OBSERVER CROSSWORD

Also known as

ACROSS

1 Oz of letters 5 Disband, to Brits 10 Crustacean with a carapace

14 Took flight

18 Eskimo craft

19 “Don Giovanni”, for one 20 Million or billion add-on 21 No-cal, e.g.

22 Popular art historian 24 “The Feminine Mystique” author

26 Cherished as sacred

27 May or Ann 29 Expressionless

30 Aries

31 Lobsters’ corals

32 Storage boxes

33 Slippery fish

34 Friendship

36 Quote

37 Evolves, as a story

41 Poets Stephen Vincent and

William Rose

43 Wilde woman

46 Surrealist Max

47 Charges

48 Brouhaha

49 Claire and Balin

50 Sphere of work

51 Algerian port

52 __ an egg: bombs

54 Lip enhancer

55 Twisted hat ornaments 57 Yellow brick road traveler 58 Hoffmann product

60 High school VIPs?

61 Brecht protagonist 64 Peaks: abbr.

67 Wine and cassis aperitifs 68 Possessive pronoun 69 Essential

71 Encore!

74 Unites

75 Youngsters

76 Annapolis inst.

77 Teen hangout, frequently 78 Tom, Dick and Harry, e.g. 80 Pretentiously cultured 81 “American Buffalo” playwright

82 “The Prisoner of Zenda” heroine

86 Initial ventures

87 Firm decision

88 Iota

89 Canadian city on the St.

Lawrence

90 Grand Old Party mem. 91 Envelope abbr.

92 Coin of Colombia

93 “___ was going to St. Ives..” 96 Iffy way to build

100 American author James 101 Ocean views

103 Soprano in 19 Across 105 Two-time Nobelist 107 To you, to Yves 108 Pew, e.g.

109 Developmental stage 110 Repent

111 Stitched

112 Ubiquitous bag 113 Charmed

114 Informal negative

DOWN

1 Bellini heroine

2 Etiquette authority 3 Court promise

4 “Picket Fences” actor Tom 5 Chaplin protrayer 6 Fencing weapons

7 Fix

8 Former CA Fort 9 Michigan lake port 10 Vacations al fresco 11 Ascent

12 Pound sound

13 Large armchairs in France 14 Pesky little thing 15 Covers

16 Airline abbrs. 17 Contradict

18 Web browser

23 Public disturbances 25 Less well 28 Once more

32 Auction offers

33 Means justifiers? 35 Flat-topped formations 36 Normandy city

37 One, to Cicero

38 Zola of “J’accuse” 39 Retired TV host

40 Sp. ladies

41 Cop patrols

42 Misstep

43 Pet restraint

44 “___ knew Susie like. . .” 45 Double curve

47 Feels anxious

51 Scent

52 Place, L.

53 Noun-forming suffix 54 Mirth

56 Diabolical dictator 57 Walked

58 Miss Daisy actress 59 Deputies: abbr.

62 “___ newt, and toe of

frog..”: “Macbeth” 63 Lariat

64 Famous misuser of words 65 Fifth Chief Justice 66 Blind segments 67 Pottery furnaces 70 “Six Degress of Separation” playwright

71 Hi-fi component 72 Hollywood Teri 73 Shepard’s “___ of the Mind”

74 Sagacious

75 Garnish

78 It comes via the tube 79 Inviting initials

80 Bard’s river

81 Casablanca citizen

83 Chick, of jazz

84 Delayed

85 Undertaking

86 “Cabaret” director

89 Old salts

91 Playing marble

92 “___ porridge hot. . .” 94 Paris river 95 Understanding words 96 Harem rooms

97 Birdcall

98 Winter’s blanket 99 Nabokov novel

100 Med. sch. subject

101 Neb. neighbor

102 Biography beginning 104 Classical prefix

106 Gotcha!