OBSERVER CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

1 Portico 5 Nautical direction 10 Flower essence 15 Bloke

19 Coal carriers

20 Key ___ 21 Authenticate 22 Diva’s forte 23 Spring bloom 24 Supreme being, to the Sioux

26 Cotton’s castoff 27 Paving material 29 Book holder

30 Mars

32 Rupert in “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” 34 Homes for porkers 36 Witty remark: Fr. 37 Nonbeliever

40 Pick on

42 Religious groups 44 Sire

48 In the wrong

50 Large container 52 Scam

54 Afternoon, in Australia 55 Part of EAP 56 Wardrobe

59 Maples

61 Long period of time 62 Poet Khayyam

64 On the payroll 66 Memento

68 Soaks

70 Society bud

72 Stroll

73 MD’s “immediately!” 74 Beaver project 76 Poet’s even

78 Walked upon 79 Tangible

82 Canine comment 84 Landing fields

88 Ethyl alcohol derivative 90 Bristly appendages 92 Corrupt

93 Biblical lion

94 Oslo toast

96 Plead

98 Noun suffix

99 Fog

101 Go inside

103 Nero’s 102

104 Filled with cargo 106 Greek island

108 Cut

110 Shade tree

112 Iron

113 Cravat

115 Happen again

117 Roof adjuncts

119 Reference book 123 Covered with frost 125 Sea nymphs

129 Knight’s wear

130 Buffalo roaming ground 133 Mrs. Nick Charles 134 The price to play 135 Thrust

136 Cove

137 Print style: Abbr.

138 Pay attention to 139 Chariot in ancient Britain 140 Signs of sorrow 141 Arrived

DOWN

1 Thin wedge 2 African antelope 3 Of a type of poem 4 African spear 5 Adjective for marine plants 6 Cocktail shakers? 7 Before, to a bard 8 Ottoman military commanders 9 Butterflies’ brothers 10 Puts to use 11 Racetrack parlay 12 Craggy hill 13 Enthusiastic 14 North African shrub 15 One of 125 Across 16 ___ the Red

17 Baseball number 18 Makes lace

25 Court units 28 Scottish negative 31 Pocket watch accessory 33 Enjoyed the taste 35 Adhere

37 Melons or gourds 38 Kitchen emanation 39 Period of church division 41 Speak against 43 Daggers

45 Rocky Mountains

46 Call forth

47 Copier solution

49 Erie or Huron 51 Before angle or corn 53 Monarch’s personal stamp 57 Wrestling surface 58 Finish

60 Gush

63 Full of wheel tracks 65 Command to Dobbin 67 Night sound

69 Train tracks

71 Small animal, to Burns 75 A Farrow

77 Organic compound 79 Gridiron groups 80 Courtyards 81 Short jackets 83 Before game or race 85 Actress Charlotte 86 Yearns

87 Lumber carriers 89 Gourmand 91 Business abbr. 95 Influence

97 Barfly

100 Did sums

102 Spoken from memory 105 “___ and Old Lace” 107 Transgression 109 Cut of meat

111 Mode

114 American symbol 116 Kindled again

118 Suit parts

119 Nanking nurse 120 Rural byway

121 Small amount

122 French vineyards 124 Copenhagen citizen 126 Tiny bit

127 Druggist’s measure 128 Transaction

131 USNA grad.

132 Dockside org.