OBSERVER CROSSWORD

Stuffed up

ACROSS

1 Pop’s John

6 Smush spuds

10 Flood survivor

14 Soda selection

19 An Ex of Donald

20 Got on

21 St. with a panhandle 22 Groundbreaking sitcom 23 Hannibal Smith’s unit 24 Kind of mile: abbr. 25 Carson’s predecessor 26 Prettify 27 Confession of an inept spy?

31 ‘60s psychedelic 32 Mission starter

33 ___ Nostra

34 Market close

35 Can of worms, perhaps 36 Do some tape editing 37 Doo-wop syllable 39 Monkeys’ uncles 43 Confession of a blackjack dealer?

49 Privy to

50 Elvis ___ Presley

51 “___ Tu”: 1974 hit

52 It comes from the heart 53 Gulager, of “The Virginian” 54 Disperse in everwidening circles

56 Tidbit

58 French word for word 59 Bankrolled

61 Places to buy train tkts. 63 It’s ___ big joke! 65 Confession of a nitwit? 73 River of Flanders

74 Part of Mork’s goodbye 75 Kind of card

76 Cleo’s undoing

79 Dick’s and Pat’s daughter 83 Composer Andre Lloyd ___

85 La-la preceder 86 Slalom site

88 Ring, as a bell

89 Go belly up

90 A “Little Woman” 91 Confession of a Mafia boss?

96 “The Morning Watch” author

97 Literary monogram 98 Sellout

99 Sine qua non

100 Singing Starr

102 College bigwig

104 Father and son actors 106 ___ rule

109 Confession of a manicotti

maker?

114 Palm grease

115 Restrain, as one’s breath 116 Mrs. Chaplin

117 Doctor

118 Louisiana marsh 119 Experts 120 Golfer’s stroke 121 Indian language 122 Nosy one 123 Proof word 124 Gin flavoring 125 Blender brand

DOWN

1 Digital dispatches 2 Roof supports 3 Tire topper 4 Norwegian king 5 Sticky I.D.

6 Part of New York City 7 From the top 8 Whoville creator 9 Sharp image receiver: abbr

10 Piece of cake! 11 Green lights 12 Whitish translucent gypsum 13 ___-kiri

14 A dove is its symbol 15 Legendary gilded city 16 Take laborious steps 17 Desertlike 18 Roadside retreat 28 The Magi, e.g.

29 Its cap. is Quito 30 Unresponsive, with to 35 Half an ice cream team 36 Type of hygiene

38 Boo

40 Wave the tresses 41 Prefix with plasm 42 Card game for three 43 Mosaic, e.g.

44 Speak (for)

45 Hit the decks

46 Way to go

47 Sellout sign

48 Become enamored of 49 Mil. weapon

54 Pigged out 55 Venomous viper 57 Take flight to unite 60 Anthem author 62 Taxpayer’s ID 64 Classified material? 66 Chips choice 67 Deemed appropriate 68 First year of the Lord 69 Cube creator 70 Out-and-out 71 Shoppers’ Meccas

72 Uninteresting 76 Gobi’s continent 77 Counterfeit coin 78 Prepare to be shot

80 It’s good for a laugh 81 Seine sight

82 Early debugging phase 84 Stranger in the night? 87 Hide-and-seek in the nursery

90 Sack: sl.

92 Lid problem

93 Northern Japanese

94 Be ahead by a head 95 Southern Africa kingdom 101 Received enthusiastically 103 Cosmetician Lauder 104 Run ___ of

105 Slowly, in scores

106 Operative

107 Sun protection

108 Up

109 Persian Gulf country 110 “___ Silver, away!”

111 CFOs, usually

112 Fussy fellows

113 “Battle Cry” author 114 Air rifle ammo