 Lease

110 Great Dame

111 Blacksmith, at times 112 Spread

DOWN

1 Minnow 2 “Cash’s “___ Named Sue”

3 Ubangi tributary 4 S. African antelopes 5 Look down on 6 Stock

7 Senate output 8 Actress Charlotte 9 Sour cherry

10 Like Sputnik’s path 11 Mega follower 12 Arab garments 13 Sugar cane-based concoction

14 Lit into 15 Uttered 16 Polynesian image 17 Cut spending 18 Amateur

24 Be sullen

26 Track official 29 Ponder 32 Composer Jerome, et al.

33 Craftsman 34 Where Crockett last stood

35 Marshy place 36 “Grace Under Fire” star 37 Let go

38 Bud holders 39 English explorer 40 Map within a map 41 Idolize 43 Percussionist’s stick 44 Drew a bead on

45 Far from smooth 50 Rite site

52 High ___: prankishness 53 Escaped

54 Eagle nest 55 Asserts wildly 56 Ancient war god 58 Nearby 62 Discontinue 63 Possibly

64 Go on ___: rampage 65 Waistline

66 Immoral

67 Reverent

68 Mops decks 69 Steaming

70 Felt poorly

72 Lords’ ladies 73 Genesis name

76 Good luck charm 78 Artistic rubbing 80 Birds’ feed

81 Freedom

82 Adriatic wind 83 Comes to

86 Patron

88 Agree

90 Wildlife trail 91 Decipher

92 Greatness

93 Unshut

94 Baseball’s Boggs 95 Sunday sign-off? 96 ___ were: supposedly 97 Vivacity

98 Peeper part 99 Tuckered out

100 Slips up

102 Foofaraw

104 Exclamation of delight