Las Vegas Review-Journal (Sunday)
OBSERVER CROSSWORD Chess player
ACROSS
1 Moors
7 Apollo’s birthplace 12 Ready for display 20 Exonerate
21 Relished
22 The future
23 Waiting room
24 QUEEN
26 Turn signal
28 Ruckus
29 Text guides
30 Lodge letters
32 CPA’s part: abbr.
34 Short period, for short 35 KING
42 Grating sounds
46 Apt
47 Joe- ___weed
48 DEA operative: sl. 50 Treat for Tweety
51 On a line of symmetry 52 Programmer’s task 55 Sway or stagger
57 Mil. rank
58 Leo’s lament, maybe 59 Type of clover 61 Franklin’s wife
63 It may be split
64 The brainy bunch 65 Flock formations 67 Establish communication 68 KNIGHT
71 Short, fast run
74 Estate paper 75 Crowning touch?
76 Like, totally ___!
79 More intoxicating 81 Lucas classic
83 Large shark
84 Former fort of CA 85 District
87 Olfactory organs,
informally
88 Spanish port
89 Body politique: Fr.
91 Lip
93 Cycle lead-in
94 Muslim sect member 95 Indifferent gesture 97 BISHOP
101 Bad start?
103 Bucket
104 Arab garments
105 Undoubted
109 Homer’s epic effort 112 Irving’s Crane
117 CASTLE
120 Shogun costume
121 Like the moon
122 Free of superfluity 123 Classroom accessory 124 Planets visible at dawn 125 Composer Satie and
others 126 Discover
DOWN
1 Word with wit or way 2 Environmental sci. 3 ___-Lung
4 Vintners’ vessels, e.g. 5 Brandy with water, say 6 Belfry site
7 Beaver’s work
8 History of a wd.
9 ___ majesté 10 Desperado
11 State of the Union is one 12 Porky’s pad
13 Arizona native 14 Auguries
15 Really something 16 Yellow-flowered herbs 17 Bric-a-___
18 Togo capital
19 Dolly and her clones 25 Type of mil. mission 27 Seoul soldier 31 Advocated
33 Winter Palace resident 35 County along River
Shannon 36 Checkers expert? 37 Water nymph
38 Ski lift type
39 Chemical compounds with
water
40 Trompe l’___ 41 Genealogical chart 43 Islam sect
44 Mythical cowboy Bill 45 Mall division
49 Wine stock locations 52 Bean
53 Reno resident, for one 54 Highlander
56 Nikon rival
59 Rankles
60 Closely interwoven fibers 62 Satisfied sound 64 Overzealousness 66 Chronic hip or thigh pain 68 Offer an amount
69 Takes a chance
70 Rowing tools
71 Feet protectors
72 Down Under city 73 Speeder’s nemesis 76 Certain arm bones 77 Japanese working dog 78 Egg count
80 Aft area
82 Campus mil. org. 83 Domestic
86 On the dbl.
88 Carroll’s ___ cat
90 Noisy commotions 92 Reserved
94 Slapped loudly
96 “La Boheme” setting 98 Pontius ___
99 One who straightens: var. 100 Accessory for 120 Across 102 Mrs. Arrowsmith
105 Initial sequence
106 Ms. Gilbert, of “Roseanne” 107 Overwhelm with humor:
sl.
108 Eager beaver
110 Bitter start?
111 Study feature
113 You love: L.
114 Bartlett’s relative
115 Piece of work
116 Fisherman’s craft
118 Hosp. personnel
119 Legally, it’s the thing