1 5 10 13 17 19 20 21 22 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 32 33 34 38 44 45 47 48 49 52 53 54 55 59 61 62 63 65 66 67 69 71 74 75 77 80 84 87 88 90 91 92 93 94 96 97 105 106 107 110 111 1 2 3 Edited by Linda and Charles Preston 4 17 5 18 22 9 10 27 35 36 49 38 50 51 55 52 53 67 73 87 88 92 93 97 98 82 83 59 43 77 78 79 115 116 117 65 75 70 76 85 86 90 91 95 100 101 105 109 42 60 64 94 99 41 54 69 84 16 48 68 89 104 108 58 74 81 15 29 40 57 14 33 63 80 25 47 66 72 24 46 62 13 21 39 56 61 12 20 32 37 45 11 28 31 44 107 8 23 30 71 7 19 26 34 6 96 102 103 106 110 111 118 119 120 122 123 124 126 127 128 112 113 114 121 125 129 ©2006 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved 113 118 119 120 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 Meeting of spirits? Snub In addition Disco entertainers Sir Henry ___ a.k.a. Hotspur Annex Margaret Houlihan, for one Songs from Carreras Crafts complement “___ Wonder”: Robin Smooth ruffled feathers Ticklish toy for tots DOWN 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Head over heels Solemn vows Newton’s fruit? Ripped Butter unit Seeing red Check end Author Morrison USNA grad. Purple birthstone In ___ of Pen’s partner 2/26/2006 13 Place of worship 14 Follow the hounds 15 Non-cholesterol spread 16 Caution 18 Smarts 21 Turn on the ignition 23 An Aleutian island 28 Showy wrap 29 Verbal give and take 31 ___ me no questions 32 Hold the deed on 33 Van Dyke’s TV wife 34 No news is good news, for one 35 Relatively unimportant 36 To have, in Le Havre 37 “___ the torpedoes...”: Farragut 38 Green fruit 39 Daiquiri garnish 40 Barbecue feature 41 Pass a law 42 Pyle played by Nabors 43 Way overweight 46 Coastal sea eagles 50 Icehouses 51 Parrot 54 Filly feature 56 Barrel wood 57 Ubangi or Uele 58 Bismarck to Grand Forks dir. 60 Go back on one’s word 64 War of 1853 66 Has- ___: old-fashioned 68 Foot soldiers: abbr. 69 Blonde shade 70 Prompted 71 “The Bell Jar” author 72 Evangelist McPherson 73 Contemptuous countenance 76 Galaxy component 77 Hog’s havens 78 Slack-jawed 79 Loses feathers 81 Landscaper’s machines 82 Pablo’s pal G A G A I D O S F I G S A D A G E M I N O R A V O I R P L A T H A I M E E S N E E R P A P A A V E R T O R T T O S R E A E N T S T D E U A M I E N G C L H B O O E O E S M N O W E W E T O R H O S I D C Y S P A S T A N T O T G U N R B I A Y S A L K E V I R O M O N C E A S A K D I O N A N F M A R I T H G O A G O P A T S P T O O A D D B O Y E N S 83 Regional def. alliance 85 Potent beginning 86 Pigskin receivers 89 Gershwin’s was Blue 94 Went out with 95 Self-image 98 Sense of right and wrong 99 Harrelson, of “Cheers” 100 Cumberland, for one 102 Sub ___: secretive 103 Combat zone 106 The written word 107 Haydn’s handle 108 Allege 109 Civil wrong 110 Well- ___: affluent 111 Number for golf 112 Mythical monster 114 Small spread 115 Diamond or Simon 116 Stuff 117 Gas sign of old 119 Bar bill 120 Econ. indicator 121 Broncos’ home: abbr. A M E B T O O H W A Y N S T R N I N C V E R E I R O M M E S N A A I N W F O G O G N U R P R E L I I N E K U B M A S O N P O T I R E T E R A C S S U T H E A D R E G R P O O R S O D A S E E N H U N T O L E O W A R N E N M A R A C E N T N E E S G E T E N I D E A S S R E A N N C E A R I E L G O M E R O B E S E A G A P E M O L T S C R A M E S S O S T A R T C H U R C H 2/26/2006 Release Date — Sunday, February 26, 2006 101 104 Present Stick together Foreman foe Eats See ya, Jose! Author Chekhov Time abbreviation Former Dolphins’ coach Don Work at optimum Mouse-sighting cry Piano worker Acquiesce Sosa stat. Air conditioning meas. American Red Cross founder Stick around Sound of amazement Cleo’s amour Best picture, of 1984 Nonstop Opera principal Costner or Kline TV advertisement San Francisco Hill Lack of purpose CD ___ Grow weary Role for Roz Successful business Lanais, in New York Misjudge ___ Apso Business abbreviation ___ nous: secretly Put under arrest Frogman, e.g. Skin problem Promenade, in Pamplona Sum of all parts Progeny Writer Shepard Tennis official Square One on Yes to that Ike’s contemporary ___ culpa Disavowal Summer shirt Accompanied by Entrap Corp. subdivision Starting over words Dune growths Economic optimist, in Madrid? Manhandle Not good Suffering Recipe abbreviation Backing Take Off! OBSERVER Crossword ACROSS 1 6 10 14 19 20 21 22 23 25 27 28 30 31 32 33 34 36 38 39 40 42 44 47 49 53 54 55 57 58 59 60 62 63 64 65 67 68 69 75 78 81 82 83 84 85 87 88 89 90 1 2 3 4 5 6 19 7 8 Edited by Linda and Charles Preston 9 10 20 23 24 27 28 32 34 30 35 41 42 55 59 72 73 74 61 90 87 91 96 102 110 116 76 77 93 106 107 108 97 103 111 98 104 112 117 94 105 113 118 114 115 119 120 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 ©2006 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved 97 Lake bordering California 98 Outer: prefix 99 Chum 102 Cry of bacchanals 104 Harbor boat 105 Chopping tools 106 Feminine pronoun 109 Medicinal plant 111 Possessive pronoun 113 Surgical saw 115 Portico 116 Discord 119 Loudspeakers 121 Concerning 122 ___ homo! 123 Dissolve 124 Goddess of peace 125 Pinnacle of glacier ice 126 Japanese beer 127 Woos 128 Hereditary factors 1 Chooses 2 Robin ___ 80 89 121 DOWN 79 84 88 92 95 109 78 62 83 86 101 52 66 75 82 100 51 68 81 99 50 57 65 71 85 18 38 49 56 67 70 17 43 60 64 69 37 48 54 16 31 36 47 53 15 26 29 46 63 14 22 40 58 13 25 39 45 12 21 33 44 11 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 24 26 29 33 35 37 39 40 41 43 44 3/5/2006 45 46 47 48 Vends Tense Shade tree Avoids, as a duty Outer garments Against Appraise again Possessed The sweetsop Flowering water plant Musical dramas Wager Macaws Valuable marten fur Aits English city Nostrils Dried orchid tubers Josip Broz Mine entrance Writing tablets Blunders Leader: arabic General modality Growing out Safe Wine vessels 50 51 52 54 56 59 61 64 66 67 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 ___ avis Russian inland sea Infant Moved through water Hindu garment Scottish-Gaelic Afternoon parties Waterworn gullies Snuffles Fragrant wood Positive pole Male sheep Malt and hops beverage Party tidbit Irish clan Biblical name French author Pierre Profound Turn inside out Iterate Wireless messages Musical study Geometric solid Foundation Ireland, poetically P I C K S A D A I R S E L L S A M A S R A R A A R A L S E P T A T E R L O T I P A C A S A L O N E L O N E R T E S A L H U M N I T A R A R K I D E S M I S A T R M C A R E V C A D I A M A N N R E A L S P O D E V E R E V O E O U T E N T N T E A C S C O A T S B A B E D E E P E R I C A A N T I T E N O R E V E R T S O C K R E E S T I M A T E T I T O R E P E S A H T U T N E E 80 84 86 89 91 93 94 96 98 99 100 101 103 105 106 107 108 110 112 114 115 117 118 120 Flit Interdiction Deep affection Pismires English Channel region Close Ancient tribe of Britons Paths Elevates in rank Nocturnal rodents Unaccompanied Antisocial person Mann Jong Pome fruit Dutch painter Jan Chanteuse Lena ___ Comforts Sicilian volcano Short stocking Australian bird Father And so forth: abbr. Born Pear-shaped fruit H A L O A T O P D E T E S U R S S A L E S A N S T A W S E T A N S E M I V R E C E A T O L D U N S I D E O E E G A X R E P A A M P L M E L T S U E S B A S I E R A S S T A B L A S L E L E E S E R S P R E S E S C A R A U R S N A R I E O L E D E B E E V A R A E S I I N T E N C T O E S S H N S T O I F I E R I R E N G E N E L E E D S T E A S D A R T E A S E S 3/5/2006 Release Date — Sunday, March 5, 2006 92 94 95 Adhesive mixture Cicatrix Nimbus Mint family herb Utopian Sharpen On the apex Expunge Traduce Hateful Garb of a Scotch Highlander Painter Chapter of the Koran Winter vehicle Jrs.’ dads Sacred vessels Poetic contraction Auction S-shaped curve Middle of the month date Name Weights of India One of the Three Musketeers Laments Arranged beforehand French revolutionist Frog genus Marbles Frighten Syria, once Venetian navigator Mythical Babylonian hero One of the Bears Salt Venerate Theological schools Mohammedan magistrate A rodent Newt To withdraw Couch English school Female ruff Gruel of maize meal Spanish measure of length Flower part Ooze Presses for payment Gods of the Teutonic pantheon Three-legged stand Act as chairman Purpose Always For the Think Machine OBSERVER Crossword ACROSS 1 2 3 4 5 Edited by Linda and Charles Preston 6 18 7 8 9 10 19 23 11 12 13 20 24 34 40 36 41 42 37 54 55 59 60 64 69 38 39 44 51 67 87 88 96 97 79 80 85 81 99 105 91 94 100 101 102 103 104 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 120 121 122 119 ©2006 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved 106 Series of rocks noted for fossils 107 They’re found on news dispatches 112 Crying ___ mussels, alive ... 114 Irish cudgel 115 Eagle’s high home 116 Buddhist sacred mountain 117 Went by bus 118 Networks 119 Family members 120 Part of S&L 121 Is in debt 122 Lock of hair DOWN 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Coin of India The dill weed Corded fabric Tapestry wall hanging Biblical verb form Put back on the payroll Brain, in the Philippines Islands in the Pacific Capitol VIP 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 22 24 26 28 31 33 34 35 37 38 39 41 42 43 44 45 75 82 93 98 74 86 90 92 73 68 78 89 49 58 72 84 48 63 77 95 57 71 83 47 53 62 70 46 56 66 76 45 52 61 65 22 32 43 50 17 29 31 35 16 26 28 30 15 21 25 27 33 14 3/12/2006 46 Valuable discovery, for short 47 A rustic 48 Poems 49 Beatty or Sparks 56 Position on the fairway 57 ___ publico: for the public good 58 Darling or Ely 61 President noted for his honesty 62 Picnic pest 63 School org. 64 Garden hazard 65 “Leave ___ to Heaven” 66 Valuable violin 67 Ump’s cousin 68 ___ Mater 69 Lake or singer 70 Hodgepodge 73 Size of type 74 River in Hades 75 Get ready for a big date 76 Wheel part 77 Hockey’s Bobby 78 Meara and Baxter 79 You can walk all over them 81 Oct. follower Actress Brenda Love affair Numbered highway New England cape One of the Winward Islands Asiatic lemur Egyptian dancing girl List of candidates Wallet fillers Dernier ___ Spring flower Stone pillar Sand bar on reef Walk like a crab Bay window Good spirits, in Hindu mythology Jewish homeland Ski lift Commotion Actress Ullmann Lemon follower Birds, and some fish Brown and cream-colored thrush Head or plant lead-in F E L S A N E T R E P P S I D L E O R I E L D E L V I A V S T O H L O I R O N C C O A M M O R A C A E V O E S N E C R O A R R A S A R K I N D R O E E C H T R I H I R E A N D D E E S T A H E B E R E R S A W A S A B A T A T S L E S E O S L U T A C I S R A E L O R R A L A M O T S R E U N K S S T T H E B E L A L E R F A A R N M E T A F T S I S I A V T L A I A S N D E I A N 82 84 85 88 89 90 91 95 96 97 98 99 100 102 103 104 107 108 109 110 111 113 114 V A C C A R O A M O U R A N N E S R U G S V E L E I R E Y D S H R O O W Raided the icebox Cool ___ cucumber City in Turkey Poles supporting thatched roofs Humble or humiliate Sultan of Egypt and Syria Military engagements Biblical reproach Bacchanalian cries Death: comb. form Actor Alan Texas shrine Skin disorder Moray Wide awake Certain racehorse Indian Ocean coastal vessel Gal Friday Archibald of basketball Shield Shinto temples Scale member Sign of a hit R A G L O N R O U N T E R T U N I E L A S A I D E D P A T G O R G P R O P R O V S T O N E T A B A O N A B N O T A B O V E T A T E A M A T E L I I L L E L D E R E E S T R A L M A H S L A T E R U B E O N D E E D S A G A T E L E T H E P R E E N N A T E E G I S S H A S O N E S 3/12/2006 Release Date — Sunday, March 12, 2006 1 Unit of capacitance 6 Dirt-road hazards 10 Spanish measure 14 Mirror, in Munich 18 Start of Juan’s year 19 French verb 20 King of Judah 21 First duke of Normandy 23 One of Ireland’s little people 25 Cafeteria worker 27 He drove the snakes from Ireland 28 Rabbit’s tail 29 Eastern Christian 30 Cook in cream: var. 31 Gaze intently 32 Flogs 33 The old ___: Ireland 36 One of two 39 Assistance 40 Description of 27 Across 50 Split up 51 Chest sound 52 Psychiatrist’s concern 53 Rough in form 54 Fall collection 55 Sandy’s remark 56 Are you pulling my ___? 57 Examined thoroughly 59 They loop the Loop 60 Inventor’s monogram 62 Make public 63 Shows to be true 64 It’s said to impart 69 Stick together 71 Satisfied 72 Hunter of Hollywood 73 Mountain in Bavaria 76 Palette choices 77 Clumsy lout 78 Brazilian macaw 80 Wild ass 83 Moslem ruler 84 Funnyman Carney 85 Scornful slight 86 Inscribe music 87 The pale ___ green mountain ... 92 Lawyers’ org. 93 Zoroastrian sacred writings 94 Even, to Keats 95 Opera star Tebaldi 99 Burden bearer 101 Coordinated group 105 Wards off Green Acres OBSERVER Crossword ACROSS 1 2 3 4 5 Edited by Linda and Charles Preston 6 7 8 9 10 17 18 19 22 23 24 26 27 30 38 31 45 50 51 57 63 74 80 92 93 99 106 123 118 110 119 56 61 62 67 83 89 84 73 95 91 96 102 107 78 85 90 97 98 103 104 108 111 112 120 124 127 55 77 101 105 37 72 82 94 36 48 71 88 35 42 76 100 109 54 60 70 81 87 34 66 75 86 117 53 65 69 16 21 47 59 64 68 79 33 46 58 15 29 41 52 14 25 32 44 13 20 40 43 12 28 39 49 11 128 113 121 122 125 126 129 130 114 ©2006 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved 94 Chicago-Norfolk dir. 96 Menial worker 98 Military ed. facility 99 College environment 101 Happy look 103 Church instruments 105 Less bold 106 Doris Day 1964 movie 109 Govt. anti-pollution gr. 111 “___ Get It for You Wholesale” 112 Clamors 113 School support orgs. 117 “Strange Interlude” star: See 5 Down 121 Soccer star 122 Hotel Queen Helmsley 123 Hebrides island 124 Lacks 125 “O, my Luve is like ___...” Burns 126 Bitterly pungent 127 Vacillate 128 Passing fancies 115 116 3/19/2006 31 32 33 35 129 Psychedelic monogram 130 Shoulder warmer DOWN 1 Not yet up 2 “Le Roi D’Ys” composer 3 “Dies ___” 4 “Victory” novelist 5 Missing letters in theme clues 6 ___ Basie 7 Settle 8 Way to go for gold 9 Accomplished 10 Veer 11 “The Velvet Fog” 12 Purpose 13 School period 14 “___ tu:” Renato’s aria 15 Prevaricate 16 Sycophant’s word 18 Delivering 20 Nourished 25 Dahl and Amundsen 27 Caring 28 1956 Cooper movie 36 37 38 39 42 43 45 50 52 54 56 59 61 64 67 69 70 71 73 78 79 A B E D L A L O P A D S B E I R U T A D D A S R E A C H G L I O S W Prejudice Pitching stat. Breakers 1960s TV bandleader Tenth part Netlike cap Lebanon capital Summer celebration Islands, in the Seine Wolf feet Neither follower Supply via parachute Sporty straw hats Be enough Buff color Yuck! Posed “I wandered lonely ___ cloud” L.I. location Predicaments “Tamerlane” poet Charged atom Confesses Challenges, in poker Egyptian lizards I R A E C O N R A I D N D A E I P R E D N R C O E P D A D Y E E A J N A A Y E N D K B I I N A D S A S A B S E H A E M R P A A C H B R I N G I N G C O U N T A L I G H T N O B R O A P T O E E R S S C R A P E S M I K S A S F A S E C O N D P A N F E R R I A L Y U P G E H R S U R A E S M I N O A N N T S 80 81 83 84 87 89 91 95 97 100 101 102 104 107 108 110 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 A T T A I N E D S W E R V E S U F I F O I N C E E L E F L D P E A R L S Cup race technique Ray Dada artist Secondhand Norgay Tenzing, for one Leftovers MIT grad Shoemaker’s helper? Smelter substances Platter player Very short time Church officials Appearance Beethoven’s “___ Solemnis” Friction-proofed Berlin exclamation Corrida animal Indigo Infamous marquis Mil. Joes Make like a cow Collection Arabic letter Intimate Sol followers T O R M E S A T A R P O I L E D A I F M E R D O R A O I L L L D L E S E S R N S Y S P R E E O N O R G W E R N S E L D A S R E C E S S O A T M E A L A S P E C T E L Y R I E I E S S K I T C H H E R S O N T I T H E S N O O D A D M I T S S E E S T O R O A N I L S A D E 3/19/2006 Release Date — Sunday, March 19, 2006 1 Movie “Restaurant owner” 6 Bottle top 9 Sleuths’ pooch 13 Depend 17 “The Red ___” 18 Gaucho’s weapon 19 “___ by sea” 21 One of five 22 Spiral-horned antelope 23 Wreck 24 1982 Movie with Robert Duvall 26 Activist 27 January 15 honoree 28 Cultivate crops 29 John or Jane 30 Naipaul novel 34 Aides: abbr. 38 Waiting 40 Group of three 41 Waterproof fabric 43 Sword conqueror 44 Tennis score 46 “Cakes and ___”: Maugham 47 Hon. degree 48 Skater Midori 49 ___ beloved was Rameses 51 ___ Hill, San Francisco 53 Football stat. 55 Maseru’s land 57 Zwei follower 58 “The ___”: Mary McCarthy novel 60 Exercises 62 Served like Sampras 63 Above 65 Ripen 66 Wide’s companion 67 ___ degree 68 Kennedy and Knight 69 Extravagant shoppers 72 Social religious org. 74 Powerful gun lobby letters 75 Runner Sebastian 76 Self, in St. Lo 77 Starting points 79 With the bow, musically 81 ___ Rabbit 82 Take the top off 85 French weapon 86 Kind of diving or fishing 88 Madrid Mrs. 90 Make a slip 91 “Yeoman of the Guard” role 92 June honoree 93 Air Force Gen. Arnold No End In Sight OBSERVER Crossword ACROSS 1 6 11 15 18 19 21 22 23 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 39 41 45 46 47 49 51 53 54 55 56 58 59 60 61 64 66 67 69 72 75 77 81 82 84 86 87 88 89 90 92 94 97 98 99 100 101 105 1 2 3 4 5 6 18 Edited by Linda and Charles Preston 7 8 9 19 23 24 34 35 37 55 56 39 61 75 81 82 88 94 105 111 107 124 127 128 92 102 103 104 109 114 115 116 117 122 125 126 129 130 ©2006 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved 8 London teen, in the 1960s 9 Sphere 10 Scout’s stablemate 11 Bringing up the rear 12 Perform 13 Overwhelm 14 Slacken 15 Majestic 16 Cuff connection 17 Hogsheads 20 Litigant 24 Secular 25 Flynn, of films 26 Actor Brian or David 31 Legendary DOWN Bears’ coach 32 Statuette for 1 Between B.C. and Streep Saskatchewan 33 Short-tempered 2 Soft mineral 34 Depend on 3 ___-blue: faithful 35 Perfect 4 Declare 36 Kind of party 5 Riffraff 37 ___ Gatos: 6 Diva Renata health resort 7 Healing plant 38 French porcelain 109 Wilder’s “___ Town” 110 Singer Neil 113 Tibet’s locale 114 Lured 120 Influential senior 123 Seadog 124 ___ out: outlasted 125 Panic 126 Burma’s neighbor 127 Fr. holy woman 128 Winter weather word 129 Prepared 130 Jones or Stengel 119 93 98 108 121 123 118 87 91 113 120 86 101 106 112 78 97 100 80 71 77 85 96 99 79 60 70 90 95 44 66 69 84 89 43 54 65 76 83 42 53 64 68 74 41 59 63 67 73 40 48 58 62 17 22 47 52 57 16 29 38 51 15 32 46 50 14 26 31 36 49 13 21 28 45 110 12 25 30 72 11 20 27 33 10 3/26/2006 40 Water buffalo 42 Toss 43 Estonian island, German style 44 Steeple 47 Short single 48 Soviet secret service 50 Fumbles 51 ___-Chinese 52 Feeling poorly 57 ___ Jima 60 Repute 62 WWII vessels 63 Wild asses 65 “Toledo” painter 66 Head monk 68 Notes outstanding 70 Scots’ family group 71 Teacher’s deg. 72 Catches fly balls 73 Core group 74 Poet Nash 76 Macaw 78 Baker’s topping 79 French tale 80 Bandleader Kay A L B A T A L C T R U E W A S P Y H I N G E I D E A L S H A G S C A D R E O G D E N S G T S E R A T D A R E A V E R R A B B L T E E A D R L O S P T S S S E N S E S A A K Y E R S L A I C I W O B A H D A M O N S C O T T O A L O E L O I S N D O O N A I G L E O R V S E A I N D E O W 82 83 85 89 91 93 95 96 101 102 103 104 106 108 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 121 122 Humbug! “___ a Parade” Each and ___: all Court wear Hassle Droll one Attempt “Marriage is a ___”: Cervantes Stiff drink Legal document certifier Totally defeat Semetic language Pythias’s pal 1/8th gallon NCOs Part of QED Defy danger Over again Indian tourist town Walked on Last Supper depiction Little ones Buffalo’s waterfront 6/6/44 Wedding words Before, poetically M O S O R I S D B L U E S V E R H E R R L A R O I L B L M A I L O S L O G L O E E D P L S E A G B R E R T A V E N S E C O B R O O P R Y S I A A E N C E G T E R R R E A L A D D A C R E S T O C K T W R E O N E I C S A T A C K S H R A G E A R B O B A D A C E B O O L D B R A D O R N T W O A W N B A G O U R T T R A C R A Y B E O R I N D Y C A E P I C L I N K K E G S H E A V E O E S E L S P I R E I C I N G C O N T E K Y S E R T A D S E R I E D D A Y 3/26/2006 Release Date — Sunday, March 26, 2006 107 Fragrance base Aegean isle “Shane” star Benevolent brother Insect stage Actress Leachman Israeli port Easy as ___ Aristocratic intellectual Embitters Green Jalopies Kindled Mister, in Mainz “The___ Love” Office worker’s wear Mil. school Gallant musketeer Assistant Bahrain export Family outcast Slammin’ Sam ___ Pasha: Egyptian viceroy 1863-79 Frenzy Do ___ say... Kite’s org. ___-Tin-Tin European capital Stock market manipulator Kill or joy lead-in Anti-union canine? James ___: philanthropist Fred’s dancing sister Billed and cooed Sugar pill Paisley people Sailing Goof off Crones Tom Hanks film ___ Rabbit Confusion Demure Augment Auction Public house Castor and Pollux Tenderfeet Environment: prefix Pot starter Intuit Brandy class. code Lunch toter Singer from Nigeria Nashville music hall Color Captions OBSERVER Crossword ACROSS 1 2 3 4 5 17 6 7 Edited by Linda and Charles Preston 8 18 21 22 29 30 36 31 42 24 26 27 33 39 47 52 57 54 62 66 70 75 78 79 80 86 87 89 99 100 67 71 72 76 90 94 41 59 69 85 35 55 65 84 34 81 73 77 82 83 88 91 92 95 93 96 97 101 102 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 103 ©2006 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved 6 Matches 7 No more than 8 Dog or horse lead-in 9 Thai seaport 10 First name in cosmetics 11 ___ she blows! 12 Bric-a-brac 13 Outsiders 14 Turn up high 15 TWA’s best guess 16 Seaside objective 19 Tebaldi or Scotto 20 Source of carbon black 22 Moon trench 23 Brought to the hoosegow 28 “___ Call You Sweetheart” 29 Sparta’s foe 30 “New Look” originator 32 Sound-related DOWN 33 Ear parts 34 Creator of the 1 G.I. address unconstructed 2 Alamos or Gatos blazer 3 Disney medico? 4 “When I was ___...” 35 Show with a 5 Segovia projector 88 Hot dog 89 Fly or sail 91 Capital of the Hyksos kings 92 Blue 93 European food fish 94 Jerry ___ Lewis 95 Columbus’ departure port 96 Makes visible 98 Virgilian opus 101 Introducer of the mini skirt 106 City on the Somme 107 Suit to ___ 108 Entry fee 109 Solitary 110 Like an undercooked egg 111 Star of “The Crying Game” 112 Acne sufferer 113 Site of Napoleonic victory 16 49 61 64 15 45 58 74 98 53 14 40 48 51 68 13 44 60 63 23 43 56 12 20 38 46 11 32 37 50 10 19 25 28 9 104 105 4/2/2006 37 Dusk, to some poets 38 Björn 39 Apparent contradiction 41 Zelda Fitzgerald, née ___ 43 “Mr. ___ Goes to Town” 44 Dress style 47 Beg 49 Written report 51 Tryon’s “The ___ ” 52 American music org. 53 Brief bacterium 54 “The Red and the Black” protagonist 55 Light flow measure 57 Strong man 59 Collar extension 61 Medieval Italian coin 62 Reef former 63 Irrational numbers 64 Customer 65 Director of “Napoleon” 67 Became angry 69 Director Walsh 70 Japanese natives 71 Salt Lake City team A L D A P O O L O S C A D L A C E T H E T H R E M E I N E N S S T A I T S C A L U L N A R I D S D E I S N O B T R A L A E N E A M I E R U N N R I L L E O T H E R V E I N Y A N D R E S P L E A D S C R E E D S M E E T S D E E D S R A O U L O S N E R L A R E Y A N S N A B O I T O N N A R I G C A S S T S C A G O A P A L P H N D C O C H E H O T A N P A L O A N D R A T E E R E A 73 Accumulation 75 Tiresome harangues 77 ___ -de-France 80 Nebuchadnezzar’s kingdom 81 Balzac 82 Move upward 83 Fall quaff 85 Whalebone 88 Rabbits’ residence 90 Like marble 91 La Plume de ma ___ 92 Fry lightly 95 Early TV host 96 Incus or ivory 97 ___ down the river: betray 98 River in Central Europe 99 Flightless bird 100 “Delta of Venus” author 102 “___ Ballou” 103 Excessive sentimentality 104 Finale 105 Type of whale B A N G K O K E S T E E A L S I O N R E E L A I A N R U I S S E C A T T H A R I R O N Y T R A G I C O U R T A E L S S B A O U N T E E M E T H A N E L A P E L C U R I O L U M E N A L I E N S P A P E R R E T E T A V A N G I O R G I O A R M A N I S C R E E N S A Y R E S E E R E D S I T C L O W I E R A D E R E S R R E G E S E L O N E N L O D I 4/2/2006 Release Date — Sunday, April 2, 2006 1 Director of “The Four Seasons” 5 Israeli author Oz 9 Gamble 12 Proof mark 17 Combine 18 Black-faced Hawaiian goose 19 Incautious 20 Matador’s cloth 21 Lavish designer 24 Capital of Armenia: var. 25 Unethical 26 Incense 27 Bond 28 Varnish ingredient 31 “___Girls”: 1957 film 32 Plumber’s tool 33 Beach attire on the Riviera 36 Barrymore and Merman 38 Composer of “Mefistofele” 39 George’s sib 40 Incites to attack 42 “ ______ Men on a Horse” 43 Coty winner: 1977, 1981 45 ___ pro nobis 46 Chow ___: Mandarin 47 Elfin being 48 Theater area 49 Quarry 50 Announcing has four 51 Kennedy designer 55 Beer variety 56 Expressed 58 Cold 59 Wolfish 60 ___ no basis in fact 61 Intimidate 62 Small role for a star 63 Went up 65 Get really mad 66 “Carmen” and “Faust” 68 Radial’s kin 69 Polo designer 72 ___ judicata 74 Disencumbers 75 Chopin’s amie 76 Romance lang. 77 “...to St. Ives, ___ a man...” 78 Agnus ___ 79 Fashion designer/perfume creator 83 Mild cigar 84 Type of appeal 86 Regret 87 Egyptian sun god The Fashion Front OBSERVER Crossword ACROSS 1 7 14 18 19 20 21 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 34 35 36 38 39 40 41 44 47 49 50 52 55 57 58 60 62 63 67 68 71 72 74 75 76 1 2 3 4 5 Edited by Linda and Charles Preston 6 7 18 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 19 21 26 29 36 42 49 43 50 55 56 39 44 69 40 46 47 70 64 59 65 72 76 77 87 92 89 93 94 74 79 95 80 84 90 91 96 100 105 73 83 88 99 61 67 78 82 86 60 66 71 81 48 52 58 75 98 45 57 63 68 35 51 62 85 34 38 41 54 31 33 37 53 27 30 32 97 101 106 102 107 110 113 114 115 116 117 118 111 DOWN 1 River at Lyons 2 German poet/historian Ernst 3 “Say hey” Willie 4 Toxic chem. compound 5 Eyed lecherously 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 20 22 27 29 30 31 32 33 34 36 104 112 ©2006 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved 6 7 8 9 103 108 109 105 West or East islands 106 Peruse 107 500 sheets of paper 108 Lady from Lisbon 109 “Brother, can you spare ___?” 110 Actor teams with Jeanette McDonald’s partner? 113 Pavarotti’s range 114 Speaker, in Salerno 115 Antagonists 116 First family’s home 117 Two-handed: var. 118 Defiles 17 23 25 28 16 20 22 24 15 4/9/2006 37 39 41 42 Group of nine Equal Illuminated “All the world’s ___” Orchard hand Direct Mystical C-G connector Talking horse becomes TV host? Takes the tacks out Played baseball defense ___ up: comes clean Restrain Author of “A Death In The Family” Forty-___ Wrinkle remover Andretti or Lanza Have, in Le Havre Whale group Perched Stem joint Porker product Arid 43 45 46 48 51 53 54 56 59 61 64 65 66 69 70 73 77 78 79 S T E M M C C I V O P I A T E Musical refrain Coin of Finland 1,204, to Cato Chicago-Grand Rapids vector Sculls Beautiful land Fix socks Brewer’s brew Snatch Widening instrument Click beetles Guitarist joins Garfunkel’s partner? Masterwork Rust Off-limits Russian range Young or gang follower Center lead-in Grammatical construction Beaver St. Indian, for one Night light Despots S A O N E A R N D T S A H A R A N T R A L A L A B R A N D E D S A R D I N E M P L E A C E N Y B E N N S R E I M E A N S A D D E A R R T I N O O N A G L E R R E S A S E S B P P Y A I N S U E C H L S U E S N I P I E S S M E B A O R O R N B I 82 84 85 86 88 90 92 94 95 96 97 99 100 102 103 104 106 107 108 110 111 112 E L A P S V I S I T E T T C E N A K E A G E R N V E R O O P D I A D E E R M A N E R N T U R N I A R I B A C O N O L A C E O E O S C A N S P A N C A N R R R Y N E A T O R E M A N A L Female “___ the season...” Marked cattle Anchovy’s cousin Cooking measure Superman’s makeup? Narcotic Ancient Greek city state Grand or Bryce Lets Nassau county, L.I. town At no time, in verse Begone! “The Thinker” sculptor Santiago backdrop Cancels a debt Madras attire Highlands dance Actress Moore Newhart FDR plan Instructional org. E D E E R F Y P P R H O E A D S M S E E R P S I T O C E R R E S T L E E E L E A M L S O E N S T M R E D S U L A L L I E V A N T S T A I R S S D N E E M A I A G E E U N N A I L S F I E L D E D D I L A T O R E L A T E R S R O D I N A N D E S F E S S E S E R O D E P A Y S 4/9/2006 Release Date — Sunday, April 9, 2006 80 81 82 83 85 87 89 91 92 93 94 98 100 101 102 Try out Passed by Bungle Ancient desert nomad Host PGA’s Palmer Singer becomes “What’s My Line” star? Inheritance factors Concludes Check “___ to the city” Piano parts Shea player Imply Suffix for man or teen Run a meeting Defeat the Broncos? Earth mover Rubber trees Headliner Kanga’s kid Patella protectors Hallucinogen Singer Al Tiara look-a-like Bando or Mineo Oriental tea Equus from Essen? Leave out Telephone Go wrong Shore raptor Abuse verbally “Dies ___” Planetary vegetables? Winglike Waltzes, at Versailles Adriatic seaport Statesman Hirobumi Western alliance acronym Shallow serving dish Sir Francis performance? Jane’s ex-husband One, to a Scot Consolation Mend Inst. in Muncie, IN “Little Sir ___” Dawn goddess Pretensions Unwritten Take to court Short horns? Edible root Bridge Lampreys Hammer’s tune Shared Syllables OBSERVER Crossword ACROSS 1 4 9 13 17 19 20 21 22 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 35 36 39 40 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 52 53 55 56 57 58 59 60 62 63 65 66 68 70 71 72 73 74 75 79 2 3 17 4 18 22 5 Edited by Linda and Charles Preston 6 7 8 19 12 34 36 41 44 53 49 54 50 51 52 56 58 61 59 62 65 63 66 70 68 72 75 80 64 67 71 74 76 81 77 78 79 83 85 87 69 73 82 84 86 88 89 92 93 96 97 98 100 101 102 90 91 94 95 99 103 ©2006 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved 82 Big name in brewers 83 San Joaquin valley city 84 TV’s Couric 85 “As You Like It” girl 86 Short reunion attendee 87 Lac or amber 88 Marian’s beloved 89 Ideal worlds 92 Final authority 93 Easter hunt leftovers? 96 “___ for the Misbegotten” 97 Concluded 98 Actor Davis 99 Location 100 Major musical work 101 “Lulu” composer Alban 102 Users’ nemeses 103 Explorer Johnson DOWN 1 2 3 4 ___ whiz! Bit of seaweed Zodiac division Multitude 38 46 55 57 37 42 45 48 16 31 40 47 15 28 35 39 14 25 30 43 13 21 27 29 60 11 24 26 33 10 20 23 32 9 5 Fluorescent lamp gas 6 Small songbird 7 And not 8 Booking ahead 9 Part of P.T. Barnum 10 Tommyrot! 11 “___ It Romantic?” 12 Bandleader Brown 13 Lights, camera, ___! 14 Carries things too far? 15 Cartoonist Peter 16 Summer beast 18 Miss Havisham’s ward 21 ___ faire: social skill 23 TV’s “Kate & ___” 24 Short wire? 28 Yearned 30 Copycats 31 British chemist Frederick 32 Be unsuccessful 33 Clare county seat 34 Song from “Sugar Babies”? 35 Straighten 4/16/2006 36 Notre Dame’s Rockne 37 Odette’s opposite number 38 Equip again 40 Sponsorship 41 “___ of Divorcement” 44 Actress Oberon 46 Like many a Floridian’s floor 48 ___ dozen: exercise routine 49 Unspecified object 50 Lets up 51 Gaucho’s cow-catcher 52 Dingles’ cousins 54 Says yea or nay 56 Filling with wonder 58 Learned persons 59 Bill and coo 60 Make an impression on Tom? 61 Knock for ___ 62 Combine companies 63 Missile housings 64 Aden was its capital G A S E L I E E G G S A N T E F E E L A N G L I N G A L I S S A V C O C A T T A L L E R O Y S V O L E P I L K A R E S S A Y S A M O O O P U S A L L I E D A I L Y L O T I O N L E G I O N M E R L E B E G I N A R G O N A E G I S V A G U E S O B 66 Amorphous 67 Mountains of South Poland 69 “Le Roi d’Y’s” composer 71 Go first 73 Hatfields, to McCoys 75 Skin balm 76 Titanic waterloo 77 The truth! 78 Approaching 79 Gene on drums 81 Snares steers 83 Azores island 85 One on the way up 86 Top floor 87 A way off and on 88 Wander 89 Former Soviet initials 90 Exchange premium 91 Cpl.’s superiors 92 ___ Paulo, Brazil 93 ___ sister: do-gooder 94 Juliette Low org. 95 Cousteau milieu W N S P R O L H E R A T I N T E N A I L E A P N E A L E G G S I R G S T E R N H A I S I S A M A N E T E G G S A R E G S I N G E C O O C E L I R O B I N O M E E G V E R O E R G N H O O E Y A B I L L T A T R A G S A I L S E N S T A S C K O H N D E U D D T Y E A S W S P I I O N L O G O N S F A L U T O S T R S I E R C S S A V O I R G L E N S K R U P A A C T I O N T I L E D G O E S T O E G G S T R E M E S A L R E N O O O D I L E R E F I T Y E M E N L E A N L E O M I A S E G G S S I T E O S A 4/16/2006 Release Date — Sunday, April 16, 2006 80 Shoot the bull Suburban sights Rizzuto “...___ in Kalamazoo” Writer Wiesel Flamboyant Flynn Stockings Make points Overstatements? “...dollar, ___ clock scholar” Doodlebug Doctrine Dispatch boat NC college Choreographer Alvin Skedaddle “___ Groovy”: Simon song Sleep disorder 106-carat diamond Fish with hook and line He had a Ragtime Band? Central Netherlands commune Swenson, of “Benson” Bergman role Melville’s Billy Weary worker’s letters Fleur-de-___ Adroitness with the hands? Memorable Italian tenor Gourmet Brillat-___ ___ Selassie Everything in readiness Makes ropes shipshape Hemp Honeyed Range rovers? Olympia painter Laundry cycle Mew Annoyances? Slithery one Rogers and Acuff In the buff Like a bump on ___ Austen’s Ms. Woodhouse TN player Town on Revere’s route? Prepare to propose, perhaps Play conclusion 1 OBSERVER Crossword Put All One’s... ACROSS 1 6 10 14 19 20 21 22 23 27 28 29 30 31 33 35 37 47 48 49 50 51 53 55 56 57 63 64 65 66 67 69 72 74 77 79 82 84 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 99 100 106 107 108 109 112 115 118 122 Impudent Uses the slopes Dieters’ hangouts Injections Lessen Speech impediment Lock holder Cubbyhole Clumsy Astute Of the stars Principle Away Pledge Participial suffix That hurts! Tells Former Egypt/Syria letters Ground cover Kind of control Merchandise Allen or Martin North Korean leader Jack and Bobby’s brother Kings of Spain Croak Cravat Julius of music Hard to find Function Denigration Blends Prompted Explorer Johnson Leave out Indian strings Give ___ whirl Instigated a to-do Supplied with weapons Actress Russell, to pals Little one South American plain Jackson or Smith Sec With “The, ” 1993 hit Write Deceiver Vocalized Naval VIP Misplace Early vessel Ethical “___ Our Life” Sinister Misdirected Animal Lingo 1 2 3 4 5 19 24 27 28 31 38 8 10 33 40 75 84 54 90 94 122 71 72 103 81 114 82 83 89 93 97 98 99 104 105 107 123 73 88 96 113 66 80 95 112 108 115 116 117 118 124 119 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 ©2006 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved 13 14 15 16 DOWN 32 34 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 52 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Polio nemesis Rose lover Benefit Off. workers Affirmative Mortared masonry Scot’s garb Capri Gumption ___ Na Na Treaty Tennis hero Arthur 17 18 24 25 26 120 121 125 126 126 Bye-bye in Burgundy 127 “___ la Douce” 128 Sailors’ saint 129 Watering holes 130 Musician’s concerns 131 Louis and Russell 132 Paradise 133 Aviary sound 46 62 92 106 45 56 87 102 18 50 79 91 111 44 61 70 78 86 101 43 55 69 17 36 65 85 110 35 60 68 16 30 34 42 59 77 100 15 22 64 76 14 26 41 53 58 67 13 49 52 63 12 29 32 57 11 21 48 51 109 9 25 39 47 74 7 20 23 37 Edited by Linda and Charles Preston 6 4/23/2006 54 Fog 56 Former Korean president 58 Candlelight 59 Fast-moving 60 J. Carrol of films 61 Holy, in Le Havre 62 Have faith in 68 Nobleman 70 Violent disturbance 71 Barbers’ aids 73 Actress Merrill, of “Shade” 74 Honshu port 75 Kind of man or hat 76 We ___ please! 78 Deviations 80 Huxley’s “___ Hay” 82 Musical speeds 83 Arboreal quaker 85 Barn dances 86 Fashionable 87 Mexican native 88 Discerns 89 Sharp taste TV offspring Grab Towel marking Between siete and nueve “___ Swell” Family division Get clean Taboo Neither fem. nor masc. Confused Relish Lumberjack Sumptuous Gnaw Roman fountain Director George Tijuana friends Rock fancier More mature Louisiana creek Locales “Beau ___” Neckline shapes A B I E L U S H E A T A T O S A K A S T R A W A S A N R E D O S A K E S T E N O T S R E V V E I E S A I R M E T E O L S K N T I E T E Y E A B A A T T H S E E A F L L A O M R E D F A M O U S I N O N S L U S H E D K I L T C U K R O A R P I T D U R I N N S G R A A W I R N Y I S L E S P I R I A T M I M G I O S S T P O S H A Z T E C L I L M A E S 109 110 111 113 114 116 117 119 120 121 123 124 125 Fix indelibly Kukla’s pal Fran Looped rope Renowned Part of Literary Bagnold Chinese silk Buck Owens’s TV show Wise ___ owl Change the decor Interlace with yarn Crooked Rickey additive Informed Domicile Bud holder Got it! In the event Casual shirt Sol followers Barracks bed S P A S H A S P N A C H I O T E N N G O O U T O F S E L F T E D N O N E S A R A I R S C S I T A R H O R N E T O T P I A E P S C L N O L I N T H I D G O O S E L M O E D E N N E U T T R U S T S N A T C H R H E E S P N O O T O S S E C O T H O T S I C H E S H O P O U T H E B A G W A R E E Y E S R O A T U S E D I T A N E S T A M P A P E N H I N G E E V I L H A S E A S E S W E E T 4/23/2006 Release Date — Sunday, April 23, 2006 S A L K 95 97 98 101 102 103 104 105 OBSERVER Crossword ACROSS 1 5 10 15 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 29 31 33 34 36 37 40 42 46 47 48 50 51 52 53 55 56 57 58 60 61 63 65 67 69 71 72 76 78 82 83 85 87 88 90 91 1 2 3 4 5 Edited by Linda and Charles Preston 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 33 37 38 39 35 40 56 61 63 67 68 74 83 88 89 93 103 114 115 87 92 97 101 102 105 110 81 79 86 96 104 109 78 91 100 80 60 71 85 95 45 66 77 90 99 108 70 84 94 98 65 76 44 55 59 69 43 50 54 64 75 82 49 58 62 73 42 53 57 18 36 48 52 17 32 41 47 51 107 31 34 46 72 30 16 106 111 112 118 119 113 116 117 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 ©2006 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved 4/30/2006 95 Dance like Ann DOWN Miller 1 Rug or dance 96 Bill of fare 2 Floor covering, in 97 Antisocial one Coventry 98 Man has five 3 Designer Cassini 100 Sharp, swift retort 4 Deteriorate 102 Occupancy 5 Crested helmet contracts 6 Turn aside 103 Pitfall, perhaps 7 It’s reached on a 105 He wrote “The TD Three Musketeers” 8 “___ Devil Moon” 106 Loom or apparent 9 Suffers defeat lead-in 10 West Indian pea 107 Railroad handcars trees 111 Joplin composition 11 Create a lawn 112 Examines 12 Dross of metal thoroughly 13 Ta-ta, in Tijuana 116 Nepal’s continent 14 Border 117 ___ lazuli 15 ___ up must come 119 Fragrance, in down London 16 Innkeeper 121 African river 17 Italian noble family 122 Suet 18 Lacerate 123 French school 28 Long-haired 124 Came up antelopes 125 Dickens’s Little ___ 30 Chief Norse god 126 Affected 32 Carbon compound 127 Discourage 34 Grizzly rodents 128 Classified, as 35 “... and a star to blood ___ her by”: Masefield 129 Strong, low cart S H A G 37 Confederate president 38 Upright 39 Clementine’s father 40 Potential energy 41 Jargon 43 Grenadiers’ headdress 44 Ireland’s De Valera 45 Overpowering fear 47 Swamp 49 Charged atom 52 Plague 53 Sacred song 54 Herod’s name for Samaria 57 Fishhook 58 Quoted 59 Reward or punish 62 Legal org. 64 Wild, foolish action 66 Sweet potato 68 Send in payment 70 Leaves 72 Stares in wonder 73 Corpulent 74 “Youma” author 75 Hindu guitar 77 French income 79 Architect’s drawings 80 River embankment 81 Tinker to ___ to Chance 84 Lukewarm 86 “The Hollow Men” initials 89 Date, in high school 91 Makes an attempt 92 Circumambulate 94 Griffin, of TV 96 Stuporous state 97 Hawaiian garlands 99 “___ off in a wooden shoe” 101 Ship’s officer 102 Glanced slyly 104 “Peyton ___” 106 Guard or mad follower 107 Festive occasion 108 Eskers 109 Malicious gossip 110 Recognize 112 Sticky substance 113 Change direction 114 Eugene O’Neill’s mother 115 Depend 118 One of many in the Seine 120 Parched L I N O A G A T I S O L E G G O T O S D E M E A R I E V E N D I C E S T R A B G O H A A B E P E A G E S R O S E N S T G O D E A S I A L A R D A R T Y M O R G I O O A N S B S E N D E E L V L I L M E S R A V I L E D A V E R T F E N R E M I T P L A C E G O G O L O A D E L S O A D D E G O I R O W N G U N A T C L I C I S A T S P E I T E D T E R A P C R I P O D U M S R A P I S O L E T E R M O T E T H A S A G O A T S S A M O L D A D A I R G O G S S I T S N E L A E A N S R N I E G O B D N A E R S P E T T A N S E R T E T E L S H E G O E D O U R R O S E Y P E D E N O L R E P A Y L E I S W H A T G O E S H O S T E S T E T E A R S H A K Y O A M P L G A O N A S R O V U E N E D R E A M O N D R E A D L E V E E E V E R S E L L A R E L Y 4/30/2006 Release Date — Sunday, April 30, 2006 92 93 Work hard Gog and ___ Silkworm state Stimulate Where to see Mauna Kea Convex molding “A Woman Called ___”: 1982 movie Garden need Pickler’s plant He wrote “The Cloister and the Hearth” Actress Deborah, of “Dynasty” “The Thin Man” scene-stealer 1960s dancer Habitual drunkard Aggressive person Chimney dirt ___ Ababa Odets’ “Awake and ___” Humble Self-centered people Strung up Pisces-Taurus intermediary Expression of displeasure Highest note of Guido’s gamut Hungarian composer Franz Peddle Well ___ is half done Available wealth “___ Time Next Year” Boat or house lead-in French legislature More mawkish Hawaiian acacia tree Leave in a helpless position Lawful Exceed Root ___ Fully gratified California valley Divide the spoils Ueberroth or Ustinov Freebie, often Actor Vigoda Circumscribed Word before cash or larceny Bulgarian coin Wampum Quart’s cousin Medieval merchant guild I ___ at the office Son of Phares: Luke 3:33 On the Move OBSERVER Crossword ACROSS 1 6 10 14 19 20 21 22 23 25 27 28 30 31 32 33 34 36 38 39 40 42 44 47 49 53 54 55 57 58 59 60 62 63 64 65 67 68 69 75 78 81 82 83 84 85 87 88 89 90 1 2 3 4 Edited by Linda and Charles Preston 5 6 19 7 8 9 10 20 23 24 27 28 32 29 34 46 63 36 42 55 70 72 61 90 73 74 75 87 91 96 102 110 116 76 77 93 97 103 108 111 98 104 112 117 105 113 118 114 115 119 120 124 125 126 127 128 ©2006 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved 127 128 107 94 123 116 119 121 122 123 124 125 126 106 89 122 106 109 111 113 115 80 84 121 94 95 97 98 99 102 104 105 79 66 88 92 95 109 78 62 83 86 101 52 57 65 82 100 51 68 81 99 50 38 49 60 71 85 18 43 56 67 69 37 48 64 17 31 41 59 16 26 35 54 15 22 47 53 14 30 40 58 13 25 39 45 12 21 33 44 11 Scheduled Gay, light song Dutch cheeses FDR’s fireside talk “Cheers” setting Portico Wee, in Dundee Coastal Indian Ocean ship It’s past due? Assam silkworm Hop kiln Make beloved Isles off Ireland’s coast Skill in sailing Marine monster? Mink’s cousin French head House wings Gate pivot device Poke fun TV reception problem Der ___: Adenauer Wild West film DOWN 1 Confused 2 Larceny 3 Speak pompously 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 24 26 29 33 35 37 39 40 41 5/7/2006 43 Entertain 44 Lovers’ quarrel 45 Hawaiian seaport city 46 Verve 47 Section of London 48 Charles Lamb 50 Last Jewish month 51 Mother of Apollo 52 Pack away 54 Xylophone’s cousin 56 Preordain 59 Pith helmet 61 Steak or cheese 64 ___ amore: tenderly 66 Social insect 67 English composer, George Frederic 69 ___ precedent 70 Actor James ___ Jones 71 Russian inland sea 72 Hodgepodge 73 Saltpeter, in Sussex 74 Ancient chariots 75 Part of the Indian Ocean 76 Reddish-brown horses 77 Spanish bull Zoom, for one Meadow mom Car or man lead-in Spartan serf Ledger entry Saline lake fed by the Volga River ___ Dashan: Ethiopian peak Author/critic James Positive thinker Of a clan or family White House nickname, in the 1920s Month after Shevat Twofold Rustic shelter Dangerous curves Russian despots Silken ___ doute: certainly Board lead-in Legal lodging documents Actress Gilbert, of “Roseanne” Carson predecessor Spill the beans Reserve supply A T S E A T H E F T O R A T E S P A T H I L O E L A N S E T A E A R L A R A L B E S O T A R E T E R I A T A L E C E W A N E T T S S T S A L P U R E A R S A F M R T A C O R H O P I A N E M N E B D E A E G E L I L T S T O A O A M A N S E R T S E S H E L O T S O H O O L I O A S H E N I T E M L E T O N N I T R E T I T O C A S P I A N S E A S A N S E S S E G D A S M E P E W 78 79 80 84 86 89 91 93 94 96 98 99 100 101 103 105 106 107 108 110 112 114 115 117 118 120 Obnoxious child Rage or roar Retired Mild oath Shield Hammer type Singer John It’s before plan or point Singer Dinah Browns the surface Gliding dance step Make muddled Mountain crest Lariat Ghastly pale Apportioned English river to the Humber Cowboy’s bailiwick Critical computer key Singer Ed Josip Broz Farmer’s milieu South Seas Samoan port “___ You Lonesome Tonight” Church bench Letter after pi R A P T A G E R S E A I E L B L E A E S L A T E S O L D E R I E S E A S T A R T I N O O N D A R E A N O M S C A D H N D E A S E A S E L L S A L T E C A B L A D I O S L A N D E R A G R S L E I A R C R E E L A G L E S A U T W A L L O I N E S T B R S D R A C R A V S L A T E H A T O W T R R A R A E R P E N H I N G O A T E E S S E S S T O W A B E D E N T E R 5/7/2006 Release Date — Sunday, May 7, 2006 92 Cornmeal mush Smartly dressed Engrossed Knitting stitch Cast Luzon Negrito Pygmy “Ain’t She Sweet?” songwriter Milton Mexican farewell Stinging jellyfishes Chain off the SC/GA coast Newts Jazz dances Major German/Czech river O’Hara’s “A ___ to Live” Raided the ice box Box or bush lead-in Relating to: suffix Dumbo’s wings Bandleader Brown Unadulterated Narrow country roads “... and often quite picturesque ___”: Twain Large scissors Perceived by one’s ears, eyes, etc. Fishermen’s baskets Rice dish Witticisms Realtor’s sign Metal sheath Growth-regulating orchardists’ chemical California/Nevada border lake Port and Canal Graph or mat lead-in Weight unit Blunt-ended cigar Shorebird Pueblo Indian Fork’s prong Flowerlike underwater creature Painter or sculptor Bikini top Merit Moslem Satan Highest points? Dull and dreary Commerce River islands Historic Virginia Desire strongly Assert without proof Herb of the mint family It’s Salty OBSERVER Crossword ACROSS 1 2 3 4 5 6 19 Edited by Linda and Charles Preston 7 8 12 15 16 17 18 37 38 39 40 41 44 45 72 73 74 106 107 23 13 26 33 34 29 35 27 30 31 36 42 43 46 47 53 54 57 48 49 50 51 52 55 58 59 62 67 56 60 61 63 68 64 69 75 65 70 71 76 79 80 85 86 89 90 100 77 81 82 78 83 84 87 91 94 99 14 24 28 98 11 21 25 66 10 20 22 32 9 88 92 93 95 101 96 102 97 103 110 104 108 109 112 113 114 115 116 117 105 111 ©2006 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved 102 “___ tu”: Verdi aria 103 Boston cooking vessels 108 End of verse 112 New Orleans campus 113 “...___ any wool?” 114 Comics’ Toiler 115 Refines ore 116 Low rank domino 117 Van Gogh subject site DOWN 1 “Three Weeks” novelist Elinor 2 Tilt, asea 3 Songwriter/actor Novello 4 Decorous 5 Metropolitan Opera conductor: 1950-55 6 Eager 7 Ullmann from Norway 8 Cuckoo 9 Artist Thomas Hart ___ 10 Action list 5/14/2006 48 Sally, of “Norma Rae” 49 ___ Saud: Arab leader 50 Actor Conrad: “The Kiss” 51 ___-dally: dawdle 52 Really rich 58 English court sessions 59 Duck deceiver 60 See 96 Across 61 Pianist Claudio 63 Wagner’s “Tristan und ___” 65 Culture character 66 Duck 67 Fissure-related 68 Capital of Guam 70 Mrs. Herbert Hoover 72 Irish lullaby opening 73 Sphere-shaped 74 Balladry 77 Ivan the Terrible or Peter the Great 80 Nonexistent places 81 Smooth and shiny 82 Landlord’s due 11 One of the Alous 12 “You ___ My Sunshine” 13 Under ___ of: dominated by 14 Square one’s debt 15 Vive voce 16 Presidential rejection 17 Numerical suffixes 18 All-purpose beans 19 Cio-Cio-San’s sash 23 Coming out party? 24 In conclusion 29 Attire 30 Like Nash’s lama 32 Terra ___ 33 ___ off the old block 34 Chintzy 35 Big pig 36 Injure 37 Hit hard 38 Indigo 39 Well-aged beer 40 Paint pigment 41 Ross 43 In any way 47 Sabra G L I O L I V B Y S O I N T R C O T T A A C H I P C H E A P E V A D E R I M A L A G A N A O T T S C H U M T E L E D E M U R H E O G I S A R S A S E I L Z I E S E A V V E A N L T E A L R V I E D I V D E D E B G M A A A R F T I B I A M E L D L L I E D S C O O N G L Y O L D W O E H S B E S E R Y T H E H A S O N 83 84 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 103 104 105 106 107 109 110 111 A B A M N E G A I N E T T N T O O D Y N N A E L I N D B A I I N G L D E L I L L Y O O T U R N E Y A S N E R E T T R I I N G M V E Y O E S P O Yeltsin’s refusal Stalemate Get there Fishing nets Impressionist Auguste Blessed happening Playwright Brendan Pro ___: for the nonce ___ la vista! Baseball Mel’s family Buddy Kind of vision? Co-signers’s commitment Ring attraction Drawing power Make eyes at Not that Sault ___ Marie, Canada “E’en ___ it be a cross...” Swindle Bovine comment A R E L A S B T E L L Y T E D E T T H S O A S R T B E O M U T T H E T H U M B A R R A U H A S T A R E P A Y O R A L V E T O E T H S S O Y S B L U E D Y E L A G E R O C H R E B E T S Y T O O R A O R B E D P O E S Y O G L E T S H T I E S O P U L E N T T I R E E N P O U I L R L 5/14/2006 Release Date — Sunday, May 14, 2006 1 Skate smoothly 6 Yellowhammer State 13 Treasure ___: happy discoveries 19 Twist musical 20 Salad dressing ingredient 21 Jones’s “From ___ Eternity” 22 Start of a Mother’s Day verse 25 Horned in 26 Dynamic monogram 27 Bewildered 28 Johnny, in the C.S.A. 29 Miss Two-Shoes 31 Short 32 Private hoard 36 Heaven-sent food 37 Htg. unit 38 Shapeless mass 42 ___ Rios: Jamaican resort 43 Longest Swiss stream 44 “Nightmare” street 45 Mantilla material 46 More of verse 53 Acapulco aunt 54 “The King and I” land 55 Lure 56 Equals 57 Wear 59 Forest dell 61 Meadows of “The Honeymooners” 62 ___ forth: set out 64 Past middle age 66 Wiped out 69 Isles off Land’s End, England 71 Cradle locale, in song 75 Protracted watch 76 Goose eggs 77 Bigger ___ life 78 Pizarro’s gold 79 More of verse 85 Hamlet, for one 86 Too often told 87 Young falcon 88 Infuriates 89 Greek resistance org. of WWII 90 ___ is me! 91 Six-time Emmy winner Ed 93 All set 94 Inquiring sounds 95 Lady of “The Sun Also Rises” 96 With 60 Down, Dostoyevsky book 98 Musical spans of eight tones Mother Knows Best OBSERVER Crossword ACROSS 1 2 3 4 Edited by Linda and Charles Preston 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 32 38 39 40 48 29 30 33 34 41 43 74 87 92 97 98 109 110 111 117 118 91 95 96 100 104 81 86 90 99 103 78 85 94 80 71 84 93 79 68 77 89 47 63 67 76 88 46 58 62 70 83 45 53 57 66 75 82 52 61 69 73 44 56 65 18 37 51 60 64 108 36 55 59 72 35 50 54 17 31 42 49 16 101 105 102 106 112 113 107 114 115 122 116 119 120 121 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 ©2006 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved 5/21/2006 98 Showy flower, for DOWN short 1 Sculptor or 100 “Divine Comedy” president author 2 German hall 101 First mo. of spring 3 Bone for exams 102 Ending for heir or 4 Paycheck shrinker lion 5 “___ Sounds”: 103 German semiBeach Boys album automatic pistol 6 Obliquely mocking 105 Teachers’ org. 7 Makes a 106 Skewered meat comparison dish 8 Genus of maples 108 Aussie court star 9 Sally Rand Rod offerings 10 Movie buff 111 In good order 11 She gets what she 113 Moselle feeder wants 115 Roman household 12 Senseless gods 13 Nonagenarian’s 119 On vacation age, at least 120 Food from heaven 14 ___ Chi, Chinese 121 Counterpart artist 123 Alone, on stage: 15 Country bumpkin fem. 16 On ___: equivalent to 124 Fore or hind 17 Part of GWTW follower 18 Clears after 125 Pea tree expenses 126 Receded 127 First czar of Russia 28 European weasel 31 Macho guys 128 Der ___: Adenauer 33 Museum piece 129 Kind of code 35 McCarey and 130 Takes the eagle’s Buscaglia route 37 Biblical mount, in 131 Hawaiian goose Idumea 38 39 40 42 43 45 46 47 49 50 51 53 55 57 60 61 62 65 66 68 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 Sacramento’s st. Cultivated land Breakfast treat Solemn or sedate Wooden fastener Sacred song Fragrant oleoresin A red Bordeaux wine Hat material City of Light Emulate Betsy Ross Fountain fare Volga sailors Describes exactly They’re served in a refectory Follow closely Tall tales Babylonian god of intelligence Cowardly person Atomic technology org. Varnish ingredient Dull finish Ipso ___ First sign of spring? Church parts Stiffly formal Two-footed Face or hood lead-in Baseball’s Slaughter T A F T A U L A C R A M C A L I F A R A D A B A C O N F A C T O A R I E S N A V E S L A M A A W O L V A S T T P A E X T E S S T A O R F A T E T L M T H E E A P A L R S I L M E D M U L U G E R Y M T A E P I R O N I C L I K E N P A R I S A C E R S O B E R B O A T M B E R I N E P D E M D E R N E A A N N G A T E N A F A N D A N C E S L A C F A N T A I L 79 80 81 84 85 88 90 91 93 95 96 99 101 103 104 106 107 108 109 110 112 114 116 117 118 120 122 F I L M L F E A O N S D C O U G R F B A E N N T E A S I E S L O L A Courage Declares positively Alleviates “Ruggles of ___ Gap” Illusions Nocturnal primate Part of n.b. Savage Excavated Type of pigeon Light, quick stroke Household Business combination It’s between Luzon and Mindanao French historian and essayist Sacred shrine at Mecca “___ Street Blues”: 1929 song Tibetan monk Delinquent GI Huge Theater org. Large pulpit Wander aimlessly Verve Showing good sense Chart Wynn and Asner I N A N E N I N E T Y D O S W E D E W E L F M I F A N A T E L T S S E E M K E A A R M A G B B E O A R T A O Y O K H E H E L O M R E S N O Y D A N A R E N I E S N F O D E S A R B A B L A E S D I S N A P A R W I N D N E T S M O T E T E L E M I M E D O C M O X I E A V E R S E A S E S R O V E E L A N S A N E 5/21/2006 Release Date — Sunday, May 21, 2006 1 Diplomat’s asset 5 Seasoned rice dish 10 City in Michigan 15 Sign of boredom 19 Particular atmosphere 20 Author Jong 21 Region of Asia Minor 22 Sheriff Andy’s boy 23 Linen-making need 24 Subway rider’s fare 25 Spanish plain 26 Noted German philosopher 27 Domesticates 29 Undesireable prom date, perhaps 30 Lion’s pride 31 Droves of cattle 32 Furniture-finishing need 34 TV alien 36 Lucy’s landlady 38 Calloway 41 Grampus 42 Golf star Sam 44 ___ Kippur 45 Hebrew letter 48 PLO’s Yasser 50 Part of the Appalachians 52 Do a cobbler’s job 54 Shoestring, in Le Havre 55 “___ in Toyland”: 1934 movie 56 Tues. follower 58 Distinguished 59 Rock singer Billy 60 Folkways 61 US admiral George 63 Performer’s preview 64 Strike, in baseball 66 He outranks a maj. 67 Overly zealous 69 Diner sign 70 Drag something heavy 71 Wet, soggy earth 72 Kind of broad-leafed tree 76 “Cheers” setting 77 Investment nickname 82 Sandarac tree 83 Silken 85 Clotho, Lachesis and Atropos 86 Brilliant star 87 Word before law or liberties 89 Kathmandu’s land: abbr. 90 Lithuanians 91 Hellman’s “The Little ___” 92 Swarmed 94 Self-protection 96 Famous streetcar? 97 CIA’s forerunner Keep Cool OBSERVER Crossword ACROSS 1 Edited by Linda and Charles Preston 2 3 4 5 6 16 20 24 25 30 35 40 9 18 21 22 27 74 79 85 89 104 107 80 86 87 90 94 91 95 100 82 71 78 99 81 67 73 93 55 63 70 77 54 59 62 72 98 53 58 69 88 44 52 66 84 39 47 65 92 23 38 51 83 19 43 61 76 15 29 37 57 68 14 33 46 60 13 28 42 56 12 32 36 50 64 11 17 41 49 10 26 45 75 8 31 34 48 7 96 101 102 105 106 108 109 97 103 ©2006 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved 5/28/2006 83 Cleveland’s lake DOWN 84 Motherless calves 1 Piccard’s means of 86 Manipulates travel fraudulently 2 Lotion ingredient 87 Honky- ___ 3 Sort or class 88 Sleep study 4 East Indies timber acronym 5 In a parsimonious 89 Hawaiian feast manner 90 Dance enjoyed at 6 Pungent spices 89 Across 7 “Sheherazade” 91 Souvenir from 89 composer Across 8 Shoshonian-speaki 92 Arthurian lady ng Indians 94 Sly, sidelong look 9 Loud, sustained noise 95 The Shadow’s first 10 Musical group name 11 Moslem physicians 97 Apple-growth 12 It was formerly modification Persia chemical 98 Active crater on 68 13 Fan’s call 14 Jack-in-the-pulpit Across 15 Coastal region in 100 Where to find India Lincoln and 16 Composition by 7 Washington Down 102 VIP in Hawaii 19 Teaches privately 104 It might be magic 20 Pisces and Aries 105 Radar’s relative month 106 Nonmetallic 23 Agave fiber halogen element 26 Egyptian abode of 107 Union demand the dead 108 Lock of hair 28 Bravo and Grande 109 Lumps of clay 32 Ham it up 35 36 37 38 39 41 42 44 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 57 58 61 62 63 65 66 M A R C H S O D O M T E R E K B O L E R O A R A R A I R E N I C 67 Zsa Zsa’s real first Refined name Lounging slipper Ahead of roll call 69 Pry inquisitively Exhibited 70 Montmartre Hawaiian island farewell Spend them in 71 Watch pockets Malta 73 Beekeeper Wild oxen of India 74 Colossal Greek 75 Russian river to the underground Caspian Sheep shelters 76 Pacific On the ___: under 77 Very much like consideration Lot fled this city 78 Chills and fever Palm cockatoo 79 Hawaiian seaport Giant armadillo 80 Joan, Jackie or Capital of Yemen Judy Lange and 81 Disquiet Steadman 82 Maxi or mini Native of Des 85 Chemical salt Moines 86 Unconfirmed Conform reports Hawaiian geese 90 Laugh-track Ice house sounds French impressionist 93 Syrian border town Associated by 94 Marvin and Majors treaty 95 Narrow street Slender, graceful 96 Box or shed lead-in girl 97 Barren Most wary Island of 40 Across 99 News org. Word before circle 101 June beetle of parade 103 Japanese shrub B A L L O O N T A T O U S I M I L A R A I T S L L E T O K A I E K N A G A P M I R O L U L U L I L Y I R E S T E I A E A G N O L L A N A L O A O H I O S U E A E D O G L U D L E E A U E A R P E T A I S E C L O V E S C O T E S A P I A R I S T R A V E L G A U R S A D I E U D O R U D E T I N E N S S E R E M I E M B O A O L S R T E L E H Y M O S A P D Y N E R L E S E P T S H H S R I H U L L A M O A H O N A R E S S H A K I M S T A P I S G I G A N T I C I R A M R A R A T A H U L U N M A T B O S M A R H E A R S O L U W A I I A E S O D D S W A S H A P F A I N T O R E B I S C U S T O N L E T A L A O U R I S O D I N E L O D S I S T L E N E N E S S K I R T 5/28/2006 Release Date — Sunday, May 28, 2006 1 Teases provocatively 6 Not refined 11 Ulysses S. Grant’s real first name 16 “Swan Lake” or “Giselle” 17 Caesar’s tongue 18 Where the ark landed 20 Where to see 68 Across 21 Pizzeria fixtures 22 Hawaiian seaport 24 Every: Ger. 25 Rapscallions 27 Emerald Isle 29 Wrestling needs 30 Classic car 31 Scottish Highland Celt 32 Biblical giants 33 Branch of biol. for Linnaeus 34 Riding whip 36 Russian communities 37 Raise in relief 39 Loose, earthy deposit 40 Capital of Hawaii 42 London prisons 43 Family car for the Munsters? 45 Tomlin of comedy 46 Bill of fare 47 Seaport in Colombia 48 Literary caricature 51 Actor Olan of old-time radio 52 Polynesian language 56 Get up on the soapbox 57 Psych or pod follower 58 Broods 59 Lyric poem 60 Palm fruit 61 De Mille or Moorehead 62 Having a pleasing taste 63 The Ugly Duckling, actually 64 Spanish gold 65 Spicy stews 66 Units of force 67 Characteristic form 68 Active Hawaiian volcano 70 City on the Rhone 71 Loses consciousness 72 Where to find Canton 73 Expert 74 Author Vidal 75 Disposable hankie 78 Imitative 79 State flower of Hawaii Aloha! 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All rights reserved 98 100 102 103 105 106 107 109 111 112 113 116 119 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 115 97 105 118 Complacent Eyes boldly Latvian seaport Destiny House or room starter Stable sounds Greta Garbo’s 1937 tear-jerker West Point newcomers Water wheel Musical show San Antonio tourist attraction The grampus Rubber trees Seize suddenly Hard cookie Yugoslav island Role for Merle Oberon in 1945 Technicolor version of “Vanity Fair” Chest sound Saltpeter, in Southampton School, in St. Michael “Dies ___” White-tailed eagles Don’t ___ on me: flag motto Widow’s portion 114 91 122 91 92 94 96 97 80 86 101 110 79 61 70 76 100 45 67 90 99 44 55 66 89 98 108 54 60 75 94 18 50 59 83 93 17 38 49 69 73 16 43 53 63 92 37 48 57 87 15 32 42 52 81 14 31 36 47 72 13 26 41 62 12 22 35 40 56 116 11 25 34 51 107 10 21 46 71 9 20 23 39 Edited by Linda and Charles Preston 6 6/4/2006 129 Unit of force DOWN 1 Weakens gradually 2 Back or ear follower 3 Title role for Katharine Hepburn 4 Elec. unit 5 Talks foolishly, in Trent 6 One of the Muses 7 Charged atoms 8 One of the Seven Dwarfs 9 Disinclination to act 10 Tapestry made in Paris 11 Wrath 12 Coins of Vatican City 13 Patron saint of France 14 King of the Visigoths 15 Rochester to Ithaca dir. 16 Oscar-winner for Ginger Rogers 17 Nick and Nora’s pet 18 Evened the score 24 “Aida” or “Thais” 26 Perry’s gal Friday 30 34 35 36 38 39 40 41 42 44 45 47 49 52 54 57 58 59 60 63 65 67 71 72 73 74 75 76 S A P S A C H E S H A K E T E L I C C R O O N L A R G E O G R E R E A R Strong longing Nest of pheasants Seasoned Tooth surface “___ Shuffle”: 1977 song Fountain drink Purposeful Origin Broad smile Father of psychoanalysis Suit material Inter Rock musician Clapton Fortified place Bionomics Gift item Hot wine beverage Flavorless Growing out Letter after sigma Bounder Collapsible bed Sing like Bing Massive Title role for Raymond Massey Jewish month Vinegar formed from ale Mexican dish A L I C E A D A M S A B E L I N C O L N R E L O P N E I R D A E C T A A N U D Y S E S G H O R U R G E S H A V E R S B A S T I O N S I L E N T E R A T O B U R Y A D A R A E S I R I D I O O N N C E S R Y S T E G A I N E L A R T M E N D E C G A A U D E L S P E I G A C A M I R E V S N A A N D T R E E A D 77 Falsehood, perhaps 78 Flaubert’s tragic heroine 79 Numbered highway 80 Wise old men 83 Heroic in scale 85 Speck of dust 88 Bulb lily 91 From ___ to stern 93 Gesture of indifference 95 Changed 96 Made a botch of 97 Social insults 99 Word before butler or partner 101 Marsh herb 102 Golfer Gary 104 Odin, Thor, et al. 106 Part of the leg 107 Fairy tale monster 108 Bring up 110 Glut 112 Flat-bottomed boat 114 Formerly Persia 115 German admiral 117 Legal matter 118 Blue Eagle org. 120 Sphere or system starter 121 Secreted G O B E L I N V A P I D F L U B B E D I L D A R I E L E R N A E I R E S I N G C A R E M I R E E N I C L C O L T T O A M A G M O L Y A T E L E P E A L S N A E C K Y C O L E O W E R S K A T S I S I D E T T E E T A D L L Y L I F F S A D O R E O Y E R E L U G N C E D E A O T T E R S E M O A S M U G S T A T E L E B E S A M O P V I S S H A R P I R A E D Y N E 6/4/2006 Release Date — Sunday, June 4, 2006 1 River from the Vosges Mountains into Germany 5 Classic role for Shirley Temple 10 Rita Hayworth/ Glenn Ford film noir 15 Three-handed card game 19 Ironwood 20 Dublin darling 21 Bay window 22 Seville assent 23 S.S. Van Dine’s sleuth 25 Title role for Jennifer Jones 27 Dry, as wine 28 Family members, often 29 Deli loaf 31 Ireland’s Gaelic name 32 Small amount 33 Winter month in Madrid 35 Stone pillar 37 Absurd 39 Means of ascent 41 Making progress 43 Dover’s are white 46 Hopper of Hollywood 47 Lugosi, of “Dracula” fame 48 Son of Loki 50 Worship 51 Wings 52 Lancaster or Reynolds 53 Sink in mud 55 ___ and terminer 56 Rudyard Kipling classic 57 Bizet opera 59 Romantic setting for “Summertime” 61 Tote something heavy 62 Controversial Hedy Lamarr film of 1933 64 Transfer design 66 Grant as a right 68 Tiny socialist? 69 Mountain pass 70 Indo-Chinese native 71 Role for Dorothy McGuire 75 Check the books 77 Moves unsteadily 81 Fictional dog hero 82 Warbles on the Jungfrau 84 Injure or harm 86 Extinct, flightless bird 87 Mine finds 89 Chignon’s resting place 90 Magic herb for Odysseus Who Was It? 1 OBSERVER Crossword ACROSS 1 2 3 4 5 18 Edited by Linda and Charles Preston 6 7 8 9 19 22 10 11 12 13 20 23 32 33 34 37 42 46 47 51 43 48 58 53 59 68 70 78 83 71 54 55 92 80 89 74 81 90 95 91 96 97 98 101 105 106 107 111 112 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 108 113 ©2006 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved 101 Cologne connector 102 Caprices 104 Turks and ___ islands 106 Treat with contempt 111 Attacked 112 Free pass? 114 Summertime in the Andes 115 Rare bird 116 Abacus operator 117 Switch add-on 118 Batted 119 Legendary Loch 120 Leo’s hello? 121 French aits DOWN 1 He’s part goat 2 Bullets, pellets, et al. 3 Different little house on the prairie? 4 Half-dozen tamales 5 Public placard 6 Sort of awakening 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 19 23 24 30 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 110 82 86 100 104 109 66 85 99 103 62 73 94 76 57 65 79 93 102 56 72 88 75 45 61 84 87 40 50 64 69 77 44 60 63 67 38 49 52 39 31 36 41 17 28 30 35 16 25 27 29 15 21 24 26 14 6/11/2006 40 Roundup 44 Soccer superstar 47 Passionless philosopher 48 Asian celebration 50 Mirthful 52 ___ Na Na 53 Fragrance 54 Man from Mashhad 55 Bridge expert 56 Doze off 59 Superman makeup 61 Wet blankets 64 Track action 66 Not closed, to Coleridge 67 Savory jelly 68 Gang member’s girl in Guadalajara 69 Part of a pirate’s travelogue? 71 Competent 72 Elihu and family 73 Boor 74 Algerian port native 75 Squeal 76 Brandish 78 Quick coffee break? Lyrical poem Moves out Classify Continues a sea voyage Sosa to sandlotters Lacking, in Lyons Troop tactic? ___ many: overloaded Easy out for A-Rod? Certain trip takers Kind of ball Greet the day Right-hand page Resembling: suffix Pub perch Jerk Celtic John “___” Havlicek Part of TSE Sleep med. Pueblo cookware Tried again for office Oppenheimer’s org. Choose F A U N A M M O T I P I C R E E P H O N D O E L I O T A S P I C C H O L A W H E W H A N A H O O K S L I D E S S E G I R E S E T C U S T P E O D S S T S H O T A I E C E S L H A O G T R O I T M S A T R O U P P O S T E R T E T A B L E C I O N 80 81 84 86 89 90 91 93 95 96 97 98 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 113 R O V A U D A S D E C I S E A T O S T I R O T E C T L O S L O A L S I G C R O B E A R Y E N N E A T T I N L E S O S P R I N R A T E A I C O S N T E N T N E R A E S S R S A I L S O N Drinks on the drink Hook or Kidd: abbr. In the past Author Amy Elves Restaurant rating See 92 Across South New Zealand port Speedsters “Blame ___ Rio”: Caine movie Successful batter Keep ___ to the ground That’s a relief! Mandlikova of tennis Offshoot: var. Literary Lindbergh Soft drink Ein follower Lady’s man Juicy leaf plant Pt. of Ali’s stats Altar answer I D O L S A N S H I T A N R A D E P E R R E C U N A L N O N E D D R O C A P G C A G E R A D S O P F G T R A I S U N D S N E E I O N A L D D E R O A R O N E T O O L I N E D R I R V I E A S N T O R T A A N N I Z W E I E A R L E G O S S O F T E L E C T R O D E O R A T O N S W I N G A L O E T K O S 6/11/2006 Release Date — Sunday, June 11, 2006 1 R & B’s Domino 5 Little Rhody capital 9 Sale stipulation 13 Wretched places 18 French friend 19 Dutch treat 20 Actress Thompson 21 English architect Jones 22 Judgment call at home 25 ___ two: 1:50 26 Flavored with hazelnuts 27 Bikini and Wake 28 Trial at Alamogordo 29 Pool player’s piece 30 Mixes 31 Auction acknowledgment 32 Safe keeper? 38 Fan club member 41 Logrolling tournament 42 Angeles article 43 Mathematician Napier a.k.a. ___ 45 UN’s worldwide workers 46 Novelist Bagnold 47 Battle of Normandy site 49 Bent again 51 Tokyo, once 52 Burglar alarm? 57 Elizabeth II to Edward VIII 58 Matter of chance 60 Sang like Bing 62 Concerning 63 Mai ___ 64 Historians Charles or Mary 65 Silver or Wood 67 Heart problem? 70 Pungent pepper 73 Conquerors 77 Sneakers or clogs 79 Moonstruck star at the plate? 82 Like winter weather 83 Hustler’s hangout 85 Extremists, for short 86 Hulot on film 87 Kind 88 Some unhittable curves? 90 Alley ___ 91 Pontiff’s formal wear 92 Man in Havana 94 Trampoline tutoring? 99 On 100 Grades National Pastime OBSERVER Crossword ACROSS 2 3 4 5 19 Edited by Linda and Charles Preston 6 7 8 9 10 20 23 12 13 44 45 49 50 56 35 41 42 46 47 51 52 57 53 54 55 59 62 64 67 65 68 72 70 74 78 84 66 69 73 77 79 85 80 75 81 87 90 92 71 76 82 86 89 83 88 91 93 94 95 97 98 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 96 99 100 ©2006 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved 86 New Haven’s founder 87 Holler 89 Bananas 90 De Brunhoff elephant 91 Soccer great 92 Have ___: nosh 93 Perfumery ingredient 94 Takes umbrage 97 Maniple 98 Spouse of a Brine poem subject? 101 Kitchen gadget 102 Lendl of the courts 103 “From ___ shining ...” 104 Wriggly 105 Sweeney and Mike 106 Cheryl or Alan 107 Title for Segovia 108 Senator from Kansas DOWN 1 Handle clumsily 2 Late tennis great 3 To put ___ a nutshell ... 4 Stain 37 48 61 63 36 43 58 60 18 32 34 40 17 29 31 33 16 26 28 30 15 22 25 27 39 14 21 24 38 11 5 Delayed action 6 Arabian bigwig: var. 7 Tidings 8 French connections 9 Apologia 10 Nathan ___, of “Guys and Dolls” 11 Deathly pale 12 Goblet feature 13 That girl 14 Seatless fan 15 “New York, New York” composer Betty 16 Wrong gender American impressionist? 17 Piccadilly Circus statue 18 Manner 24 Minor fracas 25 Following 29 Scottish cattle breed 31 “... for want of ___ the horse ...” 32 Exhorted 33 Nursery rhyme character’s spouse? 6/18/2006 67 34 Up to scratch? 35 Felix, of “The Odd 68 Couple” 69 36 “Whole ___ 71 Shakin’ Goin’ On” 73 37 Abominable one 76 38 Little Echo’s title 78 39 United, old style 79 41 Fed the pot 42 Like the old bucket 45 Smith-Herbert’s 80 “___ You Were 81 Mine” 82 48 Koch’s predecessor 85 51 Singer Ed 52 Get in touch with 88 53 Kol ___: Yom 90 Kippur eve prayer 54 “Doe, ___, a 91 female...” 92 55 Beetle ___: scowling 57 Beautiful nymph 93 59 PGA members 94 61 Small mesa 95 62 Baker’s need 96 63 Asparagus length 97 64 Shaping machine 98 65 Ship’s officer, 99 informally 66 Counterfeit 100 P A I D A S T I W H I S E N C O O L S O L O I N D R R E F D A H T O S H U A P E R R E R I A A H B R U N B A A B I O R A L C O R E T O D D T O D O H E L D O F F E M E E R A I N F A T O M E N E D L S Y F M A F A T E T T T T Y T E E S R I S L W E D D O T E E R S F A T D E F R A N T O I S S E I T H E R T C O H E R N A Y E I D B A D E L U C R E A T H E R T T H E R N A E E A T B A B A N E R O L O M E B O V A N S A D D S A S H E N O A K E N G A T O R D E E Ali Baba or Sinbad Full of grease Jacksonville Bowl Pizarro’s gold Dull finish Softened up Shackles Run into from behind Eastern VIP Perplexed “I Only Have ___ You” Caught dead to rights Zeno’s hometown “O! let me not ___,”: Shak. Pasta sauce Little king of comics Bossa ___ Tatum’s dad Cliff Huxtable’s boy Peddle Before Nov. Part of RSVP Ruby or Sandra Deli bread S H T E E R M A U N U R G N G U G E S E D R P F R B L O O O S S U U R E N Y P E R E S Y S F A T O N O R S T A N D E E B R O W E D E L E A C O M D E N B E A M E R E L E N T E D R O B E R T F A T H E R W E L L T H E O E W R A O Y S L O T T A Y E T I S H O A R M O S E R L Y L E 6/18/2006 Release Date — Sunday, June 18, 2006 1 Settled with the piper 5 Chopped down 10 Panache 14 One kind of ball 19 Italian wine town 20 Play to an audience 21 Famed Ferrara family 22 Start of an Irish lullaby 23 Artist’s gender reject? 26 New Jersey’s Perth ___ 27 Like a spy’s letters 28 Stephanie Zimbalist’s dad 29 South American’s backbone 30 Repute 31 Composer Bruckner 32 Word to go with oath or way 33 Martyred Norwegian Prime Minister Palme 34 Nisei’s dad 35 Imperatively 38 Go it alone 40 Native language? 43 Enemy 44 Short-tailed lemur 46 Cpl., e.g. 47 Eternities 48 Sheet of matted cotton 49 Ump’s NFL counterpart 50 Nude, gender version 55 Dramatist Ugo 56 Pre-1975 Benin 58 Sea duck 59 Prague, in Prague 60 ___ down: soft-pedaled 61 Half a reiterative German spa 62 Wharton’s Ethan 63 Synagogues 64 Filthy money 65 Fans 67 Rich Little’s forte 68 Nursery rhymer’s spouse? 70 The ___: rock band 72 Soprano Grist 73 Marshal Dillon 74 Temple, TX sch. 75 Bleak, to Scott 77 Relative of ooh! 78 It’s not nice to fool him, either 83 Sailors’ saint 84 Dark damsel 1 OBSERVER Crossword Dad’s Turn? 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All rights reserved 97 Capital of 106 Down 99 Hollywood dealmaker: abbr. 100 “The Thin Man” scene-stealer 101 Haggard novel 102 Nuns’ superior 104 Fresh ___ 107 Tree of the birch family 110 Peter, of “A World Without Love” fame 112 Nobel physicist Fitch 113 Smallest in size 117 Baseball’s Yogi 118 Two together 119 Capital of Latvia 120 Fill with color 121 Author Nin 122 Samms of TV 123 Mutilate 124 Entertain at a banquet 125 Heavy reading? 126 Suppose 127 Social climber 128 Happen as a consequence 81 79 86 94 103 110 80 69 90 98 45 65 85 93 108 64 76 84 88 96 75 44 60 68 74 43 55 63 73 18 51 59 67 87 50 54 57 17 35 42 48 56 107 34 40 16 30 33 52 70 29 15 6/25/2006 DOWN 1 Japanese form of wrestling 2 Riding whip 3 River in England 4 Stiller’s partner 5 Very cunning 6 Hit the books 7 Proportions 8 Brazilian black vulture 9 Rachel Carson’s “The ___ Around Us” 10 Carnival attraction 11 “Just ___ in a gilded cage” 12 Liturgical book 13 Sweet ___ 14 “... fleece was ___” 15 Atelier item 16 With 76 Across, cut time: in music 17 Victory signs 18 Being 29 Suit parts 32 Assert 33 Common sense: colloq. 35 Any invention, at first S U M O A S T I R B A S A L A B A T 36 37 38 41 43 44 45 47 48 49 51 53 54 57 59 62 64 67 69 70 71 72 74 75 76 C R O P Up and about Part of an act Wandering tribe European master in India Vocal organs? Eject from the premises Rajah’s wife Adler or Kirchwey Bargain bonanza Pianist Peter Yes, in Yokahama Moslem mosque tower Joins, in a way “___ Pyle, U.S.M.C.” Coolness in danger Target in quoits “Norma ___” Irritatingly impudent Entertainer Kay Fundamental Obliterate Geographic reference book Pervasive atmosphere Water wheel French caps A I R E M E A R A S L Y A S S H A C O F F E R R O N D E X E E D A B E A O R T E L A L A D S A T A E S S A B L D E R E R R A N A I S O M E S C R A M A M V E E D R G H O O M B E R S C K A N B E A D E D R A T I O S U R U B U S M A I L N E A R O E D T O R A S S S H U A M M E E S E A S M A R T S 77 79 80 81 83 86 88 90 91 93 95 98 100 102 103 105 106 107 108 109 111 114 115 116 119 R I D V E E S S T A S H I B N B O E R E R I L E A G T A S E R D R A M M S A B I R D Bravo and Grande Pavarotti offerings From the garden Concise Corrode The real McCoy Strikebreaker “The Enigma Variations” composer Italian wine region Worked the dough Meek ___ Take upon oneself Slowly, in music Eagle’s home Dishonor or disgrace Having to do with birds Country on the Red Sea Blind as ___ He’s after Carson Sixty grains Dutch cheese Sleeveless Arab garments One of a people in Sierra Leone French head Apt. units M I S S A L N E S R O O L D R E I R O S S A A D V A I G A I N O A W E S H A H I S O T E N I E L E D A Y E S H A S A N N I E R O R A W S V E T E B A A I R A S G R S T A A I S Y L L E A I M M F E B E N A L L A V E E S E S S E P I P E S E V I C T R A N E E A R I A S F R E S H T E R S E A B A S S U S U T E T E 6/25/2006 Release Date — Sunday, June 25, 2006 1 Con games 6 French vineyards 10 “___ Lama Ding Dong”: 1961 song 14 Make a basket 19 One of the archangels 20 Steak order 21 Long-legged bird 22 Alan and Barbara 23 Voracious eel 24 God or island in Samoa 25 Antenna shape, nowadays 26 Man and Wight 27 Phantom’s bailiwick 28 Playing marble 29 Left-hand page 30 Tantalize 31 Quiet ___ 34 Actor Stern, of “Home Alone” 36 Wood for baseball bats 39 Rosary prayers 40 Aspiring author’s unpub. pile 42 Spartan queen 43 Pay ___ view 46 Showed scorn or derision 48 Leader of fallen angels 50 Jewish school 52 Intense fear 53 Low, wet tracts 55 Neat ___ 56 Word before fossil or finger 57 Overlaid with gold leaf 58 Golf club 60 Bridget Fonda, to Jane 61 Saxophone need 62 Sharpens 63 Ravel composition 65 Fr. holy woman 66 Crushing snake 68 Tied contests 70 Arthur or Lillie 73 Merle, of Hollywood 76 With 16 Down, cut time: in music 78 ‘Mr. Republican’ 82 Russian union 84 Change the decor 85 Land of the shamrock 86 Ballet studio fixture 87 Some are tossed 89 Matadors 91 More breezy 92 Sharp ___ 94 Irritates 95 Green ___ 96 Bandleader Brown Some Similes OBSERVER Crossword ACROSS 1 2 3 4 Edited by Linda and Charles Preston 5 19 6 7 8 9 10 20 11 12 13 14 15 21 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 37 38 32 39 33 34 40 43 50 51 52 53 63 54 69 72 77 78 81 82 83 97 93 86 87 94 73 79 80 84 88 89 95 98 90 96 99 100 106 107 101 104 105 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 108 DOWN 1 2 3 4 5 6 Ready for serving Pedestal occupant Monk’s hood History chapter Pickpocket’s goal Plant of the arum family 7 Lift one’s hat in greeting 102 103 109 ©2006 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved 94 ___ Solo, of “Star Wars” 95 Self-assurance 96 Barber’s call 97 Ancient city, once the port of Rome 99 Fairy godmother’s stick 100 Romanian coins 101 Fr. holy woman 104 End of legend 110 Head, in Toulouse 111 Pickling solution 112 Cut in two 113 Constellation in the Milky Way 114 Unique thing 115 IQ test developer 116 Brought to a close 117 Angel or enemy lead-in 75 66 76 92 74 61 71 85 49 58 68 70 48 55 65 67 91 46 60 64 47 42 57 59 18 36 45 56 62 35 41 44 17 22 23 31 16 7/2/2006 42 Greek goddess of the moon 44 Tuscany art center 45 Tapestry wall hanging 47 Marked bravery 48 Word with board or wheel 49 Charlotte and Norma 51 Last syllable of a word 52 Alpaca’s cousin 53 Japanese silkworm 54 Rows of seats 58 Nanki-Poo’s father 60 Novelist Danielle 61 Noted tenor Lanza 62 Widely known 63 Embrocate 64 “The Crescent Moon” author 65 Sharpen a razor 66 Humorous Danish pianist 67 Apple or pear 68 Beautiful, in Bonn 69 Elegance of manner 71 Repeatedly 73 Official proclamation 74 Nest of pheasants 8 Flightless bird down under 9 Abyssinian prince 10 Free from obstacles 11 East Indian trees 12 India and printer’s 13 Ump’s cousin 14 DDE’s domain 15 Graduate’s robe 16 Popular old saying 17 “Big ___ Don’t Cry”: 1962 song 18 Where to find Aconcagua 24 Baby perches 25 Iacocca and Trevino 26 Anagram of acre 31 From then until now 32 Peak in the Jura Mountains 33 Swan genus 34 Word before days or dressing 35 Dill weed 37 Dull, fixed routine 38 Epic poetry 39 Daytime TV fare 40 “The ___ of War” 41 Run away D O N E I D O L R E U P T O S P O M E F A M E D M O T T O A S H E N C E W O R A W A L L L A L S P E S I S T O N A C U L P E L L T A A T I M N A M A E G A L O O E R S E S S O H A T I A A T W E T E B E R B A R O I D S I E N A O F T E N C R I 75 Palmer pegs 77 Mountain in Thessaly 78 Days, in Spain 79 Axlike tool 80 Draft org. 86 T.E. Lawrence’s adopted name 87 Word after war or poke 88 Italian resort 89 Leased 90 Theater sign 91 Slogan 92 Very pale 93 Giant grass 95 Velvetlike fabric 96 Ingenuous 98 Road to Rome 99 Wagon or cart of yore 100 Lacking hair 101 Prophet 102 Magnesium silicate 103 Greenland settlement 105 Recede 106 Dernier ___ 107 Article in “Newsweek”? 108 Pallid 109 Eggs, to Cicero D E R S O M A M F U S L O F E O P O E T W E L S H I L O N A R Y T D A I S S M E S T A R S T E M S C R E A H O L I D O P I N B L A P O I S W A N D A N N O T I N E H N E T E P O O N S A R R A S A D Z E W A N I R E G N E T O K F O R W S A N S A C F A N E S L L E E E A T L E D M E R M I N B A K E S O R A T R I D E Y G O O D L E I E R E C N E X T B A N I A I T T O L V E V D E D A A D A G E G I R L S A N D E S V A L O R E M E R Y R A E S N I D E T E S E S S S S E E R T A L C E T A H 7/2/2006 Release Date — Sunday, July 2, 2006 1 Monopoly cubes 5 Stork or egret 10 Campanile or belfry 15 Carried away by love 19 Skunk’s defense 20 Appetite stimulator 21 French painter Claude 22 Principal Norse deity 23 Start of holiday legend 27 Blueprint add-on 28 First Arabic letter 29 Indefinite periods of time 30 Point of view 31 Hastened 32 “Dead ___ Society” 34 Cul-de-___ 36 Dangerous curve 37 Stand firm against 40 ___ rabbit: cheese dish 41 Early temples 43 “___ the Roof”: 1963 song 44 Missile-storage structure 45 Auk genus 46 At any time 50 Legend continues 55 Buddhist monk 56 Worked another’s shift 57 Made public 58 Noisy, confused fight 59 Caribbean souvenirs? 60 Slander 61 Those under legal age 62 Daughter of Mohammed 65 Lead players 66 It’s off-limits to dieters 67 Hand-plaited hat 68 Originates 69 Rail bird 70 The end 71 Buckwheat stem covering 72 Neptune’s scepter 76 Drama lead-in 77 Legend continues 81 River in Germany 82 Roadside sign 83 At liberty 84 Caesar’s fatal date 85 City in the Ruhr valley 87 Trail mark on a tree 89 Niche 91 Chinese communist leader Anticipation OBSERVER Crossword ACROSS 1 2 3 Edited by Linda and Charles Preston 4 5 6 16 20 24 25 30 31 35 10 18 21 22 27 38 43 47 52 76 45 55 62 72 78 84 105 112 117 120 91 98 102 107 113 94 85 97 106 93 75 81 90 101 58 68 80 89 57 64 74 79 96 111 63 73 83 88 56 67 82 100 29 49 61 71 95 23 40 54 77 87 15 19 39 66 70 14 34 48 60 69 13 28 44 53 65 12 33 42 59 11 17 37 46 86 9 26 36 51 8 32 41 50 7 92 99 103 108 104 109 114 115 118 119 121 122 110 116 ©2006 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved 7/9/2006 91 Method of house DOWN construction 1 Relief pitchers, in 95 Makes profit by baseball swindling 2 Actress Sue ___ 96 Viking explored it Langdon in 1975 3 Brass instrument 97 Son of Aphrodite 4 Small reticules 99 It flows through 5 Senior’s goal Paris 6 Unsafe building 100 Clumsy ones 7 Hebrew measure 101 Weak or ineffectual 8 Charlotte and John 102 Long periods 9 City in Turkey 104 ___ juncta in unio: 10 Fails to go off three joined in one 11 Describe exactly 105 Sapporo sash 12 Author Jong 106 Singer Brewer 13 Wife of Nick 108 Curt in speech Charles 110 Dawn goddess 14 Prom follower? 111 Locomotive engine 15 All enthused compartment 16 Optical illusion 113 Cremona prize 19 Cherry-red 115 Stinging insect 20 Unit of capacitance 117 Chemical used to 23 Antedeluvian test fuel oils 26 Goddess of the 118 Versatile beam rainbow 119 Reckless 28 Small, Eurasian speculations deer 120 Challenges 31 One shooting from ambush 121 Ancient chariot 122 Word before cellar 34 Fleet of warships 36 Source of poi or door 38 Members of a privileged group 39 Alpine region 40 Quote 42 Easy, swinging stride 44 Luau adornment 45 Anagram of lair 47 Supreme military commander 49 It’s used in roofing materials 50 He was KO’d by Jack Dempsey in 1912 51 Village on Long Island, NY 52 Civet 53 “___ It to Beaver” 55 He sold his soul to the devil 56 African pygmy antelope 57 Pluckier 58 Hit hard 61 Middling grade 63 Diamonds, to some 70 Vexes 71 Dreadful 72 Angers 73 Ransack and rob 74 Skedaddle F A R A D M I R A G E F I R E M E N F I R P O I S L I P R A S S E S P O O F A R A B I C R E F I R E D A T E D N U T E E B U G A I R S S E N T E I A L P R O W E O P A R E R L A D O N F I R N A R D O D E Y S M S L A T E R E B O X T A N E A R E S I R I S F I R E T R A P L E C A E V E E F T I A R M E E S A L E 75 “I saw ___ of fishing boats ...”: Lindbergh 77 Passing fancies 79 French nobleman 81 Dumbo’s wings 83 Bargain bonanza? 84 Stravinsky ballet with “The” 86 Satirize playfully 87 Semitic language 88 Shot the gun again 89 Make gentle 90 Below average 92 Rifle or pistol 93 Negatively charged atoms 94 Beauty’s love 96 Groucho, Chico and Harpo 98 Pinches out a candle 101 Sierra ___ 103 “... over ___ milk” 106 Skier’s aid 107 Japanese pearl divers 108 Suit to ___ 109 Musical group 112 Sched. posting 114 Beast of burden 116 Ever, to Edna St. Vincent Millay O R U M M A R I E E F S R A F R I O E T R E L L I E S E E R S C I O F T L I A C U R R E S I D I T L U F F E C L I P S E R O E O A A B R M A T I A S E R S S E D D E F I N E P I N E T A R S N U F F S E R I C A L I R A S K I P S P I L T N O F O T I C R E R E D A E R A A D I T C R U S E I M P E D T A E D O G S A R A M I M I A B E T E F I R E A L R E F A B S E I N E T R I A T E O S R E A N T I E R S O R M 7/9/2006 Release Date — Sunday, July 9, 2006 1 Destined 6 Place for public discussion 11 ... a ___ thieves 16 Hand or steak descriptive 17 ___ ware: Japanese porcelain 18 Amatory 20 Pyromaniac 21 Navigational hazards 22 Bright color 24 “Diamonds ___ a Girl’s Best Friend” 25 More breezy 27 “Out of ___”: Redford flick 29 Special time 30 LA footballers 32 Architect Jose Luis 33 College in New Rochelle, NY 34 Mine entrance 35 Fifteen-percenter 37 Ireland, until 1937 39 Under the spreading chestnut ___ ... 40 Earthen ware pot 41 Repudiation 43 Bright retorts 45 Moved laboriously 46 Nose of an airplane 48 Jury members, in theory 49 Pocket bread 50 Brilliant gemstone 54 It follows AFL 55 Andirons 59 Danube tributary 60 Upright 62 Luxuriant tropical vine 64 Saroyan’s “My Name is ___” 65 “Kidnapped” monogram 66 New Guinea port city 67 Actor’s lead-in 68 Württemberg measure 69 Tourist’s tower site 71 It’s noted for its white cliffs 73 Takes five 75 Incite or help 76 “Chestnuts roasting on an ___ ...” 78 ___ Amin 80 Become excited 82 Plant yielding a fragrant ointment 83 Actor’s error 85 Coin of Iran 86 Lutelike Indian instrument 89 Shirt-tie union All Ablaze OBSERVER Crossword ACROSS 1 2 3 Edited by Linda and Charles Preston 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 33 37 38 57 58 81 87 92 98 83 94 103 109 97 101 102 105 106 111 112 118 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 ©2006 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved 1 Thick slice 2 Coconut husk fiber 3 Magician’s syllables 4 Noted portraitist: 1723-92 5 Strong and healthy 6 City in Belgium 7 Skirt or van lead-in 8 Rosary prayer 9 ___ hearing: partially deaf 10 Who painted “Morning Sunlight”? 11 Director Grosbard 12 Flaccid 13 Actor Lorenzo, of “Lethal” 14 Diving ducks 15 Noted US illustrator: 1894-1978 16 Evangelist Roberts 17 Showing good sense 18 Grafted, in heraldry 28 Actor’s aids 30 Amo, amas, ___ 32 Iacocca and Trevino 34 Junta 35 They’re opposite to altruists 37 Broken bread 38 Cliff home 39 It’s before attack or button 119 113 117 DOWN 115 91 116 92 Act the stool pigeon 94 Extreme hardship 96 Officeholders 97 Parts of a baseball diamond 98 Distributes 100 Contradictions 102 Modern 103 Bath and Saratoga Springs 105 Albert or Arcaro 106 A Webster 107 Andrea ___, fresco artist 111 Legal point 112 Who painted “Mona Lisa”? 116 New York barge canal 117 Japanese gateway 119 Memorize 121 Debtor’s slips 122 One of the Turners 123 La Scala offering 124 Slur over 125 Fr. holy women 126 Westernmost Aleutian island 127 Plant or tree exudate 128 Actress Spacek 129 Logan or Fitzgerald 114 85 96 100 110 79 77 90 95 104 78 68 84 89 99 108 67 71 82 93 45 62 76 88 44 56 61 66 75 80 86 55 70 74 43 50 60 65 69 73 54 59 64 42 49 53 18 36 48 52 17 32 41 47 51 107 35 40 46 72 31 34 39 63 30 16 120 121 40 Language of Caesar 41 Florida mollusk 43 Temporary break 44 Vessels for heating liquids 45 Apportioned 47 Bromidic 49 Bill-signing memento 52 Type used for emphasis 53 Anagram of nails 55 Lizard or turtle 58 Shadow 59 Hollywood mantel decoration 61 Extract by force 64 Ancient Hebrew measure 66 Japanese diplomat and artist 68 Bank acct. addition 70 Apogee’s opposite 71 Synagogues 72 Island near the Bay of Naples 73 Cerebration results 74 Castle protectors 75 Branch of geometry 76 Wagons 77 “Every Which Way But ___” 78 City in the Ruhr valley S L A B C O I R A B R A R E Y N O C A P L R E A D U R N S M I I B E C K A C I M B A D O P E A R R A T O I S S U S D E L S E R I E L A N A A T T U R O B C U U S E T S I U T M A B L R I A C S N E S P A A R T O R A L O S T C O R N Y T E R S T O P E 79 82 84 87 89 91 93 95 97 99 101 102 104 106 107 108 109 110 112 113 114 115 118 120 M A H I V A N E R I D A C O M L A F A A B T T A S I L L O N A S P I C S E N A O R R L I M I G O R D E N I E D D O R E R I I E R A S I N P I S S A R R O S A T O S A I S L E S 7/16/2006 Rancid bacon, once Mite or minus lead-in Useful Who painted “Under the Birches”? Noted abstractionist Piet Who sculpted “Standing Women”? Genus of water scorpions Take the bus It’s before bag or pole Carlisle’s “___ Resartus” Bridal paths Mickey or Andy Kind of mine excavation “Revenge of the ___”: 1984 movie Author Walter ___ Mare Part of QED Yarn fluff Crude metals Medieval short tales Moslem weight unit Affair of honor Pelion was piled on it Son of Bela the Benjamite Yale man U L L S L I A C U M M A P A U E S P G E S O O P I L E R S I N E T S P S S T W H I U A U L T I L E I N S L S R E N O L E O E A R N L I D E I S S Y L E E S W R E S T B E A N R O C K W E L L O R A L S A N E E N T E P A U S I E N T L O L O A S C E H A R I O S T E L E T N A S D E A L T E S S E N R E E S T D U E L O S S A 7/16/2006 Release Date — Sunday, July 16, 2006 1 Al Capone feature 5 Home of the prophet Samuel 10 Drawer handles 15 Light, pink wine 19 Earring’s place 20 Papa Dionne 21 Sacro follower 22 Algerian seaport 23 Ethereal 24 Silly blunder 25 ___ cum laude 26 “I ___ Get Started”: 1935 song 27 Who sculpted “The Kiss”? 29 “___ Kapital” 31 Who painted “Twittering Machine”? 33 Force out 34 Bunches of branches 36 Gush forth 37 Pharmaceutical tablet 40 Which muralist created “Red and White Peonies”? 42 Oozed gradually 46 Studies, as law 47 Singer Calloway 48 Boy Scout unit 50 List of candidates 51 Decorative vases 52 Jots 54 Commercial tanker 56 First mooncraft 57 Twice DI 58 Who painted “Sacre-Coeur de Montmartre”? 60 Muscular power 62 Actor Mineo 63 Who painted “The Descent from the Cross”? 65 Aides to VIPs 67 Clergyman 69 With competence 70 Typography units 71 British gun 72 A Germanic tribe c. 100 B.C. 75 French legislature 76 Who painted his mother in black and white? 80 Bustle 81 Cast member 83 Who painted “The Old King”? 85 Verb or ram follower 86 Pome fruit 88 Ottoman sultan 90 Ending for turn 91 Come in second Art Quiz OBSERVER Crossword ACROSS 1 6 10 14 19 20 21 22 23 24 26 27 28 30 31 33 34 36 38 40 41 43 44 47 48 50 54 55 56 58 59 60 61 63 64 66 67 69 70 71 72 74 75 78 79 81 82 83 85 86 87 95 1 2 3 4 5 Edited by Linda and Charles Preston 6 19 20 23 24 27 28 34 7 10 30 31 37 47 79 84 88 98 99 100 107 113 90 108 114 115 92 96 97 102 103 110 104 111 116 112 117 118 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 119 ©2006 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved DOWN 1 “Terrace at Le Havre” painter 106 87 120 97 “The Waste Land” author’s initials 98 Influential people 102 Ice bucket accessory 103 Heavy party contributors 107 Alfonso’s queen 108 Party line 110 Songwriter Edwards 111 Mate or motive starter 112 Fictional 100-year sleeper 113 Valuable possession 115 Extended vocals? 118 Group of Moslem scholars 120 Drive back 121 Popular CO ski resort 122 Undiluted 123 More agreeable 124 Stone pillar 125 Kitchen follower 126 Cooper or Crosby 127 Precious ones 105 82 91 109 77 68 81 101 76 63 75 95 53 58 86 94 52 71 80 89 51 67 85 93 50 62 70 78 18 33 57 74 83 49 66 73 17 39 61 69 16 43 56 65 15 38 48 60 72 14 32 42 55 64 13 22 41 54 12 26 36 46 59 11 25 29 40 45 9 21 35 44 8 7/23/2006 2 Convex molding 3 Harbinger of spring 4 Highest note of Guido’s gamut 5 This year’s graduates 6 Goes at top speed 7 Fairy tale monster 8 Yoko ___ 9 Bouillabaisse 10 Act the dilettante 11 Numero ___ 12 “The ___ Happy Fella” 13 Rathbone of filmdom 14 Nudged rudely 15 Romanian coin 16 Burnett or Channing 17 Dispatch boat 18 Extend a subscription 25 Smoothly gracious 29 Belgian resort 32 Anderson’s “High ___” 35 Sheep shelter 36 Combine 37 Spanish cowboy 39 Italy’s shape 41 Small cut or notch 42 Drudge 44 Poorly painted picture 45 Logan or Fitzgerald 46 Gambling game 47 Ecclesiastical vestment 49 White House nickname for Dwight 51 Rain-soaked hobo? 52 Annoying insect 53 Supplements 55 Didn’t spare the rod 56 Denude 57 Tricks into difficulty 60 Leonard Nimoy, on “Star Trek” 61 Old Nick 62 Oozes gradually 65 Malay isthmus 66 Actress Ina, of “That’s Adequate” 68 Satisfied 70 Drumming tattoo 71 Stare fiercely 72 Lively round dance 73 Venerated image 74 Caan or Cagney 75 Puffs like a locomotive 76 Site of the Taj Mahal M O N E T O V O L O T U L I P D A U B E L L A H O R A I C O N B L A C K J A C K B E A R S I N S E T G A S P E E S L E A N I C O O R T S E S K P R O A C K S L E O P W I S E T E L L E R A C S E P S A A S M P I A C N E K E R D A J S G S T A L V E 77 Bucket 80 Sovereignty in India 81 Volcanic peaks 84 Sluggish 86 Monotonous speech style 87 Oil export org. 89 Instructive letter 91 Skull cavity 92 Astonish greatly 94 NCO 96 Overwhelm the imagination 97 Make knotted lace 98 Kodiaks 99 Map within a map 100 Canadian peninsula 101 Soothing ointment 103 Not up-to-date 104 Betel palm 105 Stove gadget 106 Practices for the bout 109 The constellation Capricorn 111 Culture medium 114 Deep sea shocker 116 ___ -picker: overly-fussy one 117 Education org. 119 Fairway position O O F D G N I A R O S S B E H U B U D A L S N I V E N I S E I T H S C E S T K B A R R A T I J A L A P A T I N M A N S E T S I S A B I N T O N G G G U S O N G S O A I L N T T E G U M B N O A O S S T I L L L S A L I N A K E V E R E O G C L C H A O U R N G E E S S F A U N G S E A T A R Y E L B T O O W R E D E N S T E R E A P P S S A T S A T T O U N D L C A R E A V E U R I N O S E B L O W O O D G E T A N K M A E M P T S E T T R A P A G A O M R I P P A L E C A T S R I P L E M A I C E R E A R S 7/23/2006 Release Date — Sunday, July 23, 2006 88 90 91 92 93 Specks of dust Top or tree starter Mute TV actor Dana, of “MacGyver” Small seed Hindu fire god Wild Philippines ox Serviceman’s time off Man without a country Irritated employer Engraver’s tool Part of 43 Across Words of understanding Center of a city Josip Broz Full of: suffix Chiefs of police Mo from Arizona Unfair attack ___ pro nobis Complains tearfully Auto pioneer’s initials Red ink items Liqueur flavoring The ‘Greatest’ Evasive trick Auk genus Gold or silver follower Plumber’s tool Combat vehicle Manchu tribe Variety to William Cowper Stella or Shadoe West of Hollywood Hiker’s burden Vermont granite city Tries to entice Former German gold coin Math class calculation Welcome Shanghai Cathartic plant Showy, empty talk Wood sorrel Constituent of hair, nails, etc. Roughens the skin Turkish officer Birds of fable Indian region on the Cambay Gulf Certain cocktails King of Israel, circa 870 B.C. Leg joint Fast plane Burn superficially Horrify Goddess of the harvest An ancient Italian people Rhyme Time OBSERVER Crossword ACROSS 1 2 3 4 5 6 Edited by Linda and Charles Preston 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 33 36 37 38 46 49 64 67 72 75 86 88 92 97 82 85 87 96 78 81 84 91 74 77 80 83 68 73 76 79 70 62 66 71 69 59 61 65 43 55 58 60 42 51 54 57 41 47 50 53 56 18 32 40 45 52 17 35 39 48 90 31 34 44 63 30 16 89 93 94 100 101 95 98 99 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 ©2006 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved 79 80 81 82 83 85 86 87 88 89 90 93 94 98 99 101 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 7/30/2006 Black bird DOWN Stitched together 1 “Monster ___”: Curves 1963 song Robin Williams role 2 Plant used in in “Aladdin” lotions Promontory 3 Neighbor of Twelve Unrefined Oaks Dashing young 4 Give featured men billing Stewart and Taylor 5 Goddess of fruits Prepared to act 6 Doctoral exams Thin wire nail 7 Dancer Sally Physician’s 8 Half of CCCII handwriting, often 9 Pilot’s opponent? Long-time 10 Twilled table linen consumer advocate 11 Moslem prayer leaders Automobile fixture 12 Mrs. Nick Charles Warm spell, in winter 13 Once called Clay Site of 1970 14 Coiffure accessory World’s Fair 15 Jai alai Puts into 16 Greek competition circulation 17 O’Hara’s “A ___ to City on the Oka Live” Bridal fabric 18 Summer refreshers West African river 28 Nat or Natalie Cobbler’s 30 Word before replacements pudding or paper Roman statesman 32 Cincinnati team Unique person 34 Cake or bread Diploma holders starter Agree 35 Norse god of the sea “If You ___ Susie” M A S H 70 Ceremonies 36 Starling’s cousin: var. 72 England’s chalk 37 Originated hills 38 Valley in Argolis, 73 Plant of the violet Greece family 39 Skips the light 76 Impetuously fantastic 77 Barber’s chair 40 Busy places feature 41 Type of sauce or 78 Wrestling hold soda 80 Roadside sign 42 Writer of mining 81 Scottish hillside town stories 82 Garden flower, for 43 Mr. Kefauver short 45 Thorax 84 Bureau part 46 Soft and smooth 85 Lebanese conifers 49 Lock of hair 50 Light, swingy tunes 86 Brazen 51 David’s weapon 88 Gathered up the 53 Social divisions leaves 54 Distinguishing 89 Nut or palm flavor 90 Normandy battle 55 Wear away site 57 “Lorna ___” 91 Honolulu detective 58 Papal decrees of fiction 59 Live embers 92 Move swiftly 61 Made angry 93 Philippine city 62 Sudden transitions 94 Side or top starter 63 Singer Vaughan 95 Islands in Galway 64 Skirt style Bay 65 Female demon 96 Distribute 66 Recorded 67 Ranch populations 97 Snow remover 100 Baronet’s title 68 Oxlike antelope 69 High home 102 Crossword bird? A L O E T A R A H E A D L M A N I I R E N N O M E A S E H E A D O S A L O A L A N R I M E A N I H E A D R S C R A T H A W L A C E O N E R P O M C O O N L A E T C R L E A S N S S H S E L A O D W L O N G O R A L S C H E S T D O W N S S I R R C H A L E N I A D D R S W I T H I C R O N E I R D P T T S B A R U S T I L T A L L E P E S E D B D C R R E A N A D E A K A G E R A D S D A M A S K L I L T S I M A M S S I L K Y P A N S Y H E A D R E M S O T A N A H O L E R I A A D R A B E H E A D I G N S V I D E R E S C R L O O H E A D E A L E R P S D S G S B L B R A H E A D I T S L E S L L Y P E L O T A A G O N R A G E A D E S C R S E L A I M N G E L H A E N A D D L A O R C A K N H A R T E E S T E S A E R I E R I T E S M E T E P L O W 7/30/2006 Release Date — Sunday, July 30, 2006 1 Subj. for Sir Hermann Bondi 5 Good place for a swing 10 TV actress Manoff, of “A State of Grace” 15 Prefix for site or legal 19 Wings 20 Papal vestment 21 Soap plant 22 Old oath 23 Marsh bird 24 Obsession 25 “West Side Story” girl 26 Theater balcony area 27 Common complaint 29 “Hamlet,” for one 31 Pilotless planes 33 Chaney and McCallister 34 Kind of chard or cheese 35 Aid’s partner 36 Seaport of Luzon 39 Slow-witted 40 Another common complaint 44 Greek goddess of peace 45 Hag 46 Indications 47 Abyssinian prince 48 Alaskan gold rush center 49 “The ___ Man”: 1949 movie 50 Black-and-blue 51 Spanish architect 52 Peer Gynt’s mother 53 Moved stealthily 54 Flooring installer, often 55 Gladden 56 Like Irving’s horseman 58 Pitching offenses 59 Murder and mayhem 60 Hop kiln 61 Baseball’s Staub 62 Diving bird 63 Drawing rooms 66 Jousts 67 Hats, caps, etc. 71 Rachins and Rickman 72 Slate flooring slab 73 Noted clergyman/author Norman 74 It’s worn at a luau 75 Hoarfrost 76 Expectant desires 77 Stringed instruments 78 Moss on Broadway Use Your Noodle OBSERVER Crossword ACROSS 1 2 3 Edited by Linda and Charles Preston 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 33 37 38 39 35 40 56 61 63 67 68 74 83 88 89 93 78 103 86 109 115 92 97 101 102 105 110 114 87 96 104 81 79 91 100 80 60 71 85 95 45 66 77 90 99 108 70 84 94 98 65 76 44 55 59 69 43 50 54 64 75 82 49 58 62 73 42 53 57 18 36 48 52 17 32 41 47 51 107 31 34 46 72 30 16 106 111 112 118 119 113 116 117 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 ©2006 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved 96 Polyphonic song 97 They’re sometimes girded 98 Fishhook attachers 100 US-Mexico border town 102 Preserved green fodder 103 Android on “Star Trek - TNG” 105 Ointment-yielding plants 106 Bag or ball starter 107 Pungent garden annual 111 Electrical unit 112 Member of the carp family 116 Barbara or Anthony 117 Most insignificant 119 Madonna’s musical hit 121 Story starter 122 Resounded 123 Bert’s “Sesame Street” roommate 124 Made public 125 Stravinsky 126 Sister of Ares 127 Direct a course 128 Emulates Humpty Dumpty 129 Lascivious 8/6/2006 40 Set in the earth 41 Wire, for short 1 Warm and cozy 43 French soldier in WWI 2 1992 Dustin Hoffman movie 44 Island in Upper New York Bay 3 Shrinking sea 45 One of the deadly 4 Double eagle sins 5 Elf or pixie 47 Crushing snake 6 Bank transactions 7 Der ___: Adenauer 49 Famous fabulist 52 Spanish saint’s day 8 Nuremberg celebrations negative 53 Small, dark wild 9 Evergreen goose ground-cover 54 “One in a ___ You”: 10 French physicist song 11 Understand 57 Decorate 12 Marionette-maker 58 Belgian coin Tony 59 Add beauty to 13 Valencia farewell 62 Small group of 14 Shrieked seals 15 Hungarian 64 Otherwise called composer Karl 66 Numbered hwy. 16 Two-toed sloth 68 Like some seals 17 Defeats at bridge 70 Hebrews, Arabs, 18 Weight allowance etc. 28 Wilander of tennis 72 US physicist Josiah 30 Lavish excess 73 New York city on affection the Allegheny 32 Pub missile 74 Part of S-M-L 34 Semitic language 35 One of the Lauders 75 Actor Novarro 77 Talks wildly 37 Jobs for Perry 79 Water wheel Mason? 80 “Dallas” family 38 Green, yellow or name red fruit 81 Detect 39 Sacred song DOWN S N U G H E R O A R A L G O L D C C A P O A P S I S P A N E L L S E M P O G O L D I L A B E R G B A G O S N E L D M A R I E D E N R A N G E R I S S P R M I A T T E S F D I R E E S S T S A S F L S A T G O L E S L O A N S B O A E A R E D A L E R T A N G L I O T E L E D D A M O P R O T L A S E A M S N A F T I A R C L A R I N A N A C M I S O N M N O G A N A R D R E A S T N I E E E R 84 Curtain material 86 Court barrier 89 English yellow apples 91 Precious metal for interior decorators 92 Thicker version of 91 Down 94 Semaphore item 96 Actress Winningham 97 The Swedish Nightingale 99 Small fur garments 101 Belt or snake 102 Waldorf and Caesar 104 Air raid warning 106 Tourist haven 107 Simple 108 Last Jewish month 109 Italian painter Guido 110 Hamlet or Borge 112 “Working ___”: 1988 movie 113 Author of “Bus Stop” 114 Flat-bottomed boat 115 Large number of cattle 118 German pronoun 120 By way of A M P E R E B R A N T G O L D L E A F S S A Y E A D E E R I L G O L E S E S T D T E A E L E M E E S I G O L S P L E R I M A N O I V E N T E T E S S S H A G O L V I T A I R E D A L L S D A R T A D O R N L I N D G O L D M A R K U N A U S E T S T R E T P O I L R U T E N O G R O I L A D F I O N I G L E E L L I S S L O T H E W I N G S E N S E S C O W H E R D 8/6/2006 Release Date — Sunday, August 6, 2006 1 Carpet type 5 English teacher’s nightmare? 10 Analyze 15 Outburst of emotion 19 Pianist Peter 20 Salk defeated it 21 Civil War general 22 Unique person 23 Russian river or mountains 24 Fierce badger 25 Jeopardy 26 “Too much, Too Little, Too ___” 27 Rich source 29 ETO commander 31 Valuable powder 33 Broadway musical hit 34 “That’s ___”: Dean Martin’s theme song 36 Tailor’s concern 37 He wrote “In Cold Blood” 40 Speak strongly against 42 Window curtains 46 Point in celestial body’s orbit 47 Like a person who’s seen it all 48 Coffee alternative 50 Scandinavian folklore creature 51 Cross over 52 Froths 53 Brazilian seaport 55 Liter or meter starter 56 House wing 57 Rigg or Ross 58 Iris native to the Cape of Good Hope 60 Ignited 61 Musical direction 63 Coronet 65 1849 CA event 67 Platinum wire loop 69 Tribal divisions 71 Novelist’s concern 72 It’s found on a service flag 76 Prefix for face or faith 78 Dunne and Cara 82 Longshoreman’s org. 83 NY resort village 85 Massenet heroine 87 Use the credit cards 88 Austrian composer Alban 90 Highway haulers 91 Taken as a premise 92 Broad smile 93 ___ wind: braggart 95 Ameche or Rickles Eureka! OBSERVER Crossword ACROSS 1 2 3 4 5 19 Edited by Linda and Charles Preston 6 7 8 9 10 20 23 28 31 43 47 52 58 29 45 48 49 54 55 56 81 88 95 96 82 77 78 83 84 85 86 90 91 94 98 103 99 104 105 100 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 ©2006 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved 95 Western or Spanish 98 Lorelei 99 Elementary particle 103 Costner film 105 Mantle/Maris film 107 ___ of Man 108 Pioneering legend 109 Between: prefix 110 Dueling piece 111 Herring kin 112 Got up 113 Experiments 114 Wrest DOWN 1 Weaponry 2 Madras dress 3 Airline routing centers 4 Uplifts 5 Honorary retirees 6 White oak 7 Not here 8 ___ Aviv-Jaffa 102 74 93 97 101 73 89 92 70 68 80 87 69 64 76 79 41 61 72 75 40 57 67 71 39 50 63 66 18 46 60 62 17 33 44 53 16 30 38 59 65 15 26 37 51 14 22 32 36 42 13 25 27 35 12 21 24 34 11 8/13/2006 9 Virginia Woolf novel 10 Fought 11 Actor Milo 12 Served like Sampras 13 Heavy weight 14 Play grounds 15 Airy, chilled dessert 16 Part of a spread 17 Astrology item 18 Granular seasoning 24 Letter stroke 26 Adolescents 29 ’Do 32 Senior 33 English explorer, Sir Francis 34 Relig. 35 Concur 36 With 39 Down, Norworth/Van Tilzer song 37 Butter substitutes 38 Corker 39 See 36 Down 40 Olympic sprinter Eddie 41 Movie reviewer 44 Delight in 45 Scoundrel 50 Ms. Maples 52 Trading centers 53 Friend 54 Papal language 55 “___ and Ivory” 56 Major body vessel 57 Bustles, in Bonn 59 Stuffing materials 61 Major ending 63 MVP Sosa 64 Bitter to the taste 65 Jazz dance 66 Grappler 67 Got along 68 Tropical evergreen trees 69 Clunker 70 Irish poetry Nobelist 72 Administers medicine 73 Coke’s competition 76 Laundry items of yore 80 Talked amorously 81 Startled 82 Drink too much 83 Passage 84 Seems 85 Parcel of land 88 Conducted a survey 91 Aquatic Williams 93 John’s instrument 94 Winter woe 95 Osaka sashes 96 Iditarod command 97 Scat queen 98 Scram! 99 Newts 100 Rappelling need 101 Portent 102 Requirement 104 Go bad 106 Donkey, in Dijon A R M S S A R I E P I S C A G R E E B A T T L E D S T O M P C O P E R O B I S M U S H H U B S E L A T E T S A K E M B E A O T U T T S T O P O E L L L L E A D S E R I F E M E R I T I R O B L E E N M A J A L O R L Y T Y S D W O C A S O S E O H S E T D U R B O S T A T O W E R A L L Y A C E N O O L D I L D O F E E O R L E S A B S T O F A I N A M N Y R M E Y A T D L O P A P S I R E H A M O N E O O D O S H E A R O A G O U R E T A N E T H R I A S N S A I N T E A T S M C O T O E N A T U D D E S D I E S B R U N E E A M S A K S M U E B A T E R R A T A L A C T U A K E E S E R E B A T S P R E S P A S E L E C T F E A T H T E R E S T S R A C R E S T A R S A L T T H E B A L L G A M E T O L A N E B E R T L E M O N Y E A T S R O P E O M E N N E E D 8/13/2006 Release Date — Sunday, August 13, 2006 1 A Queen’s stadium 5 Muse of poetry 10 Banana split containers 15 Church service 19 Actor Julia 20 Lawn tool 21 Cravat 22 Eight: prefix 23 Selleck film 25 Redford film 27 Sororal 28 Performed 30 Leave in the lurch 31 Clinton’s canal 32 “___ Gay” 33 Expires 34 Bites the dust? 37 Blast from the past 38 Brown-haired 42 Duval’s org. 43 Costner film 46 Mischief 47 Provoke 48 Maiden name indicator 49 Twelve ___: Ashley’s estate 50 Hawaiian song 51 Get it? 52 Berenger/Sheen film 57 Pachyderm of prose 58 Harpsichords 60 Approximately 61 Wandering 62 Ahead of time 63 Salt away 64 In any way 65 Bowman of hockey 67 Pass out 68 In reality 71 Bookies 72 Verdon musical 74 ___ whiz! 75 Makes a choice 76 Cad 77 Always, to poets 78 Doctors’ org. 79 Famed opera house, briefly 80 Ernest Thayer poem 86 Witty remark 87 Got on one’s knees 89 Big-eyed Asian primate 90 Grooms 92 Sounds of surprise 93 Hemingway and Haydn 94 Fashionable hotels Let’s Play Ball OBSERVER Crossword ACROSS 1 6 10 14 19 20 21 22 23 25 27 28 30 31 32 33 34 36 38 39 40 42 44 47 49 53 54 55 57 58 59 60 62 63 64 65 67 68 69 75 87 88 89 1 2 3 4 5 Edited by Linda and Charles Preston 6 19 7 9 10 20 23 24 27 28 32 46 30 35 41 42 55 59 70 72 86 90 116 74 61 52 78 79 80 106 107 108 62 77 92 102 94 97 98 104 112 117 89 93 103 111 84 88 96 110 76 83 91 101 51 66 75 87 95 109 73 82 100 50 68 81 99 18 57 65 71 85 17 38 49 60 64 16 43 56 67 69 37 48 54 15 31 36 47 63 14 26 40 58 13 22 29 34 53 12 25 33 45 11 21 39 44 8 105 113 118 114 115 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 ©2006 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved 8/20/2006 90 He created Uncle DOWN Remus 92 Deprives, as of 1 ___ profundo rights 2 Once more 94 He wrote “The 3 Course Executioner’s 4 Band on a shield Song” 5 Apprehend 95 Fire or ball starter 6 Potter’s tool 97 River of Hades 7 Synthetic fiber 98 “White ___”: novel 8 Undesirable by 49 Across roommate 99 Queen of the 9 He wrote “The fairies Immigrants” 102 Small piece 10 Bonn exclamation 104 Car engineer’s org. 11 Regretted 105 ___ precedent 12 “Mrs. ___ Goes to 106 Menu phrase Paris” 109 ___ in one’s 13 Lament bonnet 14 Decorative vase 111 Equipment 15 Chess piece 113 Wheel rods 16 Small porch 115 Wine vessels 17 Musical study 116 He wrote “The 18 Small children Call” 24 Extinct East 119 Coauthor of “Guys African volcano and Dolls” 26 Synthetic fiber 121 Egg-shaped 29 Spartan queen 122 Italian noble house 33 Merriment 123 Stir up 35 Regurgitating 124 Harmonize ruminant 125 Make strong again 37 Wild ox 126 Coloring agents 39 Recipe direction 127 English sand hill 40 Pays to play 128 “Whither thou ___” 41 Drive off 43 44 45 46 47 48 50 51 52 54 56 59 61 64 66 67 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 Put up with Desert garments African river Venetian blind unit Alleviate Clock face Philippine chieftain Unique person Overly inquisitive He wrote the “Studs Lonigan” trilogy He wrote “The Conduct of Life” Celtic or Maltese Snub haughtily Wood for baseball bats Press for payment Members of the cast Engrave, in a way ___ avis Cake decorator “Let the ___ Times Roll” Fool’s month? Whitman’s “___ of Grass” He wrote “True West” Typewriter type Pub pints City on the Oka B A S S O A G A I N R O U T E A B A S U E L E S L A T E T C H R A R A I C E R M A J O R A B O V E B E H A N O N P R A A L B E L E G L G L E S L O T T E N I E F R C A A R R A S O R C H S E T S L O N L R I S S P I T S N I E G E N H E R T E E E W D O R L O N E A S E G O O D P A S S Y S L O B A N T E S A P R I L R E T E H O W A R D F A S T L E D A L E A V E E T S A S Y E S 79 80 84 86 89 91 93 94 96 98 99 100 101 103 105 106 107 108 110 112 114 115 117 118 120 Hoarfrost Hebrew measure Ship’s prison Pinches Miracle city Burn slightly LAX listings Island in Taiwan Strait Placed in rows Weak TV’s “___ Dad” Higher in power He wrote “Borstal Boy” French economist and politician Yarn purchase Love, to Luigi Noted penologist Lewis Valuable possession Grafted, in heraldry Network Double-reed woodwind Jason’s ship Cut with an ax Certainly! Scott Joplin creation A R A B C U R E H E R M D I O P S A E R N C E D O P I E R E A M A L L E R S E A S A L L O M I E N S T S H E F E S E P O K E A B E B R O I L D E N E U P S E R A T T A N W O U R N O D N A P E E N E L O N D O A D A N S U T E N D R U R O U E O N O R T B R I C R E M M A I L E A N G T A A L S A M A U R R O W A G R E G O E S T Y K E S N O S Y O M E R A S S E T 8/20/2006 Release Date — Sunday, August 20, 2006 78 81 82 83 84 85 Robber follower? Very elegant Street urchin Unexpected defeat Greek market place Singer Guthrie It’s good for what ails you Deplorably shabby He wrote “Humboldt’s Gift” He’s noted for “The Caine Mutiny” Scene of the crime Worldwide Name in high fashion Computer network terminal Shot or step starter Secluded valley Capitol VIP Capital of Yemen Footlike organ One-armed bandit feature Calculating snake? Hawaiian goose She wrote “Sense and Sensibility” Wrote on the front of a document He wrote “The Sea Wolf” Show to be untrue ___ Morgana: a mirage TV role for young Ron Howard Town written of by 116 Across Axillary Perry Mason’s workload Quantities of paper Shoshone Indians Movie locale Police officer’s collar? Author of “Advise and Consent” Hebrew lyre Dissipated man He wrote “Oliver’s Story” One quarter of a year Spanish gold Diplomat’s need Skier’s terrain Apportion Edge Legendary king of Thebes Tree snake Bearing A sweet liqueur Just Browsing OBSERVER Crossword ACROSS 1 2 3 4 Edited by Linda and Charles Preston 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 32 38 39 40 48 29 30 33 34 41 49 74 87 92 97 98 109 110 111 117 118 91 95 96 100 104 81 86 90 99 103 78 85 94 80 71 84 93 79 68 77 89 47 63 67 76 88 46 58 62 70 83 45 53 57 66 75 82 52 61 69 73 44 56 65 18 37 51 60 64 108 43 55 59 72 36 50 54 17 31 35 42 16 101 105 102 106 112 113 107 114 115 122 116 119 120 121 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 ©2006 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved 92 94 96 97 98 100 101 102 103 105 106 108 111 113 115 119 120 121 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 Some joints Gobi and Mojave Inclined Verb or prop follower Chatter idly Lectures Singer Janis Commercials Word before plant or play Literary initials Make into law Younger son Stuporous condition Age or box starter “The ___ Is a Lonely Hunter” Mine entrance Southwest Spanish seaport The Moslem religion Confused Talk wildly Ammonia compound Difficult period? Coarse, shredded tobacco Deuce topper Communist leader “The Prisoner of ___” Sargasso Sea swimmers DOWN 1 Small rodent 8/27/2006 2 “If ___ I Would Leave You” 3 Euro predecessor 4 Popular Wimbledon winner 5 Disencumber 6 First woman to swim the English Channel 7 Window sections 8 Home state of Jim Backus 9 Three-time Cy Young award winner 10 Four-time AFC leading rusher 11 Brush or head starter 12 Heating vessels 13 Spheres of combat 14 Abnormal: prefix 15 Young haddock 16 Baseball brothers’ surname 17 French novelist Pierre 18 Aconite 28 Home-run star Hank 31 Memorize 33 Charged atom 35 Corrida cheers 37 “___ and Sympathy” 38 Patisserie worker 39 Wear away 40 Challenged 42 Volcano on Martinique 43 Denude 45 “___ Days”: Woody Allen 46 Diana loved him 47 Trite and sentimental 49 Work crew 50 Some ballads 51 Haw’s companion 53 Country singer Johnny 55 Mosque tower 57 Its shell is lined with mother-of-pearl 60 Playwright Capek 61 Carry something heavy 62 Small daggers 65 Legal matter 66 Groan producer 68 Egyptian god of the setting sun 70 Proscribe 71 River steps in India 72 Texas shrine 73 Track and field star of 1984 Olympics 74 Conserve of grapes 75 Winged goddess 76 Celestial body 77 Classifies 78 Hemsley TV sitcom 79 Hungarian producer and director Zoltan 80 Made a mistake 81 “Take me Home Country ___” 84 Cap or house starter P A C A E V E R L I R A B A K E R E R O D E D A R E D A L A M O L E W I S U V A T E C A R T A D A R D I N E E R V I E D R A T A I R O G O N A N N K G R A E R N S E I L K E E R S G A P O W E T T C T A Y L E D E R L E P A N E S S O N G S O H I O P E L E E M I N A R C E M O T A M D E B T E R C O M A D I M I D E N I T O M S E A V E R B A N S A R A Z E N 85 1972 Olympic gold swimming medalist 88 Disease of rye 90 Convent compartment 91 Former Cincinnati Reds star 93 Bones or horse lead-in 95 PGA star and sand wedge developer 96 Chinese pagoda 99 Grew to be 101 Away from the coast 103 Seven-time Daytona 500 winner 104 French sculptor 106 Terry or Corby 107 Poke fun 108 Light, open wagon 109 Last Jewish month 110 Wine’s companion 112 South of France 114 Words of understanding 116 Wimbledon winner Arthur 117 Former Spanish coin 118 Labels 120 White House presidential nickname 122 Academic degree S I M P O S L O E N S L P U U G N M C A E R L K L S P I T Z N A I L E T N A S A R E N A S S T H R E A I M B P A G L S H O O A N R T E T S S I E N I L L S L A E E N E N D D Y S S C R L O T E D E A A R C N A S S N T H E E E M A S M B E T E N A N A C T H E M A S S A E A L O U L O T I A T I S R A D I O O R I O N C O R N Y K O R D A E R R E D R O A D S A S H E R E A L T A G S 8/27/2006 Release Date — Sunday, August 27, 2006 1 Brazilian soccer star 5 Do a greenhouse job 10 ‘Slammin’ Sam,’ of the PGA 15 Room in a Spanish house 19 Tel ___ -Jaffa 20 Lana Turner’s home state 21 Pod or psych follower 22 Coagulate 23 Wax 24 Jeans fabric 25 Digs for ore 26 French roast 27 Palm cockatoo 29 Early autos 30 Architect’s scheme 31 Heavyweight champion Joe 32 Comets and meteors have them 34 Dawn goddess 36 Gratified completely 38 Clothes or cover starter 41 Caviar 42 Columbus sailed from here 44 Type of lion or horse 45 Charles Dutton sitcom 48 French poet and novelist Louis 50 “___ Heaven”: 1937 song 52 Jockey who rode 4,779 winners 54 Sacred book of 121 Across 55 Breakwaters 56 Actor Stephen 58 Lowest point 59 Barbara or Anthony 60 Noted Pittsburgh Pirates slugger 61 Arms, legs and wings 63 Utopia: var. 64 All-American who played for the Chicago Bears 66 Young seal 67 Bowling Hall-of-Famer 69 Special times 70 Surveillance device 71 Merriment 72 Three-time Indy 500 winner 76 Metal container 77 Leading career money-winning jockey 82 Son of Jacob 83 Car purchase to regret 85 Groans mournfully 86 Philippine Moslem 87 Activate 89 Highland cap 90 Bill of fare 91 He played in 14 World Series Sports Arena OBSERVER Crossword ACROSS 1 2 3 Edited by Linda and Charles Preston 4 5 6 16 20 24 25 30 35 40 9 18 21 22 27 74 79 85 89 107 87 90 94 104 80 86 91 95 100 96 101 102 105 106 108 109 97 103 ©2006 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved 86 Distribute sparingly 87 ___ fixe: obsession 88 Daughter of Cadmus 89 Unctuous 90 Move in spirals 91 Dijon donkey 92 Little boys 94 Anagram for nuts 95 Voracious eels 97 Roman love god 98 Newsroom bigwigs 100 Madonna Broadway musical 102 Comfortable sleeves 104 Jim Thorpe Trophy winner of 1957 105 Country on the Red Sea 106 Chinese and Burmese 107 Feel one’s way 108 Have reality 109 Capital of East Flanders DOWN 1 Temple of Jupiter, in ancient Rome 2 Black cuckoos 3 Set on fire 82 71 78 99 81 67 73 93 55 63 70 77 54 59 62 72 98 53 58 69 88 44 52 66 84 39 47 65 92 23 38 51 83 19 43 61 76 15 29 37 57 68 14 33 46 60 13 28 42 56 12 32 36 50 64 11 17 41 49 10 26 45 75 8 31 34 48 7 9/3/2006 4 Airline sched. listings 5 Jeremiah, in a pop song 6 Early English freemen 7 American short story writer Bret 8 Manipulates fraudulently 9 Orel’s river 10 Brief news note 11 Sheen or Scorsese 12 Wimbledon winner 13 Word before pack or pick 14 Lawless crowds 15 German fruit-and-nut bread 16 Beach noted for celebrity residents 19 Alpine activity 20 Chocolate substitute 23 Petty malice 26 Got off the horse 28 “Exodus” author 32 English arctic explorer Sir William 35 Avoids two on the aisle? 36 “Moonstruck” actress 37 Jockey’s horse C A R O B S C R U B E L I T E 67 The Lucy we loved 38 Piano student’s basics 69 Sierra Leone’s highest peak 39 Affluent 70 “We’re in the ___”: 41 Winter glider old song 42 Semimetallic 71 Star or cat starter element 73 Direct hit 44 Little brook 74 Intimidate 46 Breakwaters 75 The choice part 47 German semiautomatic 76 City in Coleridge’s pistol “Kubla Khan” 48 Scraggly, stunted 77 Wearing away tree 78 Destroy 49 The black vulture 79 Cold wind of the Adriatic 50 French physician 80 Inflexible 51 Fish or stone starter 81 Partners of mortises 52 One of three men in a tub 82 Crystal gazers? 53 “Golden Boy” 85 Whipped, chilled author dessert 54 French income 86 Founder of Wellesley College 55 Knots or knobs 57 Dress or skirt style 90 Sheepfolds 93 Recipe direction 58 Cow barns, in 94 Door or gun starter Cambridge 95 Puccini heroine 61 Beardlike part of grain 96 Window frame 62 Popular carryalls 97 Comic king 63 Minnesota iron 99 Nebraska Indian range 101 Irritate 65 Piece of luggage 103 “Oh wad some 66 William Rose or power the giftie Stephen Vincent ___ us ...” M A L I B U U R U B U X A N A D U C A P I T O L P I N E L E R O D I N G A L E B N I T U I T A L S S L A F L E C R I L S H O T O L E G P E R C E D A L S A L I G R I N L R I N G O I S E M P T R A A M U O I S T U N T O R S I T A S R O P E T H A N E S M O L E S B U L L S E Y E H A R T E B O R O N M O N E Y V E X R O B I K U G A L S L U P E R M A T I O R I S U R N N Y B T B A T Y K B O R E E T E R N E S E S B T D O C U R M O R A I T A M E N I S T M A R T I N L U G E R B U L L Y R A G A I M S S C O T S H E B O K E S L I L I S R E N C R I N G A I C L L H O R E L D E S M E N B E T T P A S S E O L A L L B A T E I D E A N S A M O A G L A N S I A N S H E N T S P I T E N O D E S S E E R S 9/3/2006 Release Date — Sunday, September 3, 2006 1 James Dean “East of Eden” role 6 Pulsate 11 Disables 16 Algonquian nature spirit 17 Japanese verse form 18 English racetrack ties? 20 It’s supplied by Broadway angels 21 Crude tartar 22 Rare South African antelopes 24 MacGraw and others 25 Distorts in narration 27 Guitar’s cousin 29 Piece of lingerie 30 Mus. direction 31 Run for your life 32 Around: prefix 33 Caesar’s 52 34 Double-reed woodwind 36 Malay dagger 37 First of the canonical hours 39 Monthly obligation for many 40 Vodka cocktail 42 Becker or Yeltsin 43 Shrink in terror 45 Designer Cassini 46 Express grief 47 Secular 48 After-theater repast? 51 Old-fashioned 52 Kind of voice amplifier 56 Called out loudly 57 Give as one’s share 58 Roll with a hole 59 ___ volente: God is willing 60 Operates 61 ET, for one 62 Small children 63 Heal, as a fracture 64 Japanese port city 65 Smiles broadly 66 Drilling tool 67 Davis or Midler 68 Matador’s milieu 70 It follows postage or parking 71 “Men seldom make ___ ...”: Parker 72 River in France 73 Fido’s cache 74 Cowboy’s throwing implement 75 Excuse 78 Old Norse poems 79 Nighthawks 83 Pasternak heroine 84 Kind of charm Play Time OBSERVER Crossword ACROSS 1 2 3 4 19 6 7 8 24 27 28 33 29 58 64 68 82 88 92 103 116 60 84 95 104 109 117 77 78 85 80 114 115 86 91 96 97 101 102 105 110 79 61 70 76 100 45 67 90 99 44 55 66 89 98 108 54 65 75 94 18 50 59 83 93 17 38 49 69 74 16 43 53 63 87 37 48 57 73 15 32 42 52 81 14 31 36 47 62 13 26 41 56 12 22 30 35 40 72 11 21 34 51 107 10 25 46 71 9 20 23 39 Edited by Linda and Charles Preston 5 106 111 112 118 119 113 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 ©2006 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved 9/10/2006 40 River to the Bay of Biscay 41 Broadway’s Jerome 42 Perfume measure 44 Actor George, of “42nd Street” 45 Country south of Turkey 47 Hawaiian garlands 49 Assam silkworm 52 Forecast 54 Fascinate 57 Business transactions 58 Gratified completely 59 Return repeatedly 60 Special point of view 63 Polka follower 65 Not clear and distinct 67 Quick to learn 71 Semiprecious stone 72 Escape detection 73 Before and after John 74 Rail bird 75 Require 76 Complain 77 Cone bearer 78 Before and after James 79 Worn away 80 More ready for harvest 83 Operates 85 Ending for sap or duck 88 Anagram of rice 91 Twofold 93 “... the Hotspur of the ___”: Shakes. 95 Long harangues 96 Partitions 97 ___ Bow, the ‘It Girl’ 99 Eliminate 101 A concavity 102 US Navy construction man 104 Stitched 106 French income 107 Noted Greek warrior 108 ___ contendere 110 Zola heroine 112 Acquisition 114 Capital of Yemen 115 Small merganser 117 Teacher’s org. 118 Bar offering 120 Highest note of Guido’s scale 121 Fall behind A R T E R E I N A T T A R L O I R E A T T E N D S B A L A S E L U D E A J A X N O L O 94 Art school subj. DOWN 96 Wine’s companion 1 Comedian Johnson 97 Mummy’s tomb 2 Check or restrain protector? 3 Before and after 98 One of greater Barry rank 4 Russian river 100 Shooting from 5 Classroom adjunct ambush 6 Atelier fixture 102 St. George, to the 7 Mona ___ dragon 8 Canton follower 103 Farm units 9 Deduces or infers 105 Cattle roundup 10 Ministers to 106 Region or sphere 11 Russian 107 Ampersand community 109 Govt. agents 12 Summer desserts 111 Luzon Negrito 13 Wine cellars, in 112 Equipment France 113 Balaam’s steed 14 Funeral orations 116 Before and after 15 Inquire Leslie 16 Before and after 119 Before and after Louis Martin 17 Code or rug 122 Singing and 18 Depend dancing girl 24 Vichy collaborator 123 Scene of the crime Pierre 124 Typewriter type 26 Hal of Hollywood 125 First-rate 30 Large New 126 South African Zealand parrot Bantu: var. 34 Curved molding 127 Dutch cheeses 35 Annapolis graduate 128 Rajah’s wife 36 Wobble 38 Veritable 129 Wear away, bit by bit 39 Essence of roses G E N E N E W M A N E L T O N A D A M S O K A L A O V G A E L E D D E O A T L S E R N I O C R T N H E A E R A S E R P O R T E N D R E M O V E E A S E L L E I S S O R A S E W E D L E D I S E S E R A I K E V E K N E A E S S R I N G S N A D T I D E M R E D U M N A T S N I P D R I N A T A R D N U E A M S R E C U R D I V I D E R M I C E I C A L R E V O S E G T S E E D S E R E T A R A E M I T R A T R R P A E L I C P I N T I N E N G S E R E G E A E A N B L I T E A N E E A J A R S O R E R K E E L O J A Y A T O C R U B S H U R R Y E D E R S A N I L A N T A A P N T H E R T A R I D R O P C U R S E L A Y E R A L M R A S S A L S A M A O N E G N A W 9/10/2006 Release Date — Sunday, September 10, 2006 1 Jason’s ship 5 Fished for lampreys 10 Clerical vestment 15 Not quite closed 19 Give off a stench 20 Bump the pot, in poker 21 Former Thai coin 22 Feeling resentment 23 Before and after Louise 25 Before and after Howard 27 Gettysburg to Lancaster dir. 28 Confused 29 I like ___ 31 Western lily 32 Leno of comedy 33 “Emma” or “Germinal” 35 Happening 37 Disbanded alliance acronym 39 Sour ale 41 Worked the dough 43 Scours thoroughly 46 Sauna need 47 Time or love follower 48 Dried up 50 Shake a leg 51 “The Last ___ I Saw Paris” 52 Around: prefix 53 Scarlett’s home 55 German river 56 Brazilian bird 57 Events 59 Pays the bill 61 Black bird 62 Submits for payment 64 Consumer advocate 66 “Gone With the Wind” locale 68 Meal or cake starter 69 ___ -tac-toe 70 Urban music style 71 Ladybugs, for instance 75 Beg to differ 77 Black leopard 81 “___ the King’s Men” 82 Disturbed the nocturnal quiet 84 Plant or animal anachronism 86 Biblical lion 87 Stringed instrument 89 Percussion instrument 90 Pub order 91 Very small quantity 92 Decorate Name Game OBSERVER Crossword ACROSS 1 2 3 4 5 17 18 22 23 26 Edited by Linda and Charles Preston 6 10 42 32 33 58 68 74 80 81 85 86 91 87 92 97 102 111 103 104 112 79 108 109 110 90 95 96 100 106 113 107 114 115 116 117 118 121 122 123 124 126 127 128 125 78 84 99 105 77 71 89 94 49 66 83 93 48 61 76 88 98 65 75 47 54 60 70 82 46 59 69 40 53 64 73 39 52 63 16 35 45 57 15 21 34 44 56 14 29 38 51 67 13 20 28 43 62 12 25 37 55 11 24 31 50 101 9 19 36 72 8 27 30 41 7 119 120 ©2006 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved 9/17/2006 91 Virgil wrote of him DOWN 93 Popular meeting 1 Have a place disagreement 96 Less fatty 2 Base of a cut 97 Destroy diamond 99 Show skepticism 3 Paradise 100 It’s good for what 4 Science dealing ___ you with serums 101 Doc’s org. 5 Perfumed hair 104 Numbered hwys. ointment 106 Qty. 6 Author Nin 107 Grandparental 7 Sound from a 108 Marilu’s “Evening happy cat Shade” role 8 Ancient ascetics 9 Pierre’s friend 111 Australian seaport in Victoria 10 Tulip origin 114 German seaport at 11 “___ Shrugged” 12 He wrote “A Sentithe mouth of the mental Journey” Weser 13 Wired message 117 Prevent, at law 14 Inland sea 118 Seaport of British 15 Jib sail Columbia 16 Opera division 120 Signs of things to 17 Baseball come Hall-of-Famer Ty 121 Kind of pool 122 Small salamanders 21 Russian despot 24 Slaves of yore 123 Cub Scout units 27 Be thrifty 124 Famous caravel 29 Word after credit or 125 Romanian city report 126 Source of tallow 33 Improve the copy 127 Italian noble house 36 Condemn 128 Very great numbers 37 Comes to know 38 Dragon or shot starter 40 Scornful looks 41 Prefix for buck or byte 42 Chem. compound 43 Coast Guard Academy site 44 Speck of dust 45 Apple-growth inhibiting chemical 47 Texas gulf port city 48 Singer/actress Adams 49 Enjoy the newspaper 51 Sicilian capital and seaport 53 Burn to ashes 56 Palm trees 57 Recorded proceedings 58 Devout 60 Computer screen images 63 Large water container 64 Foot part 66 Drunk or must follower 68 Shirley MacLaine, to Warren Beatty 70 Make do 72 High tableland C O B B M E G A M E S A A M E S A R G U E C U L E T E D E N S E R O L D O E N A G N E M Y O W N L L V O S A O N I T N D S C O T S E N E A R U M A R E L B O S T O P T E N O A R A D P O M S A A D V E E P S A A L G E O R S M O S I N T E U R V E S A N A I S P U R R E S S E N L E M E S O A T R A E N C S T S A U G C R A H A N D O S A N E A N C F T S U E T 73 “I Loved You ___ in Silence” 74 Of the same kind 76 Pre-Easter time 78 Total gate 79 Cleaner’s associate 82 June VIP 84 Sp. matrons 86 4-footed dinosaur 88 Celebes wild ox 90 Hotel personnel 92 In ___: in position 94 Thick soup made with vegetables 95 Thrust forward 96 Mythic maniac 98 Jitters 100 Reluctant 101 Iowa campus town 102 The hostess with the mostest 103 Adjust to fit 105 Army condition? 107 Catkin 108 Genus of grasses 109 Small apertures 110 Handle 112 ___ fide: in good faith 113 Grafted, in heraldry 115 Nights before 116 Renée’s friend 119 Winter time in IA A B A S M U T T E I L L E S B A R N E S N E D S E S I N A T A L C P P A R I A R E O R E M U C K L A S H E E T O N E G O U T U B T A M T A V B R E M E O U V E R D E N S E S T E C A R D T E L E G R A M A R A L S N E I E C A R O R S N D S S B R L E A I L S A L R H A O M P I S E G E N O A S C E N A T S A R G A L V E S T O N E D I E R E A D T A K E D Y E R A V E N A V E N T S A N S A 9/17/2006 Release Date — Sunday, September 17, 2006 1 Goodman and Jane of old-time radio 5 Painted bunting 9 Desert dusters? 13 ID labels 17 Uncultured 18 Difficult burden 19 Pound pooch 20 Upright 22 Girl watcher? 23 French seaport on the Golfe du Lion 25 Bowling alleys 26 Seaport on the Rio de la Plata 28 Spanish seaport on the Mediterranean 30 “You ___ Your Life” 31 Young boys 32 Austin to Dallas dir. 34 Hosiery damage 35 River in Switzerland 36 Hawk’s opponent 37 West Yorkshire city 39 Fouls up 41 Household 44 Sicilian seaport 46 Construction site warning 50 Hostile opponent 51 Kentucky bluegrass 52 Soothing powder 54 Civil War general 55 Surgeon’s smock 56 Petty tyrant 59 ___ passu: with equal speed 61 Essayist’s pseudonym 62 “For ___ We Know”: 1970 song 63 Spanish seaport on the Mediterranean 65 Cut and shaped anew 67 Indian or orange 69 Reserve supply 71 Inventive Samuel 72 Teacher’s helpers 75 Seaport of North Island, New Zealand 77 Syphilis, for example: abbr. 80 Odds and ___ 81 Complacent 83 Household linens 84 Command to Rover 85 Highlanders 87 Ingredient in 94 Down: var. 89 “___ Fine Day”: song 90 Bankrupt Sailing into Port OBSERVER Crossword ACROSS 1 5 9 13 17 18 19 20 22 23 25 26 28 30 31 32 34 35 36 37 39 41 44 46 50 51 52 54 55 56 59 61 62 63 65 67 69 71 72 75 77 80 81 83 89 90 91 93 1 2 3 4 5 17 18 22 23 26 Edited by Linda and Charles Preston 6 7 8 9 10 32 33 55 72 57 68 58 80 81 85 86 91 87 92 97 101 102 111 103 65 75 104 112 89 95 79 108 109 110 96 100 106 113 107 114 115 116 117 118 121 122 123 124 126 127 128 125 78 90 99 105 77 71 84 88 98 49 66 76 94 48 61 83 93 47 54 60 70 82 46 59 69 74 40 53 64 73 39 52 63 67 35 45 56 62 29 38 51 16 21 34 44 50 15 25 37 43 14 20 28 36 42 13 24 31 41 12 19 27 30 11 119 120 ©2006 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved 96 Stationed, as a soldier 97 Branch of biol. 99 Capital of Morocco 100 Dispatched 101 Rainbow shape 104 Cupid 106 And not 107 Type of rug 108 He wrote of Lenore 111 CEO’s stamping ground 114 Academic cap 117 Boredom 118 Ship’s right-hand side 120 Barrel or pipe follower 121 Classical language 122 Reticule 123 Savage Island language 124 Journalist ___ Rogers St. Johns 125 Start for bird or writer 126 ___ contendere 127 Certain HS exams 128 Toddlers DOWN 1 One of Groucho’s brothers 9/24/2006 2 Oak starter 3 Puccini heroine 4 British earl of Chesterfield 5 Talk foolishly 6 Bread spreads 7 Spartan queen 8 Obtain intelligence 9 Highest note, for Guido 10 Cutting remark 11 Moro and Mannucci 12 Cash register key 13 Metal goods and utensils 14 Over again 15 Word with basin or wave 16 Hackneyed 17 Soviet news agency 21 Singer Paul 24 More peculiar 27 Anagram of gasp 29 Sound of surf on shore 33 Eskers 36 Perry Mason’s concern 37 Biological classes 38 Young hawk 40 Melville or Munster 41 Completely engrossed T A S S R A P T B E S T A B E L 42 43 44 45 47 48 49 51 53 56 57 58 60 63 64 66 68 70 72 73 74 76 78 79 82 84 86 H A R P O Australian bird: var. Kitchen cabinets Computer fodder Evidence of injury Lumber measure Formerly owned Soap frame bar One receiving special recognition Gold or silver Lodge doorkeeper What Oscar Madison leaves behind Farm enclosures Valuable wood Libel or slander Actress Thompson Umpire’s call Bring into being Stupid person Win out over Nebraska county Denomination Bearing English composer Thomas Necessity Comedian Bert Exploit Withdrawing formally A C O R N M I M I S T A N H C O E C A P M U S E E P E U B M O C U O A R D T R E O D A S E S T E E C R C E O A R D N N U I A T I N S O N G B A B G B A L P E S H T O I N L O E R R E E D O L R O R O S E N O L E O S L E D A D E B R I G E D E F A N T E M A R E A S S S E L C A D T H I R A S N O M T A R T U I O L O 88 Fossey, portrayed in “Gorillas in the Mist” 90 Vessel aboard a merchant sailing ship 92 RI rebellion leader Thomas 94 Means of destruction 95 Leaves abandoned and helpless 96 Pome fruit 98 Free from confinement 100 Ghosts 101 First shepherd 102 Barrett and Jaffe 103 Division of a long poem 105 ___ voce 107 Swagger 108 Noted English surgeon Sir James 109 Certain exams 110 Author Ferber 112 Destruction 113 Manhandle 115 Skate genus 116 Religious calendar 119 “Flying Down to ___” E B A N L A L O O A R D S D B O A D O S L E S E E R A Y S R A C E S S A L T S R E I A N M E D I M E S A T I N W E T A M I N B A T S O R S H M O R T A B O A R D N I U E S A T S R O T E H A R D W A R E A N E W H E R E M B O A O U N N T Y G L E P O S E N T A G R B O O R A D T O T I D A L S T A L E A N K A B O A R D F O O T U S E D S E S S A R N E N E E D P A G E T O R A L S E D N A 9/24/2006 Release Date — Sunday, September 24, 2006 84 85 87 Inept actors Kind of typeface Israel’s Abba Abzug’s collection Implied Away from the storm French composer Edouard Actress Louise, of “Shadowed” Bakery byproduct Mattress supports Fortification Diver’s takeoff point Atlantic City scene Dad’s pride Noted Dutch painter Frans Wedding words Roadside sign Actress Salonga, of “Miss Saigon” Deal with problems Silly ones Greenland settlement Summarizes Pays the expenses Dark gateway to Hades Entertain ___ Solo, of “Star Wars” Political contest Irregularly notched ___ Le Moko Indian clan symbols Shopper’s bonanza Murray and West Slow, clumsy ship Mosque towers Gets on the bus again Of the eye: prefix Chinese or Japanese Pitcher’s bailiwick Tenants of a sort Matter settling in water Enthusiastic supporter French verb to be Stagger Smooth and glossy Author Vidal Carbonated drinks Modified plant formation Word before bar or blanket Sierra ___, Africa Examined scientifically Vitamin B factor All That Lumber OBSERVER Crossword ACROSS 1 5 10 14 18 20 21 22 23 25 27 28 30 31 32 34 35 37 39 40 41 43 46 47 48 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 59 63 65 66 68 69 70 71 72 75 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 86 90 92 1 2 3 Edited by Linda and Charles Preston 4 18 5 19 23 6 7 8 9 10 20 28 31 32 35 36 39 40 29 49 63 80 81 67 90 77 78 86 92 95 87 88 93 97 99 100 105 106 107 109 110 111 101 102 108 112 ©2006 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 DOWN 1 2 3 4 5 6 Junk mail TV unit Did away with Voracious fish Bearing Something spotted in a tree 104 89 94 98 Peters out Lamb Chop’s pal Landfall for Noah Lateens Recruiters’ job? Lawyers’ ego-boosters? Pinball message Part of a group French school Fishhook attachment The ___ the limit Peacock tail markings Thurmond of The Hill Showroom car 103 83 96 94 95 96 97 98 100 74 79 82 91 73 68 71 85 72 58 64 70 76 45 54 62 75 44 50 57 66 84 42 56 69 43 38 53 65 17 34 48 61 16 30 41 55 15 26 37 52 60 14 22 33 47 59 13 25 27 51 12 21 24 46 11 7 “___ Blu Dipinto di Blu”: 1958 hit song 8 Rose bush prop 9 As in this document 10 Low down singers 11 Caught by a cowpoke 12 Privy to 13 Understand 14 Arid waste 15 Hold the advantage 16 Castilian hero 17 Pol. commentator Roberts 19 Stereo add-on 24 Become fatigued 26 Louisiana cooking 29 Jeb to George 31 Dixon’s geography partner 32 A Sawyer 33 Punta del ___, Uruguay 35 Europa capital 36 Heidi’s home 37 Muscle gr. 10/1/2006 38 41 42 44 45 47 48 49 50 52 53 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 64 67 70 71 72 73 Sis or bro Playing cards Doctrine Sources of news Emancipated Thicket Chase start? Tristram’s love Ho’s hi Arizona Indian Great grassy plain Paris pops Hoops and hobbles Lahr and Parks Theater sec. Sir Walter, the author On the ___: teetotaling How nomads move Vituperation Hairpiece Auction ending Captures Lillian or Phillip Gore country Inspector Appleby’s creator A S A P D E B I S T O R L A M I N R A S H O S H A M O E S A N D P S W E E C A R R O G R E T O A S T N T I C A S C A S H A R S E L E T I L T S K Y S T Y P E D H O P I T R O P I C M O N T H I W E R E T E L L E R I N L E R D E L T E C I S I O H A T S C A N E P O L E S U P E S T R S T A K E E B I P E B U R P E M A S T E R A G E S N S C L C L I E A R A R A T M E N V S O M E E E Y E S S 74 Certain receptions 76 Cancer or Capricorn 77 Dog’s best friend? 78 Potholder, perhaps 79 China, by and large 82 Sticky paper type 85 Insert indicators 86 Geom. figure 87 Fall fallers 88 Convince 89 Pastor’s flock 90 Certain profs. 91 Araby VIP 92 Sweet liqueur 93 Freeway features 96 Chinese island 97 Stanch 99 Prufrock initials 101 “...___ gloom of night” 102 Workers’ union gr. 103 Slippery ___ 104 ___-mo B A S S S O I N S I P S A O D L E D S E M C I O T N T T A N C O T R R O P E D T E N E T R O T H S I L O I G S N E A O T C H N R A E R P R O A E E L C L E A S L B O O T E R H O R C A U T H P S M E A E S L I W A N S A I L T Y C A E S N M D P R E D O M I N A T E T E N N E S S E E E L C I D C O K I E M E D I A F R E E D I N N E S T E A S E S L L M O 10/1/2006 Release Date — Sunday, October 1, 2006 PDQ, politely May, say Tar container? Brief requirement Charge “If ___ a rich man...” First-rate First name in folk singing Novel bank employee? Cleaners’ inspection? Cottontail, for one Ameliorate They go straight in a circle Gold digger Bodybuilder’s target Wear down Dermatologist’s determination? Tournament type Safety gr. Pillboxes Strong stuff Global loan org. A Stooge and a Swedish folklorist Chaplin prop Plumber perhaps? Common link Dreary place Black-eyed bloomers Fill a freighter Holy Father Took big steps Layette item Chimney cleaner’s wages? Postal bigwig? Debbie’s daughter They stand on their own two feet “Jaws” boat Grimm villain Big name in seeds Sultan of Swat Trade for tat Expert breakfast cook? Cleans up Word on a wall: Bible Big bang letters The in things Summon or quote Kournikova of tennis Computer symbols Designers’ wares? Arts acronym Customers, in a way Odd Jobs? OBSERVER Crossword ACROSS 1 2 3 4 5 Edited by Linda and Charles Preston 6 18 7 8 9 10 19 23 11 12 13 20 24 34 40 36 41 42 37 54 55 59 60 64 69 38 39 44 51 87 88 96 97 79 80 85 81 99 105 100 101 107 102 103 108 114 115 116 117 118 120 121 122 ©2006 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved DOWN 1 Girl’s name 2 Spanish supper 3 Med. school subject 4 Gift for a blue lady 5 Sufficient 6 Merrimac’s opponent 7 Last writes? 12 13 14 15 16 17 22 24 26 28 31 33 34 35 37 38 39 41 42 43 44 45 104 109 113 8 9 10 11 111 94 112 99 Very dirty 101 Works of Pindar 105 Beloved of Aphrodite 106 Stewart and Taylor 107 Waxy, roselike flowers 112 Legend continues 114 End of legend 115 White poplar tree 116 Maple genus 117 Anagram of rave 118 Dostoyevsky novel, with “The” 119 Netherlands commune: poss. 120 National League team 121 Favorites 122 Scorches 110 91 106 119 75 82 93 98 74 86 90 92 73 68 78 89 49 58 72 84 48 63 67 77 95 57 71 83 47 53 62 70 46 56 66 76 45 52 61 65 22 32 43 50 17 29 31 35 16 26 28 30 15 21 25 27 33 14 10/8/2006 46 Pedestal occupants 47 Duration 48 Hawk parrots 49 “___ of Me”: 1931 song 56 Wire measure 57 Not gregarious 58 Tsetse fly 61 “Spring ___ Sprung”: 1951 song 62 Turkish officer 63 Moslem saint 64 English admiral and buccaneer 65 On pension: abbr. 66 Variety of orange 67 Marshy place 68 Tire type 69 Line or lock lead-in 70 Pt. of NYU 73 Missouri riverport in NE 74 Classical language 75 ... ___ of robins ... 76 TV’s “___ Na Na” 77 Government dept. 78 Bumppo of fiction 79 She was born free 81 Office VIP 82 Coastal raptor Diva Stevens Baseball bat wood Mends Dino sang “That’s ___” Stuck in mud Sum: abbr. City in Michigan Puts on the payroll Goddess of peace Intended RR depots Matterhorn Of the birds Swindle Golfer Sam English horse-racing meet Run after Sweet, sticky cake Organized persecution Old-time slave Word before sale or end Shoshone Ace or ant lead-in One’s home to the Postal Service Texas shrine Unruly crowd A V I S C E N A A N A T A S C O T C H A S E T O U R T T E E D U R N A I K V E D S E H A A D H A L A A D O B E B O N E D R O S E S I N G L E A M M O P A N L L I E P T O T A R E D N D R H R E A E S S T S R N T U A A M T S I S V O Y E A S M O B I T P O G R O M B U R G R A C E R A I S S H E C S H E N E S E A N A T E D A O F G S E A A N G D E S E P E R I M O D S G E E R T S 84 85 88 89 90 91 95 96 97 98 99 100 102 103 104 107 108 109 110 111 113 114 R E P A I R S A M O R E N A T T Y E L S A A L M A I M L O C T O A V P E Sailor’s drink Supposes Indigines Italian epic poet Arachnophobia causes Certain chemical compounds Pacific pine Sun-dried brick Filleted Fireplace Kelly, of Hollywood Thesaurus man Morning phenomenon Island in Upper New York Bay Western gunfighter Jack Sheltered inlet Dill plant Genus of dolphin-like cetaceans Ending for tore or mat Concordes Verb for Popeye? Faucet M A S H I M A I R T A G R E V I E D I N S T A A M A N W I O G D B A M O P S A L R I O U S A R C D I C E I A E R A I L O N L S O D E S A M E L L N E W L A E R I D T S S E I R E N E M E A N T T E R M H A I L A L S O M A H A L A T I N A N E S T I N I A A D O R S S T S S T A S 10/8/2006 Release Date — Sunday, October 8, 2006 1 Nest-building fish 6 Nothern NM county 10 “___ Lama Ding Dong”: 1961 hit 14 Wedge-shaped leveler 18 “The ___ clamors of a jealous woman ...”: Shakespeare 19 Sendai sashes 20 Biblical giants 21 Buenos ___ 23 Start of Columbus legend 25 Legend continues 27 Landsat, for one 28 Part of TLC 29 City on the Danube 30 First mo. of autumn 31 Started in fright 32 Map details 33 Vaudeville presentation 36 Kitchen gadget 39 Chinese pagoda 40 Legend continues 50 Delivered by truck 51 Annoying insect 52 Pilot’s record 53 Mischievous person, in Dundee 54 Belgian summer resort 55 Grange or Grooms 56 Queen of the fairies 57 Without principles 59 Head of the fairway 60 Letter after pi 62 We ___ to please 63 Sacred songs 64 Legend continues 69 Use of force 71 Vast quantity 72 Circle segment 73 Palm leaf 76 French and German legislature 77 Official prohibition 78 Beatty or Sparks 80 “The ___ Cometh” 83 Sheetlike Arab women’s garment 84 It follows area or scatter 85 Spanish surrealist 86 Charge with gas 87 Legend continues 92 Old Dutch measure 93 ’She loves me (not) needs 94 Picnic pest 95 Equestrian costumes Westward, Ho! OBSERVER Crossword ACROSS 1 2 3 4 Edited by Linda and Charles Preston 5 6 19 7 8 9 10 20 23 42 34 37 38 44 48 59 78 84 56 64 99 87 104 111 112 89 90 72 107 108 109 77 91 95 96 101 102 105 106 113 71 83 88 94 100 70 65 82 93 110 63 76 81 92 98 62 58 69 86 41 52 57 61 85 97 51 68 80 40 47 75 79 18 39 60 74 17 36 46 55 16 31 50 54 73 30 45 53 67 15 26 35 49 66 14 22 29 33 43 13 25 28 32 12 21 24 27 11 114 103 115 119 116 117 118 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 ©2006 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved 104 Maneuverable, asea 105 Specks 106 An I word 110 Natural history museum displays 114 Lincoln Ctr. component 115 Pt. of IRA 116 Grant or Majors 117 Reunion attendee 118 Finney flick flipped? 122 Monique’s head 123 Pay a bill 124 Atlas-Agena org. 125 Looked fixedly 126 US court great 127 NH city near Mt. Monadnock 128 Blue pencil notation 129 Bradley and Sharif DOWN 1 ___ the hole: hidden advantage 2 “...amas, I ___ a lass” 3 Immobile 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 24 25 31 33 34 35 39 40 41 42 10/15/2006 Office VIP Like Peter Pan Newborn British undergraduate theatre org. Le Comte ___ Composer of 8 Down Scrubbed Author Deighton Ugandan exile Libertine Follows Jeanne, of “Jules and Jim” Carrey/Daniels flick flipped? Fatigue Tip tack-on Grand ___: Caribbean island Record feature Explosive letters Maker of amends ___ Vegas, NV Automatic starter Contest forms Exude garlic Cravings Lightweight velvet 43 Sigourney Weaver flick flipped? 45 Point of ___: Skye’s southern tip 46 Author Umberto 48 “Je ne regrette ___”: Piaf 49 Scowl 51 Sad sounds 52 Motorists’ org. 55 Swiss painter Paul 56 Jewish fall month 60 Scatters 61 “But ___ on forever”: Tennyson 62 Writer Wiesel 63 Greet the day 65 Ruhr city 68 Kind of frost 69 Maestro ___ Santi 71 Mozambique port 72 Periods 74 CIA forerunner 77 Pantyhose and teddies 78 Obligation 79 In the distance 81 Milan suburb 86 Lateral lead-in 87 Modernize, in a way A C E I N L O V E A I N E R T R I E N P A N N E D E B T A F A R D A T A I L E S L I F E A N D T H E Y O U T H M B G O R Y B I A A S H T H A O M N F A E R R O W H O N O S A S R N E O N A T A L D I S P E L M O R S A R E R A M A M A W E R E E K E 88 Draw tightly 90 Absolute ruler 91 Prevailing mode of procedure 94 Stable areas of earth’s crust 95 Not outs 98 Mrs. March, to her girls 99 ___ pro nobis 100 Observation 103 Releases 107 “Pygmalion” heroine 108 French cubist Fernand 109 Nourishes 110 Computer fodder 111 Islands in the Seine 112 Bide- ___ 113 Just a little 115 Church area 119 Time abbreviation 120 ___ cat: moneybags 121 O’Shanter’s topper? O O R C U R O L D Y S G E S S R A L I O N A N O S S S I V E L E D E K E A L L I E T E U G L E L O I R E H E A T O Q U A C U T U R I O T A S M E T O M A N O M I T N E N E S L A R E E M O N N I U S N E U S E E E S M E N I C T S O R O R I B I N E S S E S E L L A U I O U S N T A S O N A C C F P R E A S A T E T M O R T E N A T U A A E A S S U E N N D I L E E S T S T G A O M S M A R T A N D S M A R T E R T I R E S T E R R E E K Y E N S B E I R A E R A S E L I Z A L E G E R F E E D S 10/15/2006 Release Date — Sunday, October 15, 2006 1 Out on ___: vulnerable 6 Jordan’s queen 10 Mrs. Boothe Luce 15 Denver time, briefly 19 Zaire, once 20 Kind of dollar 21 Dud 22 Elide 23 Tandy/Newman flick flipped? 26 Very pink, as pork 27 Cash or cloth ending 28 Holm and Richardson 29 Madrid Mrs. 30 Vet, frequently 32 Actress Richardson 34 Maned beasts 36 Kibbutz near Petah Tikvah, Israel 37 Not this 38 Win by ___ 39 Where river meets sea 42 Middle East org. 44 Alcott flick flipped? 47 Anne Lindbergh, ___ Morrow 48 Precipitation 50 Decrees 52 Yemen’s chief port 53 Deduce 54 Make do, with out 57 Galleon gold 58 Invites 59 January, in Juarez 60 Time waster 64 Bar for builders 66 Teachers’ org. 67 Horsey flick flipped? 70 Honest politician 73 Forbidden fruits, informally 75 Plaza Hotel’s little rascal, and a Rousseau heroine 76 Less hesitant 78 Moms’ mates 80 Aries mo. 82 Slippery customer 83 Abstract beings 84 Newts 85 Warm leftovers 89 Gets the dirt out 92 Annoyed exclamation 93 Geena Davis flick flipped? 96 Levin, of “Deathtrap” 97 Aftershocks 101 Reversal 102 Hoffmann offering Film Flips OBSERVER Crossword ACROSS 1 7 12 20 21 22 23 24 26 28 29 30 32 34 35 42 46 47 48 50 51 52 55 57 58 59 61 63 64 65 67 68 71 74 75 76 79 81 83 84 85 87 88 89 91 93 94 1 2 3 4 5 Edited by Linda and Charles Preston 6 7 20 21 23 24 26 27 30 35 36 37 8 11 12 33 40 53 54 65 68 80 85 89 90 95 101 107 117 93 77 78 98 114 115 116 94 99 100 103 104 109 110 111 118 112 119 113 120 123 124 125 126 ©2006 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved 1 Word with wit or way 2 Environmental sci. 3 ___-Lung 4 Vintner’s vessels 5 Libation 6 Belfry site 7 Beaver’s work 8 History of a wd. 9 ___ majeste 10 Desperado 11 State of the Union, is one 12 Porky’s pad 13 Arizona natives 14 Auguries 76 88 122 DOWN 45 83 121 123 Classroom accessory 124 Planets visible at dawn 125 Composer Satie and dancer Bruhn 126 Discover 44 67 87 97 108 43 62 82 92 102 19 70 81 91 18 57 75 86 96 106 61 69 79 17 50 56 66 74 84 49 60 64 42 55 59 73 16 34 48 52 72 15 41 47 63 14 29 32 39 58 13 25 28 38 51 105 10 22 31 46 71 9 10/22/2006 15 Singer/songwriter Stevie 16 Bruise-treating herbs 17 Bric-a-___ 18 Togo capital 19 Dolly and her types 25 Type of mil. mission 27 Short Seoul soldier 31 Adopted or supported 33 Winter Palace resident 35 County along River Shannon 36 Checkers expert? 37 Water nymph 38 Ski lift 39 Restores fluid balance 40 Trompe l’___ 41 Genealogical figure 43 Islam sect 44 Mythic cowboy Bill 45 Mall division 49 Wine stock area H A L F C L A R E S H O E S A B C D 52 53 54 56 59 60 62 64 66 68 69 70 71 72 73 76 77 78 80 82 83 86 88 E C O L Bean Reno resident Highlander Nikon rival Rankles Compressed fiber fabric Satisfied sound Intense enthusiasm Chronic hip pain Invitation Takes a chance Shell accessories Sole protectors Down Under city Speeder’s nemesis Wheel spokes Japanese working dog Egg count Aft area Campus military org. Domestic On the dbl. Carroll’s ___ cat A Q U A T U N S H I G H B N N T A I A B L X I A L O A R N D M B A P R I N E A D I R D A T A T H R U G M A S S U R A L L R R A T E A Y S T S D E L T A T E E M Y S E R M E P O E L K S H O E P Y E C O D I F O U R L E N S A S K E T B T D E E E R S T R E A S S A S S R A T P L P A I E D I L O O M D A R E D T A R S E 90 92 94 96 98 99 100 102 105 106 107 108 110 111 113 114 115 116 118 119 O U T L A W S P E E C H N E V A D A N G A E L R O T A C L I A N C E R R I Crowd commotions Reserved Bussed “La Boheme” setting Pontius ___ One who straightens Accessory for 120 Across Mrs. Arrowsmith Initial sequence? Ms. Gilbert Overwhelm with humor Eager beaver Bitter start Study feature You love: L. Bartlett’s relative Piece of work Fisherman’s craft Hosp. personnel Legally, it’s the thing S H O W T O M O R Y P E N E I N D C T S E O S T R N A R C R E E L F E L E E S L I L C O A C T I A R A W A R S O T S C R I S H K C O M E A B A S D I C H E R K I S E E R K S D E A R N I C A S B R A C L O M E E W E S S U N A N A I H R M A A D I I D I P E C O S S T O R E A K I T A D O Z E N A M A S O N E R D O R Y B O S C 10/22/2006 Release Date — Sunday, October 22, 2006 95 97 101 103 104 105 109 112 117 120 121 122 Moors Apollo’s birthplace Ready for display Exonerate Relished The future Waiting room Queen Turn signal Ruckus Text guides Lodge letters CPA’s pt. Short period King Grating sounds Apt Joe- ___weed DEA operative Treat for Tweety On a line of symmetry Programmer’s task Feel faint Mil. rank Leo’s lament, maybe Type of clover Franklin’s wife It may be split The brainy bunch Flock formations Be in communication Knight Burst of speed Estate paper Crowning touch Like, totally ___, dude! More intoxicating Lucas classic Large shark Former fort of CA District Olfactory organs, informally Spanish port Division politique Lip Cycle lead-in Muslim sect member Indifferent gesture Bishop Bad start? Bucket Arabian garments Undoubted Homer’s epic effort Irving’s Crane Castle Shogun costume Like the moon Free of superfluity Chess Players OBSERVER Crossword ACROSS 1 2 3 4 5 19 6 7 Edited by Linda and Charles Preston 8 9 10 20 23 27 30 35 37 46 49 50 56 57 38 39 79 51 74 80 87 53 45 70 71 72 75 76 83 84 33 54 55 59 63 69 82 88 89 98 91 100 104 112 101 105 113 114 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 ©2006 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved 110 Potter’s getup 112 Clan member 118 The dog ate my homework 119 Burning midnight oil? 121 Heathen 122 Cream component 123 Solemn ceremonies 124 Host Trebek 125 Hurler’s toss 126 Poisonous evergreens 127 Keenly interested 128 ___ wishes! DOWN 1 Nickname for a patriarch 2 Hebrew month 3 Lofty 4 Agatha’s contemporary 5 “Rosemary’s Baby” author 6 Apprehension 7 Satirist Sahl 8 Otherwise 77 95 99 111 65 90 103 110 64 94 102 109 44 32 41 81 97 108 43 29 62 96 107 42 28 93 106 18 58 73 92 17 26 52 68 86 16 48 67 85 14 25 40 61 78 13 22 47 66 15 31 36 60 12 21 24 34 11 115 116 117 10/29/2006 9 Playground shooter 10 Lady pheasant 11 Laced up again 12 Pitcher Hershiser 13 Morose 14 Acted like Nancy Drew 15 Alpine pond 16 Jai ___ 17 Persevere 18 Cote dwellers 24 City north of Madrid 25 Tights shade 33 ___ boy! 34 Lamont Cranston’s alter ego, with “The” 35 “Dances With Wolves” extra 36 Yorkshire river 38 First Lola, Gwen ___ 39 Pt. of IRS 40 Deep Throat, perhaps 41 Greasy spoon come-on 42 Tickled pink 43 Cantina first course 44 As many as 45 “The Untouchables” protagonist 46 Heavenly body 50 Changes course 51 Provide 52 Fix a bald tire 53 Canter or rack 54 Make a deep impression 61 RMN was one 63 Despise 64 It makes a clean sweep 65 The “Louisville ___”: Ali 67 Sesame paste 68 Lucy’s Ricky 69 Land of the leprechauns 70 Serious skin rash 71 Good-natured 72 Oprah and Jay, say 77 Upset 78 Jannings of film 79 Mystique 80 Bumpkin 81 Corner at Augusta 82 Henrik Ibsen: abbr. P A P A E L U L T A L L S T A R S H A D O W L A K O T A E M I L A U R A C L O D N A P S E L A L G I G I E L R E L O V E V I I N U E R D E O V E R E T E R A P S H I S H N W A I E S R A E V B I A N N G U N E A S E E N D U E M O R T V E R D O N A M R E U N N A P W O A L Y E 86 87 89 90 91 93 97 98 99 100 105 106 107 108 109 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 120 E T P L A E S W E A E C H R E I L U N N E T A R G K E A T I D E R T E R E S I A N I N D O R D E R W A V A R O N R K I N O E R W S A R E T I E D E T C H V E E T G I F Drunk driving? ___ cold; ails Flock formation Wit Hanoi holiday Elope Scopes trial litigator Clarence Summons forth Punjab princess Raider, to Burns Roly-poly and more Catches some ZZZZZs Middle East flier Caron title role He served with Meir Position at Indy Weary workers’ letters Rouen roast Attempt 5280 feet Hawkeye State city Queue order Kayne Robinson’s gr. O R E L F S T O L A R E R L U N O A T E R T H E A N T E L T A D A S T A B L E E B R I D C H O P Z O O E R M A T M M E A R U T E O S R I B E S O V E R T T E S A I R E B A L A I L A S T E W E S S O P A U P T O N E S S G E N T L E E M C E E S S O R E M I L E A M E S N E X T 10/29/2006 Release Date — Sunday, October 29, 2006 1 Andre’s onetime court antagonist 5 “Network” director 10 Henry Higgins, informally 14 Old hat 19 Like Pegasus 20 ___ Gay 21 Architect Saarinen 22 Hamlin/Eikenberry TV cop series 23 Winter wear? 26 Clear the slate 27 Ease the burden 28 “The Big ___” 29 Marine groups 30 The chosen 31 Female sandpiper 32 Granola morsel 34 Do a quick turnaround 37 Satan at noon? 46 Dig discovery 47 Austin to Dallas dir. 48 Pronghorn 49 Vulnerable company? 55 Conforms 56 Hullabaloo 57 Final word 58 Extraordinary odist 59 Southwest art community 60 Stuff and nonsense! 61 Change decorations 62 Sign of stress 63 Adjective for a seaman 66 San Francisco Bay to the Golden Gate? 73 Altar area 74 Before, to Burns 75 Double this to mean pronto 76 German spa 78 Apiece 81 Man from Manchuria 83 Where the once wild things are 84 Military rank abbreviation 85 Obstinate 88 Brain power? 92 Heavy weights in the kitchen 94 Sleep abbreviation 95 Free-for-all 96 Invisible clothing? 101 Western Native Americans 102 Made haste 103 Clark’s “Mogambo” costar 104 Dawn goddess 106 Israeli desert Above or Beneath? OBSERVER Crossword ACROSS 2 Edited by Linda and Charles Preston 3 17 4 18 22 5 6 7 8 9 19 10 11 12 20 23 33 31 35 38 36 39 43 44 48 49 55 45 51 52 53 58 61 64 68 65 69 72 70 73 77 79 85 80 75 81 82 86 88 93 101 102 103 105 106 107 95 100 104 108 ©2006 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved 1 Ponselle or Parks 2 TV’s “___ Baltimore” 3 October birthstone 4 “___ Grecian Urn” 97 83 94 99 DOWN 96 76 90 98 86 He has a security blanket 87 Butterfly types 88 Friendship 89 Estate house 90 Normandy town 91 Old section of Algiers 93 Basil-garlic sauce 94 Resembling our feathered friends 98 Not native 99 Realtor’s city gift? 101 Art category 102 French pronoun 103 Relish 104 Hook’s henchman 105 Writer Umberto and family 106 “___ grief!”: Charlie Brown 107 Wacko 108 London’s Big ___ 67 87 89 92 66 71 74 78 91 54 60 63 42 47 57 59 84 41 46 56 62 37 40 50 16 28 30 34 15 25 27 29 14 21 24 26 32 13 11/5/2006 5 Arrowsmith’s first wife 6 Problematic 7 Parchment pap. 8 Grand Canyon State 9 Hillary’s conquest 10 Action words 11 Comical Kett 12 Asta’s mistress portrayer 13 Eagle or oldie 14 British scholar’s gift? 15 Horse’s restraint 16 Coastal raptor 18 Cholesterol, for one 21 Be suitable, old style 23 Kampala’s country 24 007 and Julian 28 Computer data 30 Pop singer ___ Marie 31 Thorny 32 “The giant ___ Sumatra...”: Doyle 33 Lover 34 Gambler’s Riviera gift? 35 Defeats 75 36 Revoke a legacy 37 Mick Jagger, for one 78 39 Make a beginning 40 Dole out 79 42 Copied 45 ‘Slammin’ Sammy’ 80 47 Fonteyn or Kidder 49 Van Gogh’s “The 81 ___ Night” 51 Pneumonia type 52 John or John 83 Quincy 85 53 Luxury ship 87 54 They may cause groans 89 56 Deuce-beater 90 58 Christmas candy 60 Lawyer Melvin 91 61 Brief news summary 92 62 Patronize the mall 93 63 “Cheers” waitress 94 64 Wild swine 65 Vance or McCormick 95 66 All agog 96 67 Impurities 69 Thin, as a voice 97 70 Happen 99 73 Mr. Jones’s neighbor? 100 R O S A H O T L R A T O F A M O U R S H O P C A R L A C A G E A L E C O O P S D A T U E L E G O R A N M O N A O L D N A S T S N E T T E C A R A A R E D R R Y L Y S O A M C A R I A M I T S B A H I E N N R E O S L E O R A S T A R T R E E D Y M E G I V A E F E R V F L I B E Y Z O R T O N E W E N D S H E A S T I N P A V A L S I D I B R A N B E A M E O L L S R A L R I C A S S L I N M A N O P E S T O A N H A T L L E E O O D D V E R B S A L L O T O C C U R T A I Brings milk to a boil French L-35 launcher Locked horns “There ___ thing that’s wrong...”: “South Pacific” Gave the cold shoulder Coral reefs Cautionary colors Like the American flag Edison’s ___ Park Nasal cavity Canary confinement One of the Waughs ___ Alto, CA Sheet of quilt stuffing Metrical foot ___-slapper: funny joke Genesis garden Jo’s older sister Mai ___ E L T O T Y A I S N A P P D I U E N T E Y M C R A C E N Y C E R A S U P S S S T B I R A N I T U P T S Y B E S E E M P U N S S C A L D S G O L D E N M A R G O T O X F O R D U N I V E R S I T Y R E I N E R N E S T O N E A P E D E A G E R D R O S S A T O L I K E L A N D S M E E B E N 11/5/2006 Release Date — Sunday, November 5, 2006 1 Letter from Greece 4 Three-time AL batting champ 9 Stuntman Knievel 13 ‘Volunteer’ Al 17 Klutz’s word 19 Postpone 20 Presidential turndown 21 Pugilist 22 Sculptor’s gift 25 Like a pixie 26 Symbolic story 27 Anthony Quinn role 28 “The Day ___”: Longfellow 29 Frog genus 30 Musical pitches 31 Look of disdain 32 Helen Jackson heroine 35 Makes one’s way 36 Adds to 38 “...been young and now ___”: Psalms 39 Baseball fan’s gift to New York 41 Actress Hagen, of “The Boys from Brazil” 43 Heavy weight 44 John, of “The Addams Family” 46 Pre-Easter period 47 Alphabetic sequence 48 On the ___: quarreling 50 Wine-lover’s gift? 54 “Common Sense” author 55 They worry a lot 57 Vernacular 58 Like a winding road 59 Precious stone weight 60 Small dark goose 61 Home to the herd 62 Frightened 64 1970s New York mayor Abe 65 Bleeped 68 Bess’s best man 69 English car dealer’s gift? 71 Russian ruler 72 Airport near Paris 73 Flippered mammal 74 Unrefined 76 “___ to prepare a place...”: Christ 77 Middle East org. 78 Yachtsman’s international gift? 82 Actress Blanchett and author Tieman 84 Mites or ticks 1 OBSERVER Crossword Hot Spots ACROSS 1 7 12 17 19 20 21 23 24 25 27 28 32 33 34 35 37 40 43 46 47 48 51 54 57 59 60 63 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 73 75 76 78 79 81 83 85 87 91 93 96 99 100 101 102 1 2 3 4 5 Edited by Linda and Charles Preston 6 7 17 18 21 8 9 29 30 31 38 48 54 55 62 56 63 72 108 113 81 94 104 105 106 111 115 122 123 125 126 116 DOWN 1 Field judge, for short 2 Yum-Yum’s sash 3 One of Turner’s TV stations 4 Olympic VIP 5 Spanish uncles 6 Elicit 7 Piglet’s parent 8 ___ scale of... 9 Ulan ___ 10 “___ Kick Out of You” 120 121 107 112 117 118 124 127 ©2006 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved 113 “Always a ..., never ___” 115 Ray on the endangered list? 122 One without 123 Ocean-warming phenomenon 124 Hankered 125 Director Woody 126 Change, as the clock 127 Sidewinders 119 95 100 110 114 87 99 103 77 82 86 98 109 76 93 102 90 70 75 85 92 101 89 66 80 97 88 59 65 74 91 53 51 69 84 52 42 58 64 79 83 50 57 73 78 41 46 49 68 71 16 27 40 45 47 15 34 39 44 67 26 33 37 14 23 25 36 61 13 20 32 43 96 12 22 35 60 11 19 24 28 10 11/12/2006 11 Richard’s successor 12 ___ polloi 13 Squish out 14 Big doings at the watering hole? 15 Big Band name 16 Yelps from the Alps 18 Star, at the Folies Bergere 19 Dolphins’ gr. 20 Unhappy hustlers? 22 Had 26 Female sandpipers 28 Doo-wop sound 29 Gusto 30 Bedfellow 31 A ___ situation: sure thing 33 One who rises to the bait 36 Property divider 38 Prone 39 Sad song 41 Painter Gerard ___ Borch 42 Sped 44 Affirmative 45 “Country” Slaughter 49 Twofold 50 Asparagus units 52 Hornpipe, for one 53 Vote in 55 Hear about 56 Kennedy’s craft 58 Prop for Picasso 60 Here’s to you! 61 Heather 62 Pious Pisces? 64 Conductor’s concern 68 Band member? 72 Rundown 74 Spring mos. 75 Matter-of-factly 76 McQueen or Martin 77 Conforming 80 Notched 82 Where the Limpopo flows: abbr. 84 Legendary bird 86 “___ Rosenkavalier” R O T A T E E B B T I D E F I S H O U T S C O W E A N E I A L L O F L W A L L E Y E A N Y O N E S C A L T E H E E E O R O B A A I L S A R S C Y E S N T A M E R S A D O P T B I C Y C L E A S K A N N A E S Y O A B R I D E N E E D E R A L L E N 88 89 90 92 94 95 96 97 98 103 104 106 109 111 112 114 116 117 118 119 120 121 S O B N O N A O F W A T W L O N T R E A D A D P I K E T R E N P G R O T T E S B E O M A D A P P E R T O R R I S O L D S Y O I S E U N T S K A T E E L N I N R E S E T I G E T A D U P L E D E R W O O Smooth Marsh bird Jog along “...a ___ ’clock scholar” Sarandon of film Presumptuous Fruit for a split Author Allende, of Chile Fire quencher Braided tape Musial and Laurel Whence the phoenix rose Stroke or swipe start Press one’s suit ___ Shan: Asian mountains Cub’s pack Make flies for fishing Head doc. Gun lobby Squid’s squirt Bee follower Mag. moguls G H E B O R L I A R U L E E D E S T S H E S A R P E R E A K A S S R E S S L A T F E S U R V U P E S P A A I S T N T H I Y E A S N O O Z E R A C E D H E W I N G W H A L E O F A T I M E D O R S E Y Y O D E L S D A N C E E L E C T E V E N S O R A T R O T N I C E R N E D A K E S 11/12/2006 Release Date — Sunday, November 12, 2006 105 107 108 110 111 Take turns Ferber favorite ___ Doody Best time for beachcombers Immaturity Blubber Perch on the rocks? Lounge devotee Crab’s look City near Sapporo Other Disaccustom A first for Franz County Kerry port Electric slitherer ___ a sudden You can ___ horse... Defeats Visually-challenge d fish? Bundle Whoever Fashions Boardwalk feature, often Take for a sucker Shoal sharer? List ender abbreviation Giggle Feminine finish Take the floor Enjoy a repast Gold, in Granada Unsophisticate Colleen 1,200 to Cato Is green around the gills Fragrance “___ Mable”: Streeter White as a ___ Armhole, to a tailor Fish with curt comments? Schedule Broncobusters ___ Zone: hot spot Least Take up Dover heir? Rode a tandem Waffle topper After Diciembre Query “___ like of a hidden brook”: Coleridge Rat race retreat Punkie Dundee denials Robin of baseball Tailor’s measure Something’s Fishy OBSERVER Crossword ACROSS 1 2 3 Edited by Linda and Charles Preston 4 17 5 18 21 6 7 9 10 11 27 28 33 29 45 50 51 54 35 42 46 47 55 64 56 48 81 82 83 85 86 87 91 102 80 84 88 89 104 107 108 110 111 90 93 97 103 98 105 99 100 106 109 112 ©2006 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved 1 Dolls’ Broadway partners 2 Approximately 3 Show partisanship 4 Hemingway 5 Bric-a- ___ 6 “___ Town” 7 Single 8 Arid place 9 Nasal 10 Keep an ___ the ground 11 “Le Roi ___”: Lalo opera 12 Word with den or share 13 Together, in music 101 75 79 92 96 DOWN 71 74 78 Shoreline End of verse Most adorable Naha’s island Fringed carriage Grenoble’s department 111 Camping out 112 Budgeter’s favorite word 70 68 77 98 103 107 108 109 110 69 62 67 76 95 39 58 73 94 38 53 61 66 72 37 49 57 60 65 36 43 52 59 16 30 41 44 15 26 34 40 14 23 25 32 13 20 22 31 12 19 24 63 8 11/19/2006 46 British guns 47 NY time, in November 48 Kett or James 49 Viewpoint 55 Covered with a mist 56 ___ a church mouse 57 On ___: endlessly 58 Famed conductor Georg 60 Man from Nebraska 62 ___ at the office 63 Preside over 64 German merchant guild 65 Bygone 67 Calligrapher’s need 69 Neap and ebb 70 Israeli port 71 Comedienne Martha 73 “Oh, Look ___”: 1941 ditty 74 Prepare for papering 77 For consumption elsewhere 14 Western flattop 15 Rehan and Huxtable 16 “The Bridge of San Luis ___” 17 Pierre’s soul 18 Concur 20 “Tie ___ ribbon ’round ...” 22 Number of “geese a-laying” 23 Bean 28 Opposite of pros 29 Belligerent god 31 Bonnie’s partner 32 Spur wheel 33 Khan’s title 34 Bearing 35 Swimming or floating 36 Most honorable 37 Fireplace residue 38 Of the soft palate 39 Corseaut, of “The Blob” 40 Merganser 41 Coquette 42 Pitch woo 45 Assign to new quarters G O R A U R O M Y S O E S O T S M E W C L Y D E R O W E L C H A I R H A N S A O L D E N B O I T S C U T I S E E R N E S A T G A R E S H P O R U A S Y E E D T O H Y O E S R E B O O A R U N G S A R E R I C E X C A E M O R F I N E B L E S S R I N E R P A N T O O N S M O D A A R O T T H A N A M A S K E N S E N S E O O P T U W H O S T O K I T E N S A H A R A 78 79 80 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 T W A N G Y E E S T T T A I S N K S H P I L M A I T N A T I Leveling wedge Festive 12 doz. Begins Lamentation Tires Get back one’s losses Not these Wheel part Noted Brit. lexicon Heat meas. Bone: prefix ___ and terminer Hosiery mishap Spanish labor Hillside dugout Citizen Kane’s “Rosebud” Mystery writer Josephine René’s roll-call response Torrid Skater Babilonia Barley beard E D L A Y A I R S H Y O T A E N O R L S N I L S A C O M T O W O O A T P O N S I C T I O N H G L I S A T O G I V I N A Z E L E F R A O L E S E A C A N D G O W A S U N G P A D U E M E S A A R D E A Y S N O B L E S T E M B E R V E L A R A N E T A T I G D R E O S E L A T H R A Y E O B R A A B R I S T L E E Y D 11/19/2006 Release Date — Sunday, November 19, 2006 1 Skirt insert 5 Gave a leg up 12 Truman’s birthplace 17 ___ borealis 19 Elope 20 ___ -camp: military assistant 21 Start of Tom Turkey’s verse 24 Arcane 25 Tiny colonist 26 Trojan hero 27 Gender 28 Freight 30 “Kidnapped” literary monogram 31 Jalopy 34 Tropical eel 35 Zilch 36 St. Petersburg’s river 40 Wade through water 41 Penalty fee 42 White Mountains river 43 Portent 44 More of verse 50 Yoruba culture center 51 ___ go bragh! 52 Summer ermine 53 Dress fold 54 Debt neglecter 56 “Old Blood and Guts” 58 “High ___”: Bogart film 59 Floating bridge 61 Deeds 63 Song refrain 66 Chic 68 Coruscate 72 Football’s “Papa Bear” 73 Duelist Burr 74 Japanese premier: 1964-72 75 Dock workers’ org. 76 More of verse 81 Crystal gazer’s phrase 82 One of a Latin trio 83 Cloudiness 84 Neural network 85 Sally or Ayn 86 Barbie’s ex-boyfriend 87 Tapping spigot 89 Next year’s soph 91 Number of “lords a-leaping” 92 Alabama “Freedom March” city 93 Cheer for Escamillo 94 Weep noisily 97 Harper Valley gr. Turkey Talk OBSERVER Crossword ACROSS 1 2 3 4 5 Edited by Linda and Charles Preston 6 16 7 17 21 8 9 10 11 18 19 22 24 26 29 30 34 39 44 45 48 49 56 57 62 40 52 53 75 89 85 76 87 90 91 94 99 95 96 100 106 110 111 113 114 107 101 108 109 112 115 ©2006 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved 101 Pub pint 104 Einstein and others 106 Pine conveyances? 110 Becomes established anew 111 Lyle Lovett, for one 112 He did it his way 113 Meddler 114 City north of Provo 115 Shutterbug’s necessity DOWN 1 Sayings 2 “Yes ___”: Sammy’s story 3 “Comin’ ___ the Rye” 4 Corp. honcho 5 Compensates for 6 Intention 7 Granada gold 8 Deface 9 Riders and postscripts 10 Lived 11 “___ Piper of Hamelin” 12 From ___ Z 77 81 86 93 105 71 80 92 103 61 70 74 88 102 55 65 84 98 47 60 79 97 43 59 83 67 37 54 69 78 104 36 42 51 58 73 66 32 64 72 82 31 41 50 68 15 28 46 63 14 20 27 35 38 13 23 25 33 12 11/26/2006 41 43 49 51 52 53 13 Evidence of baffled scientists? 14 Cheered 15 Judged 17 Mid-1900s South Korean president 18 Tony winner Verdon 19 Like Erie or Huron 20 Exist 22 Kind of trip 27 Singer Cole 29 Big name in consumer activism 30 Bottom line 31 Good times 32 Of times long past: abbr. 33 Brosnan role 34 Rare Egyptian eggs? 36 Author Joyce ___: “The Cloud Chamber” 37 This ___ fine mess... 38 Small scrap of paper 39 March parade honoree, for short 40 Lug 54 55 58 61 63 64 65 66 67 69 70 72 74 75 77 78 S A W S I C A N S H R E D S T E E L E S C R A P E R S S E L E C T M E N Big music maker Chinese leader Bounce Iron: prefix Clubs for Couples Biblical undercover agent Prufrock creator’s monogram VCR button Used cars, say Pitched low Go for the gold? Average Latin ballroom dance Pass Plus Provider of provender Squeeze in studying New England town officers High peak Spanish eye 1926 Nobel Prize winner Grazia Deledda’s country Windshield clearers in winter T C O M H E F O R R O F T H O S I E N E V E P A T E U D S S R E T P R O P L U R A E P S E T R A T S O N A T E A L O O B B E R F E R S C T W A C L A I G R E S R O O T S O O P 79 83 84 85 86 87 90 91 93 94 95 96 98 99 101 102 103 105 107 108 109 O M A R G R A D E E W O R D S G E O I O N S U N D U P S E H A M S D A M U P F I C T L E R A S P R O L E C A R N E A R I S B O T J E D P R O R E E S E E T S I D E R E T R C H A R I T E X A N O R E M Shortened, in short Wager Big name in scales Tire pressure letters Like a lobster Novel opening, perhaps Rolle, of TV’s “Good Times” Organism remnant Ted, of “Blossom” and “Soap” Limerick land US-Can. canals Small fry Field yield Permit Sterns Doge’s dough Historic times Maudlin sentimentality Fir feller Aries Pep rally participant P A L A I T A R E O N K E D A Y A T M I N A M A S C L A Y A I O N R E A B E T R A C C A D S R N S I A G T M O P A F A L S T O R Y O O S T O T S O F S I N A L E N S I L E N C E O F T H E L A B S H E A R T E N E D A S S E S S E D E L A P S E A S S E T A F T S L I R E E R A S 11/26/2006 Release Date — Sunday, November 26, 2006 1 Prime-time staple 7 Bridge expert Sharif 11 Former Turkish official 16 Desire passionately 18 Give an A, say 19 Non-clergy groups 21 Debate? 23 Rings 24 ___-Cat 25 All-out attack 26 Emulated Babe 28 Before poetically 29 A day in the life of actress Campbell? 32 Hill builders 33 Sudden outpouring 35 Underdog’s feat 36 Chops 38 He-men 39 White sale items 42 Etched metalwork 44 Present! 45 Scot’s topper 46 “___ course for ...”: captain’s order 47 Huge ref. work 48 Copy, briefly 50 “101 Dalmatians”? 55 PO service 56 Architectural addition 57 Caspian Sea feeder 59 Clear the board 60 Assist in an assault 62 Intense, as eyes 64 Laboring class member 65 Air line to the lungs 68 Deserters 69 “Sock-it-to-me” Judy 70 Rotters 71 Some trains 72 Franklin, to Sara 73 Story of Popeye’s childhood? 76 “___ Marner” 78 Get a load of 79 Loads 80 Bender 81 Video ___ 82 Beat badly 85 Ad campaign 87 Milwaukee brew 88 Directs attention to 89 “Touched By an Angel” Della 91 Misleading 92 Pt. of CPA 93 Bernstein’s rainy tale? 97 Mom-and-pop gr. 98 Bordeaux product 100 Bird perch Off Titles? OBSERVER Crossword ACROSS 1 4 9 14 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 30 31 32 33 34 37 40 44 45 48 49 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 64 65 68 70 73 74 77 81 83 84 85 87 120 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Edited by Linda and Charles Preston 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 30 34 35 50 51 52 36 37 71 72 81 66 87 74 75 76 85 89 110 96 111 77 78 79 80 98 99 100 101 86 93 95 103 64 90 92 102 63 69 84 91 97 104 105 112 106 107 113 114 108 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 ©2006 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved 121 Shakespearean sprite 122 “Louise” or “Lohengrin” 123 Bambi of theater fame 124 For a ___: cheaply 125 Eagle ex-coach “Greasy” 126 Fortification 127 Unchanged DOWN 1 Lady of Spain 2 Animosity 3 Adhesive ingredient 4 “___ La Douce” 5 Large Sumatran island 6 Sweater type 7 Annulled 8 Grifter’s game 9 Fortune’s partner 10 Wall Street acronym 11 Grates 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 27 28 29 35 36 38 39 41 42 43 45 46 47 49 50 51 43 59 68 88 42 48 58 67 83 94 47 62 73 82 41 55 61 65 40 46 57 60 109 39 54 56 70 38 45 53 17 32 44 49 16 29 31 33 15 12/3/2006 52 College town on the Thames 53 Austrian composer Bruckner 54 Perry’s creator 55 Hope/Crosby course 61 Tropical gum tree 63 Spar 66 Ballot 67 South Bend team 68 “Elegy” poet Thomas 69 Rooting sounds 70 Trooper’s trap 71 Quarterback’s count 72 Doubter 74 Tree-lined walkway 75 “Now, ___”: Bette Davis film 76 Trees in an O’Neill title 78 Appia or Dolorosa 79 Cuckoo 80 Preceded 82 Witness’s activity 85 Actor O’Shea Nahuatl Church official Lanais Track shape Desdemona’s nemesis Plankton snare Top floors Ed.’s reading matter Margarita base Cease-fire Garr of Hollywood Frenzied Deprive of strength Summer beverage “Bombs bursting ___” Tennis opener Palindrome’s first word Ticket end Stage whispers Downed Business deg. “___, We Have No Bananas” Dapper one L O F T S S E N O R A H A T R E D E P O X M Y S S M Y D E B E A T A S N O N R O C A N Y A D O N T A N I T R E C E S J U S T A N T I W I E N S O N G I R M A N I A S C A R D I T A G E M A A R O N N I K T A O V I C N O R A T I C B E S I A H A N T T U D S U S E Y C A R A R I N E A U N D O N E S T I N T G E Q S U E T I R U L L B A E A V L O L L Y B E A S E G E O U R R E E L L E 86 88 89 90 95 97 98 99 100 101 103 104 106 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 F A M E A M E X Way out South African tribe Wt. units Sere Florentine architectural order Abrade “Krazy ___” Roma’s country Roving Sculptor Auguste “Wreck of the Mary ___” Damascene’s land Troupe member Sell hot tickets Shark film Mussel genus British gun Turgenev’s birthplace Ubangi river feeder Copperfield’s first wife “It ___ ancient mariner ...” R A S P S A Z T E C U A N D A E M E S A A I T N D E G E N E R S L A M M Y W I S I L S T O A C H C R E D T A R O O P E R R E D A D V O E E V A R A C T A L O R N N U D I C A N R E H A O S I A F R D E R N A V A C H I F E S A A R K I A S T I T C A S A L A L I N P A I A G O D N E T S E R V E M A D A M A L N E I D E R R A N T R O D I N 12/3/2006 Release Date — Sunday, December 3, 2006 91 92 93 94 96 97 99 102 105 107 109 116 117 118 119 Haggard heroine Ear bone Capacitance unit Null’s companion Vault Smiling Stun Author Hunter Hep ___ Gras Hostess Perle Storm Start of a seasonal verse Deuce toppers “Bus Stop” playwright Derision Melancholy Milieu for 106 Down Sine ___ non The naked truth? Generic assembly language Fountain treat Crete’s capital Second line of the verse 1960s hippies Actress Lenska Figure skater Midori Hindu deity Like ___: probably Composer Berg Unheeding Ad ___: to the point Tyro Sex classification Legendary bird Asta’s mistress States positively Part of NAS Author Seton Twitch Mascagni flirt Powerful political group Third line of the verse Colby or Gillette ___ corpus Laders’ org. Late Line sect. Infant ferry? Relatively: suffix Stable breeders “To ___ His Own” Houston athlete Last line of verse Oppositionist Le ___ of spydom Tropical tubers Kirgiz mountain range Vienna, to Fritz Where Credit Is Due OBSERVER Crossword ACROSS 1 5 9 14 18 19 21 22 23 26 27 28 29 31 34 35 36 37 38 41 42 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 54 55 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 67 68 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 82 83 87 88 89 90 1 2 3 4 5 18 6 7 Edited by Linda and Charles Preston 8 19 23 20 24 32 10 36 41 29 46 51 52 53 64 68 69 72 73 74 79 84 90 80 70 75 81 82 86 88 91 89 92 94 95 101 102 105 106 93 96 97 98 103 104 107 108 ©2006 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved 92 Staffordshire river 93 Stuffed with, in cookery 94 Woe is me! 95 Greek island view 101 Viewpoint 102 Convex molding 103 “The Duchess of ___”: Webster tragedy 104 ___ contendere 105 Supervisor 106 Industry bigwig 107 Pindar’s products 108 River ferried by Charon DOWN 1 Drinking spree 2 Go astray 3 Expression of disapproval 4 Warning lights 5 Mountain ashes 6 PSATs, e.g. 7 Model Macpherson 8 Abner’s adjective 9 Brings to mind 10 People: prefix 100 71 85 87 99 61 67 83 66 58 63 78 65 54 60 77 40 48 57 62 39 44 47 56 17 35 38 50 16 30 43 59 15 26 42 76 14 22 37 45 13 21 34 49 12 28 33 55 11 25 27 31 9 12/10/2006 11 Make ___ with: go over big 12 Khaki-colored 13 Word shuffle 14 “___ upon a midnight...” 15 Babylonian wonder 16 Author Camilo Jose ___ 17 Pilot’s place 20 Relating to the mails 24 Macbeth’s title 25 Signaling device 30 Spanish Steps site 31 Bahamas capital 32 Bear witness to 33 All of it! 34 Short-tailed lemur 35 “There is ___ in the affairs...”: Caesar 37 Give the cold shoulder 38 Moonshiner’s device 39 Israeli seaport 40 Endings for duke, king, etc. 42 “ Maria ___”: Dorsey favorite 77 43 Flavorful 46 Commandment 78 word 48 Taking to court 79 50 Like many bathrooms 80 51 Famed Greek physician 81 52 Put ___ to: stop 53 Lose one’s cool 82 54 Extraterrestrial 84 visitor 86 56 Lightweight velvet 58 Creator of “Don Juan” 88 60 Sonia, of “Kiss...” 89 61 True blue 90 62 Flora and fauna 63 Shrub: prefix 91 65 Nullify 92 66 Fifty minutes to two 93 67 Faulkner’s avaricious Snopes 96 68 Hero from Ohio, 97 John 98 69 Enlightened Buddhist 70 Floating zookeeper 99 75 Pronunciation omissions 100 J E F F A R I L G R E A S N A T H A T H E S T E R S E W S A S H U T O P L A B E N F I E N L O N E E T C M A H A I B G E L A A L A S S I D E H E A D T H A N E T I L E D R O W A N S S H A L T E X A M S E L E N A G L T H E R A N O R N T I C O O V T I E L R L I P E L L O F C E S L A I T A L S N A R L N D L E S U R B I G A P A N A B L E N F R E N I R A N D C U G T A J M A I A L L E C L A A N K E R L O S S U O L O M T A N E T H N O S A P I D A R H A T S A O Moderate pace ___ vert: Fr. string bean “Mr. October” Reggie Mme.’s daughters Warning sound, of old Large spiral shell Humiliated ___ Island: SC marine base ___ Gay Actor Sam Deep cut Nobelist Wiesel Thanks ___! Flock of sheep Egg: prefix ___ Paulo, Brazil Bit of a Seurat painting Bridge expert Culbertson Beantown team A T A H A N I N A T G R A R O S T A M T I M E I D L E A L B L L Y I O R E N Y O N O A N A L C H P O J A N F A R C O F R H L F I D E S I T C A M E S U I N G T H E H A N G I N G G A R D E N S C E L A H E L M E L A T H D O M S N E G A T E O N E T E N E L I S I O D E S N O L O S T Y X 12/10/2006 Release Date — Sunday, December 10, 2006 85 86 Mutt’s mate Virginia dance “Giant” ranch Scratch site Seed cover Hybrid primrose Hawke or Allen Quaker pronoun Asian view Con’s confinement “For ___!”: How dishonorable! Personal point of view Evangelist Billy Detroit and Hale Balbo or Calvino Kitchen emission Hellas capital Fighting words from Fido? Having a pollen-bearing organ Cubic meter Forever Day ___: fluorescent colors Darns socks Aspersion Help Bangkok’s country of old Blonde shade New York view Mother’s sisters Like a perfect world “For want of ___...” Bounty captain Thomas Moore’s “___ Rookh” Mix together Telling tall tales “John Brown’s Body” poet Mirella of the Met Spaghetti spice Hellhound AZ view Stimpy’s pal ___ wolf: recluse Schlep Horse color Slight advantage Short list finisher Wordly site Gridiron gripper Hindu princess title God to praise En ___: ballerina’s stance “Why Was ___?”: musical query Brilliance David, of “The Fugitive” Italian ice creams Substantial Sights OBSERVER Crossword ACROSS 1 4 8 13 19 20 21 22 23 25 27 29 30 31 32 33 34 36 37 38 40 41 42 43 44 46 51 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 65 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 79 80 82 85 86 1 2 3 Edited by Linda and Charles Preston 4 19 5 6 7 20 23 24 11 32 36 38 42 46 54 47 48 49 69 72 73 79 75 86 89 90 95 91 92 78 103 104 93 97 101 105 77 87 96 100 76 82 85 99 53 71 81 94 52 67 74 88 51 61 70 84 18 57 66 80 83 50 60 65 68 17 39 56 59 64 16 43 55 58 15 33 37 45 14 29 41 63 13 26 31 35 44 12 22 28 40 98 10 25 30 62 9 21 27 34 8 102 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 ©2006 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved 87 88 89 90 93 94 95 96 97 98 101 105 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 Storage place Petr, of tennis Sibling, for short Muslim mystics Pulitzer composer Charles Logical beginning Brooded, as a biddy Drought-tolerant legumes Exist Hide in a hold Wags among the books? Social parasite Beautifying Old, to Yves ___ can’t!: it’s forbidden Busy as ___ Distinctive time Snickered Urchin, in Paris Sun. speeches Article, in Aachen 12/17/2006 34 Old Dominion senator 35 Jai ___ 36 Diamond protectors 37 Brussels point or Chantilly 38 Verbose 39 Wapiti 41 Sierra ___, Africa 42 Small world? 45 Mother of Achilles 46 Seminole leader 47 Caramel custards 48 Unyielding 49 Atelier accessory 50 Extra Jewish month, ___ Sheni 52 TV’s Jay 53 Duck soup 57 Close associates 60 Perfume container 62 Muddle 63 Charles’ canine 64 Castro convertible 65 Active one 66 Geneticists’ abbreviation 67 Unaccompanied DOWN 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 24 26 28 32 A la mode Solemn promise Grandstand Utes or Otos Trickle Like many ears Dad, to some Cocktail choice ___ a million: rare Alternating current Pinafore hand Nocturnal rumbles Soviet Nobel physicist Easy as falling ___ log Treeless tract Clue and charades Did what 52 Down does Licorice stick, for one Sras., in Paris Ref. work Numero ___ Unpunctual C H I C O A T H R O B B A L A I H A S H A S T A S L A T K E T O N E B L E A C H E R S S T U D I O C O U C H T R M I M B E E S L T E H O E N T E I S G B A R D O W A N G I E E E O O Z E P I E R C T E A D R P S D M O E E A R R A S W A E L N D O G L I D B M U S A N O N O N O S C E O L A S A Y I N G O N E I N M I C R O C D O G E S R U M I S T G L I Z A R O Y O O S S F L A N S F I R M 69 71 74 76 77 78 80 81 84 86 88 89 90 91 92 93 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 106 Golf’s Mark O’___ Chills and fevers God: L. Undermined Cracker cheese Cravings Wander idly Pluck Chocolate delight Prepare for bed Organic carbon compound Words of wisdom Overcome Egypt and Syria, once: abbr. Free-for-all “Dies ___” Erie Canal mule Early copters Pinnacles Blind segment James of letters Proceed Sets down North Sea feeder Ominous Cicatrix Uproarious place A T S T C A N A D R O O M C R E M L E D L A S W A T O C E P A R E A D D P L A Y T H E R R I T A N A T G A L E U D E S U F I S U A R S B R A R Y D C O S U A B E E S E R O F F A P R A I R E I L E K A L A L L I O E N S E I A R C A M E E S P A R L O R G A M E S E M C E E D R E E D L E N O S N A P S U B V E R T E D B R I E Y E N S D I R E S C A R 12/17/2006 Release Date — Sunday, December 17, 2006 83 Corn holder ___ the mornin’ Figures of fun Silk hat Shakespearean prince Vex Describing Machu Picchu Ski chalet, frequently Gave the particulars of Exaggerated comedy String quartet’s offering Forwarded Fair grade Fundamental principle Went first Caviar Stadium shouts Mortise insert ___ Cruces, NM Bizarre Hooray, in Hermosillo Youth Wrestlers’ surface Fashion first name Trade Commercial complex Capp and Capone Spiritual supervisor Pizza portion Total Last word USNA grad Singer Vikki Frolic Horne, of “Stormy Weather” Dispatch Scout leader Joseph or Stewart Italian wine center Bovine sounds Reviewer’s eval. Clay, later Erwin and Symington Moray Mr. Chips portrayer Passes Owned Moving event? Certainly not certain Structural support beam Demon beverage Follower of 30 Across Hangouts OBSERVER Crossword ACROSS 1 2 3 4 Edited by Linda and Charles Preston 5 6 18 7 8 9 10 19 23 11 12 13 20 24 34 40 36 41 42 37 54 55 59 60 64 69 38 39 44 51 87 88 96 97 79 80 85 81 99 105 100 101 107 102 103 108 114 115 116 117 118 120 121 122 ©2006 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved 1 Zone or region 2 New York barge canal 3 Tiny colonists 4 Gloves for catchers 5 Concluding word in a Psalm 6 San ___, TX 7 Ill-mannered person 8 Makes obeisance 9 New England cape 104 109 113 DOWN 111 94 112 105 Largest tributary of the Congo 106 Layer of paint 107 Familiarize 112 Christmas visitor 114 Entrances for 112 Across 115 Guide 116 Seine sights 117 Grafted, in heraldry 118 Turn aside 119 Queen of the Greek gods 120 Word with chair or mark 121 Editor’s notation 122 Spanish missionary in America 110 91 106 119 75 82 93 98 74 86 90 92 73 68 78 89 49 58 72 84 48 63 67 77 95 57 71 83 47 53 62 70 46 56 66 76 45 52 61 65 22 32 43 50 17 29 31 35 16 26 28 30 15 21 25 27 33 14 12/24/2006 45 Spelling or quilting follower 46 Sacred book of Islam 47 Road to Rome 48 Monster’s loch? 49 Popular fuel 56 Morning phenomenon 57 English poet and song composer Thomas 58 Raided the icebox 61 Brooklyn or Israel follower 62 Tracy or Trevino 63 Darjeeling 64 Eighth Greek letter 65 School dance 66 “The ___ Stuff”: 1983 film 67 Work unit 68 Shafted weapons 69 Isles off Ireland 70 Discipline or defense starter 73 Graphic 74 Anoint, once 75 “Revenge of the ___” 76 Greek letter 77 Tokyo, formerly 78 San Diego ballplayer 79 Olive genus 81 Word before hat or hand 82 Lacking luster 84 Dangerous curve 85 Stable sound 88 Large waterfall 89 Quinine water 90 Tourist’s home away from home? 91 Red ___ 95 Disarrange 96 Take ___: suffer heavy losses 97 Rajah’s wife 98 Cede or change starter 99 Central FL city 100 Wry faces 102 Back talk 103 Legendary burden bearer 104 Urbane 107 Indirect suggestion 108 Comedian Johnson 109 Maple genus 110 Salesman’s dist. 111 This, in Toledo 113 Former UN dignitary 114 Turkish cap, in Tripoli B E L T E R I E A N T S H U R T S A G A P E A L L A N R O R L U L E S T S H E E L T F A C A B O O S E P A D R E O L E A 10 Freight train rear car 11 Injures 12 La Scala highlights 13 Children’s chasing game 14 Board the choo-choo 15 One destined to fail 16 US fur merchant Jacob 17 Author of “Good King Wenceslaus” 22 The ___ Scott decision 24 Airport abbr. 26 One who loathes 28 Fairy bluebird 31 Affairs of honor 33 Love feast 34 British actress Elizabeth 35 Bakery wares 37 Laundry aid 38 Synagogue 39 ___ Alamos, NM 41 Bea’s “Golden Girls” colleague 42 Many mos. 43 Ties up, as a horse 44 Historical kingdom in present day Chad A C R H A I N M U S S A B A T H R A N E E M I T T S I N T E R S A E N L E T A T O H A N I Y T O R E S T H I H E T O R E P S E N T S I O S A N G I A C L R I A E B O O R S T A R C H E D O O C A L A B A O N W N S I D R S U E H E N U L A L S L R E E I R E G G H S T E N M O M B R O A T U S E S S Y W A D D E A W I H F I E N S T A T E L R A N O I G H T S A A R E S T A R L E I B O R N K E S O E C A R T A T A S E M E N P A P E I O D A O L I R A N D M S S A L A S A B I T U R E P L A T E A V E T S E A S T O R N E A L E I T E R N G E A S S S V I V I D A N E L E N E R D S A C E R T E R R E S T A D R E D 12/24/2006 Release Date — Sunday, December 24, 2006 1 Supporting timbers 6 Israel’s Eban 10 Friendly discussion 14 Ardor 18 One of the Fords 19 Palindromic time of day 20 Subtle emanation 21 Pried inquisitively 23 Bethlehem, in a carol 25 It led 64 Across 27 Those making wills 28 Very small amount 29 Small interstice in tissue 30 Some Burmese Buddhists 31 Waste product 32 Paved, in a way 33 Swiss river 36 Matters to be disputed 39 Luau adornment 40 Message of the herald angels 50 Fascination 51 German hall 52 Opponent of 56 Across 53 Great Barrier Island 54 Most ashen 55 “The Body Snatcher” initials 56 ETO commander 57 Gentle touch 59 Annapolis grad. 60 Cup or cough starter 62 Actress Salonga 63 Mongolian and Turkic tribes 64 They were led to Bethlehem 69 On land 71 Wrath 72 Invalid’s food 73 Writer Carl ___ Doren 76 Moves slowly and furtively 77 Breakfast standby 78 Raven man 80 Nonmetallic carbolic element 83 Drillmaster’s command 84 Old English letter 85 Spanish room 86 Dickens’ Broadway musical 87 “Holy ___, sleep in ...” 92 Hawaiian hawks 93 Low-lying, soggy ground 94 ___ Moines, IA 95 Robin Hood’s love 99 Old Spanish card game 101 Lackaday Noel! Noel! OBSERVER Crossword ACROSS 1 6 9 14 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 29 31 32 33 35 38 40 43 44 47 48 49 51 55 57 58 59 61 62 64 66 68 69 74 77 78 79 82 84 86 89 91 110 112 113 1 2 3 4 Edited by Linda and Charles Preston 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 40 41 42 48 49 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 31 35 36 32 37 33 38 43 44 51 52 45 46 53 47 55 58 62 64 69 75 59 63 70 76 71 82 91 84 85 93 97 101 114 67 102 79 86 87 122 123 127 131 80 90 95 100 104 110 105 111 117 106 107 112 118 124 119 125 126 128 129 130 132 133 134 ©2006 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved 116 Everthing but ___ 122 From ___: all the way 123 “California, Here ___!” 125 Leslie Caron role 126 Boxer Roberto 127 Drink 128 Actor Lloyd 129 Jeté 130 Overact 131 Hurried 132 NJ ex-governor’s family 133 Almost so. 134 Freshen DOWN 1 2 3 4 Exec. aide Slangy refusal “A ___ to Live” One of the Musketeers 5 Small shoots 6 Lerner and Loewe musical 7 Capital of Guam 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 19 27 28 30 34 35 36 37 39 41 42 45 46 81 89 99 109 116 88 94 103 115 68 73 98 108 113 66 72 92 96 61 78 83 50 56 60 65 77 30 34 39 54 57 74 29 17 120 121 12/31/2006 50 52 53 54 Bracelet Muslim magistrate ___ -shut case Luxury furs Squiggle shape On ___: bordering on Not revealed Horse of a different color? Techy kid ___ gin fizz Pull on the reins Run-down Burdened Knights’ weapons Show place Elec. units Roger, of the diamond Sport enclosure Benevolent order T. S. ___ Italian native Common chemical ending Bandied words about 55 56 60 63 65 67 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 80 81 83 85 87 A S S T U H U H A M P S M A R I S T A T S O C H E R M A T S A T O P “Dracula” Lugosi Leather workers Yugoslav marshal “Leave ___ Beaver” Bond costar Adams In ___: privy to Manufacture Seventh Greek letter 45 rpm records Family member, for short ___ for words Farmer’s milieu Plains Indian abode Anna Sten role Makes lace Shade of yellow Designer Geoffrey Sheer cotton fabric Jackson and Bancroft Bar seats Greenish blue Slope board R A G E A R A M I A S R E T N A A N N B E E R E S N E S E R I O Z P E E D S P R R E I S S G E T S E R D A T Y I I N T E O T A A T S A T I L O N O O D S L I S S A I C N O K E G I G I A G A N A I S N P E A R D R E E L D L B R S A T H O M L A A N 88 90 92 94 95 98 102 104 106 107 109 111 113 114 115 117 118 119 120 121 124 B C A A N D G L I L A E D E E L I N K T S T E O P T S I A P Q U I U M A I D A R E K I E L N L S S O P E N A N D Privation ___ -out: manages Calligrapher’s need Eskimo boat 482-mile French river Breed of cattle Grabbed Looks for oil Male or female Start again Roman garb Farm enclosures Former tennis great Wilander Up on Roundup gear Poetic nights Talon Press “___ and Hayes”: 1983 movie Understood Olympic runner Sebastian M I N K S M P A R U O D D U S C K E I S T I E S C L A W E T S H S E B T R H I E N A K T E S R I S H A S R E D I S N H E I P U N T L O A L N D C E T S H E N K A N N O A W G E N D E R R O A N N E R D S L O E E L I O T R O M A N B E L A T O I L R E E S I U R M O E N A N N E S E K E S N A T E K N E W 12/31/2006 Release Date — Sunday, December 31, 2006 93 96 97 98 99 100 101 103 105 108 Emanations Shoot the breeze Halley’s discovery Flower holders Keen Latvian capital Slavishly imitative Carol Sweet stuff “Sleepy Time Gal” writer Thick-headed Poi root French cuffs need? Light-headed? “___ a Kick Out of You” Carte or mode lead-in Of the stars Collector Paradise Obstruct Spoil Platform Antiquity, old style SASE Tennis shot Molly Ringwald flick Travel fast Mideast mount Orderly Contretemps Sandbank A votre ___! Hwy. Regrets Sicilian volcano Death Valley problem Soliloquy start Suit to ___ Fernandez of baseball Sleigh driver Federer and Roddick, often Actor-director Alan Promote Nary a soul “In ___ of the Night” Fast as can be Japanese coin Mrs. Lennon Boxcar traveler Cork’s country Peggy or Michele Repairs the lawn Air attack Veer off Landi, of 1930s films Farm info. Bureau Snicker follower Actress Berenson Ink, Inc. OBSERVER Crossword ACROSS 1 4 8 14 18 19 20 22 23 26 27 28 29 30 32 33 35 37 41 43 47 48 49 51 52 55 56 58 61 63 64 65 66 67 71 73 75 77 78 79 81 82 84 86 87 90 91 93 94 97 98 101 103 1 2 3 4 18 Edited by Linda and Charles Preston 5 6 7 8 19 23 9 10 32 37 38 47 48 39 29 40 41 53 60 35 42 54 61 64 30 34 49 52 72 77 78 88 56 101 112 120 121 125 126 129 122 70 98 99 100 81 92 96 115 69 76 91 97 104 108 114 75 80 103 113 67 86 95 102 68 57 85 107 111 74 90 94 46 63 79 93 45 51 55 73 89 44 31 66 84 17 36 50 62 83 16 22 43 65 71 15 26 33 87 14 21 28 82 13 25 27 59 12 20 24 58 11 116 105 106 109 117 110 118 123 119 124 130 127 128 131 132 ©2007 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved 110 Types 111 Ominous words 114 “___ the ramparts ...” 117 Home on the range 119 Not idle 120 Venerated vocalist 121 Shirley Temple 125 Biblical plot 126 Cabinetmaker, at times 127 Adamson lioness 128 Frequent ER visitor 129 Thrill 130 Auto body enhancement 131 Damp, in a way 132 ___ Plaines DOWN 1 Charm 2 Behind the eightball 3 Actor Gary or Dabney 4 Breaker on the road 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 21 24 25 31 34 36 38 39 40 42 44 45 46 1/7/2007 50 Syr. neighbor 52 “Bloody Mary” 53 “Fiddler on the Roof” role 54 Stars Wars initials 57 Her, to Henri 58 Hayworth, of Hollywood 59 Perón and others 60 Sails (into) 62 Whalers’ gathering, in New England 66 Really heads up 68 Verdi princess 69 Raised 70 Dry 72 Makes lace 74 Nutritional no. 76 Cosmic cloud 80 Capt.’s estimate 83 Indulges, with to 84 Body shop? 85 Shakespearean conspirator 87 Proverbial deserter 88 Volcanic debris 89 He was TV’s “Science Guy” Bruin who wore #4 Work place Curved Represses, with up Mich. neighbor Olin, of “Havana” Those, in Toledo Alters Aficionado’s cry “Manhattan” Flulike symptoms Yukon, for one: abbr. Mrs. Dick Tracy Pizazz Flaps, perhaps I’ll get right ___! Provisonal words Grasshopper Gibson Raps and claps “Lord, is ___?”: Matthew Old-fashioned Gds. Formerly At all “___ Misérables” B E W I T C H I N A H O L E C O L E M A N R I T A E V A S R I P S R A N A S Y T H E O D E S R I D E E V E N C O D A B R E R T E R S C O A R K E N B D I S S I C T O T O Q U I N T S U N S E D E D E V I E S T R Y N A V E O C T A S F A S T P E T I M A N E R V E G R E E N L S E O E A F O R M N S T A I D C H R B O T T L E S G A M I A G O R E N O 92 “Fever” singer Peggy 95 Hanukkah candelabrum 96 Working mom’s aid 98 Misled 99 Exasperating 100 Declares 102 Snorkeling spots 104 Disney World transport 106 Actress Merrill 109 Lodge 111 Lyric poems 112 Disney World attraction 113 Not bumpy 115 Dubai bigwig 116 Nevada tourist city 118 Like some ale 119 Ray Charles’ “What’d ___” 122 Stock market abbreviation 123 Sleep stage 124 Tupelo-to-Jackson dir. O L E R N E S E T N O V A S I L S E M E A D I S P S S I E R N S G R O I D E A N A T R S A S E D C A T T Y R E C A M R A M B E R E M E D O L F E L A H I A R M L E E L T L P E L A Y L E E R E I N C A S E W O O D Y A L L E N F I L M N E B U L A D I P I N A S S A L S A E W Y A G U E T E R R T E S S N A L E N E E Y S A I D A B R E D S E R E D E L U D E D I R K S O M E A S S E R T S 1/7/2007 Release Date — Sunday, January 7, 2007 105 107 108 Pen name Musical climax Ravel work Word on a bulb Rock’s Brian Rabbit title By ___: unaccompanied Curved molding “Rob Roy” Yours and mine “Do ___ a Waltz?” Kryptonian alter ego It’s just ___ thought Helpful types Pyramid, basically Flavoring herb Polished “Gone With the Wind,” e.g. Come down hard Eustachian tube, for one Coop denizen Oklahoma Indian Extreme cruelty Coeur d’___ Dionne group, briefly Endings to some ltrs. Singer Gore, et al. Familiar episode More marshy Gen. Robert ___ Like some stone walls Perrier alternative Cards’ home: abbr. Slaps the cuffs on Ornate wall hanging Dugout fig. Begin to shoot Pt. of NBA “___ Maria” Worth emulating Quilt filler Hexa-plus two Either “Something Stupid” singer Beard cutter Sprinted Family men Sanctuary So far Described vividly Fish delicacy 24 horas Such chutzpah! One ___: kids’ ball game Basic schoolbooks Like the Grinch Sussex spare Drink Up! OBSERVER Crossword ACROSS 1 5 10 15 16 17 19 21 23 24 25 27 28 29 30 31 32 34 36 37 38 40 42 43 45 46 49 51 52 54 57 59 60 61 62 64 65 67 68 70 71 73 74 76 77 79 80 81 83 87 89 1 2 3 4 Edited by Linda and Charles Preston 5 15 6 7 8 9 10 16 19 25 34 38 39 43 55 35 40 44 49 54 71 37 42 46 51 64 68 69 73 74 77 78 81 88 90 98 83 95 99 103 79 91 94 100 104 105 108 111 70 75 82 89 93 60 63 76 84 DOWN 1 Chivalrous 2 The Duchess of ___ 3 Bachelor’s last words 4 Drying cloth 5 Rose-family fruit 6 Covered with spots 7 Spanish aunts 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 17 18 20 22 23 26 29 31 33 35 36 37 39 41 85 86 92 96 97 101 102 106 107 109 110 112 113 ©2007 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved 97 ___ whiz 98 ___ the lifeboats! 99 Gossips’ stock-in-trade 101 Wherewithal 102 Pass the target 103 Barbecue delight 105 Lovers 108 Food 109 Cosmetologist Lauder 110 The ___ bird ... 111 Gather 112 Acts 113 “Graf ___” 48 53 59 67 80 47 52 58 72 87 31 36 62 66 27 45 57 61 65 22 41 50 56 18 30 33 14 26 29 32 13 21 24 28 12 17 20 23 11 1/14/2007 42 44 46 47 48 50 USNA graduate Hwys. Putting down Proficient Locus Lao-tzu’s truth Place to wear a heart? Less strong Summer TV fare Church council Clasp Abbreviation for Murrow’s given name Ali ___ Rose’s drawback Football coach of note Don Catherine of ___ Like caramel Boulevard or avenue Stitched Twisted Legis. 1988 Divine film 52 53 54 55 56 58 59 63 66 67 69 70 72 73 75 77 78 B A B A S O F A W E A K E R Gun sound Share secrets Ablutions Not binding Chou ___ Daughter to Tantalus School dances Planted Divan Headpiece for a princess Change Photog. print Hawaiian finger food Societal directions Like some peanuts Mother Hubbard’s quest Cold cuts store ___ Peace Prize Execs. Pocket bread Wanderer Merrier Tweaked G A L L A N T T I A R A A L T E R A E G M A S P E C A N A D A A I T A L D O P B O W G R A E R I S L I C C H P O H U R T E L E C W A G O N Y S N I F O S B I B A C O D E L E N E T O E K E S M A D B A B R U M O R E R I B I B L E S M A S S F R E C K L E D P O S G A Y E R 81 82 84 85 86 87 88 89 91 93 94 96 99 100 101 102 104 106 107 T E R I N T A S E S S T H S S O T H E R R A W N E I N E R P T S T O P R I P R E I A N T T Y D I A S N K S M E H E A R E S T E D E E D Skewered treats Gives to charity Readable Fancy Actor Roscoe Slack-jawed Niagara-on-the-Lak e’s locale Mrs. Eisenhower and Ms. Van Doren Departed Typesetting units Tree outgrowths Fireplace residue Singer McEntire Took off Spouse Oliver Twist’s request Edge Ending with Japan Two Live Crew’s style R E R U N S P R O M S D O N A T E S L A Y I N G T O I L E T S A D E P T B A N G D E L I W E A N S T H E S S T S I A L S T O E Y E E E N D A V O W B R E D E A N G L E T O O N S N O L O S A W N E I N N O O B M E L D A A L E R T D G E E M I S S R O B S A R L Y P E E 1/14/2007 Release Date — Sunday, January 14, 2007 90 92 93 94 95 Pace Following Endures Ralph ___ Emerson Word with news or contact Tire choices Labor lubricant See ___: agree Welsh market town Idle and ’the Red’ Private’s insignia Finale Alias initials Jefferson Airplane’s Grace ___ ___ -and-peck Swear Park seating Precinct workers, for short “The ___ of Solomon” Born and ___ Lancelot’s boss Ties Arthur, of “The Golden Girls” Heating sys. Attracted Snarl Band trailer Berliner’s one Catamaran features Stick around Sharpshooter Prude ___ contendere Dressing ingredient Ottoman Perceived Mr. Domino Baby gear ___ the pump Fraulein’s refusal 212 or 415 Prior to: prefix Shorthand writer Actress Dahl Frisco player Messy one “Little piggy” Cricket cousin Mrs. Marcos Gets an “A” Actress/author Angelou Fall in flakes Wide awake Mild expletive Ruth or Didrikson Work with dough Body Language OBSERVER Crossword ACROSS 1 6 10 14 19 20 21 22 23 25 27 28 30 31 33 35 36 39 42 46 48 51 52 53 54 56 57 59 62 63 64 66 68 70 71 74 77 79 80 82 84 86 88 89 90 92 94 95 97 100 101 103 104 1 2 3 4 5 6 19 Edited by Linda and Charles Preston 7 8 9 10 20 23 28 31 32 37 29 33 38 47 48 52 64 65 40 70 71 77 82 84 89 102 106 112 68 86 97 113 123 115 93 76 120 121 122 94 100 109 116 124 75 88 104 108 114 74 81 99 103 107 45 69 87 92 98 44 63 80 91 96 43 56 62 67 85 18 51 73 90 101 42 55 79 83 111 61 72 78 95 41 50 66 17 35 49 60 16 30 39 59 15 26 54 58 14 22 34 53 57 13 25 27 46 12 21 24 36 11 105 110 117 125 118 119 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 ©2007 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved 116 Auto club supplies 118 Depart 123 Horse race survey? 125 Horse? 127 Efforts 128 Limo destination 129 Dear, to Donizetti 130 Competition site 131 Non-striker’s goal? 132 Sign of fatigue 133 ___ out a living 134 Sites for sales DOWN 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Indian music List shortener Carol opener “Same Time Next Year” actor Stinging? Gas pump abbreviation Jai ___ Know-it-all’s expression Strength 1/21/2007 10 Sealing wax ingredient 11 Oklahoma native 12 Burned metal residue 13 “___ inside”: ad slogan 14 Nautical drain 15 Tired of it all 16 “Diana” singer 17 Hip add-on 18 Attention getters 24 Not final, as a legal decree 26 Fed 29 Get really high 32 “___ bitten ...” 34 Chicago paper, familiarly 36 Horse’s hotel accommodations? 37 Shroud 38 Egg on 40 Olfactory input 41 Chihuahua’s place 43 Sign of affection, to a horse? 91 93 96 98 44 Capital NE of Djibouti City 45 Salamander 46 Metaphor, e.g. 47 Attacked 49 Opulent 50 Get back 53 Great numbers 55 Pedantic 58 Kind 60 Darrow client of 1924 61 Harps’ cousins 65 Web sites? 67 Italian wine region 69 Outline clearly 72 Swindlers 73 Armageddon nation 75 Els with tees 76 Wheels partner 78 Casino target 81 Mortise insert 82 Thickness measures 83 Mine access 85 Breeze 87 Seagoing: abbr. R A G A E T A L T R O P E H A D A T M I L S A D I T S G T S C A R P H A R K A L D A B E E L I B B K R E E I D D I T L M Y E P S H E U I I G T H E E R N O C A L L L L O I E S A R E R A S P E L M O N G A I T I I R E S O K N I N G C C O P Y M E A L Y D U L R A S O I T C H E A T H B D I E S S C A N T S T A B S S P A H S R I O N S P P O L L P R O M Y A W N 99 100 102 105 107 109 111 112 113 114 115 117 119 120 121 122 124 126 S O A R L Y R E S L I A M Skier’s aid Hardware item Hem in Neeson, of “Kinsey” Intensify Assume Sailer Mascara recipient More than damp Converse Pvts.’ bosses Complain Inter ___ “A Doll’s House” heroine Leisurely Foal’s father Skater Lipinski Open hearing, in law Ward Brothers’ titles O lead-in “___ Bless America” L O C I A T A N C O L T E X E T L R O M I D E R B O X E R I C A C O S M O U T A P I G N O A T E G U N N T U H S T A P S N E I G C A R O E K E D T M A N D O N N I S H L A S H S C U P P E R W O R L D W E A R E Y T C T H E N D O A N R E T S A A R Y A A N K A S T E R H E Y S M A N E S Q U E E Z E A D E N N E W T E R N I E D E A L S F E N D F R A S O Y E R 1/21/2007 Release Date — Sunday, January 21, 2007 106 108 110 111 Post-op project Harsh sound Centers of activity Wave sound “___ of Two Cities” Kermit associate ___ impasse Italian nobleman Flower-loving horse’s pace? Disappointing young horse? Acid neutralizer Steams up Models Prefix with bar Unit of speed Calif. force “The Thrill is Gone” singer Bounce off “Seinfeld” role Conference call minimum Unoriginal horseman? Novelist Charles Commando tactic Repast Ready to ship From square one Strange trait Not sharp Puerto ___ Pay for a pad City reputedly built by Solomon Versatile bean Sea bass relatives Somme summer Hurler’s horse? Proof ender Close-fitting case Second in a series Imagine Wailuku’s island Stops working Aries or Taurus Tarzan counterpart Slangy acknowledgement Just enough Swear words Buzz’s moonmate Loose-limbed Horse’s weapon? Nods Rears Andorra neighbor New Orleans university Phil, of folk Bleachers cries Sailor Peking duck ingredient Horsing Around OBSERVER Crossword ACROSS 1 2 3 Edited by Linda and Charles Preston 4 17 5 18 7 8 9 10 19 22 32 28 33 34 37 43 56 57 61 52 63 67 70 54 83 84 87 64 65 79 80 81 93 98 99 90 91 95 100 101 106 102 107 111 112 117 118 119 121 122 123 113 DOWN 33 34 35 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Koran chapters Incompetent African antelope Sparks or Rorem Sugar ___ Commercials “___ Joey” Arches Tibet’s neighbor Used wheels Tunes Mideast political gr. 23 25 29 32 36 40 41 42 43 44 45 47 48 103 108 114 115 109 116 120 124 ©2007 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved 18 76 86 94 110 13 14 15 16 17 75 82 85 92 108 Meadow 110 Ocean voyages 112 Honeymooners’ haven 117 Comics’ Kett 118 Decay 119 Big shallow lake in Novgorod Oblast 120 Certain jugs 121 At what time? 122 Consumed 123 Crime investigator Kefauver 124 Harry’s first lady 74 66 73 89 105 49 60 88 104 48 55 72 78 47 41 69 71 97 53 68 77 96 40 59 62 16 30 46 58 15 36 39 51 14 25 35 45 50 13 21 29 38 44 12 24 27 31 11 20 23 26 42 6 1/28/2007 49 52 53 54 55 Concerning Savage Mentions Mayday! New Deal emergency funding agcy. John Barrymore’s brother Gettysburg, for one Ballet bend “... a ___ of troubles ...” It wasn’t built in a day For. diplomat Adjoin City in southeast Iran Opp. of NNW Warrant off. Star in Aquilae Hidden obstacle Fuss Annul Complaints Kind of stroke Certain school, for short 57 58 59 60 62 64 66 68 69 70 71 74 75 76 77 79 81 85 86 88 89 “I do” response Woods Eastern VIPs: var. Major vessel Contribution commitment Frees from dependence Run in neutral Maritime larceny Useful thing Went for a pitch Ready to belt one Takes ten Prayer form Therapy lead-in Brummell Authority level Courts Facilitate ___ out: squeaks by Bikini top Trav. data Utilizer Lump of earth Don ___ Propulsion device Pt. of TGIF S I R U N F R E C A P S T S N A G T O D O U N D O B R B E A R A N A U K T E S E E T W H O R A T E G N N E L U D I A O D R A N D O M E R M B L E E S W I S S E D W A L L U N E I N S T G A O N S A Y T E R I E S T R I P A R O N A T 90 91 92 93 94 96 97 98 100 102 103 105 106 107 109 110 111 113 114 115 116 C A P O N A D A G E N S L I P E V A A B E L B A S B U M E T F E E P O M F A I R E S T R E E B A S R R A C T S T T Y S E F S O S R R A P I E E N O S N I A T I L M E E S T At this time Yoko Wise guy? Gold holder Rots Canines Speak Hyperion, for one Strouse’s hit musical Entry island Takes out Firehouse dog? Noble Ferrara family name Groupies Silly one Stitch Old age sav. plan Qty. Command to Dobbin Watch pendant Theater’s Burrows R O D S E E A B O A S O N R T C A H E C M L O O D F G A E N E S A P A I L B R O P O S L U S I T A S E L E T T A A I I N S T R A S H P E E A S T P J P H O U L E N A I R O N E E R A F A T O B B E B R U T E C S I O T S E S S I D E P Y R E E S P W O O S E A S E E L L I S D E A L S E S S E K E S 1/28/2007 Release Date — Sunday, January 28, 2007 1 Indication 5 Butcher shop purchase 10 Seance sound 13 Alphabet openers 17 Small stream 19 Proverb 20 Black gold 21 Spirit, in Siena 22 Psychoanalyst’s clue 24 School quitters 26 Top limit 27 Pindar’s specialty 28 Rose holders 30 Stringed instrument 31 Beach 34 Poplar 36 Locales 37 Hebrew measure 38 Univ. degrees 39 Degrade 42 Boxing has-been 46 Bullring bellow 47 Snoop 50 Zero 51 Collection 52 Banquet 55 Weary 56 Put 2 and 2 together 57 Shrewd 59 Los Angeles suburb 60 Assistants 61 Incited to action 63 More judicious 65 Foot part 67 1929 disaster 70 Two-part sultanate 72 Al- ___: Iraq port city 73 Reese 77 Doesn’t know ___ about it 78 Pamphlets 80 Bridge seat 82 Bucket wood? 83 Resounded 84 Court VIPs 85 US Army security gr. 86 San ___, CA 87 Diving bird 88 After twelve fifty-nine 89 Cheap hotels 92 Final authority 94 Smash sign 95 Leapin’ ___! 96 Porter 99 Speedy 101 Pressed 104 Revolutionary battle lake 105 ___ evil 107 Charge Steady, Now OBSERVER Crossword ACROSS 1 6 10 14 19 20 21 22 23 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 35 36 38 39 41 43 44 45 46 47 48 52 53 55 56 57 58 59 60 62 63 67 68 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 84 1 2 Edited by Linda and Charles Preston 3 4 5 6 19 7 8 9 10 20 23 13 30 36 44 53 41 45 49 54 50 51 52 56 58 61 59 62 67 63 68 71 64 65 69 72 75 77 82 78 74 79 80 83 85 84 86 88 87 89 90 91 93 94 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 92 95 96 ©2007 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved 85 Stewpots 86 Loony 87 Aqua ___: distilled water 88 ___ once: suddenly 89 Court decree 90 Barbara Cartland’s forte 93 E.T., for one 94 Gift for Dr. Foster? 97 Where ___: action center 98 The fat ___ the fire 99 Major musical work 100 Actress Palmer, of “De Sade” 101 Conductor Zubin 102 Yearn 103 Ditto 104 Picasso’s last stand? DOWN 1 2 3 4 5 6 Here, in Le Havre True grit African fox Irritate Cocoa leaf extract Word for wide or series 7 Singer Ed 8 Seance sound 9 Stanley to Livingstone: “... I ___” 10 Disney World locale 11 Vex 12 Green Gables girl 13 Tennis call 14 “___ Lindo”: popular Mexican song 15 “___ Madigan,” 1967 film 16 Gift for contrary Mary? 17 Can. province 18 Soissons season 24 Songbird Turner 25 Half-moon: obs. 29 Judicial seating 31 Drunkard 32 Famed German organists/compose rs 33 Soprano Lucine 34 Gift for Hugo’s bishop? 35 Model-actress Cheryl 36 Surface dresser 66 70 73 76 42 46 55 57 81 37 40 48 18 32 39 47 17 29 35 43 16 26 31 34 15 22 28 38 14 25 27 60 12 21 24 33 11 2/4/2007 37 Oxen don’t laugh at these 38 Jannings or Ludwig 39 Say grace 40 Boo-boo 42 Memorable Lahr 44 Demean 46 Belt area 48 “L’elisir d’amore” heroine 49 Disapproving look 50 Kind of breath 51 ME university town 52 Implore 54 Out on a limb 56 Unlucky bettor’s loss 58 Drab 60 Astringent 61 Role for Sharon Gless 62 Explosive French dessert? 63 Shaded walk: Fr. 64 Heraldic fur 65 “___ be married within ...”: Dryden 66 Candid camera shot? 68 Hyde Park baby carriages 69 Like some meats I S A A C A S C I N S E D E R B A S A E M O T M A M E I R E L A S T I R A R L E L O V E U S E D M I R E P I O L A L L A L I E I T S A M E H T C O C A I N E A D I N A A T L A N T A W O T R I L N D A P A R B A A Y S E P A R B A O M A S T A I L 72 A full house, in poker 74 Irrational distrust 76 Peachtree street’s city 77 Sealing with heat 78 Bury 79 Body art 80 Biblical allegory 82 “___ my head”: Dickens 84 Kind of pump 86 The gray cells 87 Savoir faire 88 “Der ___”: Adenauer 89 Lhasa ___: Tibetan dog 90 Liquor for a baba 91 Mountain passes 92 Stendhal’s “Le Rouge ___ Noir” 93 Intention 94 Feel poorly 95 “The Conning Tower” monogram 96 Part of RSVP A R P O M A R R E P E L L S S U A D U N N T I M E D I P E T O E S G O F B O S R A R M O T O B O W E N O U N D O M S B Y S I T E E N A B A T T A R R E T P A I R O S I N O O N G S P E E V E B O N E R F A T T Y F P A A L N E N T E B B A F A N A C C C H S E S R S H A V I L A R L I T E R E S P U R O M H I P U S M E C I E L I T O P L E A D P A R A B L E E L V I R A W A I S T P A R A N O I A A L A N D S C A P E A R T I S T S E A T S E K I A M T O C O L S E T S L I E L Y O K E S B E R T X R A Y 2/4/2007 Release Date — Sunday, February 4, 2007 80 81 83 Violinist Stern Distort October birthstone Desist Bay in southwest Maine Sharif or Khayyam Descartes or Coty ___ ease: discomfited Gift for Miss Muffet? Miner’s air passage Leaves the track Urbane Nictate In a ___: on the spot Mr. Dooley’s creator Puppeteer Bil Yoga position Clocked Ricardo Montalban’s TV island Ham it up Gift for Old King Cole? Male swan Theatrical Auntie Belligerent god Big name in publishing Ship’s spoor? Choler Gift for Mother Hubbard? Kind of tiger “The ___ of Pompeii” Not as prevalent Most wily Pupil’s place? Travel by car “For ___ jolly good fellow ...” A living Dahl Anglo-Irish author Elizabeth Lady flier “I ___ Parade” Gift for Mrs. Sprat? Salt Not new Venus de Milo’s loss Came down Fine cotton “Bei ___ Bist Du Schoen” Gift for the old woman in a shoe? Small meat pie Embodiment Related on Mom’s side Painter Andrea del ___ Gifts OBSERVER Crossword ACROSS 1 2 3 4 5 19 Edited by Linda and Charles Preston 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 20 23 24 27 28 32 29 34 35 44 62 63 69 81 82 107 64 65 84 98 73 74 75 78 79 41 47 59 86 99 93 96 101 106 111 112 117 121 122 123 124 128 129 130 131 132 133 ©2007 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved 1 2 3 4 5 6 House or car Drab or shy Argot Slave Turner Pitchy Greek town west of Limassol 114 125 127 DOWN 113 118 126 107 Cope with dental discomfort? 111 Lanai 115 Declamatory singing style 116 Red or White 117 Business 118 Type of pocket 119 Hint 121 Former Ph.D.? 126 Nose growers? 127 Columbary sound 128 Ethiopia’s rebellious onetime part 129 Othello’s tormentor 130 Like the Gobi’s vegetation 131 An, in Rotterdam 132 Beirut’s locale 133 Deere forte 80 89 95 110 120 88 94 116 119 87 105 109 68 100 104 115 61 67 72 92 54 60 66 85 103 108 50 37 58 77 97 102 57 76 91 49 26 53 71 90 48 22 46 70 83 18 31 52 56 17 40 45 55 16 30 36 39 51 15 25 38 43 14 21 33 42 13 2/11/2007 46 Respites 47 Jiminy Cricket, for one 49 Staubach’s former branch 50 Youth org. founded in 1910 54 Tide type 56 Turkish officer 59 Neighbor of Leb. 60 Island garland 64 Singer Warwick 65 Poll a calf 66 Possessing: suffix 68 Don Corleone 70 Hoof sound 71 Word with drum or ring 72 Mil. award 73 Modern crusader 74 Saw 75 Flax genus 80 Shepherd’s and humble 81 Record reading 82 Levin or Gershwin 83 Freighter’s box 85 Bald one’s bivouac 86 Dry ___: arroyo 87 Vipers 7 What Wile E. Coyote isn’t 8 Violin ender 9 Never, in Nuremberg 10 Three-faced one? 11 French philosopher Ernest 12 “Piano Lesson” artist 13 ‘The Greatest’ 14 Arizona State’s town 15 Fails, as a test 16 Fixed a purl 17 Dvorák 18 Aped a bee 24 Mime’s muse 26 1958 Nobelist in biology, George 30 Genuine 33 Zoroastrian 34 Plans a course 35 Pump iron 36 Of grandparents 37 Fulcrum 39 Pan or Cupid 42 Stepped on 43 Between Daniel and Joel 44 Silicate or iodide 45 100,000 Btus A S S E T M O U S Y I D I O M T R O D H O S E A E S T E R R I C P R O M A N T B E A A R I I N N L I E S E R N A T E R P A A T R O S I A G C H L A O P A P A P R O O S U E S E R E S I N O U S E R I M I T H E D R I M O N A N E E R I N E O N D C O E E F I N O S I X T E Y P L D L I E O F U T T S S D E D E A S H R C O R S O N A N S T E S O X O P O E N L 89 Whence Hammett’s black bird 91 Place near 93 Agency, in Italy 94 A chain has 100 95 German guard dog 99 Author and pacifist Siegfried 100 Aware of 101 ___ Road: Burmese highway 103 Excite 107 ___ out: abandons 108 “Tennessee” Ford 109 For the ___: temporarily 110 Cashier 111 Word with game or tape 112 One-time South African province 113 Painter Rivera 114 Hood’s missile 117 Mulewort or maidenhair 120 Part of familiar alias 122 Metric measure 123 Sis or bro 124 B & O stop 125 Small swallow E R V E E N A A N V A L L E T O U S P E S E N T E F E E T R E A L M A T I S S E I L S E R I G U L C H A S P S F A S S E R I T R E B A N A T L E I M B P E P E A I D V I L O N E T S E V N C I A T T D O E D R O B B U V E R I R M D M A E A O N F L U N K S R E K N I T T N E E D A P A D M A A G L E T A N A S T I A P L A N T O N S T U N G U B S S N A L I N U M P I E S D I E G O A R R O W 2/11/2007 Release Date — Sunday, February 11, 2007 1 He deposed Obote 5 Metal or sugar processor 12 Welcome, often 15 Monks 19 Club or ice cream follower 20 Rain or wind, sometimes 21 Ginger ___ 22 Fast period 23 Party room? 25 Historic Mali town 27 “___ Beso”: Anka 28 Coated with ice 29 Jackie’s second husband 31 Lance ensign 32 Kettledrums 34 Discourse Lindbergh enjoyed? 38 ___ Z 39 CCCXXII plus CCXXXII 40 “___ was going to St. Ives” 41 Spring ahead initials 42 From Sodom to Gomorrah? 48 Place for three men 51 Sea of Antarctica 52 Kind of flight 53 Spiritual quest 55 Punic War naval base 57 Curve 58 Inclines 61 Author Ferber 62 Billy ___ Williams 63 USSR ally 65 Put out, as a fire 67 Mrs. Perón 69 Scientist’s high school mentor? 76 ___ -Tzu 77 Arthur and family 78 ___ Gen. Ramsey or Reno 79 Road sign 81 Puerto ___ 84 Numbness: prefix 86 One of Jacob’s twelve boys 88 Muscat citizen 90 Colorless petroleum gas 92 What few did to 68 Down 96 Shivers and fever 97 Word with made or Friday 98 Shrink’s staff difficulties? 102 Draw on a source 104 Fleming or Smith 105 Dicks 106 Mais, in Marseille Pun My Word OBSERVER Crossword ACROSS 1 5 9 13 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 31 33 34 35 36 38 41 46 47 48 49 50 51 53 55 56 57 58 60 62 63 65 69 71 72 73 76 77 78 80 82 84 1 2 3 4 5 17 26 29 9 30 42 31 24 57 54 58 74 55 60 80 81 86 65 82 83 102 96 97 104 98 105 106 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 ©2007 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved 2/18/2007 26 Accompanies 27 Eponymous city in Pelican State? 28 River to the Severn 30 Ltd. in Lubbock 32 Fireplace ledges 33 Refrain syllable 35 Humanoid 37 Mamie’s mate 39 Henri’s headwork 40 Smaller 41 Feudal lord 42 Type of ink 43 Pins down 44 Cuddle up 45 Sum part 46 Adam’s second 50 ___ breve 52 Eponymous city in Buckeye State? 54 Light source 59 Resembling a pillar 60 Actress Calvet, of “Far Country” 61 Come alive 63 141, to Hadrian 64 Kelp product: prefix 66 Deep voice 67 Act or cede lead-in 68 Pile of poker chips Liquefy Renovate Celtic tongue Diamond glove Quarry DOWN 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 20 22 100 92 103 114 115 116 117 118 99 84 107 85 Cuzco valley inhabitants 86 Eponymous city in the Empire State 89 Fork-tailed, crested gull cousin 90 Anthony or Chagall 91 Switzerland’s Obringa River, today 92 Drowned valley 93 Family name of two presidents 95 ___ Petain 97 Drip painter Pollock 101 Previous to 103 Festive 104 Plot 106 Actress Gardner 107 Straight: comb. form 108 Oscar-winner Magnani 109 Waffler’s word 110 Touch on 111 Liquid fat 112 Power unit 113 Melville’s second novel 68 88 91 95 66 78 87 94 67 61 77 90 40 72 76 85 39 56 71 79 93 38 64 75 89 37 46 59 70 16 50 63 69 15 33 45 53 14 28 49 52 13 23 32 44 62 12 20 36 48 51 Edited by Linda and Charles Preston 11 19 35 43 47 10 27 34 101 8 22 25 73 7 18 21 41 6 Ricochet Leigh role Affected Short farewell Navigation system Legendary lawman Adriatic seaport WWII spy agcy. Come to terms Advance, in Arno Pop Woolly mom Eponymous city in the Hawkeye State? Minor planets Road to Roma Flat breads of India Stable newcomer Actor Peter, in “The Last Emperor” C A R O M O H A R A M O V E D L I E G E I N D I A N A I L S U N I T N I N E B O O R E R L E R E C R A F T E D B Y E L O O R E T A I S O N N C O C O L N R E E C T S L S T E C L V E X E E E L L L I A S H N M A D A M S O R E H O A I N W O E E A R P T R I E S A T N E D R S O U I N D M B E A R R C H G A N N A T R S O S S 70 72 73 74 75 76 80 81 83 86 87 88 90 94 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 105 108 109 110 A G R M E H O E O N B R A S O U E G S L E T O N E U D L I A S T R I S A A E N R L A A M T O E M P R O G R E S S O I O D O R I G A M I Sniggler’s catch Wolsey’s birthplace Module Diamond figure Made again Shakespeare’s Antonio and other tradesmen Outlaw Ekaterinburg victim Mexican wrap Holds Japanese art from Chitchat Sra. counterpart Elvis ___ Presley Make merry Blouse frill Cavalry sword Immature seed Cooper’s Bumppo Vulgarian Dashiell’s peer Growl Punjab peasant Dumbfound Pop complement Elec. unit S E O W D E A W T Y I R E K A E A L C A L O W A R A I K N E S N N E E R J A R A P Y B E O O T T I T E R N A N S I D E E L E S S B I I A N P S T S S E W Y O R I A C K S O H A V A B U M E L P R E S T A C K F O A L A B E L J E F F E R S O N I O W A A S T E R O I D S N A T T Y 2/18/2007 Release Date — Sunday, February 18, 2007 79 Cock’s crest Mother of Apollo Basilica area Ascetic Indian religion Nautical hail Scullers Snowball Holiday, in Roma Storm Fragrant rootstock ___ herd: kept control Many times Copenhagen coin Public storehouse Star or phone lead-in Crackers Eponymous city in the Badger State? Farrier Eponymous city in the Magnolia State? PFC, e.g. Egytian sun god Ireland, before 1949 Agitate Eponymous city in the Cornhusker State? Stage whisper Actress Claire, of “Ninotchka” John or Walter Pickled pork Habitations Formal fiat 4th yr. students Sense of self Light-refracting optical devices Lamprey lungs Dishevel Tactile guides, in plant biology Facility Eponymous city in the Hawkeye State Sapporo sashes Persistently pestered Southern US author Welty “All ___ for Christmas ...” Unwind 1,051 to Cicero Half a little African antelope Tagiliatelle or tortellini Black, metallic inlays Brute or barbarian Loch in Scotland Financial market control agcy. Eponyms, Mostly Presidential OBSERVER Crossword ACROSS