OBSERVER Crossword Release Date — Sunday, February 26, 2006 2/26/2006 CERS 2/26/2006 ASSES RACES Small spread Diamond or Simon Stuff Gas sign of old Bar bill Econ. indicator Broncos’ home: abbr. Potent beginning Pigskin receivers Gershwin’s was Blue Went out with Self-image Sense of right and wrong Harrelson, of “Cheers” Cumberland, for one Sub ___: secretive Combat zone The written word Haydn’s handle Allege Civil wrong Well- ___: affluent Number for golf Mythical monster Regional def. alliance 85 86 89 94 95 98 99 83 114 115 116 117 119 120 121 100 102 103 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 Edited by Linda and Charles Preston STAY OOH MARC TORO PAW POOR BOOK D I VER ACNE Coastal sea eagles Icehouses Parrot Filly feature Barrel wood Ubangi or Uele Bismarck to Grand Forks dir. Go back on one’s word War of 1853 Has- ___: old-fashioned Foot soldiers: abbr. Blonde shade Prompted “The Bell Jar” author Evangelist McPherson Contemptuous countenance Galaxy component Hog’s havens Slack-jawed Loses feathers Landscaper’s machines Pablo’s pal Way overweight 46 50 51 54 56 57 58 60 64 66 68 69 70 71 72 73 76 77 78 79 81 82 43 L I NESMAN FROMTHEGETGO TEE WI TH SNARE DEPT PASEOAMEN ONE OMAR I SSUE MEA SAM PATHOS DEN I A L TSPAVO I D FORPERCY TOO SEANCE ARTS ADD GOGODAN NURSE BOY AR I AS PREEN ELMO AD I OS ANTONASSENT M I N RB I SHULA AMADEUS BTU ALWAYSONTHEGO BARTON ANOM I E ROMERR LHASA T I RE I NC MAME ENTRE HEREWEGOAGA I N GR D I VA KEV I N SPOT NOB GI FTGOGREATGUNS PASTE EEK AL I TUNER CHOW GO I NGCONCERN TER Pass a law Pyle played by Nabors Place of worship Follow the hounds Non-cholesterol spread Caution Smarts Turn on the ignition An Aleutian island Showy wrap Verbal give and take ___ me no questions Hold the deed on Van Dyke’s TV wife No news is good news, for one Relatively unimportant To have, in Le Havre “___ the torpedoes...”: Farragut Green fruit Daiquiri garnish Barbecue feature 41 42 13 14 15 16 18 21 23 28 29 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 30 31 32 33 104 105 106 66 67 68 69 70 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 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 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 107 108 109118122126 110 119 123 127 111 112 120 124 113 128 114 121 115 116 117 125 129 4449556171 50 72 5180 73 4587 46 62 5292 5697 81 82 98 88 47 57 83 99 74 53 58 93 63 84 59 89 64 85 75 76 100 60 54 90 94 48 65 91 95 86 77 101 102 78 103 79 96 12341722 56789 13141516 26 101112 34 18 35 36 19 37 23 27 38 39 20 28 24 40 21 29 25 41 42 43 ©2006 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved Take Off! 118 119 120 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 DOWN 113 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 Dune growths Economic optimist, in Madrid? Manhandle Not good Suffering Recipe abbreviation Backing ___ culpa Disavowal Summer shirt Accompanied by Entrap Corp. subdivision Starting over words 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 91 92 93 94 96 97 90 ACROSS 104 105 106 107 110 111 101 OBSERVER Crossword Release Date — Sunday, March 5, 2006 3/5/2006 3/5/2006 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 80 84 86 89 91 93 94 96 98 99 100 101 103 105 106 107 108 110 112 114 115 117 118 120 SAKE SUES GENES Edited by Linda and Charles Preston IDES TITLE SERS EVER TAHOE ECTO CAD I VOLE 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 ___ avis 46 47 48 50 51 52 54 56 59 61 64 66 67 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 45 I DEAL HONE ATOP ERASE TR I POD PRES I DE I NTENT SALAMANDERETON RECEDE REEVEPETAL BED ATOLE SEEP VARA DUNSPAL AES I R ALOE EVOE TUG OURS AXESANENT TREPAN SHE SERAC ECCE STOA MELT I RENE PASTE SCAR HALOK I BAS LT I L SRS ART I ST ARKS SURAARAM I T S I S SLED BEMOANS SALEARAM PRESET ESS CABOTSAL ETANA REVERE SEMI URSA NAR I ES CONTENT I ON AMP L I F I ERS CALUMNI ATE DETESTABLE MARAT RANA TAWS SCARE Aits English city Nostrils Dried orchid tubers Josip Broz Mine entrance Writing tablets Blunders Leader: arabic General modality Growing out Safe Wine vessels 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 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 18 24 26 29 33 35 37 39 40 41 43 44 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 6795 96 97 68 98 39 40 41 42 43 Chooses Robin ___ Lake bordering California Outer: prefix Chum Cry of bacchanals Harbor boat Chopping tools Feminine pronoun Medicinal plant Possessive pronoun Surgical saw Portico Discord Loudspeakers Concerning ___ homo! Dissolve Goddess of peace Pinnacle of glacier ice Japanese beer Woos Hereditary factors 1 2 97 98 99 99 100109 101116 102121 110125 111 103 117 104 112 122 113 126 105 118 114 119 123 127 106 115 107 108 120 124 128 44 4553 46586369 7081 71 4785 64 59 5490 86 82 72 73 55 87 74 48 91 60 65 75 49 92 76 56 77 57 83 61 50 93 88 51 52 62 66 78 79 80 94 89 84 1234519 678923 101112131415161718 2732 24 20 33 28 21 34 29 25 35 30 36 26 22 37 31 38 ©2006 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved For the Think Machine 102 104 105 106 109 111 113 115 116 119 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 DOWN of length Flower part Ooze Presses for payment Gods of the Teutonic pantheon Three-legged stand Act as chairman Purpose Always 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 1 6 85 87 88 89 90 92 94 95 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 ACROSS OBSERVER Green Acres Edited by Linda and Charles Preston ACROSS 12345 6789 1011121314151617

1 Unit of 18 19 20 21 22 capacitance 6 Dirt-road hazards 23 24 25 26 10 Spanish measure 14 Mirror, in Munich 27 28 29 18 Start of Juan’s year 30 31 32 19 French verb 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 20 King of Judah 21 First duke of 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 Normandy 23 One of Ireland’s 50 51 52 53 little people 25 Cafeteria worker 54 55 56 57 58 27 He drove the 59 60 61 62 63

snakes from Crossword Ireland 64 65 66 67 68 28 Rabbit’s tail 29 Eastern Christian 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 30 Cook in cream: var. 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 31 Gaze intently 32 Flogs 83 84 85 86 33 The old ___: Ireland 87 88 89 90 91 36 One of two 92 93 94 39 Assistance 40 Description of 27 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 Across 50 Split up 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 51 Chest sound 52 Psychiatrist’s 112 113 114 concern 53 Rough in form 115 116 117 118 54 Fall collection 119 120 121 122 55 Sandy’s remark 56 Are you pulling my ___? ©2006 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved 3/12/2006 57 Examined 106 Series of rocks 10 Actress Brenda 46 Valuable discovery, 82 Raided the icebox thoroughly noted for fossils 11 Love affair for short 84 Cool ___ cucumber 59 They loop the 107 47 They’re found on 12 Numbered highway A rustic 85 City in Turkey Loop 48 60 news dispatches 13 New England cape Poems 88 Poles supporting Inventor’s 112 Crying ___ 49 monogram 14 One of the Beatty or Sparks thatched roofs mussels, alive ... 56 Position on the 62 Make public Winward Islands 89 Humble or 63 114 Irish cudgel 15 Asiatic lemur fairway Shows to be true 115 57 humiliate 64 Eagle’s high home 16 Egyptian dancing ___ publico: for the It’s said to impart 116 90 Sultan of Egypt and 69 Stick together Buddhist sacred girl public good mountain 58 Darling or Ely Syria 71 Satisfied 17 List of candidates 91 72 117 Went by bus 22 61 President noted for Military Hunter of 118 Wallet fillers engagements Hollywood Networks 24 Dernier ___ his honesty 119 62 Picnic pest 95 Biblical reproach 73 Mountain in Family members 26 Spring flower 120 Part of S&L 63 School org. 96 Bacchanalian cries Bavaria 28 Stone pillar 64 76 Palette choices 121 Is in debt Garden hazard 97 Death: comb. form 122 31 Sand bar on reef 65 77 Clumsy lout Lock of hair 33 “Leave ___ to 98 Actor Alan Walk like a crab Heaven” 78 Brazilian macaw 34 99 Texas shrine DOWN Bay window 66 Valuable violin 80 Wild ass 35 100 83 Good spirits, in 67 Ump’s cousin Skin disorder Moslem ruler Hindu mythology 102 84 Funnyman Carney 1 Coin of India 68 ___ Mater Moray 37 103 85 Scornful slight 2 The dill weed Jewish homeland 69 Lake or singer Wide awake 86 3 Corded fabric 38 Ski lift 70 Hodgepodge 104 Certain racehorse Inscribe music 39 87 The pale ___ 4 Tapestry wall Commotion 73 Size of type 107 Indian Ocean green mountain ... hanging 41 Actress Ullmann 74 River in Hades coastal vessel 5 42 75 92 Lawyers’ org. Biblical verb form Lemon follower Get ready for a big 108 Gal Friday 93 Zoroastrian sacred 6 Put back on the 43 Birds, and some date 109 76 Archibald of writings payroll fish Wheel part basketball

94 7 44 77 2006 12, March Sunday, — Date Release Even, to Keats Brain, in the Brown and Hockey’s Bobby 110 95 Philippines cream-colored 78 Meara and Baxter Shield Opera star Tebaldi 111 99 Burden bearer 8 Islands in the thrush 79 You can walk all Shinto temples 101 Coordinated group Pacific 45 Head or plant over them 113 Scale member 105 Wards off 9 Capitol VIP lead-in 81 Oct. follower 114 Sign of a hit

FARAD RUTS VARA GLAS ENERO ETRE AMON ROL LO LEPRECHAUN COUNTERMAN STPATR I CK SCUT UNI ATE SH I R STARE LASHES SOD E I THER A I D I RELANDSBELOVEDPATRON DIVIDE RALE EGO RUDE LEAVES ARF LEG PROBED ELS TAE A IR PROVES THEBLARNEYSTONE COHERE MET TAB ALP COLORS OAF ARA ONAGER AMI R ART SNUB NOTATE MOONWA SR I S I NGA BOV E T HE ABA AVESTA EEN RENATA ATLAS TEAM AVERTS L I AS DATEL I NES COCKLESAND SHI LLELAGH AER I E OME I RODE RET I A SONS LOAN OWES TRESS 3/12/2006 OBSERVER No End In Sight Edited by Linda and Charles Preston ACROSS 12345 678 9101112 13141516

1 Movie “Restaurant 17 18 19 20 21 owner” 6 Bottle top 22 23 24 25 9 Sleuths’ pooch 13 Depend 26 27 28 29 17 “The Red ___” 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 18 Gaucho’s weapon 19 “___ by sea” 38 39 40 41 42 21 One of five 22 Spiral-horned 43 44 45 46 47 48 antelope 23 Wreck 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 24 1982 Movie with Robert Duvall 57 58 59 60 61 62 26 Activist 63 64 65 66 67 27 January 15 Crossword honoree 68 69 70 71 72 73 28 Cultivate crops 29 John or Jane 74 75 76 77 78 30 Naipaul novel 34 Aides: abbr. 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 38 Waiting 40 Group of three 86 87 88 89 90 91 41 Waterproof fabric 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 43 Sword conqueror 44 Tennis score 99 100 101 102 103 104 46 “Cakes and ___”: Maugham 105 106 107 108 47 Hon. degree 48 Skater Midori 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 49 ___ beloved was 117 118 119 120 121 122 Rameses 51 ___ Hill, San 123 124 125 126 Francisco 53 Football stat. 127 128 129 130 55 Maseru’s land 57 Zwei follower ©2006 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved 3/19/2006 58 “The ___”: Mary McCarthy novel 60 Exercises 62 Served like 94 Chicago-Norfolk 129 Psychedelic 31 Prejudice 80 Cup race technique Sampras dir. monogram 32 Pitching stat. 81 Ray 63 Above 96 Menial worker 130 Shoulder warmer 33 Breakers 83 Dada artist 65 Ripen 98 Military ed. facility 35 1960s TV 84 Secondhand 66 Wide’s companion 99 College DOWN bandleader 87 Norgay Tenzing, 67 ___ degree environment 36 Tenth part 68 1 37 for one Kennedy and 101 Happy look Not yet up Netlike cap 89 Leftovers 2 “Le Roi D’Ys” 38 Knight 103 Church instruments Lebanon capital 91 MIT grad 69 Extravagant 105 composer 39 Summer Less bold 3 95 Shoemaker’s shoppers 106 Doris Day 1964 “Dies ___” celebration 72 Social religious 4 “Victory” novelist 42 Islands, in the helper? movie 5 97 Smelter org. 109 Govt. anti-pollution Missing letters in Seine 74 Powerful gun theme clues 43 Wolf feet substances gr. 6 45 100 Platter player lobby letters 111 “___ Get It for You ___ Basie Neither follower 75 Runner Sebastian 7 Settle 50 Supply via 101 Very short time 76 Wholesale” 8 102 Self, in St. Lo 112 Way to go for gold parachute Church officials 77 Clamors 9 52 104 Starting points 113 Accomplished Sporty straw hats Appearance 79 With the bow, School support 10 Veer 54 Be enough 107 orgs. Beethoven’s “___ musically 11 “The Velvet Fog” 56 Buff color Solemnis” 117 “Strange Interlude” 81 ___ Rabbit 12 Purpose 59 Yuck! 108 Friction-proofed 82 star: See 5 Down 13 61 Take the top off 121 School period Posed 110 Berlin exclamation 85 French weapon Soccer star 14 “___ tu:” Renato’s 64 “I wandered lonely 114 86 122 Hotel Queen Corrida animal Kind of diving or aria ___ cloud” 115 Indigo Helmsley 15 Prevaricate 67 L.I. location fishing 116 Infamous marquis 88 Madrid Mrs. 123 Hebrides island 16 Sycophant’s word 69 Predicaments 90 124 Lacks 18 70 117 Mil. Joes Make a slip Delivering “Tamerlane” poet 118 2006 19, March Sunday, — Date Release 91 “Yeoman of the 125 “O, my Luve is like 20 Nourished 71 Charged atom Make like a cow Guard” role ___...” Burns 25 Dahl and 73 Confesses 119 Collection 92 June honoree 126 Bitterly pungent Amundsen 78 Challenges, in 120 Arabic letter 93 Air Force Gen. 127 Vacillate 27 Caring poker 121 Intimate Arnold 128 Passing fancies 28 1956 Cooper movie 79 Egyptian lizards 122 Sol followers

AL ICE CAP ASTA RELY BARON BOL A TWO I F ER I E ELAND RUIN TERMERCIES DOER K I NG FARM DOE AB I NTHER I VER ASSTS BIDING TRINE OILSKIN PEN ADIN ALE LLD ITO A I DAS NOB YDS LESOTHO DRE I GROUP USES ACED SUPRA AGE FAR NTH TEDS SPTHR I FTS YMHA NRA COE SO I SEEDS ARCO BRER UNCAP ARME DEEPSEA SRA ERR ELS I E DAD HAP ESE PEON OTS ACADEME SM I LE ORGANS SHYER SMENOFLOWERS EPA ICAN DINS PTAS GLAJACKSON PELE LEONA I ONA HASNT ARED ACR I D SWAY FADS LSD STOLE 3/19/2006 OBSERVER Color Captions Edited by Linda and Charles Preston ACROSS 12345 678910 11121314151617

1 Fragrance base 18 19 20 21 22 6 Aegean isle 11 “Shane” star 23 24 25 26 15 Benevolent brother 27 28 29 18 Insect stage 30 31 32 19 Actress Leachman 21 Israeli port 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 22 Easy as ___ 23 Aristocratic 45 46 47 48 intellectual 27 Embitters 49 50 51 52 53 54 28 Green 55 56 57 58 59 60 29 Jalopies 30 Kindled 61 62 63 64 65 66 31 Mister, in Mainz Crossword 32 “The___ Love” 67 68 69 70 71 33 Office worker’s wear 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 39 Mil. school 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 41 Gallant musketeer 45 Assistant 88 89 90 91 92 93 46 Bahrain export 47 Family outcast 94 95 96 97 98 49 Slammin’ Sam 51 ___ Pasha: 99 100 101 102 103 104 Egyptian viceroy 1863-79 105 106 107 108 109 53 Frenzy 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 54 Do ___ say... 55 Kite’s org. 120 121 122 56 ___-Tin-Tin 58 European capital 123 124 125 126 59 Stock market manipulator 127 128 129 130 60 Kill or joy lead-in 61 Anti-union canine? ©2006 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved 3/26/2006 64 James ___: philanthropist 109 Wilder’s “___ 8 London teen, in 40 Water buffalo 82 Humbug! 66 Fred’s dancing Town” the 1960s 42 Toss 83 “___ a Parade” sister 110 Singer Neil 9 Sphere 43 Estonian island, 85 Each and ___: all 67 Billed and cooed 113 Tibet’s locale 10 Scout’s German style 89 Court wear 69 Sugar pill 114 Lured stablemate 44 Steeple 91 72 11 47 Hassle Paisley people 120 Influential senior Bringing up the Short single 93 Droll one 75 Sailing 123 rear 48 Soviet secret 77 Seadog 12 95 Attempt Goof off 124 ___ out: Perform service 96 81 Crones 13 Overwhelm 50 Fumbles “Marriage is a ___”: 82 outlasted 14 51 Cervantes Tom Hanks film 125 Panic Slacken ___-Chinese 101 84 ___ Rabbit 15 Majestic 52 Feeling poorly Stiff drink 126 Burma’s 102 86 Confusion 16 Cuff connection 57 ___ Jima Legal document certifier neighbor 103 87 Demure 127 17 Hogsheads 60 Repute Totally defeat 88 Fr. holy woman 20 62 104 Augment 128 Litigant WWII vessels Semetic language 89 Auction Winter weather 24 Secular 63 Wild asses 106 Pythias’s pal word 90 Public house 25 Flynn, of films 65 “Toledo” painter 108 1/8th gallon 129 Prepared 92 Castor and Pollux 26 Actor Brian or 66 Head monk 110 NCOs 130 Jones or Stengel 94 Tenderfeet David 68 Notes 111 Part of QED 97 Environment: 31 Legendary outstanding 112 Defy danger DOWN 70 prefix Bears’ coach Scots’ family 113 Over again 98 Pot starter 32 Statuette for group 114 1 Between B.C. and 71 Indian tourist town 99 Intuit Streep Teacher’s deg. 115 100 Saskatchewan 33 72 Walked on Brandy class. Short-tempered Catches fly balls 116 2 Soft mineral 34 73 Core group Last Supper depiction code Depend on 117 101 Lunch toter 3 ___-blue: faithful 35 Perfect 74 Poet Nash Little ones 105 Singer from 4 Declare 36 Kind of party 76 Macaw 118 Buffalo’s waterfront Nigeria 5 Riffraff 37 ___ Gatos: 78 Baker’s topping 119 6/6/44 107 Nashville music 6 Diva Renata health resort 79 French tale 121 Wedding words 2006 26, March Sunday, — Date Release hall 7 Healing plant 38 French porcelain 80 Bandleader Kay 122 Before, poetically

ATTAR SAMOS LADD ELK LARVA CLOR I S ACRE P I E BLUEBLOODBLUESTOCK I NG ACERBATES VERT WRECKS L I T HERR ONE I WHI TECOL LAR OCS ATHOS A I DE O I L BLACKSHEEP SNEAD I SMA I L RAGE AS I PGA R I N OSLO ARB OVER YELLOWDOG LOEB ADELE SPOONED PLACEBO SCOTS ASEA GOLDBR I CK HAGS B I G BRER ADO COY ADD SALE TAVERN TWINS GREENHORNS ECO ANTE SENSE VSO BROWNBAGGER SADE OPRY OUR SEDAKA AS I A ATTRACTED GRAYEMI NENCEGRAYBEARD TAR RODE TERROR I ND I A STE SNOW READY CASEY 3/26/2006 OBSERVER The Fashion Front Edited by Linda and Charles Preston ACROSS 1234 5678 91011 1213141516

1 Director of “The 17 18 19 20 Four Seasons” 5 Israeli author Oz 21 22 23 24 9 Gamble 12 Proof mark 25 26 27 17 Combine 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 18 Black-faced Hawaiian goose 36 37 38 39 40 41 19 Incautious 20 Matador’s cloth 42 43 44 45 21 Lavish designer 24 Capital of 46 47 48 49 Armenia: var. 25 Unethical 50 51 52 53 54 55 26 Incense 56 57 58 59 27 Bond Crossword 28 Varnish ingredient 60 61 62 31 “___Girls”: 1957 film 63 64 65 66 67 32 Plumber’s tool 33 Beach attire on the 68 69 70 71 72 73 Riviera 36 Barrymore and 74 75 76 77 Merman 78 79 80 81 82 83 38 Composer of “Mefistofele” 84 85 86 87 88 39 George’s sib 40 Incites to attack 89 90 91 92 93 42 “ ______Men on a Horse” 94 95 96 97 43 Coty winner: 1977, 1981 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 45 ___ pro nobis 106 107 108 109 46 Chow ___: Mandarin 110 111 112 113 47 Elfin being 48 Theater area ©2006 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved 4/2/2006 49 Quarry 50 Announcing has 88 Hot dog 6 Matches 37 Dusk, to some 73 Accumulation four 89 Fly or sail 7 No more than poets 75 51 Tiresome Kennedy designer 91 Capital of the 8 Dog or horse 38 Björn harangues 55 Beer variety Hyksos kings lead-in 39 Apparent 77 ___ -de-France 56 Expressed 92 Blue 9 contradiction 58 Thai seaport 80 Nebuchadnezzar’s Cold 93 European food fish 10 First name in 41 Zelda Fitzgerald, 59 Wolfish 94 kingdom Jerry ___ Lewis cosmetics née ___ 81 60 ___ no basis in 95 Columbus’ 11 43 “Mr. ___ Goes to Balzac ___ she blows! 82 Move upward fact departure port 12 Bric-a-brac Town” 61 Intimidate 96 44 83 Makes visible 13 Outsiders Dress style Fall quaff 62 Small role for a 98 47 85 Virgilian opus 14 Turn up high Beg Whalebone star 101 Introducer of the 15 49 Written report 88 Rabbits’ residence 63 TWA’s best guess 51 Went up mini skirt 16 Tryon’s “The ___ ” 90 Like marble 65 Get really mad 106 Seaside objective 52 City on the Somme 19 American music 91 La Plume de ma 66 “Carmen” and 107 Suit to ___ Tebaldi or Scotto org. 108 20 Source of carbon 53 ___ “Faust” Entry fee Brief bacterium 92 68 Radial’s kin 109 Solitary black 54 “The Red and the Fry lightly 69 Polo designer 110 22 Moon trench 95 Early TV host Like an 23 Black” protagonist 72 ___ judicata undercooked egg Brought to the 55 Light flow measure 96 Incus or ivory 74 Disencumbers 111 Star of “The Crying hoosegow 57 Strong man 97 ___ down the river: 75 Chopin’s amie Game” 28 “___ Call You 59 Collar extension betray 76 Romance lang. 112 Acne sufferer Sweetheart” 61 Medieval Italian 98 29 River in Central 77 “...to St. Ives, ___ 113 Site of Napoleonic Sparta’s foe coin Europe 30 62 a man...” victory “New Look” Reef former 99 Flightless bird 78 originator 63 Agnus ___ Irrational numbers 100 “Delta of Venus” 79 Fashion DOWN 32 Sound-related 64 Customer 33 65 author designer/perfume Ear parts Director of 102 creator 1 G.I. address 34 Creator of the “Napoleon” “___ Ballou” 83 Mild cigar 2 Alamos or Gatos unconstructed 67 Became angry 103 Excessive 84 Type of appeal 3 Disney medico? blazer 69 Director Walsh sentimentality

86 Regret 4 “When I was ___...” 35 Show with a 70 Japanese natives 104 Finale 2006 2, April Sunday, — Date Release 87 Egyptian sun god 5 Segovia projector 71 Salt Lake City team 105 Type of whale

ALDA AMOS BET CARET POOL NENE RASH MULETA OSCARDELARENTA ER I VAN DIRTY ANGER TIE L AC L ES SNAKE THONGS ETHELS BO I TO I RA S I CS THREE DONNAKARAN ORA MEIN PERI LOGE PREY ENS OLEGCASS I N I LAGER STATED STONY LUP I NE I THAS SCARE CAMEO SCALED GOAPE OPERAS ULNAR RALPHLAUREN RES RIDS SAND ITAL IMET DE I COCOCHANEL CLARO SNOB RUE HORUS WI ENER TRAVEL TAN I S SAD I DE LEE PALOS BARES AENE I D ANDRECOURREGES AM I ENS ATEE ANTE LONE RUNNY REA TEEN LOD I 4/2/2006 OBSERVER Shared Syllables Edited by Linda and Charles Preston ACROSS 123456 78910111213 14151617

1 Try out 18 19 20 7 Passed by 14 Bungle 21 22 23 18 Ancient desert nomad 24 25 26 27 19 Host 20 PGA’s Palmer 28 29 30 31 21 Singer becomes 32 33 34 35 “What’s My Line” star? 36 37 38 39 40 23 Inheritance factors 24 Concludes 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 25 Check 26 “___ to the city” 49 50 51 52 53 54 27 Piano parts 55 56 57 58 59 60 61

28 Shea player Crossword 29 Imply 62 63 64 65 66 67 30 Suffix for man or teen 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 31 Run a meeting 32 Defeat the 75 76 77 78 79 80 Broncos? 34 Earth mover 81 82 83 84 35 Rubber trees 36 Headliner 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 38 Kanga’s kid 92 93 94 95 96 97 39 Patella protectors 40 Hallucinogen 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 41 Singer Al 44 Tiara look-a-like 105 106 107 108 47 Bando or Mineo 49 Oriental tea 109 110 111 112 50 Equus from Essen? 113 114 115 52 Leave out 116 117 118 55 Telephone 57 Go wrong 58 Shore raptor ©2006 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved 4/9/2006 60 Abuse verbally 62 “Dies ___” 63 Planetary 105 West or East 6 Group of nine 37 Musical refrain 82 Female vegetables? islands 7 Equal 39 Coin of Finland 84 “___ the season...” 106 67 Winglike Peruse 8 Illuminated 41 1,204, to Cato 85 Marked cattle 107 9 42 68 Waltzes, at 500 sheets of “All the world’s Chicago-Grand 86 Anchovy’s cousin Versailles paper ___” Rapids vector 88 71 108 Lady from Lisbon 10 Orchard hand 43 Sculls Cooking measure Adriatic seaport 90 72 Statesman 109 “Brother, can you 11 Direct 45 Beautiful land Superman’s Hirobumi spare ___?” 12 Mystical 46 Fix socks makeup? 74 Western alliance 110 Actor teams with 13 C-G connector 48 Brewer’s brew 92 Narcotic acronym Jeanette 14 Talking horse 51 Snatch 94 Ancient Greek city 75 Shallow serving McDonald’s becomes TV host? 53 Widening state dish partner? 15 Takes the tacks instrument 95 Grand or Bryce 113 76 Sir Francis Pavarotti’s range out 54 Click beetles 96 Lets 114 16 56 performance? Speaker, in Played baseball Guitarist joins 97 Nassau county, L.I. 80 Jane’s ex-husband Salerno defense Garfunkel’s 115 17 town 81 One, to a Scot Antagonists ___ up: comes partner? 99 82 116 First family’s home clean 59 Masterwork At no time, in verse Consolation 100 83 Mend 117 Two-handed: var. 18 Restrain 61 Rust Begone! 85 Inst. in Muncie, IN 118 Defiles 20 Author of “A Death 64 Off-limits 102 “The Thinker” 87 “Little Sir ___” In The Family” 65 Russian range sculptor 89 Dawn goddess DOWN 22 Forty-___ 66 Young or gang 103 Santiago backdrop 91 Pretensions 27 Wrinkle remover follower 104 Cancels a debt 29 92 Unwritten 1 River at Lyons Andretti or Lanza 69 Center lead-in 106 Madras attire 93 Take to court 2 German 30 Have, in Le Havre 70 Grammatical 107 94 31 Highlands dance Short horns? poet/historian Ernst Whale group construction 108 98 3 “Say hey” Willie 32 Perched 73 Beaver St. Actress Moore Edible root 110 100 Bridge 4 Toxic chem. 33 Stem joint 77 Indian, for one Newhart 101 Lampreys compound 34 Porker product 78 Night light 111 FDR plan 102 5 36 79 112

Hammer’s tune Eyed lecherously Arid Despots Instructional org. 2006 9, April Sunday, — Date Release

SAMPLE ELAPSED MUFF SARACEN VISITEE ARNIE TONYBENNETTCERF GENES ENDS RE I N AKEY PEDALS MET MEAN AGER PRES I DE SADDENVER HOE ULES STAR ROO PADS LSD MARTINODIADEMSAL CHA ONAGERMAN EL I DE CAL L ERR ERNE REV I LE I RAE SATURN I PS ALAR VALSES BAR I I TO NATO NAPPY BACONCERT TED A I N SOLACE RESTORE BSU ECHO EOS A I RS ORAL SUE SCANTLERS PARSN I P SPAN EELS RAP I ND I ES SCAN REAM DONA AD I ME BARRYNELSONEDDY TENOR ORATORE ENEM I ES EDEN B I MANAL STA I NS 4/9/2006 OBSERVER Put All One’s... Edited by Linda and Charles Preston ACROSS 123 45678 9101112 13141516

1 Shoot the bull 17 18 19 20 21 4 Suburban sights 9 Rizzuto 22 23 24 25 13 “...___ in Kalamazoo” 26 27 28 17 Writer Wiesel 29 30 31 19 Flamboyant Flynn 20 Stockings 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 21 Make points 22 Overstatements? 39 40 41 42 25 “...dollar, ___ clock scholar” 43 44 45 46 26 Doodlebug 47 48 49 50 51 52 27 Doctrine 28 Dispatch boat 53 54 55 56 29 NC college Crossword 30 Choreographer 57 58 59 Alvin 31 Skedaddle 60 61 62 63 64 32 “___ Groovy”: 65 66 67 68 69 Simon song 35 Sleep disorder 70 71 72 73 36 106-carat diamond 39 Fish with hook and 74 75 76 77 78 79 line 40 He had a Ragtime 80 81 82 83 Band? 42 Central 84 85 86 Netherlands 87 88 89 90 91 commune 43 Swenson, of 92 93 94 95 “Benson” 44 Bergman role 96 97 98 99 45 Melville’s Billy 46 Weary worker’s 100 101 102 103 letters 47 Fleur-de-___ ©2006 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved 4/16/2006 48 Adroitness with 82 Big name in 5 Fluorescent lamp 36 Notre Dame’s 66 Amorphous the hands? 67 52 brewers gas Rockne Mountains of South Memorable Italian 83 San Joaquin valley 6 Small songbird 37 Odette’s opposite Poland tenor 7 53 city And not number 69 “Le Roi d’Y’s” Gourmet 84 TV’s Couric 8 Booking ahead 38 Equip again Brillat-___ composer 85 “As You Like It” girl 9 Part of P.T. 40 Sponsorship 71 55 ___ Selassie 86 41 Go first 56 Short reunion Barnum “___ of 73 Everything in attendee 10 Tommyrot! Divorcement” Hatfields, to readiness 87 11 44 McCoys 57 Lac or amber “___ It Romantic?” Actress Oberon 75 Makes ropes 88 Marian’s beloved 12 Bandleader Brown 46 Like many a Skin balm shipshape 89 13 Floridian’s floor 76 Titanic waterloo 58 Ideal worlds Lights, camera, Hemp 92 Final authority ___! 48 ___ dozen: 77 The truth! 59 Honeyed 93 Easter hunt 14 Carries things too exercise routine 78 Approaching 60 Range rovers? leftovers? far? 49 Unspecified object 79 62 Gene on drums Olympia painter 96 “___ for the 15 Cartoonist Peter 50 Lets up 81 63 Laundry cycle Snares steers Misbegotten” 16 Summer beast 51 Gaucho’s 83 65 Mew 97 18 Azores island Concluded Miss Havisham’s cow-catcher 85 66 Annoyances? 98 Actor Davis ward 52 Dingles’ cousins One on the way up 68 Slithery one 99 Location 21 ___ faire: social 54 Says yea or nay 86 Top floor 70 Rogers and Acuff 100 Major musical work skill 56 Filling with wonder 87 A way off and on 71 In the buff 101 “Lulu” composer 23 TV’s “Kate & ___” 58 Learned persons 88 Wander 72 Like a bump on Alban 24 Short wire? 59 Bill and coo 89 Former Soviet ___ 102 Users’ nemeses 28 Yearned 60 Make an initials 73 103 30 Austen’s Ms. Explorer Johnson Copycats impression on 90 Exchange premium Woodhouse 31 British chemist Tom? 91 74 TN player 61 Cpl.’s superiors DOWN Frederick Knock for ___ 92 75 Town on Revere’s 32 Be unsuccessful 62 Combine ___ Paulo, Brazil route? 1 ___ whiz! 33 Clare county seat companies 93 ___ sister: 79 Prepare to 2 Bit of seaweed 34 Song from “Sugar 63 Missile housings do-gooder

propose, perhaps 3 Zodiac division Babies”? 64 Aden was its 94 Juliette Low org. 2006 16, April Sunday, — Date Release 80 Play conclusion 4 Multitude 35 Straighten capital 95 Cousteau milieu

GAS LAWNS PH I L AGAL E L I E ERROL HOSE SCORE EGGSAGGERAT I ONS ATENO ANTL I ON TENET AV I SO ELON A I LEY SCOOT FEELIN APNEA KOHINOOR ANGLE ALEGGSANDER EDE INGA MEIR BUDD TGIF L I S DEGGSTER I TY GIGL I SAVAR I N HA I LE ALLSET COILS SISAL SWEET CATTLE MANET SP I NDRY ALLEY VEGGSAT IONS EEL ROYS BARE A LOG EMMA VOL LEGGS I NGTON KNEEL EP I LOGUE COORS FRESNO KAT I E CEL I A ALUM RESIN ROBIN UTOPIAS SAYSO SOMEEGGSTRAEGGS AMOON OVER OSSIE SITE OPUS BERG NARCS OSA 4/16/2006 OBSERVER Animal Lingo Edited by Linda and Charles Preston ACROSS 12345 6789 101112131415161718

1 Impudent 19 20 21 22 6 Uses the slopes 10 Dieters’ hangouts 23 24 25 26 14 Injections 19 Lessen 27 28 29 30 20 Speech 31 32 33 34 35 36 impediment 21 Lock holder 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 22 Cubbyhole 23 Clumsy 47 48 49 50 27 Astute 28 Of the stars 51 52 53 54 55 56 29 Principle 57 58 59 60 61 62 30 Away 31 Pledge 63 64 65 66 33 Participial suffix Crossword 35 That hurts! 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 37 Tells 47 Former 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 Egypt/Syria letters 84 85 86 87 88 89 48 Ground cover 49 Kind of control 90 91 92 93 50 Merchandise 51 Allen or Martin 94 95 96 97 98 99 53 North Korean leader 100 101 102 103 104 105 55 Jack and Bobby’s brother 106 107 108 56 Kings of Spain 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 57 Croak 63 Cravat 122 123 124 125 64 Julius of music 65 Hard to find 126 127 128 129 66 Function 67 Denigration 130 131 132 133 69 Blends 72 Prompted ©2006 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved 4/23/2006 74 Explorer Johnson 77 Leave out 126 Bye-bye in 13 TV offspring 54 Fog 95 Fix indelibly 79 Indian strings Burgundy 14 Grab 56 Former Korean 97 Kukla’s pal Fran 127 15 82 Give ___ whirl “___ la Douce” Towel marking president 98 Looped rope 84 Instigated a to-do 128 Sailors’ saint 16 Between siete and 58 Candlelight 101 90 129 59 Renowned Supplied with Watering holes nueve Fast-moving 102 weapons 130 Musician’s 17 “___ Swell” 60 J. Carrol of films Part of 91 Actress Russell, to concerns 18 Family division 61 Holy, in Le Havre 103 Literary Bagnold pals 131 Louis and Russell 24 Get clean 62 Have faith in 104 Chinese silk 92 Little one 132 Paradise 25 Taboo 68 Nobleman 105 Buck Owens’s TV 93 South American 133 Aviary sound 26 Neither fem. nor 70 Violent disturbance show plain masc. 71 Barbers’ aids 109 Wise ___ owl 94 Jackson or Smith DOWN 32 Confused 73 Actress Merrill, of 110 95 34 Change the decor Sec Relish “Shade” 111 96 1 Polio nemesis 36 Lumberjack 74 Honshu port Interlace with yarn With “The, ” 1993 113 hit 2 Rose lover 37 Sumptuous 75 Kind of man or hat Crooked 99 Write 3 Benefit 38 Gnaw 76 We ___ please! 114 Rickey additive 100 Deceiver 4 Off. workers 39 Roman fountain 78 Deviations 116 Informed 106 Vocalized 5 Affirmative 40 Director George 80 Huxley’s “___ Hay” 117 Domicile 6 41 82 107 Naval VIP Mortared masonry Tijuana friends Musical speeds 119 Bud holder 108 Misplace 7 Scot’s garb 42 Rock fancier 83 Arboreal quaker 120 109 8 43 85 Got it! Early vessel Capri More mature Barn dances 121 112 Ethical 9 Gumption 44 Louisiana creek 86 Fashionable In the event 123 115 “___ Our Life” 10 ___ Na Na 45 Locales 87 Mexican native Casual shirt 118 Sinister 11 Treaty 46 “Beau ___” 88 Discerns 124 Sol followers 122 Misdirected 12 Tennis hero Arthur 52 Neckline shapes 89 Sharp taste 125 Barracks bed ees ae—Sna,Arl2,2006 23, April Sunday, — Date Release

SASSY SK I S SPAS SHOTS ABATE L I SP HASP N I CHE L I KEABULL I NACH I NASHOP KEEN ASTERO TENET OUT OATH I NG OUCH LETSTHECATOUTOFTHEBAG UAR SEDUM SELF WARE STEVE K IM TED REYES HAVEAFROGI NONESTHROAT T I E LAROSA RARE USE SLAP ST I RS CUED OSA OMIT SITARS ITA ST I RREDUPAHORNETSNEST ARMED ROZ TOT PAMPA KATE I NST P I ANO PEN AWOLF I NSHEEPSCLOTH I NG SANG CNO LOSE ARK MORAL I NTH I S EV I L SENTONAWI LDGOOSECHASE AD I EU I RMA ELMO OASES NOTES NYES EDEN TWEET 4/23/2006 OBSERVER On the Move Edited by Linda and Charles Preston ACROSS 1234 56789 101112131415161718

1 Work hard 19 20 21 22 5 Gog and ___ 10 Silkworm state 23 24 25 26 15 Stimulate 19 Where to see 27 28 29 30 31 32 Mauna Kea 20 Convex molding 33 34 35 36 21 “A Woman Called 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 ___”: 1982 movie 22 Garden need 46 47 48 49 50 23 Pickler’s plant 24 He wrote “The 51 52 53 54 55 Cloister and the Hearth” 56 57 58 59 60 25 Actress Deborah, 61 62 63 64 65 66

of “Dynasty” Crossword 26 “The Thin Man” 67 68 69 70 71 scene-stealer 27 1960s dancer 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 29 Habitual drunkard 31 Aggressive person 82 83 84 85 86 87 33 Chimney dirt 34 ___ Ababa 88 89 90 91 92 36 Odets’ “Awake and ___” 93 94 95 96 97 37 Humble 40 Self-centered 98 99 100 101 102 people 103 104 105 106 42 Strung up 46 Pisces-Taurus 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 intermediary 47 Expression of 116 117 118 119 120 121 displeasure 48 Highest note of 122 123 124 125 Guido’s gamut 50 Hungarian 126 127 128 129 composer Franz 51 Peddle ©2006 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved 4/30/2006 52 Well ___ is half done 95 Dance like Ann DOWN 37 Confederate 81 Tinker to ___ to 53 Available wealth Miller president Chance 55 “___ Time Next 96 Bill of fare 1 Rug or dance 38 Upright 84 Lukewarm Year” 97 Antisocial one 2 Floor covering, in 39 Clementine’s father 86 “The Hollow Men” 56 Boat or house 98 Man has five Coventry 40 Potential energy initials lead-in 100 Sharp, swift retort 3 Designer Cassini 41 Jargon 89 Date, in high 57 French legislature 102 4 Deteriorate 43 Grenadiers’ school 58 Occupancy More mawkish contracts 5 Crested helmet headdress 91 Makes an attempt 60 44 Hawaiian acacia 103 Pitfall, perhaps 6 Turn aside Ireland’s De Valera 92 Circumambulate tree 105 7 It’s reached on a 45 Overpowering fear 94 Griffin, of TV 61 He wrote “The 47 Leave in a Three Musketeers” TD Swamp 96 Stuporous state helpless position 8 49 106 Loom or apparent “___ Devil Moon” Charged atom 97 Hawaiian garlands 63 Lawful 9 Suffers defeat 52 Plague 65 lead-in 99 “___ off in a Exceed 107 10 West Indian pea 53 Sacred song 67 Root ___ Railroad handcars 54 wooden shoe” 69 111 Joplin composition trees Herod’s name for 101 Ship’s officer Fully gratified 11 Samaria 71 112 Examines Create a lawn 102 Glanced slyly California valley 12 57 Fishhook 72 thoroughly Dross of metal 104 “Peyton ___” Divide the spoils 13 58 Quoted 76 116 Nepal’s continent Ta-ta, in Tijuana 106 Ueberroth or 14 59 Reward or punish Guard or mad 117 Border follower Ustinov ___ lazuli 15 62 Legal org. 78 Freebie, often 119 ___ up must come 107 Fragrance, in down 64 Wild, foolish action Festive occasion 82 Actor Vigoda London 108 Eskers 83 16 Innkeeper 66 Sweet potato Circumscribed 121 African river 17 68 109 Malicious gossip 85 Word before cash 122 Italian noble family Send in payment 110 Suet 18 Lacerate 70 Leaves Recognize or larceny 123 French school 28 72 112 Sticky substance 87 Bulgarian coin Long-haired Stares in wonder 124 Came up antelopes 73 Corpulent 113 Change direction 88 Wampum 125 90 Dickens’s Little ___ 30 Chief Norse god 74 “Youma” author 114 Eugene O’Neill’s Quart’s cousin 126 91 Medieval Affected 32 Carbon compound 75 Hindu guitar mother 127 Discourage 34 Grizzly rodents 77 French income 115 Depend 2006 30, April Sunday, — Date Release merchant guild 118 92 I ___ at the office 128 Classified, as 35 “... and a star to 79 Architect’s One of many in the 93 Son of Phares: blood ___ her by”: drawings Seine Luke 3:33 129 Strong, low cart Masefield 80 River embankment 120 Parched

SLOG MAGOG ASSAM WHET H I LO OVOLO GOLDA HOSE ANET READE ADA I R ASTA GOGOG I R L SOT GOGE T T ER SOOT ADD I S S I NG DEMEAN EGO I STS NOOSED AR I ES FROWN ELA LEHAR VEND BEGUN MEANS SAME I CE SENAT CORN I ER KOA STRAND L I C I T GOBEYOND BEER SATED NAPA GOHALVES PETER SAMPLE ABE L IMI TED PETTY LEV PEAG L I TER HANSE GAVE ESROM TAP CARTE LONER SENSES R I POSTE LEASES TRAP DUMAS HE I R GODEV I LS RAG GOESOVER AS I A L AP I S ODOUR UE L E LARD ECOLE AROSE NELL ARTY DETER TYPED DRAY 4/30/2006 OBSERVER Crossword Release Date — Sunday, May 7, 2006 5/7/2006 5/7/2006 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 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 78 79 80 84 86 89 91 93 94 96 98 99 SEASERPENT SEASWALLOW 107 108 110 112 114 115 117 118 120 100 101 103 105 106 Edited by Linda and Charles Preston LILT CHAT EDAMS PURE LANES L I AR HOP I T I NE Entertain Lovers’ quarrel Hawaiian seaport city Verve Section of London Charles Lamb Last Jewish month Mother of Apollo Pack away Xylophone’s cousin Preordain Pith helmet Steak or cheese ___ amore: tenderly Social insect English composer, George Frederic ___ precedent Actor James ___ Jones Russian inland sea Hodgepodge Saltpeter, in Sussex Ancient chariots Part of the Indian Ocean Reddish-brown horses Spanish bull 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 TRADE A I TS DARE CRAVE TEASE SNOW ALTE OATER THREW AETA AGER AD I OS TON CORONA EARN EBL I SAL LEGE NOONS DRAB OREGANOBAR SLATED ER STOA I ASEAMANSH I P OAST SMA ENDEAR DHOW TRE ARAN ATOLE CHI CSEANETTLES RAPT SEA I SLANDS CABLE EFTSATE STOMPS ELBE SALT RAGE SHEARS I ALP SENSATE I EARS LAFALAR CREELS LES MOTS TAHOE SOLD ER AGLET I ESSEAANEMONE AUTO ART I ST BRA OTTER TETE ELLS H I NGE Actress Gilbert, of “Roseanne” Carson predecessor Spill the beans Reserve supply 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 orWhite family House nickname, in the 1920s Month after Shevat Twofold Rustic shelter Dangerous curves Russian despots Silken ___ doute: certainly Board lead-in Legal lodging documents 4 5 6 7 8 9 37 39 40 41 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 24 26 29 33 35 6795 96 97 68 98 39 40 41 42 43 Confused Larceny Speak pompously 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 1 2 3 94 95 97 98 99 99 100109 101116 102121 110125 111 103 117 104 112 122 113 126 105 118 114 119 123 127 106 115 107 108 120 124 128 44 4553 46586369 7081 71 4785 64 59 5490 86 82 72 73 55 87 74 48 91 60 65 75 49 92 76 56 77 57 83 61 50 93 88 51 52 62 66 78 79 80 94 89 84 1234519 678923 101112131415161718 2732 24 20 33 28 21 34 29 25 35 30 36 26 22 37 31 38 ©2006 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved It’s Salty 102 104 105 106 109 111 113 115 116 119 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 DOWN 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 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 92 ACROSS OBSERVER Crossword Release Date — Sunday, May 14, 2006 5/14/2006 5/14/2006 OUGHT Co-signers’s commitment Ring attraction Drawing power Make eyes at Not that Sault ___ Marie, Canada “E’en ___ it becross...” a Swindle Bovine comment 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? 83 84 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 EYAS I RES 103 104 105 106 107 109 110 111 100 101 Edited by Linda and Charles Preston EHS BRETT THE REB GOODY SHY SAL L I ED ELDERLY Sally, of “Norma Rae” ___ Saud: Arab leader Actor Conrad: “The Kiss” ___-dally: dawdle Really rich English court sessions Duck deceiver See 96 Across Pianist Claudio Wagner’s “Tristan und ___” Culture character Duck Fissure-related Capital of Guam Mrs. Herbert Hoover Irish lullaby opening Sphere-shaped Balladry Ivan the Terrible or Peter the Great Nonexistent places Smooth and shiny Landlord’s due 48 49 50 51 52 58 59 60 61 63 65 66 67 68 70 72 73 74 77 80 81 82 GL I DE ALABAMA TROVES I NTRUDED TNT ATALOSS TULANE HAVEYOU T I LL I E TIA SIAM BAIT PEERS T HE V ERY T H I NGMOMS THEG I F T I B L I NDL YBOUGHT ERASEDV SC I I L G LY I LAMAZ I NGL TREETOP YTURNSOUT TOBE OOOOELAS WOE ASNER THAN ORO READY SMELTS ONESPOT ARLES APPAREL D I NGLE AUDREY YOE IBYSOMED V I NETELEPATHY DANE OLD CACHE MANNA BTU BLOB OCTAVES ER I BEANPOTS OL I VER V I NEGAR HERETO OCHO AARE ELM LACE Chintzy Big pig Injure Hit hard Indigo Well-aged beer Paint pigment Ross In any way Sabra One of the Alous “You ___ My Sunshine” Under ___ of: dominated by Square one’s debt Vive voce Presidential rejection Numerical suffixes All-purpose beans Cio-Cio-San’s sash Coming out party? In conclusion Attire Like Nash’s lama Terra ______off the old block 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 43 47 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 23 24 29 30 32 33 94 95 96 97 28 29 30 31 62 63 64 65 12345 6789101112131415161718 “Three Weeks” novelist Elinor Tilt, asea Songwriter/actor Novello Decorous Metropolitan Opera conductor: 1950-55 Eager Ullmann from Norway Cuckoo Artist Thomas Hart ___ Action list “___ tu”: Verdi aria Boston cooking vessels End of verse New Orleans campus “...___ any wool?” Comics’ Toiler Refines ore Low rank domino Van Gogh subject site 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 98 99108 100 101112115 102 109 113 116 103 110 111 104 105 106 107 114 117 4246535766 47 67 4875 58 54 68 43798589 49 59 69 50 60 80 51 55 81 86 76 44 90 70 52 82 45 91 61 71 83 92 56 87 77 72 73 84 74 78 93 88 19222532 33 34 35 23 20 36 26 24 21 37 27 38 39 40 41 ©2006 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved Mother Knows Best 102 103 108 112 113 114 115 116 117 DOWN Greek resistance org. of WWII ___ is me! Six-time Emmy winner Ed All set Inquiring sounds Lady of “The Sun Also Rises” With 60 Down, Dostoyevsky book Musical spans of eight tones Skate smoothly Yellowhammer State Treasure ___: happy discoveries Twist musical Salad dressing ingredient Jones’s “From ___ Eternity” Start of a Mother’s Day verse Horned in Dynamic monogram Bewildered Johnny, in the C.S.A. Miss Two-Shoes Short Private hoard Heaven-sent food Htg. unit Shapeless mass ___ Rios: Jamaican resort Longest Swiss stream “Nightmare” street Mantilla material More of verse Acapulco aunt “The King and I” land Lure Equals Wear Forest dell Meadows of “The Honeymooners” ___ forth: set out Past middle age Wiped out Isles off Land’s End, England Cradle locale, in song Protracted watch Goose eggs Bigger ___ life Pizarro’s gold More of verse Hamlet, for one Too often told Young falcon Infuriates 1 6 90 91 93 94 95 96 98 13 19 20 21 22 25 26 27 28 29 31 32 36 37 38 42 43 44 45 46 53 54 55 56 57 59 61 62 64 66 69 71 75 76 77 78 79 85 86 87 88 89 ACROSS OBSERVER Keep Cool Edited by Linda and Charles Preston ACROSS 1234 56789 101112131415161718

1 Diplomat’s asset 19 20 21 22 5 Seasoned rice dish 23 24 25 26 10 City in Michigan 15 Sign of boredom 27 28 29 30 31 19 Particular atmosphere 32 33 34 35 36 37 20 Author Jong 21 Region of Asia 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 Minor 22 Sheriff Andy’s boy 48 49 50 51 52 53 23 Linen-making need 54 55 56 57 58 24 Subway rider’s 59 60 61 62 63 fare 25 Spanish plain 64 65 66 67 68 26 Noted German Crossword philosopher 69 70 71 27 Domesticates 29 Undesireable 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 prom date, perhaps 82 83 84 85 86 30 Lion’s pride 31 Droves of cattle 87 88 89 90 91 32 Furniture-finishing need 92 93 94 95 96 34 TV alien 36 Lucy’s landlady 97 98 99 100 101 102 38 Calloway 41 Grampus 103 104 105 106 107 42 Golf star Sam 44 ___ Kippur 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 45 Hebrew letter 48 PLO’s Yasser 119 120 121 122 123 50 Part of the 124 125 126 127 Appalachians 52 Do a cobbler’s job 128 129 130 131 54 Shoestring, in Le Havre 55 “___ in Toyland”: ©2006 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved 5/21/2006 1934 movie 56 Tues. follower 98 Showy flower, for DOWN 38 Sacramento’s st. 79 Courage 58 Distinguished short 39 Cultivated land 80 Declares positively 59 Rock singer Billy 100 “Divine Comedy” 1 Sculptor or 40 Breakfast treat 81 Alleviates 60 Folkways author president 42 Solemn or sedate 84 “Ruggles of ___ 61 US admiral 101 First mo. of spring 2 German hall 43 Wooden fastener Gap” 3 45 George 102 Ending for heir or Bone for exams Sacred song 85 Illusions 63 Performer’s 4 Paycheck shrinker 46 Fragrant oleoresin 88 lion 5 47 Nocturnal primate preview 103 “___ Sounds”: A red Bordeaux 90 Part of n.b. 64 Strike, in baseball German semi- wine automatic pistol Beach Boys album 91 Savage 66 He outranks a maj. 6 Obliquely mocking 49 Hat material 67 105 Teachers’ org. 7 50 93 Excavated Overly zealous Makes a City of Light 95 69 Diner sign 106 Skewered meat comparison 51 Emulate Betsy Type of pigeon 70 Drag something dish 8 Genus of maples Ross 96 Light, quick stroke heavy 108 Aussie court star 9 Sally Rand 53 Fountain fare 99 Household 71 Wet, soggy earth Rod offerings 55 Volga sailors 101 Business 72 Kind of 111 In good order 10 Movie buff 57 Describes exactly combination broad-leafed tree 113 Moselle feeder 11 She gets what she 60 They’re served in a 103 It’s between Luzon 76 “Cheers” setting 115 wants refectory and Mindanao 77 Roman household 61 Investment gods 12 Senseless Follow closely 104 French historian nickname 13 Nonagenarian’s 62 Tall tales and essayist 82 119 On vacation 65 Sandarac tree 120 age, at least Babylonian god of 106 Sacred shrine at 83 Silken Food from heaven 14 ___ Chi, Chinese intelligence Mecca 85 Clotho, Lachesis 121 Counterpart artist 66 Cowardly person 107 123 “___ Street Blues”: and Atropos Alone, on stage: 15 Country bumpkin 68 Atomic technology 1929 song 86 Brilliant star fem. 16 On ___: equivalent org. 108 87 124 70 Tibetan monk Word before law Fore or hind to Varnish ingredient 109 Delinquent GI or liberties follower 17 Part of GWTW 71 Dull finish 110 89 72 Huge Kathmandu’s land: 125 Pea tree 18 Clears after Ipso ___ 112 abbr. expenses 73 First sign of spring? Theater org. 126 Receded 114 Large pulpit 90 Lithuanians 127 28 European weasel 74 Church parts 91 First czar of Russia 31 75 116 Wander aimlessly Hellman’s “The 128 Macho guys Stiffly formal 2006 21, May Sunday, — Date Release Little ___” Der ___: Adenauer 33 Museum piece 76 Two-footed 117 Verve 92 Swarmed 129 Kind of code 35 McCarey and 77 Face or hood 118 Showing good 94 Self-protection 130 Takes the eagle’s Buscaglia lead-in sense 96 Famous streetcar? route 37 Biblical mount, in 78 Baseball’s 120 Chart 97 CIA’s forerunner 131 Hawaiian goose Idumea Slaughter 122 Wynn and Asner

TACT P I LAF FL I NT YAWN AURA ER I CA I ON I A OP I E FLAX TOKEN LLANO KANT TAMES NERD MANE HERDS STA IN ALF ETHEL CAB ORC SNEAD YOM MEM ARAFAT POCONOS RESOL E LACET BABES WED NOTED I DO L MORE S DEWE Y DEMO FANTHEA I R COL FANAT I C EATS LUG MI RE FANPALM BAR FANN I EMAE ARAR SER I C FATES NOVA C I V I L NEP BALTS FOXES TEEMED DEFENSE DES I RE OSS MUM DANT E MAR ESS LUGER NEA KEBAB LAVER NEAT SAAR LARES AWAY MANNA I MAGE SOLA MOST AGAT I EBBED I VAN ALTE PENAL SOARS NENE 5/21/2006 OBSERVER Aloha! Edited by Linda and Charles Preston ACROSS 12345 6789101112131415

1 Teases 16 17 18 19 provocatively 6 Not refined 20 21 22 23 11 Ulysses S. Grant’s real first name 24 25 26 27 28 29 16 “Swan Lake” or “Giselle” 30 31 32 33 17 Caesar’s tongue 34 35 36 37 38 39 18 Where the ark landed 40 41 42 43 44 20 Where to see 68 Across 45 46 47 21 Pizzeria fixtures 22 Hawaiian seaport 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 24 Every: Ger. 56 57 58 59

25 Rapscallions Crossword 27 Emerald Isle 60 61 62 63 29 Wrestling needs 30 Classic car 64 65 66 67 31 Scottish Highland Celt 68 69 70 71 32 Biblical giants 33 Branch of biol. for 72 73 74 Linnaeus 34 Riding whip 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 36 Russian 83 84 85 86 87 communities 37 Raise in relief 88 89 90 91 39 Loose, earthy deposit 92 93 94 95 96 97 40 Capital of Hawaii 42 London prisons 98 99 100 101 102 103 43 Family car for the Munsters? 104 105 106 45 Tomlin of comedy 107 108 109 46 Bill of fare 47 Seaport in Colombia ©2006 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved 5/28/2006 48 Literary caricature 51 Actor Olan of 83 Cleveland’s lake DOWN 35 Refined 67 Zsa Zsa’s real first old-time radio 84 Motherless calves 36 Lounging slipper name 52 Polynesian 86 Manipulates 1 Piccard’s means of 37 Ahead of roll call 69 Pry inquisitively language fraudulently travel 38 Exhibited 70 Montmartre 2 39 56 Get up on the 87 Honky- ___ Lotion ingredient Hawaiian island farewell soapbox 88 3 Sort or class 41 Spend them in 71 Sleep study 4 Watch pockets 57 Psych or pod acronym East Indies timber Malta 73 Beekeeper 5 In a parsimonious 42 Wild oxen of India follower 89 Hawaiian feast 74 58 manner 44 Greek Colossal Broods 90 Dance enjoyed at 75 59 Lyric poem 6 Pungent spices underground Russian river to the 60 89 Across 7 “Sheherazade” 46 Sheep shelters Caspian Palm fruit 91 76 61 De Mille or Souvenir from 89 composer 47 On the ___: under Pacific Across 8 Shoshonian-speaki consideration 77 Very much like Moorehead 92 62 Having a pleasing Arthurian lady ng Indians 48 Lot fled this city 78 Chills and fever 94 taste Sly, sidelong look 9 Loud, sustained 49 Palm cockatoo 79 Hawaiian seaport 63 The Ugly Duckling, 95 The Shadow’s first noise 50 Giant armadillo 80 10 51 Joan, Jackie or actually name Musical group Capital of Yemen Judy 64 Spanish gold 97 Apple-growth 11 Moslem physicians 52 Lange and 81 65 12 Disquiet Spicy stews modification It was formerly Steadman 82 66 Persia 53 Native of Des Maxi or mini Units of force chemical 85 67 Characteristic form 98 13 Fan’s call Moines Chemical salt Active crater on 68 86 68 Active Hawaiian Across 14 Jack-in-the-pulpit 54 Conform Unconfirmed volcano 100 15 Coastal region in 55 Hawaiian geese reports Where to find 90 70 City on the Rhone Lincoln and India 57 Ice house Laugh-track 71 Loses Washington 16 Composition by 7 58 French sounds consciousness 102 VIP in Hawaii Down impressionist 93 Syrian border town 72 Where to find 104 19 Teaches privately 61 Associated by 94 Marvin and Majors It might be magic 20 Canton 105 Pisces and Aries treaty 95 Narrow street 73 Expert Radar’s relative month 62 Slender, graceful

96 2006 28, May Sunday, — Date Release 74 106 Nonmetallic 23 Box or shed lead-in Author Vidal Agave fiber girl 97 75 Disposable hankie halogen element 26 Egyptian abode of 63 Most wary Barren 78 Imitative 107 Union demand the dead 65 Island of 40 Across 99 News org. 79 State flower of 108 Lock of hair 28 Bravo and Grande 66 Word before circle 101 June beetle Hawaii 109 Lumps of clay 32 Ham it up of parade 103 Japanese shrub

BA I TS CRUDE H I RAM BAL LET LAT I N ARARAT MOLOKA I OVENS KAHULU I ALLE KNAVES ER I N MATS REO GAEL EMIM BOT CROP M I RS EMBOSS MARL HONOLULU GAOLS HEARSE L I LY CARTE TOLU SAT I RE SOULE HAWA I I AN ORATE I ATRY MOPES ODE DATE AGNES SAP I D SWAN ORO OL LAS DYNES SHAPE MAUNALOA ARLES FA INTS OH I O ADEPT GORE TISSUE APISH HIBISCUS ER I E DOG I ES R I GS TONK REM LUAU HULA LE I ENID LEER LAMONT ALAR K I LAUEA I DAHO TOUR I ST CARPET SONAR I OD I NE RAISE TRESS CLODS 5/28/2006 OBSERVER Who Was It? Edited by Linda and Charles Preston ACROSS 1234 56789 101112131415161718

1 River from the 19 20 21 22 Vosges Mountains into Germany 23 24 25 26 5 Classic role for Shirley Temple 27 28 29 30 31 32 10 Rita Hayworth/ Glenn Ford film 33 34 35 36 37 38 noir 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 15 Three-handed card game 46 47 48 49 50 19 Ironwood 20 Dublin darling 51 52 53 54 55 21 Bay window 22 Seville assent 56 57 58 59 60 61 23 S.S. Van Dine’s 62 63 64 65 66 67

sleuth Crossword 25 Title role for 68 69 70 Jennifer Jones 27 Dry, as wine 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 28 Family members, often 81 82 83 84 85 86 29 Deli loaf 31 Ireland’s Gaelic 87 88 89 90 91 name 32 Small amount 92 93 94 95 96 97 33 Winter month in Madrid 98 99 100 101 102 35 Stone pillar 103 104 105 106 37 Absurd 39 Means of ascent 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 41 Making progress 43 Dover’s are white 116 117 118 119 120 121 46 Hopper of Hollywood 122 123 124 125 47 Lugosi, of “Dracula” fame 126 127 128 129 48 Son of Loki 50 Worship ©2006 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved 6/4/2006 51 Wings 52 Lancaster or 91 Complacent 129 Unit of force 30 Strong longing 77 Falsehood, Reynolds 92 34 perhaps 53 Eyes boldly Nest of pheasants Sink in mud 94 Latvian seaport DOWN 35 Seasoned 78 Flaubert’s tragic 55 ___ and terminer 96 36 56 Destiny Tooth surface heroine Rudyard Kipling 97 House or room 1 Weakens gradually 38 79 Numbered highway classic “___ Shuffle”: 1977 starter 2 Back or ear song 80 Wise old men 57 Bizet opera 98 59 Stable sounds follower 39 Fountain drink 83 Heroic in scale Romantic setting 100 Greta Garbo’s 3 Title role for 40 for “Summertime” Purposeful 85 Speck of dust 1937 tear-jerker Katharine Hepburn 41 Origin 88 61 Tote something 102 4 Bulb lily West Point Elec. unit 42 Broad smile 91 heavy newcomers 5 Talks foolishly, in From ___ to stern 62 Controversial 44 Father of 93 103 Water wheel Trent Gesture of Hedy Lamarr film psychoanalysis indifference 105 Musical show 6 One of the Muses 45 of 1933 Suit material 95 Changed 64 106 San Antonio tourist 7 Charged atoms 47 Transfer design Inter 96 Made a botch of 66 attraction 8 One of the Seven 49 Grant as a right 107 Rock musician 97 Social insults 68 Tiny socialist? The grampus Dwarfs 109 9 Clapton 99 Word before butler 69 Mountain pass Rubber trees Disinclination to act 52 Fortified place 111 Seize suddenly 10 Tapestry made in or partner 70 Indo-Chinese 54 Bionomics 112 Hard cookie Paris 101 Marsh herb native 57 Gift item 71 113 Yugoslav island 11 Wrath 102 Golfer Gary Role for Dorothy 58 Hot wine beverage 116 Role for Merle 12 Coins of Vatican 104 Odin, Thor, et al. McGuire 59 Flavorless 75 Check the books Oberon in 1945 City 60 106 Part of the leg 77 119 Technicolor version 13 Patron saint of Growing out 107 Moves unsteadily 63 Letter after sigma Fairy tale monster 81 Fictional dog hero of “Vanity Fair” France 108 65 Bounder Bring up 82 Warbles on the 122 Chest sound 14 King of the 110 123 67 Collapsible bed Glut Jungfrau Saltpeter, in Visigoths 112 15 71 Sing like Bing Flat-bottomed boat 84 Injure or harm Southampton Rochester to Ithaca 114 86 124 dir. 72 Massive Formerly Persia Extinct, flightless School, in St. 115 Michael 16 Oscar-winner for 73 Title role for German admiral bird 117 2006 4, June Sunday, — Date Release 87 Mine finds 125 “Dies ___” Ginger Rogers Raymond Massey Legal matter 89 Chignon’s resting 126 White-tailed eagles 17 Nick and Nora’s pet 74 Jewish month 118 Blue Eagle org. place 127 Don’t ___ on me: 18 Evened the score 75 Vinegar formed 120 Sphere or system 90 Magic herb for flag motto 24 “Aida” or “Thais” from ale starter Odysseus 128 Widow’s portion 26 Perry’s gal Friday 76 Mexican dish 121 Secreted

SAAR HE I D I G I LDA SKAT ACLE AROON ORIEL SISI PH I LOVANCE BERNADETTE SEC PETS RYE E I RE TAD ENERO STELE S I L LY STAIRS GAINING CLIFFS HEDDA BELA NARE ADORE ALAE BURT MIRE OYER K I M CARMEN VEN I CE LUG ECSTASY DECAL CONCEDE ANT GAP LAO CLAUD I A AUD I T TOTTERS RAB YODE L S DAMAGE MOA ORES NAPE MOL Y SMUG OGLES R IGA FATE STATE NE I GHS CAMI LLE PLEBES NOR I A REVUE ALAMO ORC ULES NAB SNAP V I S GEORGESAND BECKYSHARP RALE NI TRE ECOLE IRAE ERNS TREAD DOWER DYNE 6/4/2006 OBSERVER National Pastime Edited by Linda and Charles Preston ACROSS 1234 5678 91011121314151617

1 R & B’s Domino 18 19 20 21 5 Little Rhody capital 22 23 24 25 9 Sale stipulation 13 Wretched places 26 27 28 18 French friend 19 Dutch treat 29 30 31 20 Actress Thompson 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 21 English architect Jones 41 42 43 44 45 22 Judgment call at home 46 47 48 49 50 25 ___ two: 1:50 26 Flavored with 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 hazelnuts 58 59 60 61 62

27 Bikini and Wake Crossword 28 Trial at 63 64 65 66 Alamogordo 29 Pool player’s piece 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 30 Mixes 31 Auction 77 78 79 80 81 82 acknowledgment 32 Safe keeper? 83 84 85 86 38 Fan club member 41 Logrolling 87 88 89 90 91 tournament 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 42 Angeles article 43 Mathematician 99 100 101 Napier a.k.a. ___ 45 UN’s worldwide 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 workers 46 Novelist Bagnold 111 112 113 47 Battle of Normandy site 114 115 116 117 49 Bent again 118 119 120 121 51 Tokyo, once 52 Burglar alarm? 57 Elizabeth II to ©2006 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved 6/11/2006 Edward VIII 58 Matter of chance 60 Sang like Bing 101 Cologne connector 7 Lyrical poem 40 Roundup 80 Drinks on the drink 62 Concerning 102 Caprices 8 Moves out 44 Soccer superstar 81 Hook or Kidd: abbr. 63 Mai ___ 104 Turks and ___ 9 Classify 47 Passionless 84 In the past 64 Historians Charles islands 10 Continues a sea philosopher 86 106 48 Author Amy or Mary Treat with voyage Asian celebration 89 65 Silver or Wood contempt 11 Sosa to sandlotters 50 Mirthful Elves 90 67 Heart problem? 111 Attacked 12 Lacking, in Lyons 52 ___ Na Na Restaurant rating 70 Pungent pepper 112 Free pass? 13 Troop tactic? 53 Fragrance 91 See 92 Across 73 Conquerors 114 Summertime in the 14 ___ many: 54 Man from Mashhad 93 South New 77 Sneakers or clogs Andes overloaded 55 Bridge expert Zealand port 79 Moonstruck star at 115 Rare bird 15 Easy out for 56 Doze off 95 Speedsters the plate? 116 Abacus operator A-Rod? 59 Superman makeup 96 “Blame ___ Rio”: 82 Like winter 117 Switch add-on 16 Certain trip takers 61 Wet blankets Caine movie weather 118 Batted 17 Kind of ball 64 Track action 97 83 119 19 66 Successful batter Hustler’s hangout Legendary Loch Greet the day Not closed, to 98 85 Extremists, for 120 Leo’s hello? 23 Right-hand page Coleridge Keep ___ to the short 121 24 67 ground French aits Resembling: suffix Savory jelly 102 86 Hulot on film 30 Pub perch 68 Gang member’s That’s a relief! 87 Kind DOWN 32 Jerk girl in Guadalajara 103 Mandlikova of 88 Some unhittable 33 Celtic John “___” 69 Part of a pirate’s tennis curves? 1 He’s part goat Havlicek travelogue? 104 Offshoot: var. 90 Alley ___ 2 Bullets, pellets, et 34 Part of TSE 71 Competent 105 Literary Lindbergh 91 Pontiff’s formal al. 35 Sleep med. 72 Elihu and family 106 Soft drink wear 3 Different little 36 Pueblo cookware 73 Boor 107 92 37 74 Ein follower Man in Havana house on the Tried again for Algerian port native 108 94 Trampoline prairie? office 75 Squeal Lady’s man 109 tutoring? 4 Half-dozen tamales 38 Oppenheimer’s 76 Brandish Juicy leaf plant

99 On 5 Public placard org. 78 Quick coffee 110 Pt. of Ali’s stats 2006 11, June Sunday, — Date Release 100 Grades 6 Sort of awakening 39 Choose break? 113 Altar answer

FATS PROV AS I S HOLES AM I E GOUDA SADA I N I GO UMP I RESDEC I S I ON TENOF NOI SETTE ATOLLS ATEST CUE ST I RS NOD CHESTPROTECTOR ADORER ROLEO LOS NEPER I LO EN I D STLO RECURVED EDO STEALS I GNAL N I ECE POTSHOT CROONED ASTO TA I BEARD RON ACHE CAYENNE CAPTORS SHOES BATT I NGCAGE RAW POOLHAL L RADS TAT I I LK OGEES OOP FANON CASTRO SPRINGTRAINING L I T RATES UND WHIMS CA I COS SNEEZEAT HADAT I NTENT I ONALWALK ENERO ONER ADDER EROO WASUP NESS ROAR I LES 6/11/2006 OBSERVER Dad’s Turn? Edited by Linda and Charles Preston ACROSS 1234 56789 101112131415161718

1 Settled with the 19 20 21 22 piper 5 Chopped down 23 24 25 26 10 Panache 14 One kind of ball 27 28 29 19 Italian wine town 30 31 32 20 Play to an audience 33 34 35 36 37 21 Famed Ferrara family 38 39 40 41 42 43 22 Start of an Irish lullaby 44 45 46 47 48 23 Artist’s gender 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 reject? 26 New Jersey’s 56 57 58 59 Perth ___ Crossword 27 Like a spy’s letters 60 61 62 28 Stephanie Zimbalist’s dad 63 64 65 66 29 South American’s backbone 67 68 69 70 71 30 Repute 72 73 74 75 76 31 Composer Bruckner 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 32 Word to go with oath or way 84 85 86 87 88 33 Martyred Norwegian Prime 89 90 91 Minister Palme 92 93 94 95 96 34 Nisei’s dad 35 Imperatively 97 98 99 100 38 Go it alone 40 Native language? 101 102 103 104 43 Enemy 44 Short-tailed lemur 105 106 107 108 46 Cpl., e.g. 47 Eternities ©2006 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved 6/18/2006 48 Sheet of matted 86 5 34 67 cotton New Haven’s Delayed action Up to scratch? Ali Baba or Sinbad 49 founder 6 Arabian bigwig: 35 Felix, of “The Odd 68 Full of grease Ump’s NFL 87 counterpart Holler var. Couple” 69 Jacksonville Bowl 50 89 Bananas 7 Tidings 36 “Whole ___ 71 Nude, gender 90 8 Pizarro’s gold version De Brunhoff French Shakin’ Goin’ On” 73 elephant connections 37 Abominable one Dull finish 55 Dramatist Ugo 76 Softened up 56 91 Soccer great 9 Apologia 38 Little Echo’s title Pre-1975 Benin 92 10 39 78 Shackles 58 Have ___: nosh Nathan ___, of United, old style Sea duck 93 Perfumery “Guys and Dolls” 41 Fed the pot 79 Run into from 59 Prague, in Prague 11 42 60 ingredient Deathly pale Like the old bucket behind ___ down: 94 Takes umbrage 12 Goblet feature 45 Smith-Herbert’s 80 Eastern VIP soft-pedaled 97 Maniple 13 That girl “___ You Were 81 Perplexed 61 Half a reiterative 98 14 Spouse of a Brine Seatless fan Mine” 82 “I Only Have ___ German spa poem subject? 15 “New York, New 48 Koch’s 62 Wharton’s Ethan You” 101 Kitchen gadget York” composer predecessor 85 63 Synagogues 102 51 Caught dead to 64 Lendl of the courts Betty Singer Ed rights Filthy money 103 “From ___ shining 16 Wrong gender 52 Get in touch with 65 Fans 53 88 Zeno’s hometown ...” American Kol ___: Yom 90 67 Rich Little’s forte 104 Wriggly impressionist? Kippur eve prayer “O! let me not 68 Nursery rhymer’s 105 Sweeney and Mike 17 Piccadilly Circus 54 “Doe, ___, a ___,”: Shak. spouse? 106 Cheryl or Alan statue female...” 91 Pasta sauce 70 The ___: rock 107 Title for Segovia 18 Manner 55 Beetle ___: 92 Little king of band 108 Senator from 24 Minor fracas scowling comics 72 Soprano Grist Kansas 25 Following 57 Beautiful nymph 93 Bossa ___ 73 Marshal Dillon 29 Scottish cattle 59 PGA members 94 Tatum’s dad 74 Temple, TX sch. DOWN breed 61 Small mesa 95 75 Cliff Huxtable’s boy Bleak, to Scott 31 “... for want of ___ 62 Baker’s need 96 77 1 63 Peddle Relative of ooh! Handle clumsily the horse ...” Asparagus length 97 78 It’s not nice to fool 2 Late tennis great 32 Exhorted 64 Shaping machine Before Nov. him, either 3 To put ___ a 33 Nursery rhyme 65 Ship’s officer, 98 Part of RSVP 2006 18, June Sunday, — Date Release 83 Sailors’ saint nutshell ... character’s informally 99 Ruby or Sandra 84 Dark damsel 4 Stain spouse? 66 Counterfeit 100 Deli bread

P A I D HEWED DA SH SCREW AST I EMOTE ESTE TOORA WHI STLERSFATHER AMBOY ENCODED EFREM ANDES ODOR ANTON UNDER OLOF I SSE I URGENTLY SOLO FATHERTONGUE FOE I NDR I NCO AGES BATT REF FATHERNAKED BETT I DAHOMEY E I DER PRAHA TONED BADEN FROME SHULS LUCRE BLOWERS APERY FATHERGOOSE WHO RER I MATT ASU DREAR AAH FATHERNATURE ELMO BRUNETTE EATON YELL BATTY BABAR PELE AB I TE NEROL RESENTS ORALE SOMEBODYSFATHER CORER I VAN SEATO EELY TODDS LADD SENOR DOLE 6/18/2006 OBSERVER Some Similes Edited by Linda and Charles Preston ACROSS 12345 6789 101112131415161718

1 Con games 19 20 21 22 6 French vineyards 10 “___ Lama Ding 23 24 25 26 Dong”: 1961 song 14 Make a basket 27 28 29 30 19 One of the archangels 31 32 33 34 35 20 Steak order 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 21 Long-legged bird 22 Alan and Barbara 46 47 48 49 50 51 23 Voracious eel 24 God or island in 52 53 54 55 Samoa 25 Antenna shape, 56 57 58 59 60 nowadays 61 62 63 64 65

26 Man and Wight Crossword 27 Phantom’s 66 67 68 69 bailiwick 28 Playing marble 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 29 Left-hand page 30 Tantalize 82 83 84 85 86 31 Quiet ___ 34 Actor Stern, of 87 88 89 90 91 “Home Alone” 36 Wood for baseball 92 93 94 95 bats 96 97 98 99 100 101 39 Rosary prayers 40 Aspiring author’s 102 103 104 105 106 unpub. pile 42 Spartan queen 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 43 Pay ___ view 46 Showed scorn or 117 118 119 120 derision 48 Leader of fallen 121 122 123 124 angels 125 126 127 128 50 Jewish school 52 Intense fear 53 Low, wet tracts ©2006 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved 6/25/2006 55 Neat ___ 97 36 77 56 Capital of 106 DOWN Up and about Bravo and Grande Word before fossil Down 37 Part of an act 79 Pavarotti offerings or finger 99 1 38 80 57 Hollywood Japanese form of Wandering tribe From the garden Overlaid with gold dealmaker: abbr. wrestling 41 European master 81 Concise leaf 100 2 Riding whip in India 83 58 Golf club “The Thin Man” Corrode 3 River in England 43 Vocal organs? 86 60 Bridget Fonda, to scene-stealer The real McCoy 101 Haggard novel 4 Stiller’s partner 44 Eject from the 88 Strikebreaker Jane 102 5 90 61 Saxophone need Nuns’ superior Very cunning premises “The Enigma 62 104 Fresh ___ 6 Hit the books 45 Rajah’s wife Variations” Sharpens 7 47 63 Ravel composition 107 Tree of the birch Proportions Adler or Kirchwey composer 65 family 8 Brazilian black 48 Bargain bonanza 91 Italian wine region Fr. holy woman 49 93 66 Crushing snake 110 Peter, of “A World vulture Pianist Peter Worked the dough 68 Without Love” 9 Rachel Carson’s 51 Yes, in Yokahama 95 Meek ___ Tied contests 53 98 70 Arthur or Lillie fame “The ___ Around Moslem mosque Take upon oneself 73 112 Nobel physicist Us” tower 100 Slowly, in music Merle, of 10 54 Hollywood Fitch Carnival attraction Joins, in a way 102 Eagle’s home 11 57 103 76 With 16 Down, cut 113 Smallest in size “Just ___ in a “___ Pyle, Dishonor or time: in music 117 gilded cage” U.S.M.C.” disgrace Baseball’s Yogi 12 59 105 78 ‘Mr. Republican’ 118 Two together Liturgical book Coolness in danger Having to do with 82 13 Sweet ___ 62 Target in quoits birds Russian union 119 Capital of Latvia 84 Change the decor 14 “... fleece was ___” 64 “Norma ___” 106 Country on the 120 Fill with color 15 67 85 Land of the 121 Atelier item Irritatingly Red Sea Author Nin 16 impudent 107 Blind as ___ shamrock 122 With 76 Across, cut 86 Samms of TV time: in music 69 Entertainer Kay 108 He’s after Carson Ballet studio 123 fixture Mutilate 17 Victory signs 70 Fundamental 109 Sixty grains 124 87 Some are tossed Entertain at a 18 Being 71 Obliterate 111 Dutch cheese 89 Matadors banquet 29 Suit parts 72 Geographic 114 Sleeveless Arab 91 More breezy 125 Heavy reading? 32 Assert reference book garments 126 92 Sharp ___ Suppose 33 Common sense: 74 Pervasive 115 One of a people in 2006 25, June Sunday, — Date Release 94 Irritates 127 Social climber colloq. atmosphere Sierra Leone 95 Green ___ 128 Happen as a 35 Any invention, at 75 Water wheel 116 French head 96 Bandleader Brown consequence first 76 French caps 119 Apt. units

SCAMS CRUS RAMA WEAVE UR I EL RARE IBIS HALES MORAY ATUA DI SH I SLES OPERA MI B VERSO TEASE ASAMOUSE DAN I EL ASH AVES MSS LEDA PER SCOFFED SATAN YESH I VA TERROR MARSHES ASAP I N I NDEX G I LT I RON N I ECE REED HONES BOL ERO STE A BOMA DRAWS BEA OBERON BREVE TAFT ARTEL REDO E I RE BARRE SALADS TOREROS A I R I ER ASATACK R I LES ASGRASS LES SANA AGT ASTA SHE ABBESS ASADA I SY ALDER ASHER VAL LEAST BERRA DUAD R I GA I MBUE ANA I S EMMA MA I M FEAST TOMES DEEM SNOB ENSUE 6/25/2006 OBSERVER Anticipation Edited by Linda and Charles Preston ACROSS 1234 56789 101112131415161718

1 Monopoly cubes 19 20 21 22 5 Stork or egret 10 Campanile or 23 24 25 26 belfry 15 Carried away by 27 28 29 30 love 31 32 33 34 35 36 19 Skunk’s defense 20 Appetite stimulator 37 38 39 40 41 42 21 French painter Claude 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 22 Principal Norse deity 50 51 52 53 54 55 23 Start of holiday legend 56 57 58 27 Blueprint add-on 59 60 61 28 First Arabic letter Crossword 29 Indefinite periods 62 63 64 65 66 of time 30 Point of view 67 68 69 31 Hastened 32 “Dead ___ 70 71 72 73 74 75 Society” 34 Cul-de-___ 76 77 78 79 80 36 Dangerous curve 81 82 83 84 37 Stand firm against 40 ___ rabbit: cheese 85 86 87 88 89 90 dish 41 Early temples 91 92 93 94 95 96 43 “___ the Roof”: 1963 song 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 44 Missile-storage structure 104 105 106 107 108 109 45 Auk genus 110 111 112 113 46 At any time 50 Legend continues 114 115 116 117 55 Buddhist monk 56 Worked another’s ©2006 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved 7/2/2006 shift 57 Made public 94 ___ Solo, of “Star 8 Flightless bird 42 Greek goddess of 75 Palmer pegs 58 Noisy, confused Wars” down under the moon 77 Mountain in fight 95 Self-assurance 9 Abyssinian prince 44 Tuscany art center Thessaly 59 Caribbean 96 Barber’s call 10 Free from 45 Tapestry wall 78 Days, in Spain souvenirs? 97 Ancient city, once obstacles hanging 79 Axlike tool 60 Slander the port of Rome 11 East Indian trees 47 Marked bravery 80 Draft org. 61 Those under legal 99 Fairy godmother’s 12 India and printer’s 48 Word with board or 86 T.E. Lawrence’s age stick 13 Ump’s cousin wheel adopted name 62 Daughter of 100 Romanian coins 14 DDE’s domain 49 Charlotte and 87 Word after war or Mohammed 101 Fr. holy woman 15 Norma poke 65 Graduate’s robe Lead players 104 End of legend 16 51 Last syllable of a 88 Italian resort 66 110 Popular old saying It’s off-limits to Head, in Toulouse 17 word 89 Leased 111 “Big ___ Don’t 52 dieters Pickling solution Cry”: 1962 song Alpaca’s cousin 90 Theater sign 67 Hand-plaited hat 112 53 Cut in two 18 Where to find Japanese silkworm 91 Slogan 68 Originates 113 54 Constellation in the Aconcagua Rows of seats 92 Very pale 69 Rail bird 58 Milky Way 24 Baby perches Nanki-Poo’s father 93 Giant grass 70 The end 114 Unique thing 60 Novelist Danielle 25 95 Velvetlike fabric 71 Buckwheat stem 115 IQ test developer Iacocca and 61 Noted tenor Lanza Trevino 96 covering 116 Brought to a close 62 Widely known Ingenuous 72 117 26 Anagram of acre 63 98 Road to Rome Neptune’s scepter Angel or enemy 31 Embrocate 99 76 Drama lead-in lead-in From then until 64 “The Crescent Wagon or cart of 77 Legend continues now yore 32 Moon” author 100 81 River in Germany DOWN Peak in the Jura 65 Sharpen a razor Lacking hair 82 Mountains 66 101 Prophet Roadside sign 33 Humorous Danish 83 At liberty 1 Ready for serving Swan genus pianist 102 Magnesium silicate 84 Caesar’s fatal date 2 Pedestal occupant 34 Word before days 67 Apple or pear 103 Greenland 85 City in the Ruhr 3 Monk’s hood or dressing 68 Beautiful, in Bonn settlement valley 4 History chapter 35 Dill weed 69 Elegance of 105 Recede 87 Trail mark on a 5 Pickpocket’s goal 37 Dull, fixed routine manner 106 Dernier ___ tree 6 Plant of the arum 38 Epic poetry 71 Repeatedly 107 Article in

89 Niche family 39 Daytime TV fare 73 Official “Newsweek”? 2006 2, July Sunday, — Date Release 91 Chinese 7 Lift one’s hat in 40 “The ___ of War” proclamation 108 Pallid communist leader greeting 41 Run away 74 Nest of pheasants 109 Eggs, to Cicero

D I CE WADER SP I RE GAGA ODOR AROMA MONET OD I N NOWAL LOFUSLOOKFORWARD E L L A L I F EONS ANGL E SPED POETS SAC ESS RES I ST WELSH FANES UPON S I LO ALLE EVER TOACUL I NARYTREAT LAMA SPEL LED A I RED MELEE TANS SMEAR M I NORS FAT I MA STARS BAKERY PANAMA STEMS SORA OMEGA OCREA TR I DENT ME LO OFHOL I DAYGOOD I ES EDER STOP I DLE I DES ESSEN BLAZE RECESS MAO HAN PO I SE NEXT OST I A WAND BAN I STE THATWECANNOTWA I TTOEAT TETE BR I NE HALVE VELA ONER B I NET ENDED ARCH 7/2/2006 OBSERVER All Ablaze Edited by Linda and Charles Preston ACROSS 12345 6789101112131415

1 Destined 16 17 18 19 6 Place for public discussion 20 21 22 23 11 ... a ___ thieves 16 Hand or steak 24 25 26 27 28 29 descriptive 17 ___ ware: 30 31 32 33 34 Japanese 35 36 37 38 39 40 porcelain 18 Amatory 41 42 43 44 45 20 Pyromaniac 21 Navigational 46 47 48 49 hazards 22 Bright color 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 24 “Diamonds ___ a 59 60 61 62 63 64

Girl’s Best Friend” Crossword 25 More breezy 65 66 67 68 27 “Out of ___”: Redford flick 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 29 Special time 30 LA footballers 76 77 78 79 80 81 32 Architect Jose Luis 33 College in New 82 83 84 85 Rochelle, NY 34 Mine entrance 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 35 Fifteen-percenter 37 Ireland, until 1937 95 96 97 98 99 39 Under the 100 101 102 103 104 spreading chestnut ___ ... 105 106 107 108 109 110 40 Earthen ware pot 41 Repudiation 111 112 113 114 115 116 43 Bright retorts 45 Moved laboriously 117 118 119 46 Nose of an airplane 120 121 122 48 Jury members, in theory ©2006 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved 7/9/2006 49 Pocket bread 91 Method of house DOWN 38 Members of a 75 “I saw ___ of 50 Brilliant gemstone 54 construction privileged group fishing boats ...”: It follows AFL 95 Makes profit by 1 Relief pitchers, in 39 Alpine region Lindbergh 55 Andirons swindling baseball 40 Quote 77 Passing fancies 59 Danube tributary 79 60 96 Viking explored it 2 Actress Sue ___ 42 Easy, swinging French nobleman Upright 81 Dumbo’s wings 62 Luxuriant tropical in 1975 Langdon stride 97 Son of Aphrodite 3 Brass instrument 44 Luau adornment 83 Bargain bonanza? vine 84 64 99 It flows through 4 Small reticules 45 Anagram of lair Stravinsky ballet Saroyan’s “My with “The” Name is ___” Paris 5 Senior’s goal 47 Supreme military 86 Satirize playfully 65 “Kidnapped” 100 Clumsy ones 6 Unsafe building commander 87 Semitic language monogram 101 Weak or ineffectual 7 Hebrew measure 49 It’s used in roofing 8 88 Shot the gun again 66 New Guinea port 102 Long periods Charlotte and John materials 9 50 89 Make gentle city 104 ___ juncta in unio: City in Turkey He was KO’d by 90 67 Actor’s lead-in 10 Fails to go off Jack Dempsey in Below average three joined in one 92 Rifle or pistol 68 Württemberg 105 11 Describe exactly 1912 Sapporo sash 51 93 Negatively charged measure 106 12 Author Jong Village on Long 69 Tourist’s tower site Singer Brewer Island, NY atoms 108 13 Wife of Nick 94 71 It’s noted for its Curt in speech 52 Civet Beauty’s love 110 Charles 96 white cliffs Dawn goddess 14 53 “___ It to Beaver” Groucho, Chico Prom follower? and Harpo 73 Takes five 111 Locomotive engine 15 55 He sold his soul to 75 All enthused 98 Pinches out a Incite or help compartment 16 Optical illusion the devil 76 “Chestnuts 113 candle Cremona prize 19 Cherry-red 56 African pygmy 101 roasting on an ___ 115 Sierra ___ Stinging insect 20 Unit of capacitance antelope 103 ...” 117 “... over ___ milk” Chemical used to 23 Antedeluvian 57 Pluckier 106 78 ___ Amin 58 Skier’s aid 80 test fuel oils 26 Goddess of the Hit hard 107 Japanese pearl Become excited 118 Versatile beam 61 82 Plant yielding a rainbow Middling grade divers 119 Reckless 28 Small, Eurasian 63 Diamonds, to some 108 Suit to ___ fragrant ointment 70 83 Actor’s error speculations deer Vexes 109 Musical group 85 Coin of Iran 120 Challenges 31 One shooting from 71 Dreadful 112 Sched. posting 72 86 Lutelike Indian 121 Ancient chariot ambush Angers 114 Beast of burden 2006 9, July Sunday, — Date Release instrument 122 Word before cellar 34 Fleet of warships 73 Ransack and rob 116 Ever, to Edna St. 89 Shirt-tie union or door 36 Source of poi 74 Skedaddle Vincent Millay

FATED FORUM DENOF MINUTE IMARI EROTIC F I REBUG REEFS F I RERED ARE A I R I ER AFR I CA ERA RAMS SERT I ONA AD I T AGENT E I RE TREE CRUSE DEN I AL SAL L I ES L I MPED PROW PEERS P I TA F I REOPAL C I O F I REDOGS I SAR ERECT L I ANA ARAM RLS LAE CUE IMI P I SA DOVER RESTS ABET OPENF I RE I D I TAKEF I RE NARD FLUFF R I AL SARODE T I ECL I P PREFAB PREYS MARS EROS SE I NE OAFS LAME EONS TR I A OB I TERESA ABRUPT EOS FIREBOX AMATI FIREANT CETANE LASER FL I ERS DARES ESSED STORM 7/9/2006 OBSERVER Crossword Release Date — Sunday, July 16, 2006 7/16/2006 7/16/2006 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 Rancid bacon, once 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 It’s before bag or pole 82 84 87 89 91 93 95 79 99 97 101 102 104 106 107 108 109 110 112 113 114 115 118 120 Edited by Linda and Charles Preston SPAS EDD I E NOAH ABLY P ICAS STEN OUST COMAE SPEW Language of Caesar Florida mollusk Temporary break Vessels for heating liquids Apportioned Bromidic Bill-signing memento Type used for emphasis Anagram of nails Lizard or turtle Shadow Hollywood mantel decoration Extract by force Ancient Hebrew measure Japanese diplomat and artist Bank acct. addition Apogee’s opposite Synagogues Island near the Bay of Naples Cerebration results Castle protectors Branch of geometry Wagons “Every Which Way But ___” City in the Ruhr valley 40 41 43 44 45 47 49 52 53 55 58 59 61 64 66 68 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 I SSUES DEN I ALS RECENT LANA OPERA EL I DE STES LOBE OL I VA I L I AC ORAN ADO ACTORPEAR ROUAULT SEL IM OSE ST I LE LOSE ER I E TOR I IATTU RESIN LEARN SISSY ELLA I OUS SCAR RAMAH PULA LS I RYBRANCUSI ROSE BONER DAS SUMMA PAULKLEE CANT BECKMANN ASSTS PR I EST CIMBRI SENAT WHISTLER RATON R I GOR I NSDELSARTO BASES RES LEONARDO CAPLETREADS LAFARGEURNS CAB SEEPED TROOP I OTAS SLATE O I LER LUNA MI I UTR I LLO S I NEW SAL Grafted, in heraldry Actor’s aids Amo, amas, ___ Iacocca and Trevino Junta They’re opposite to altruists Broken bread Cliff home It’s before attack or button Coconut husk fiber Magician’s syllables Noted portraitist: 1723-92 Strong and healthy City in Belgium Skirt or van lead-in Rosary prayer ___ hearing: partially deaf Who painted “Morning Sunlight”? Director Grosbard Flaccid Actor Lorenzo, of “Lethal” Diving ducks Noted US illustrator: 1894-1978 Evangelist Roberts Showing good sense 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 28 30 32 34 35 37 38 39 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 103 104 105 106 69 70 71 33 34 35 36 Thick slice Act the stool pigeon Extreme hardship Officeholders Parts of a baseball diamond Distributes Contradictions Modern Bath and Saratoga Springs Albert or Arcaro A Webster Andrea ___, fresco artist Legal point Who painted “Mona Lisa”? New York barge canal Japanese gateway Memorize Debtor’s slips One of the Turners La Scala offering Slur over Fr. holy women Westernmost Aleutian island Plant or tree exudate Actress Spacek Logan or Fitzgerald 1 107 108 109116122126 110 117 123 111 127 118 112 119 120 124 128 113 114 121 115 125 129 4651576372 73 6480 58 52 74 47869298 87 81 53 48 75 88 82 93 54 65 59 94 66 99 60 49 89 83 100 55 50 90 84 76 95 56 67 61 96 101 68 62 77 102 78 97 91 85 79 123419 5678923 101112131415161718 2737 38 20 39 28 24 40 29 21 30 25 31 41 32 22 42 26 43 44 45 ©2006 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved Art Quiz 92 94 96 97 98 100 102 103 105 106 107 111 112 116 117 119 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 DOWN Who painted his mother in black and white? Bustle Cast member Who painted “The Old King”? Verb or ram follower Pome fruit Ottoman sultan Ending for turn Come in second Al Capone feature Home of the prophet Samuel Drawer handles Light, pink wine Earring’s place Papa Dionne Sacro follower Algerian seaport Ethereal Silly blunder ___ cum laude “I ___ Get Started”: 1935 song Who sculpted “The Kiss”? “___ Kapital” Who painted “Twittering Machine”? Force out Bunches of branches Gush forth Pharmaceutical tablet Which muralist created “Red and White Peonies”? Oozed gradually Studies, as law Singer Calloway Boy Scout unit List of candidates Decorative vases Jots Commercial tanker First mooncraft Twice DI Who painted “Sacre-Coeur de Montmartre”? Muscular power Actor Mineo Who painted “The Descent from the Cross”? Aides to VIPs Clergyman With competence Typography units British gun A Germanic tribe c. 100 B.C. French legislature 1 5 80 81 83 85 86 88 90 91 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 54 56 57 58 60 62 63 65 67 69 70 71 72 75 76 ACROSS OBSERVER Crossword Release Date — Sunday, July 23, 2006 7/23/2006 7/23/2006 Volcanic peaks Sluggish Monotonous speech style Oil export org. Instructive letter Skull cavity Astonish greatly NCO Overwhelm the imagination Make knotted lace Kodiaks Map within a map Canadian peninsula Soothing ointment Not up-to-date Betel palm Stove gadget Practices for the bout The constellation Capricorn Culture medium Deep sea shocker ___ -picker: overly-fussy one Education org. Fairway position Sovereignty in India Bucket 81 84 86 87 89 91 92 94 96 97 98 99 80 77 100 101 103 104 105 106 109 111 114 116 117 119 Edited by Linda and Charles Preston OPS SAB I NES TSE ORA SNI VELS REO Poorly painted picture Logan or Fitzgerald Gambling game Ecclesiastical vestment White House nickname for Dwight Rain-soaked hobo? Annoying insect Supplements Didn’t spare the rod Denude Tricks into difficulty Leonard Nimoy, on “Star Trek” Old Nick Oozes gradually Malay isthmus Actress Ina, of “That’s Adequate” Satisfied Drumming tattoo Stare fiercely Lively round dance Venerated image Caan or Cagney Puffs like a locomotive Site of the Taj Mahal KRONE RAT I O GREET 44 45 46 47 49 51 52 53 55 56 57 60 61 62 65 66 68 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 TOPCOPS UDAL L LOWBLOW ANKLE JETB IGWIGS S I NGEENA TONGS APPAL FATCATS ASSET STAG GUS LONGSONGS ULEMA STELE AUTO R I ETTE P GARY DEARS EL I I SEE HUB T I TOAL LE OSE SM I THBACKPACK SNAKE BARRE TANK TEMPTS HI JACK JALAPROCS CLAPTRAP DAMAN SOURS OMR I REPEL VA I L NEAT N I CER NOL AN CROSSBOSS BUR I N DEBTS AN I SEULA A L SP I I CE DODGE STEVENS MAE OCA KERAT I N CHAPS AGA OVULE AGN I ANOA LEAVE MOTES ROOF DUMB ELCAR Act the dilettante Numero ___ “The ___ Happy Fella” Rathbone of filmdom Nudged rudely Romanian coin Burnett or Channing Dispatch boat Extend a subscription Smoothly gracious Belgian resort Anderson’s “High ___” Sheep shelter Combine Spanish cowboy Italy’s shape Small cut or notch Drudge Convex molding Harbinger of spring Highest note of Guido’s gamut This year’s graduates Goes at top speed Fairy tale monster Yoko ___ Bouillabaisse 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 25 29 32 35 36 37 39 41 42 93 94 95 96 97 40 41 42 43 69 70 71 “Terrace at Le Havre” painter “The Waste Land” author’s initials Influential people Ice bucket accessory Heavy party contributors Alfonso’s queen Party line Songwriter Edwards Mate or motive starter Fictional 100-year sleeper Valuable possession Extended vocals? Group of Moslem scholars Drive back Popular CO ski resort Undiluted More agreeable Stone pillar Kitchen follower Cooper or Crosby Precious ones 1 97 98 98 99107 100113120124 114 108 101 102 115 109 116 121 110 125 117 103 111 122 126 118 104 119 105 106 112 123 127 44 4554 46596472 47 73 6578 60 558388 84 79 85 48 80 74 89 66 61 56 49 90 50 57 51 52 91 86 81 75 58 53 67 62 68 63 92 87 82 76 77 1234519 678923 101112131415161718 2734 35 28 20 29 24 30 36 25 21 31 37 32 22 38 26 33 39 ©2006 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved Rhyme Time 102 103 107 108 110 111 112 113 115 118 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 DOWN 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 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 1 6 81 82 83 85 86 87 88 90 91 92 93 95 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 ACROSS OBSERVER Use Your Noodle Edited by Linda and Charles Preston ACROSS 1234 56789 101112131415161718

1 Subj. for Sir 19 20 21 22 Hermann Bondi 5 Good place for a 23 24 25 26 swing 10 TV actress Manoff, 27 28 29 30 31 32 of “A State of Grace” 33 34 35 15 Prefix for site or 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 legal 19 Wings 44 45 46 47 20 Papal vestment 21 Soap plant 48 49 50 51 22 Old oath 23 Marsh bird 52 53 54 55 24 Obsession 56 57 58 59

25 “West Side Story” Crossword girl 60 61 62 26 Theater balcony area 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 27 Common complaint 71 72 73 74 29 “Hamlet,” for one 31 Pilotless planes 75 76 77 78 33 Chaney and McCallister 79 80 81 82 34 Kind of chard or 83 84 85 86 cheese 35 Aid’s partner 87 88 89 36 Seaport of Luzon 39 Slow-witted 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 40 Another common complaint 98 99 100 101 102 103 44 Greek goddess of peace 104 105 106 107 45 Hag 108 109 110 111 46 Indications 47 Abyssinian prince 48 Alaskan gold rush ©2006 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved 7/30/2006 center 79 36 70 49 Black bird DOWN Starling’s cousin: Ceremonies “The ___ Man”: 80 Stitched together var. 72 1949 movie England’s chalk 81 Curves 1 “Monster ___”: 37 Originated hills 50 Black-and-blue 38 51 82 Robin Williams role 1963 song Valley in Argolis, 73 Plant of the violet Spanish architect 2 Plant used in Greece 52 Peer Gynt’s in “Aladdin” family 83 Promontory lotions 39 Skips the light 76 Impetuously mother 85 3 fantastic 53 Moved stealthily Unrefined Neighbor of Twelve 77 Barber’s chair 54 86 Dashing young Oaks 40 Busy places Flooring installer, 4 41 feature often men Give featured Type of sauce or 78 Wrestling hold 55 87 Stewart and Taylor billing soda 80 Gladden 88 5 42 Roadside sign 56 Like Irving’s Prepared to act Goddess of fruits Writer of mining 81 89 Thin wire nail 6 Doctoral exams town stories Scottish hillside horseman 90 7 43 82 Garden flower, for 58 Pitching offenses Physician’s Dancer Sally Mr. Kefauver 59 handwriting, often 8 Half of CCCII 45 Thorax short Murder and 93 9 46 84 Bureau part mayhem Long-time Pilot’s opponent? Soft and smooth 60 consumer 10 Twilled table linen 49 Lock of hair 85 Lebanese conifers Hop kiln 50 86 61 Baseball’s Staub advocate 11 Moslem prayer Light, swingy tunes Brazen 62 94 Automobile fixture leaders 51 David’s weapon 88 Gathered up the Diving bird 53 63 Drawing rooms 98 Warm spell, in 12 Mrs. Nick Charles Social divisions leaves 66 Jousts winter 13 Once called Clay 54 Distinguishing 89 Nut or palm 67 Hats, caps, etc. 99 Site of 1970 14 Coiffure accessory flavor 90 Normandy battle 71 Rachins and World’s Fair 15 Jai alai 55 Wear away site Rickman 101 Puts into 16 Greek competition 57 “Lorna ___” 91 58 Honolulu detective 72 Slate flooring slab circulation 17 O’Hara’s “A ___ to Papal decrees of fiction 73 Noted 103 City on the Oka Live” 59 Live embers 92 104 61 Move swiftly clergyman/author Bridal fabric 18 Summer refreshers Made angry 93 105 28 62 Philippine city Norman West African river Nat or Natalie Sudden transitions 94 74 106 30 63 Side or top starter It’s worn at a luau Cobbler’s Word before Singer Vaughan 95 75 Hoarfrost replacements pudding or paper 64 Skirt style Islands in Galway 76 107 Roman statesman 32 65 Female demon Bay 2006 30, July Sunday, — Date Release Expectant desires Cincinnati team 96 77 Stringed 108 Unique person 34 Cake or bread 66 Recorded Distribute instruments 109 Diploma holders starter 67 Ranch populations 97 Snow remover 78 Moss on 110 Agree 35 Norse god of the 68 Oxlike antelope 100 Baronet’s title Broadway 111 “If You ___ Susie” sea 69 High home 102 Crossword bird?

MATH PORCH D I NAH PARA ALAE ORALE AMOLE EGAD SORA MAN I A MAR I A LOGE HEADCOLD DRAMA DRONES LONS SWI SS ABET MAN I LA TH I CK HEADACHE I RENE CRONE S I GNS RAS NOME TH I RD L I V I D SERT ASE CREPT T I LER ELATE HEADLESS BALKS CR I MES OAST RUSTY LOON SALONS T I LTS HEADGEAR ALANS DALLE PEALE LE I R I ME HOPES HARPS HART AN I SEWED BENDS GEN I E HEADLAND CRASS BLADES RODS READY BRAD SCRAWL NADER HEADLAMP THAW OSAKA EMI TS OREL LACE N I GER SOLES CATO ONER GRADS TAL LY KNEW 7/30/2006 OBSERVER Eureka! Edited by Linda and Charles Preston ACROSS 1234 56789 101112131415161718

1 Carpet type 19 20 21 22 5 English teacher’s nightmare? 23 24 25 26 10 Analyze 15 Outburst of 27 28 29 30 31 32 emotion 33 34 35 36 19 Pianist Peter 20 Salk defeated it 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 21 Civil War general 22 Unique person 46 47 48 49 50 23 Russian river or mountains 51 52 53 54 55 24 Fierce badger 25 Jeopardy 56 57 58 59 60 26 “Too much, Too 61 62 63 64 65 66

Little, Too ___” Crossword 27 Rich source 67 68 69 70 71 29 ETO commander 31 Valuable powder 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 33 Broadway musical hit 82 83 84 85 86 87 34 “That’s ___”: Dean Martin’s 88 89 90 91 92 theme song 93 94 95 96 97 36 Tailor’s concern 37 He wrote “In Cold 98 99 100 101 102 Blood” 40 Speak strongly 103 104 105 106 against 42 Window curtains 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 46 Point in celestial body’s orbit 116 117 118 119 120 121 47 Like a person 122 123 124 125 who’s seen it all 48 Coffee alternative 126 127 128 129 50 Scandinavian folklore creature ©2006 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved 8/6/2006 51 Cross over 52 Froths 96 Polyphonic song DOWN 40 Set in the earth 84 Curtain material 53 Brazilian seaport 97 41 Wire, for short 86 55 They’re sometimes Court barrier Liter or meter girded 1 Warm and cozy 43 French soldier in 89 starter English yellow 98 Fishhook attachers 2 1992 Dustin WWI apples 56 House wing 44 100 US-Mexico border Hoffman movie Island in Upper 91 Precious metal for 57 Rigg or Ross 3 Shrinking sea New York Bay 58 Iris native to the town 4 45 interior decorators 102 Double eagle One of the deadly 92 Cape of Good Preserved green 5 Elf or pixie sins Thicker version of Hope fodder 6 47 91 Down 103 Bank transactions Crushing snake 94 60 Ignited Android on “Star 7 Der ___: Adenauer 49 Famous fabulist Semaphore item 61 Musical direction Trek - TNG” 8 Nuremberg 52 Spanish saint’s day 96 Actress 63 Coronet 105 Ointment-yielding negative celebrations Winningham 65 1849 CA event plants 9 Evergreen 53 Small, dark wild 97 The Swedish 67 Platinum wire loop 106 Bag or ball starter ground-cover goose Nightingale 69 Tribal divisions 107 Pungent garden 10 French physicist 54 “One in a ___ You”: 99 Small fur garments 71 Novelist’s concern annual 11 Understand song 101 72 Belt or snake It’s found on a 111 Electrical unit 12 Marionette-maker 57 Decorate 102 58 Waldorf and service flag 112 Member of the carp Tony Belgian coin Caesar 76 Prefix for face or 13 59 Add beauty to family Valencia farewell 104 Air raid warning faith 116 14 Shrieked 62 Small group of 78 Dunne and Cara Barbara or Anthony 15 106 Tourist haven 117 Hungarian seals 82 Longshoreman’s Most insignificant composer Karl 64 Otherwise called 107 Simple org. 119 Madonna’s musical 16 Two-toed sloth 66 Numbered hwy. 108 Last Jewish month 83 NY resort village hit 17 Defeats at bridge 68 Like some seals 109 Italian painter 85 Massenet heroine 121 Story starter 18 Weight allowance 70 Hebrews, Arabs, Guido 87 Use the credit 122 Resounded 28 Wilander of tennis etc. 110 Hamlet or Borge cards 123 Bert’s “Sesame 30 Lavish excess 72 US physicist Josiah 112 88 73 “Working ___”: Austrian composer Street” roommate affection New York city on 1988 movie Alban 32 2006 6, August Sunday, — Date Release 124 Made public Pub missile the Allegheny 113 Author of “Bus 90 Highway haulers 125 34 Semitic language 74 Part of S-M-L 91 Stravinsky 35 75 Stop” Taken as a 126 One of the Lauders Actor Novarro 114 premise Sister of Ares 37 Jobs for Perry 77 Talks wildly Flat-bottomed boat 92 Broad smile 127 Direct a course Mason? 79 Water wheel 115 Large number of 93 ___ wind: 128 Emulates Humpty 38 Green, yellow or 80 “Dallas” family cattle braggart Dumpty red fruit name 118 German pronoun 95 Ameche or Rickles 129 Lascivious 39 Sacred song 81 Detect 120 By way of

SHAG SLANG ASSAY GUST NERO POL I O MEADE ONER URAL RATEL PER I L LATE GOLDM I NE DDE GOLDDUST CATS AMORE SEAM CAPOTE PROTEST DRAPES APS I S BLASE TEA TROLL SPAN FOAMS BELEM K I LO ELL DIANA FREESIA LIT SEMPRE T I ARA GOLDRUSH OESE CLANS PLOT GOLDSTAR I NTER I RENES I LA SARANAC MANON OWE BERG SEMI S G I VEN GR I N BAGOF DON MOTET LO I NS SNEL LS NOGALES S I LAGE DATA NARDS HAND MAR I GOLD RE L GOLDF I SH EDEN LEAST EV I TA ONCE RANG ERN I E A I RED I GOR ER I S STEER FALLS LEWD 8/6/2006 OBSERVER Let’s Play Ball Edited by Linda and Charles Preston ACROSS 1234 56789 101112131415161718

1 A Queen’s 19 20 21 22 stadium 5 Muse of poetry 23 24 25 26 10 Banana split containers 27 28 29 30 15 Church service 31 32 33 19 Actor Julia 20 Lawn tool 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 21 Cravat 22 Eight: prefix 42 43 44 45 46 23 Selleck film 25 Redford film 47 48 49 50 27 Sororal 28 Performed 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 30 Leave in the lurch 58 59 60 61

31 Clinton’s canal Crossword 32 “___ Gay” 62 63 64 33 Expires 34 Bites the dust? 65 66 67 68 69 70 37 Blast from the past 38 Brown-haired 71 72 73 74 42 Duval’s org. 43 Costner film 75 76 77 78 46 Mischief 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 47 Provoke 48 Maiden name 87 88 89 90 91 indicator 49 Twelve ___: 92 93 94 Ashley’s estate 50 Hawaiian song 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 51 Get it? 52 Berenger/Sheen 103 104 105 106 film 107 108 109 110 57 Pachyderm of prose 111 112 113 114 58 Harpsichords 60 Approximately 61 Wandering ©2006 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved 8/13/2006 62 Ahead of time 63 Salt away 95 Western or 9 Virginia Woolf 39 See 36 Down 73 Coke’s competition 64 In any way Spanish novel 40 Olympic sprinter 76 Laundry items of 65 Bowman of 98 Lorelei 10 Fought Eddie yore hockey 99 Elementary particle 11 Actor Milo 41 Movie reviewer 80 Talked amorously 67 12 44 Pass out 103 Costner film Served like Delight in 81 Startled 68 105 Sampras 45 Scoundrel In reality Mantle/Maris film 82 Drink too much 71 Bookies 107 ___ of Man 13 Heavy weight 50 Ms. Maples 14 52 83 Passage 72 Verdon musical 108 Pioneering legend Play grounds Trading centers 15 53 84 74 ___ whiz! 109 Between: prefix Airy, chilled Friend Seems 75 54 85 Makes a choice 110 Dueling piece dessert Papal language Parcel of land 76 16 55 88 Cad 111 Herring kin Part of a spread “___ and Ivory” Conducted a 77 17 Astrology item 56 Always, to poets 112 Got up Major body vessel survey 78 18 Granular 57 Bustles, in Bonn Doctors’ org. 113 Experiments 91 Aquatic Williams 79 Famed opera seasoning 59 Stuffing materials 93 114 Wrest 24 61 John’s instrument house, briefly Letter stroke Major ending 94 80 26 Adolescents 63 MVP Sosa Winter woe Ernest Thayer DOWN 95 poem 29 ’Do 64 Bitter to the taste Osaka sashes 86 32 65 96 Iditarod command Witty remark 1 Senior Jazz dance 87 Weaponry 33 66 97 Scat queen Got on one’s 2 English explorer, Grappler knees Madras dress Sir Francis 67 Got along 98 Scram! 3 Airline routing 89 Big-eyed Asian 34 Relig. 68 Tropical evergreen 99 Newts primate centers 35 Concur trees 100 4 Uplifts 36 69 Rappelling need 90 Grooms With 39 Down, Clunker 101 92 5 Honorary retirees Norworth/Van 70 Portent Sounds of surprise Irish poetry 102 93 Hemingway and 6 White oak Tilzer song Nobelist Requirement Haydn 7 Not here 37 Butter substitutes 72 Administers 104 Go bad

94 Fashionable hotels 8 ___ Aviv-Jaffa 38 Corker medicine 106 Donkey, in Dijon 2006 13, August Sunday, — Date Release

ASHE ERATO BOATS MASS RAUL MOWER ASCOT OCTA MRBASEBALL THENATURAL S I STERLY ACTED DESERT ER I E ENOLA D I ES EATS I T OLD I E BRUNETTE PGA F I E LDOFDREAMS HOB I RK NEE OAKS MELE SEE MAJORLEAGUE BABAR CEMBA LOS ABOUT ERRANT EARLY STORE ATALL SCOTTY FA I NT ACTUAL LY TOUTS DAMNYANKEES GEE OPTS WORM EER AMA MET CASEYATTHEBAT MOT PROPOSED LOR I S PREENS OOHS PAPAS SPAS OMELET S IREN ELECTRON BUL LDURHAM SAFEATHOME I SLE BOONE I NTER EPEE SHAD STOOD TESTS REND 8/13/2006 OBSERVER Just Browsing Edited by Linda and Charles Preston ACROSS 12345 6789 101112131415161718

1 Robber follower? 19 20 21 22 6 Very elegant 10 Street urchin 23 24 25 26 14 Unexpected defeat 19 Greek market 27 28 29 30 31 place 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 20 Singer Guthrie 21 It’s good for what 39 40 41 42 43 ails you 22 Deplorably shabby 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 23 He wrote “Humboldt’s Gift” 53 54 55 56 57 25 He’s noted for “The Caine 58 59 60 61 62 Mutiny” 63 64 65 66

27 Scene of the crime Crossword 28 Worldwide 67 68 30 Name in high fashion 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 31 Computer network terminal 81 82 83 84 32 Shot or step starter 85 86 87 88 89 33 Secluded valley 90 91 92 93 94 34 Capitol VIP 36 Capital of Yemen 95 96 97 98 38 Footlike organ 39 One-armed bandit 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 feature 40 Calculating 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 snake? 42 Hawaiian goose 116 117 118 119 120 44 She wrote “Sense 121 122 123 124 and Sensibility” 47 Wrote on the front 125 126 127 128 of a document 49 He wrote “The Sea ©2006 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved 8/20/2006 Wolf” 53 Show to be untrue 90 He created Uncle DOWN 43 Put up with 79 Hoarfrost 54 ___ Morgana: a Remus 44 Desert garments 80 Hebrew measure mirage 92 Deprives, as of 1 ___ profundo 45 African river 84 55 Ship’s prison TV role for young rights 2 Once more 46 Venetian blind unit 86 Pinches Ron Howard 94 He wrote “The 3 Course 47 Alleviate 57 89 Miracle city Town written of by Executioner’s 4 Band on a shield 48 Clock face 91 116 Across 5 50 Burn slightly Song” Apprehend Philippine chieftain 93 58 Axillary 95 6 51 LAX listings Fire or ball starter Potter’s tool Unique person 94 59 Perry Mason’s 97 River of Hades 7 Synthetic fiber 52 Overly inquisitive Island in Taiwan workload 98 8 54 Strait “White ___”: novel Undesirable He wrote the 96 60 Quantities of by 49 Across roommate “Studs Lonigan” Placed in rows paper 99 Queen of the 9 He wrote “The trilogy 98 Weak 62 Shoshone Indians fairies Immigrants” 56 He wrote “The 99 TV’s “___ Dad” 63 Movie locale 102 Small piece 10 Bonn exclamation Conduct of Life” 100 Higher in power 64 Police officer’s 104 Car engineer’s org. 11 Regretted 59 Celtic or Maltese 101 He wrote “Borstal collar? 105 ___ precedent 12 “Mrs. ___ Goes to 61 Snub haughtily Boy” 65 Author of “Advise 106 Menu phrase Paris” 64 Wood for baseball 103 French economist and Consent” 109 ___ in one’s 13 Lament bats and politician 67 Hebrew lyre bonnet 14 Decorative vase 66 Press for payment 105 68 Yarn purchase Dissipated man 111 Equipment 15 Chess piece 67 Members of the 106 Love, to Luigi 69 He wrote “Oliver’s 113 Wheel rods 16 Small porch cast 107 115 17 69 Noted penologist Story” Wine vessels Musical study Engrave, in a way Lewis 75 One quarter of a 116 18 70 He wrote “The Small children ___ avis 108 Valuable year Call” 24 Extinct East 71 Cake decorator 78 119 possession Spanish gold Coauthor of “Guys African volcano 72 “Let the ___ Times 110 81 26 Grafted, in heraldry Diplomat’s need and Dolls” Synthetic fiber Roll” 112 82 Skier’s terrain 121 29 73 Network Egg-shaped Spartan queen Fool’s month? 114 83 Apportion 122 Italian noble house 33 Merriment 74 Whitman’s “___ of Double-reed 2006 20, August Sunday, — Date Release 84 Edge 123 Stir up 35 Regurgitating Grass” woodwind 85 Legendary king of 124 Harmonize ruminant 75 He wrote “True 115 Jason’s ship Thebes 125 Make strong again 37 Wild ox West” 117 Cut with an ax 87 Tree snake 126 Coloring agents 39 Recipe direction 76 Typewriter type 118 Certainly! 88 Bearing 127 English sand hill 40 Pays to play 77 Pub pints 120 Scott Joplin 89 A sweet liqueur 128 “Whither thou ___” 41 Drive off 78 City on the Oka creation

BARON POSH ARAB UPSET AGORA ARLO CURE RATTY SAULBELLOW HERMANWOUK S I TE GLOBAL D I OR NODE ONE GLEN REP SANA PES SLOT ADDER NENE AUSTEN ENFACED LONDON BEL I E FATA OP I E ADANO ALAR CASES REAMS UTES SET ARREST AL LENDRURY ASOR ROUE ER I CHSEGAL SEASON ORO TACT SLOPE AL LOT BR I M CREON LORA M I EN CREME HARR I S D I VESTS MA I LER SP I T LETHE FANG MAB SN I P SAE SETA ALA ABEE GEAR SPOKES AMAS JOHNHERSEY ABEBURROWS OVATE ESTE ROI L AGREE RENEW DYES DENE GOEST 8/20/2006 OBSERVER Sports Arena Edited by Linda and Charles Preston ACROSS 1234 56789 101112131415161718

1 Brazilian soccer 19 20 21 22 star 5 Do a greenhouse 23 24 25 26 job 10 ‘Slammin’ Sam,’ of 27 28 29 30 31 the PGA 15 Room in a Spanish 32 33 34 35 36 37 house 19 Tel ___ -Jaffa 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 20 Lana Turner’s home state 48 49 50 51 52 53 21 Pod or psych follower 54 55 56 57 58 22 Coagulate 59 60 61 62 63 23 Wax 24 Jeans fabric 64 65 66 67 68 25 Digs for ore Crossword 26 French roast 69 70 71 27 Palm cockatoo 29 Early autos 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 30 Architect’s scheme 31 Heavyweight 82 83 84 85 86 champion Joe 32 Comets and 87 88 89 90 91 meteors have them 34 Dawn goddess 92 93 94 95 96 36 Gratified completely 38 Clothes or cover 97 98 99 100 101 102 starter 41 Caviar 103 104 105 106 107 42 Columbus sailed from here 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 44 Type of lion or horse 119 120 121 122 123 45 Charles Dutton sitcom 124 125 126 127 48 French poet and novelist Louis 128 129 130 131 50 “___ Heaven”: 1937 song 52 Jockey who rode ©2006 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved 8/27/2006 4,779 winners 92 2 45 85 54 Some joints “If ___ I Would Leave “___ Days”: Woody 1972 Olympic gold Sacred book of 121 94 Gobi and Mojave You” Allen swimming medalist Across 96 3 46 55 Inclined Euro predecessor Diana loved him 88 Disease of rye Breakwaters 97 Verb or prop follower 4 Popular Wimbledon 47 Trite and sentimental 90 56 Actor Stephen Convent 98 Chatter idly winner 49 Work crew compartment 58 Lowest point 5 59 100 Lectures Disencumber 50 Some ballads 91 Former Cincinnati Barbara or Anthony 101 6 First woman to swim 51 60 Noted Pittsburgh Singer Janis Haw’s companion Reds star 102 Commercials the English Channel 53 Country singer 93 Pirates slugger 103 7 Bones or horse 61 Arms, legs and Word before plant or Window sections Johnny lead-in play 8 Home state of Jim 55 Mosque tower 95 wings 105 57 PGA star and sand 63 Utopia: var. Literary initials Backus Its shell is lined with wedge developer 64 106 Make into law 9 Three-time Cy Young mother-of-pearl All-American who 108 60 96 Chinese pagoda played for the Younger son award winner Playwright Capek 99 111 Stuporous condition 10 Four-time AFC 61 Carry something Grew to be Chicago Bears 101 66 113 Age or box starter leading rusher heavy Away from the coast Young seal 115 11 62 103 67 Bowling “The ___ Is a Lonely Brush or head starter Small daggers Seven-time Daytona Hunter” 12 Heating vessels 65 Legal matter 500 winner Hall-of-Famer 119 13 66 104 69 Special times Mine entrance Spheres of combat Groan producer French sculptor 70 120 Southwest Spanish 14 Abnormal: prefix 68 Egyptian god of the 106 Terry or Corby Surveillance device 15 71 Merriment seaport Young haddock setting sun 107 Poke fun 72 121 The Moslem religion 16 Baseball brothers’ 70 Proscribe 108 Three-time Indy 500 123 71 Light, open wagon winner Confused surname River steps in India 109 Last Jewish month 76 Metal container 124 Talk wildly 17 French novelist 72 Texas shrine 125 73 110 Wine’s companion 77 Leading career Ammonia compound Pierre Track and field star of 112 126 Difficult period? 18 Aconite South of France money-winning 1984 Olympics 114 jockey 127 Coarse, shredded 28 Home-run star Hank 74 Conserve of grapes Words of 82 tobacco 31 Memorize 75 Winged goddess understanding Son of Jacob 116 83 Car purchase to 128 Deuce topper 33 Charged atom 76 Celestial body Wimbledon winner

regret 129 Communist leader 35 Corrida cheers 77 Classifies Arthur 2006 27, August Sunday, — Date Release 85 Groans mournfully 130 “The Prisoner of ___” 37 “___ and Sympathy” 78 Hemsley TV sitcom 117 Former Spanish 86 Philippine Moslem 131 Sargasso Sea 38 Patisserie worker 79 Hungarian producer coin 87 Activate swimmers 39 Wear away and director Zoltan 118 Labels 89 Highland cap 40 Challenged 80 Made a mistake 120 White House 90 Bill of fare DOWN 42 Volcano on 81 “Take me Home presidential 91 He played in 14 Martinique Country ___” nickname World Series 1 Small rodent 43 Denude 84 Cap or house starter 122 Academic degree

PELE REPOT SNEAD SALA AV I V I DAHO I ATRY CLOT CERE DEN I M M I NES ROT I ARARA REOS PLAN LOU I S TA I LS EOS SATED BED ROE PALOS SEA ROC ARAGON SEVENTH ARCARO KORAN MOLES REA NAD I R EDEN K I NER L I MBS S I ON REDGRANGE PUP ANTHONY ERAS BUG GLEE ALUNSER CAN SHOEMAKER LEV I LEMON MOANS MORO AWAKE TAM CARTE BERRA M I TERS DESERTS TENDED OSE GAB TALKS I AN ADS POWER RLS ENACT CADET COMA P I L L HEART AD I T CAD I Z I SLAM ASEA RANT AM I DE TEENS SHAG TREY LENIN ZENDA EELS 8/27/2006 OBSERVER Play Time Edited by Linda and Charles Preston ACROSS 12345 6789101112131415

1 James Dean “East 16 17 18 19 of Eden” role 6 Pulsate 20 21 22 23 11 Disables 16 Algonquian nature 24 25 26 27 28 29 spirit 30 31 32 33 17 Japanese verse form 34 35 36 37 38 39 18 English racetrack ties? 40 41 42 43 44 20 It’s supplied by Broadway angels 45 46 47 21 Crude tartar 22 Rare South 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 African antelopes 56 57 58 59 24 MacGraw and Crossword others 60 61 62 63 25 Distorts in narration 64 65 66 67 27 Guitar’s cousin 29 Piece of lingerie 68 69 70 71 30 Mus. direction 72 73 74 31 Run for your life 32 Around: prefix 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 33 Caesar’s 52 34 Double-reed 83 84 85 86 87 woodwind 36 Malay dagger 88 89 90 91 37 First of the canonical hours 92 93 94 95 96 97 39 Monthly obligation 98 99 100 101 102 103 for many 40 Vodka cocktail 104 105 106 42 Becker or Yeltsin 43 Shrink in terror 107 108 109 45 Designer Cassini 46 Express grief ©2006 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved 9/3/2006 47 Secular 48 After-theater 86 Distribute sparingly 4 Airline sched. 38 Piano student’s 67 The Lucy we loved repast? 87 ___ fixe: listings basics 69 Sierra Leone’s 51 Old-fashioned obsession 5 Jeremiah, in a pop 39 Affluent highest peak 52 Kind of voice 88 Daughter of song 41 Winter glider 70 “We’re in the ___”: amplifier Cadmus 6 Early English 42 Semimetallic old song 56 Called out loudly 89 Unctuous freemen element 71 Star or cat starter 57 Give as one’s 90 Move in spirals 7 American short 44 Little brook 73 Direct hit share 91 Dijon donkey story writer Bret 46 Breakwaters 74 Intimidate 58 Roll with a hole 92 Little boys 8 Manipulates 47 German 75 The choice part 59 ___ volente: God 94 Anagram for nuts fraudulently semiautomatic 76 City in Coleridge’s is willing 95 Voracious eels 9 Orel’s river pistol “Kubla Khan” 60 Operates 97 Roman love god 10 Brief news note 48 Scraggly, stunted 77 Wearing away 61 ET, for one 98 Newsroom bigwigs 11 Sheen or Scorsese tree 78 Destroy 62 Small children 100 Madonna 12 Wimbledon winner 49 The black vulture 79 Cold wind of the 63 Heal, as a fracture Broadway musical 13 Word before pack 50 French physician Adriatic 64 Japanese port city 102 Comfortable or pick 51 Fish or stone 80 Inflexible 65 Smiles broadly sleeves 14 Lawless crowds starter 81 Partners of 66 Drilling tool 104 Jim Thorpe Trophy 15 German 52 One of three men mortises 67 Davis or Midler winner of 1957 fruit-and-nut bread in a tub 82 Crystal gazers? 68 Matador’s milieu 105 Country on the 16 Beach noted for 53 “Golden Boy” 85 Whipped, chilled 70 It follows postage Red Sea celebrity residents author dessert or parking 106 Chinese and 19 Alpine activity 54 French income 86 Founder of 71 “Men seldom Burmese 20 Chocolate 55 Knots or knobs Wellesley College make ___ ...”: 107 Feel one’s way substitute 57 Dress or skirt style 90 Sheepfolds 108 23 58 93 Recipe direction Parker Have reality Petty malice Cow barns, in 2006 3, September Sunday, — Date Release 72 River in France 109 Capital of East 26 Got off the horse Cambridge 94 Door or gun starter 73 Fido’s cache Flanders 28 “Exodus” author 61 Beardlike part of 95 Puccini heroine 74 Cowboy’s throwing 32 English arctic grain 96 Window frame implement DOWN explorer Sir William 62 Popular carryalls 97 Comic king 75 Excuse 35 Avoids two on the 63 Minnesota iron 99 Nebraska Indian 78 Old Norse poems 1 Temple of Jupiter, aisle? range 101 Irritate 79 Nighthawks in ancient Rome 36 “Moonstruck” 65 Piece of luggage 103 “Oh wad some 83 Pasternak heroine 2 Black cuckoos actress 66 William Rose or power the giftie 84 Kind of charm 3 Set on fire 37 Jockey’s horse Stephen Vincent ___ us ...”

CALEB THROB MAIMS MAN I TU HA I KU ASCOTS CAP I TAL ARGAL RHEBOKS AL I S SLANTS LUTE SL I P RIT FLEE PERI LI I OBOE CR I S MAT I NS RENT BUL LSHOT BOR I S CR I NGE OLEG MOURN LA I C SUPPER CORNY BUL LHORN CR I ED AL LOT BAGEL DEO RUNS AL I EN TYKES MEND UBE GR I NS BORER BETTE BULLR I NG METER PASSES O I SE BONES BOLA EXEMPT RUNES BULLBATS LARA AMULET DOLE I DEE I NO O I LY CURL ANE TADS TUNS MORAYS AMOR ED I TORS EV I TA RAGLANS UN I TAS YEMEN AS I ANS GROPE EX I ST GHENT 9/3/2006 OBSERVER Name Game Edited by Linda and Charles Preston ACROSS 1234 56789 101112131415161718

1 Jason’s ship 19 20 21 22 5 Fished for lampreys 23 24 25 26 10 Clerical vestment 15 Not quite closed 27 28 29 30 31 32 19 Give off a stench 33 34 35 36 37 38 20 Bump the pot, in poker 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 21 Former Thai coin 22 Feeling 46 47 48 49 50 resentment 23 Before and after 51 52 53 54 55 Louise 25 Before and after 56 57 58 59 60 61 Howard 62 63 64 65 66 67

27 Gettysburg to Crossword Lancaster dir. 68 69 70 28 Confused 29 I like ___ 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 31 Western lily 32 Leno of comedy 81 82 83 84 85 86 33 “Emma” or “Germinal” 87 88 89 90 91 35 Happening 92 93 94 95 96 97 37 Disbanded alliance acronym 98 99 100 101 102 39 Sour ale 41 Worked the dough 103 104 105 106 43 Scours thoroughly 46 Sauna need 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 47 Time or love follower 116 117 118 119 120 121 48 Dried up 122 123 124 125 50 Shake a leg 51 “The Last ___ I 126 127 128 129 Saw Paris” 52 Around: prefix 53 Scarlett’s home ©2006 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved 9/10/2006 55 German river 94 Art school subj. DOWN 40 River to the Bay of 78 Before and after 56 Brazilian bird 96 Wine’s companion Biscay James 57 Events 97 Mummy’s tomb 1 Comedian Johnson 41 Broadway’s 79 Worn away 59 Pays the bill protector? 2 Check or restrain Jerome 80 More ready for 61 Black bird 98 3 Before and after 42 Perfume measure harvest 62 One of greater Submits for rank Barry 44 Actor George, of 83 Operates payment 100 4 Russian river “42nd Street” 85 Ending for sap or 64 Shooting from Consumer ambush 5 Classroom adjunct 45 Country south of duck advocate 102 6 Atelier fixture 88 Anagram of rice 66 St. George, to the Turkey “Gone With the dragon 7 Mona ___ 47 Hawaiian garlands 91 Twofold Wind” locale 103 Farm units 8 Canton follower 49 Assam silkworm 93 “... the Hotspur of 68 9 Meal or cake 105 Cattle roundup Deduces or infers 52 Forecast the ___”: Shakes. starter 10 95 106 Region or sphere Ministers to 54 Fascinate Long harangues 69 ___ -tac-toe 11 Russian 96 Partitions 70 107 Ampersand 57 Business Urban music style 109 community 97 ___ Bow, the ‘It 71 Ladybugs, for Govt. agents 12 transactions 111 Luzon Negrito Summer desserts 58 Gratified Girl’ instance 13 Wine cellars, in 99 Eliminate 75 112 Equipment completely 101 Beg to differ France 59 A concavity 77 113 Balaam’s steed 14 Return repeatedly 102 Black leopard 116 Funeral orations 60 US Navy 81 “___ the King’s Before and after 15 Inquire Special point of construction man Men” Leslie 16 Before and after view 104 Stitched 82 119 Before and after 63 Polka follower 106 Disturbed the Louis 65 French income nocturnal quiet Martin 17 Code or rug Not clear and 107 Noted Greek 84 Plant or animal 122 Singing and 18 distinct Depend 67 warrior anachronism dancing girl 24 Vichy collaborator Quick to learn 108 ___ contendere 2006 10, September Sunday, — Date Release 86 Biblical lion 123 Scene of the crime Pierre 71 Semiprecious 110 Zola heroine 87 Stringed 124 Typewriter type 26 Hal of Hollywood stone 112 Acquisition instrument 125 First-rate 30 Large New 72 Escape detection 114 Capital of Yemen 89 Percussion 126 South African Zealand parrot 73 Before and after 115 Small merganser instrument Bantu: var. 34 Curved molding John 117 Teacher’s org. 90 Pub order 127 Dutch cheeses 35 Annapolis graduate 74 Rail bird 118 Bar offering 91 Very small 128 Rajah’s wife 36 Wobble 75 Require 120 Highest note of quantity 129 Wear away, bit by 38 Veritable 76 Complain Guido’s scale 92 Decorate bit 39 Essence of roses 77 Cone bearer 121 Fall behind

ARGO EELED AM I CE AJAR REEK RA I SE T I CAL SORE T I NALASSER TREVORKEEL ENE ASEA I KE SEGO JAY NOVEL EVENT SEATO ALEGAR KNEADED SCRUBS TOWEL LESS SERE HURRY T I ME PER I TARA EDER ARA DO I NGS REM I TS AN I RENDERS NADER ATLANTA OAT T I C RAP BEETLES DEMUR PANTHER AL L SNORED REL I CT AR I LUTE DRUM P I NT DROP ADORN ANAT D I NE CURSE SEN I OR SN I P I NG SLAYER ACRES DR I VE REALM AND TMEN AT I GEAR ASS JOANHOWARD DEANBALSAM ALME VENUE EL I TE AONE XOSA EDAMS RANEE GNAW 9/10/2006 OBSERVER Sailing into Port Edited by Linda and Charles Preston ACROSS 1234 5678 910111213141516

1 Goodman and 17 18 19 20 21 Jane of old-time radio 22 23 24 25 5 Painted bunting 9 Desert dusters? 26 27 28 29 13 ID labels 17 Uncultured 30 31 32 33 34 35 18 Difficult burden 36 37 38 39 40 19 Pound pooch 20 Upright 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 22 Girl watcher? 23 French seaport on 50 51 52 53 54 the Golfe du Lion 25 Bowling alleys 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 26 Seaport on the Rio 62 63 64 65 66

de la Plata Crossword 28 Spanish seaport 67 68 69 70 71 on the Mediterranean 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 30 “You ___ Your Life” 80 81 82 83 84 31 Young boys 32 Austin to Dallas 85 86 87 88 89 90 dir. 34 Hosiery damage 91 92 93 94 95 96 35 River in 97 98 99 100 Switzerland 36 Hawk’s opponent 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 37 West Yorkshire city 111 112 113 114 115 116 39 Fouls up 41 Household 117 118 119 120 44 Sicilian seaport 46 Construction site 121 122 123 124 warning 125 126 127 128 50 Hostile opponent 51 Kentucky bluegrass ©2006 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved 9/17/2006 52 Soothing powder 91 Virgil wrote of him DOWN 38 Dragon or shot 73 “I Loved You ___ 54 Civil War general 93 Popular meeting starter in Silence” 55 Surgeon’s smock 1 40 74 56 place Have a Scornful looks Of the same kind Petty tyrant 96 disagreement 41 Prefix for buck or 76 Pre-Easter time 59 ___ passu: with Less fatty 97 Destroy 2 Base of a cut byte 78 Total gate equal speed 42 79 61 99 Show skepticism diamond Chem. compound Cleaner’s Essayist’s 3 Paradise 43 associate pseudonym 100 It’s good for what Coast Guard 4 82 June VIP 62 “For ___ We ___ you Science dealing Academy site with serums 44 Speck of dust 84 Sp. matrons Know”: 1970 song 101 Doc’s org. 5 45 86 63 Spanish seaport 104 Perfumed hair Apple-growth 4-footed dinosaur Numbered hwys. ointment inhibiting chemical 88 Celebes wild ox on the 106 Qty. 6 Author Nin 47 Texas gulf port city 90 Hotel personnel Mediterranean 107 65 Grandparental 7 Sound from a 48 Singer/actress 92 In ___: in position Cut and shaped 108 94 anew Marilu’s “Evening happy cat Adams Thick soup made 67 Shade” role 8 Ancient ascetics 49 Enjoy the with vegetables Indian or orange 111 9 95 69 Reserve supply Australian seaport Pierre’s friend newspaper Thrust forward 71 in Victoria 10 Tulip origin 51 Sicilian capital and 96 Mythic maniac Inventive Samuel 11 98 72 Teacher’s helpers 114 German seaport at “___ Shrugged” seaport Jitters 75 the mouth of the 12 He wrote “A Senti- 53 Burn to ashes 100 Reluctant Seaport of North 101 Island, New Weser mental Journey” 56 Palm trees Iowa campus town Zealand 117 Prevent, at law 13 Wired message 57 Recorded 102 The hostess with 77 Syphilis, for 118 Seaport of British 14 Inland sea proceedings the mostest example: abbr. Columbia 15 Jib sail 58 Devout 103 Adjust to fit 80 16 Opera division 60 Computer screen 105 Army condition? Odds and ___ 120 2006 17, September Sunday, — Date Release Signs of things to 107 81 Complacent come 17 Baseball images Catkin 83 Household linens 121 Hall-of-Famer Ty 63 Large water 108 Genus of grasses Kind of pool 109 84 Command to 122 21 Russian despot container Small apertures Small salamanders 24 64 110 Rover 123 Slaves of yore Foot part Handle 85 Cub Scout units 27 66 112 Highlanders 124 Be thrifty Drunk or must ___ fide: in good 87 Famous caravel 29 Word after credit or follower faith Ingredient in 94 125 Down: var. Romanian city report 68 Shirley MacLaine, 113 Grafted, in heraldry 89 “___ Fine Day”: 126 Source of tallow 33 Improve the copy to Warren Beatty 115 Nights before song 127 Italian noble house 36 Condemn 70 Make do 116 Renée’s friend 90 Bankrupt 128 Very great numbers 37 Comes to know 72 High tableland 119 Winter time in IA

ACES PAPE ABAS TAGS CRUDE ONUS MUTT ERECT OGLER MARSE I L LE LANES BUENOSA I RES BARCELONA BET LADS NNE SNAG AAR DOVE LEEDS ERRS MENAGE MESS I NA DANGER ENEMY POA TA LC MEADE GOWN SATRAP PAR I EL I A AL L VALENC I A RECARVED OSAGE STORE MORSE MON I TORS AUCKLAND STD ENDS SMUG SHEETS STAY SCOTS OCRA ONE BROKE AENEAS HANGOUT LEANER RUIN DOUBT AILS AMA RTES AMT AVAL AVA ME L BOURNE BREMERHAVEN ESTOP VANCOUVER OMENS STENO EFTS DENS P I NTA ARAD SUET ESTE SEAS 9/17/2006 OBSERVER Crossword Release Date — Sunday, September 24, 2006 9/24/2006 9/24/2006 Fossey, portrayed in “Gorillas in the Mist” Vessel aboard a merchant sailing ship RI rebellion leader Thomas Means of destruction Leaves abandoned and helpless Pome fruit Free from confinement Ghosts First shepherd Barrett and Jaffe Division of a long poem ___ voce Swagger Noted English surgeon Sir James Certain exams Author Ferber Destruction Manhandle Skate genus Religious calendar “Flying Down to ___” 88 90 92 94 95 96 98 100 101 102 103 105 107 108 109 110 112 113 115 116 119 Edited by Linda and Charles Preston ECOL RABAT SENT COPE GEESE ETAH 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 Australian bird: var. OCULO ASIAN MOUND SONG NOLO SATS TOTS HAMS BOLD EBAN HATS 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 42 LAT IN ETUI NIUE ADELA TESTED TH I AMI N POSTED TACI T ALEE LALO ANI TA TUB M I NARETS REBOARDS BOARDERS SEDETRE I MENTSODAS REEL FAN ECAD SAT I NY GORE WETARC LEONE BOARDROOM EROS MORTARBOARD ENNU I NOR SHAG STARBOARD POE ORGAN AROMA BEDBOARDSSPR I NGBOARD REDAN SON BOARDWALK HALS I DOAMUSE SLOW HAN LEA PEPE TOTEMS SALE RACE MAES EROSE RECAPS DEFRAYS EREBUS Oak starter Puccini heroine British earl of Chesterfield Talk foolishly Bread spreads Spartan queen Obtain intelligence Highest note, for Guido Cutting remark Moro and Mannucci Cash register key Metal goods and utensils Over again Word with basin or wave Hackneyed Soviet news agency Singer Paul More peculiar Anagram of gasp Sound of surf on shore Eskers Perry Mason’s concern Biological classes Young hawk Melville or Munster Completely engrossed 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 21 24 27 29 33 36 37 38 40 41 97 98 99 100 36 37 38 39 40 67 68 69 70 71 125 126 127 128 1234 5678 910111213141516 One of Groucho’s brothers Stationed, as a soldier Branch of biol. Capital of Morocco Dispatched Rainbow shape Cupid And not Type of rug He wrote of Lenore CEO’s stamping ground Academic cap Boredom Ship’s right-hand side Barrel or pipe follower Classical language Reticule Savage Island language Journalist ___ Rogers St. Johns Start for bird or writer ___ contendere Certain HS exams Toddlers 1 96 97 99 101 102 103111117 104121 112 105 106 118 113 122 114 107 119 115 123 108 109 110 116 120 124 41 4250 43556272 7380 4485 63 56 5191 86 81 57 58 74 52 87 45 92 59 75 82 64 46 93 53 88 83 65 60 54 47 76 94 48 61 95 89 49 66 96 90 77 84 78 79 17222630 18 31 27 23 24 19 32 33 28 34 20 29 25 21 35 ©2006 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved All That Lumber 100 101 104 106 107 108 111 114 117 118 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 DOWN 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 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 1 5 9 81 83 84 85 87 89 90 91 93 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 ACROSS OBSERVER Crossword Release Date — Sunday, October 1, 2006 10/1/2006 10/1/2006 Stanch Prufrock initials “...___ gloom of night” Workers’ union gr. Slippery ______-mo Certain receptions Cancer or Capricorn Dog’s best friend? Potholder, perhaps China, by and large Sticky paper type Insert indicators Geom. figure Fall fallers Convince Pastor’s flock Certain profs. Araby VIP Sweet liqueur Freeway features Chinese island 99 74 76 77 78 79 82 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 96 97 101 102 103 104 Edited by Linda and Charles Preston POPESTRODEBOOTIE 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 Sis or bro I CONS CLOTHESL I NES LAP I N LESSEN RAD I I 41 42 44 45 47 48 49 50 52 53 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 64 67 70 71 72 73 38 M I NER DELTO I D ERODE TOASTMASTERTNT MOPS MENE RAGES C I TET ANNA I LT SOME ECOLE SNEL L ASCAPSHAR ISELECTMEN CL I ARARAT ENTS VAN I TYCASES WANES SKYS SA I LS EYES STROM DEMO ASAP MONTHSTORYTEL LER BR I G SPOTCHECK SPEC AND HOLESWEEPSTAKE SUSANS LETTERHEAD LADE CARR I E B I PEDS ORCA DEB I T IWERE AONE ARLO RASHDEC I S I ON PROAM OGRE BURPEE RUTH T I T OSHA HATS STEEL IMF MOES CANE P I PECLEANER Dixon’s geography partner A Sawyer Punta del ___, Uruguay Europa capital Heidi’s home Muscle gr. “___ Blu Dipinto di Blu”: 1958 hit song Rose bush prop As in this document Low down singers Caught by a cowpoke Privy to Understand Arid waste Hold the advantage Castilian hero Pol. commentator Roberts Stereo add-on Become fatigued Louisiana cooking Jeb to George 7 8 9 32 33 35 36 37 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 19 24 26 29 31 55 56 57 58 84 85 86 87 88 89 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 Junk mail TV unit Did away with Voracious fish Bearing Something spotted in a tree 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 1 2 3 4 5 6 94 95 96 97 98 90 919598105109 92 99 96 93 106 110 100 107 111 101 102 94 97 108 103 104 112 39465159 6065 6169 52 47 407580 62 76 53 48 77 81 49 70 66 41 42 63 67 64 50 43 78 44 68 82 71 54 45 79 72 73 83 74 12341823 56789 1011121314151617 35 19 20 24 36 21 25 22 26 37 38 ©2006 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved Odd Jobs? 100 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 DOWN Bible Big bang letters The in things Summon or quote Kournikova of tennis Computer symbols Designers’ wares? Arts acronym Customers, in a way 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: 1 5 80 81 82 83 84 86 90 92 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 ACROSS OBSERVER Westward, Ho! Edited by Linda and Charles Preston ACROSS 12345 6789 1011121314151617

1 Nest-building fish 18 19 20 21 22 6 Nothern NM county 23 24 25 26 10 “___ Lama Ding Dong”: 1961 hit 27 28 29 14 Wedge-shaped leveler 30 31 32 18 “The ___ clamors 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 of a jealous woman ...”: 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 Shakespeare 19 Sendai sashes 50 51 52 53 20 Biblical giants 21 Buenos ___ 54 55 56 57 58 23 Start of Columbus 59 60 61 62 63

legend Crossword 25 Legend continues 64 65 66 67 68 27 Landsat, for one 28 Part of TLC 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 29 City on the Danube 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 30 First mo. of autumn 83 84 85 86 31 Started in fright 32 Map details 87 88 89 90 91 33 Vaudeville 92 93 94 presentation 36 Kitchen gadget 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 39 Chinese pagoda 40 Legend continues 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 50 Delivered by truck 51 Annoying insect 112 113 114 52 Pilot’s record 53 Mischievous 115 116 117 118 person, in Dundee 119 120 121 122 54 Belgian summer resort 55 Grange or Grooms ©2006 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved 10/8/2006 56 Queen of the 99 Very dirty 8 Diva Stevens 46 Pedestal 84 Sailor’s drink fairies 101 Works of Pindar 9 Baseball bat wood occupants 85 Supposes 57 Without principles 105 47 59 Beloved of 10 Mends Duration 88 Indigines Head of the Aphrodite 11 48 Hawk parrots fairway Dino sang “That’s 89 Italian epic poet 106 49 “___ of Me”: 1931 60 Letter after pi Stewart and Taylor ___” 90 Arachnophobia 62 107 Waxy, roselike 12 Stuck in mud song We ___ to please 56 causes 63 Sacred songs flowers 13 Sum: abbr. Wire measure 91 112 57 Not gregarious Certain chemical 64 Legend continues Legend continues 14 City in Michigan compounds 114 End of legend 15 58 Tsetse fly 69 Use of force Puts on the payroll 95 Pacific pine 115 White poplar tree 16 61 “Spring ___ 71 Vast quantity Goddess of peace 96 Sun-dried brick 72 116 Maple genus 17 Sprung”: 1951 Circle segment 117 Intended 97 Filleted 73 Palm leaf Anagram of rave 22 RR depots song 118 62 Turkish officer 98 Fireplace 76 French and Dostoyevsky novel, 24 Matterhorn 63 Moslem saint 99 Kelly, of Hollywood German with “The” 26 Of the birds 119 Netherlands 64 English admiral 100 legislature 28 Swindle Thesaurus man 77 commune: poss. and buccaneer 102 Official prohibition 31 Golfer Sam Morning 78 120 National League 65 On pension: abbr. phenomenon Beatty or Sparks 33 English 66 80 “The ___ Cometh” team Variety of orange 103 Island in Upper 121 horse-racing meet 67 Marshy place 83 Sheetlike Arab Favorites 34 New York Bay 122 Run after 68 Tire type women’s garment Scorches 35 104 Western gunfighter 84 Sweet, sticky cake 69 Line or lock lead-in It follows area or 37 Jack scatter DOWN Organized 70 Pt. of NYU 107 persecution 73 Sheltered inlet 85 Spanish surrealist Missouri riverport 108 86 1 Girl’s name 38 Old-time slave in NE Dill plant Charge with gas 39 109 87 Legend continues 2 Spanish supper Word before sale 74 Classical language Genus of 92 3 Med. school or end 75 ... ___ of robins ... dolphin-like Old Dutch cetaceans measure subject 41 Shoshone 76 TV’s “___ Na Na” 110 2006 8, October Sunday, — Date Release 93 ’She loves me 4 Gift for a blue lady 42 Ace or ant lead-in 77 Government dept. Ending for tore or (not) needs 5 Sufficient 43 One’s home to the 78 Bumppo of fiction mat 94 Picnic pest 6 Merrimac’s Postal Service 79 She was born free 111 Concordes 95 Equestrian opponent 44 Texas shrine 81 Office VIP 113 Verb for Popeye? costumes 7 Last writes? 45 Unruly crowd 82 Coastal raptor 114 Faucet

ACARA MORA RAMA SH I M VENOM OBIS EMIM AIRES I NASPAN I SH PORTAGREAT SATEL L I TE CARE V I ENNA SEPT SHIED INSETS ACT OPENER TAA SHOUTAROSEASAMANWI THA CARTED GNAT LOG DE I L OSTEND RED MAB AMORAL TEE RHO A IM PSALMS DREAMOFGLOR I OUS DURESS SEA ARC OLA SENATS BAN NED I CEMAN HAIK RUG DALI AERATE ADVENTURESETSA I LONH I S AAM PETALS ANT HAB I TS GR I MY ODES ADON I S RODS CAME L L I AS LONGVOYAGE TONEWLANDS ABELE ACER AVER I D I OT EDES METS PETS SEARS 10/8/2006 OBSERVER Film Flips Edited by Linda and Charles Preston ACROSS 12345 6789 101112131415161718

1 Out on ___: 19 20 21 22 vulnerable 6 Jordan’s queen 23 24 25 26 10 Mrs. Boothe Luce 15 Denver time, 27 28 29 30 31 briefly 32 33 34 35 36 19 Zaire, once 20 Kind of dollar 37 38 39 40 41 21 Dud 22 Elide 42 43 44 45 46 47 23 Tandy/Newman flick flipped? 48 49 50 51 52 26 Very pink, as pork 53 54 55 56 57 58 27 Cash or cloth ending 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 28 Holm and Crossword Richardson 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 29 Madrid Mrs. 30 Vet, frequently 73 74 75 76 77 32 Actress Richardson 78 79 80 81 82 83 34 Maned beasts 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 36 Kibbutz near Petah Tikvah, 92 93 94 95 96 Israel 37 Not this 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 38 Win by ___ 39 Where river meets 104 105 106 107 108 109 sea 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 42 Middle East org. 44 Alcott flick flipped? 117 118 119 120 121 47 Anne Lindbergh, ___ Morrow 122 123 124 125 48 Precipitation 50 Decrees 126 127 128 129 52 Yemen’s chief port 53 Deduce ©2006 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved 10/15/2006 54 Make do, with out 57 104 Maneuverable, 4 Office VIP 43 Sigourney Weaver 88 Draw tightly Galleon gold 5 58 Invites asea Like Peter Pan flick flipped? 90 Absolute ruler 59 105 Specks 6 Newborn 45 Point of ___: 91 January, in Juarez 106 7 Prevailing mode of 60 Time waster An I word British Skye’s southern tip procedure 110 Natural history undergraduate 46 Author Umberto 64 Bar for builders 94 Stable areas of 66 museum displays theatre org. 48 “Je ne regrette Teachers’ org. 114 8 earth’s crust 67 Horsey flick Lincoln Ctr. Le Comte ______”: Piaf component 9 Composer of 8 49 Scowl 95 Not outs flipped? 115 51 98 70 Honest politician Pt. of IRA Down Sad sounds Mrs. March, to her 73 116 Grant or Majors 10 Scrubbed 52 Motorists’ org. girls Forbidden fruits, 117 11 55 99 informally Reunion attendee Author Deighton Swiss painter Paul ___ pro nobis 75 118 Finney flick 12 Ugandan exile 56 Jewish fall month 100 Observation Plaza Hotel’s little 13 60 rascal, and a flipped? Libertine Scatters 103 Releases 122 Monique’s head 14 Follows 61 “But ___ on Rousseau heroine 123 15 107 “Pygmalion” 76 Less hesitant Pay a bill Jeanne, of “Jules forever”: Tennyson 124 Atlas-Agena org. and Jim” 62 Writer Wiesel heroine 78 Moms’ mates 108 80 125 Looked fixedly 16 Carrey/Daniels flick 63 Greet the day French cubist Aries mo. 126 65 Fernand 82 Slippery customer US court great flipped? Ruhr city 83 127 NH city near Mt. 17 Fatigue 68 Kind of frost 109 Nourishes Abstract beings 18 69 84 Newts Monadnock Tip tack-on Maestro ___ Santi 110 Computer fodder 85 128 Blue pencil 24 Grand ___: 71 Mozambique port 111 Warm leftovers 72 Islands in the 89 Gets the dirt out notation Caribbean island Periods Seine 129 25 Record feature 74 CIA forerunner 92 Annoyed Bradley and Sharif 112 Bide- ___ 31 Explosive letters 77 Pantyhose and exclamation 33 113 Just a little 93 Geena Davis flick DOWN Maker of amends teddies 34 ___ Vegas, NV 78 Obligation 115 Church area flipped? 1 35 79 119 2006 15, October Sunday, — Date Release 96 Levin, of ___ the hole: Automatic starter In the distance Time abbreviation hidden advantage 39 Contest forms 81 Milan suburb 120 ___ cat: “Deathtrap” 2 40 86 97 Aftershocks “...amas, I ___ a Exude garlic Lateral lead-in moneybags 101 lass” 41 Cravings 87 Modernize, in a 121 Reversal 3 42 O’Shanter’s 102 Hoffmann offering Immobile Lightweight velvet way topper?

AL IMB NOOR CLARE MSTS CONGO EURO L EMON OM I T EVERYBODYSGEN I US RARE I ER I ANS SRA NEUTERER NATASHA L I ONS ENAT THAT ANOSE ESTUARY PLO MASS I VEMEN NEE RA I NFAL L ED I CTS ADEN I NFER EKE ORO ASKS ENERO DAL L I ER I BEAM NEA WHI TEUGL I NESS ABE NONOS E LO I SES SURER DADS APR EEL ENT I A EFTS REHEAT LAUNDERS BAH LOQUAC I OUS I RA TREMORS UTURN TA L E YARE I OTAS ONESELF D I ORAMAS MET ACCT L EE ALUM AWOMANOFPREST I GE TETE REMI T NASA GAZED ASHE KEENE STET OMARS 10/15/2006 OBSERVER Chess Players Edited by Linda and Charles Preston ACROSS 123456 78910111213141516171819

1 Moors 20 21 22 7 Apollo’s birthplace 12 Ready for display 23 24 25 20 Exonerate 21 Relished 26 27 28 29 22 The future 30 31 32 33 34 23 Waiting room 24 Queen 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 26 Turn signal 28 Ruckus 46 47 48 49 50 29 Text guides 30 Lodge letters 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 32 CPA’s pt. 58 59 60 61 62 34 Short period 35 King 63 64 65 66 67 42 Grating sounds Crossword 46 Apt 68 69 70 47 Joe- ___weed 48 DEA operative 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 50 Treat for Tweety 79 80 81 82 83 51 On a line of symmetry 84 85 86 87 88 52 Programmer’s task 55 Feel faint 89 90 91 92 93 94 57 Mil. rank 58 Leo’s lament, 95 96 97 98 99 100 maybe 59 Type of clover 101 102 103 104 61 Franklin’s wife 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 63 It may be split 64 The brainy bunch 117 118 119 120 65 Flock formations 67 Be in 121 122 123 communication 68 Knight 124 125 126 71 Burst of speed 74 Estate paper ©2006 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved 10/22/2006 75 Crowning touch 76 Like, totally ___, 123 Classroom 15 Singer/songwriter 52 Bean 90 Crowd commotions dude! accessory Stevie 53 Reno resident 92 Reserved 79 More intoxicating 124 Planets visible at 16 Bruise-treating 54 Highlander 94 Bussed 81 Lucas classic 56 dawn herbs Nikon rival 96 “La Boheme” 83 Large shark 125 Composer Satie 17 Bric-a-___ 59 Rankles 84 setting Former fort of CA and dancer Bruhn 18 Togo capital 60 Compressed fiber 98 85 19 Pontius ___ District 126 Discover Dolly and her types fabric 99 87 Olfactory organs, 25 Type of mil. 62 Satisfied sound One who informally 64 straightens DOWN mission Intense 100 88 Spanish port 27 Short Seoul soldier enthusiasm Accessory for 120 89 Division politique 1 31 Adopted or 66 Chronic hip pain Across 91 Word with wit or 102 Lip way supported 68 Invitation Mrs. Arrowsmith 93 105 Cycle lead-in 2 Environmental sci. 33 Winter Palace 69 Takes a chance Initial sequence? 94 70 106 Muslim sect 3 ___-Lung resident Shell accessories Ms. Gilbert 35 71 107 member 4 Vintner’s vessels County along River Sole protectors Overwhelm with 95 Indifferent gesture 72 5 Libation Shannon Down Under city humor 97 Bishop 36 Checkers expert? 73 Speeder’s nemesis 108 6 Belfry site Eager beaver 101 Bad start? 37 Water nymph 76 Wheel spokes 110 7 Beaver’s work Bitter start 103 Bucket 38 Ski lift 77 Japanese working 111 104 8 History of a wd. Study feature Arabian garments 39 Restores fluid dog 113 105 9 ___ majeste 78 You love: L. Undoubted balance Egg count 114 109 Homer’s epic effort 10 Desperado 40 Trompe l’___ 80 Bartlett’s relative Aft area 115 112 Irving’s Crane 11 State of the Union, 41 Genealogical figure 82 Campus military Piece of work 117 Castle is one 43 Islam sect org. 116 Fisherman’s craft 120 Shogun costume 12 Porky’s pad 44 Mythic cowboy Bill 83 Domestic 118 Hosp. personnel 121 13 45 86 119 Like the moon Arizona natives Mall division On the dbl. Legally, it’s the 2006 22, October Sunday, — Date Release 122 Free of superfluity 14 Auguries 49 Wine stock area 88 Carroll’s ___ cat thing

HEATHS DELOS SHOWABLE ACQU I T ATEUP TOMORROW LOUNGE MYSTERYPENNAME FLASHER MELEE I ND I CES BPOE ACCT SEC CNNTALKSHOWHOST RASPS L I ABLE PYE NARC SUET AX I A L COD I NG REE L NCO ROAR FOURLEAF ELEANOR END MENSA VEES L IAISE BASKETBALLCOACH SPR I NT DEED T I ARA RAD HEAD I ER STARWARS MAKO ORD AREA SNOOTS CAD I Z ETAT SASS TR I SH I I TE SHRUG RATPACKCOMED I AN MAL PA I L ABAS ASSURED I L I AD I CHABOD BAL LROOMDANCER K I MONO CRATERED TERSE ERASER DAYSTARS ER I KS DESCRY 10/22/2006 OBSERVER Above or Beneath? Edited by Linda and Charles Preston ACROSS 1234 56789 101112131415161718

1 Andre’s onetime 19 20 21 22 court antagonist 5 “Network” director 23 24 25 26 10 Henry Higgins, informally 27 28 29 14 Old hat 30 31 32 33 19 Like Pegasus 20 ___ Gay 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 21 Architect Saarinen 22 Hamlin/Eikenberry 46 47 48 TV cop series 23 Winter wear? 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 26 Clear the slate 27 Ease the burden 56 57 58 59 28 “The Big ___” 60 61 62 63 64 65 29 Marine groups Crossword 30 The chosen 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 31 Female sandpiper 32 Granola morsel 73 74 75 76 77 34 Do a quick turnaround 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 37 Satan at noon? 46 Dig discovery 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 47 Austin to Dallas 92 93 94 95 dir. 48 Pronghorn 96 97 98 99 100 101 49 Vulnerable company? 102 103 104 105 55 Conforms 56 Hullabaloo 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 57 Final word 58 Extraordinary odist 118 119 120 59 Southwest art 121 122 123 124 community 60 Stuff and 125 126 127 128 nonsense! 61 Change ©2006 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved 10/29/2006 decorations 62 Sign of stress 63 110 Potter’s getup 9 Playground 44 As many as 86 Drunk driving? Adjective for a 112 45 87 seaman Clan member shooter “The ___ cold; ails 66 118 The dog ate my 10 Lady pheasant Untouchables” 89 Flock formation San Francisco Bay 11 homework Laced up again protagonist 90 Wit to the Golden 12 46 Gate? 119 Burning midnight Pitcher Hershiser Heavenly body 91 Hanoi holiday 13 50 Changes course 73 Altar area oil? Morose 93 Elope 121 14 Acted like Nancy 51 Provide 74 Before, to Burns Heathen 97 Scopes trial 75 122 Cream component Drew 52 Fix a bald tire Double this to 15 53 litigator Clarence mean pronto 123 Solemn Alpine pond Canter or rack 98 16 Jai ___ 54 Make a deep Summons forth 76 German spa ceremonies 99 78 124 17 Persevere impression Punjab princess Apiece Host Trebek 61 100 81 Man from 125 18 Cote dwellers RMN was one Raider, to Burns Hurler’s toss 63 105 Manchuria 126 24 City north of Despise Roly-poly and Poisonous 64 more 83 Where the once evergreens Madrid It makes a clean 25 Tights shade sweep 106 Catches some wild things are 127 Keenly interested 84 33 ___ boy! 65 The “Louisville ZZZZZs Military rank 128 ___ wishes! abbreviation 34 Lamont Cranston’s ___”: Ali 107 Middle East flier 85 Obstinate alter ego, with 67 Sesame paste 108 Caron title role DOWN 68 88 Brain power? “The” Lucy’s Ricky 109 He served with 92 35 “Dances With 69 Land of the Heavy weights in 1 Nickname for a Meir the kitchen Wolves” extra leprechauns 111 Position at Indy 94 patriarch 36 70 Serious skin rash Sleep abbreviation 2 Yorkshire river 112 Weary workers’ 95 Hebrew month 38 First Lola, Gwen 71 Good-natured Free-for-all 3 letters 96 Invisible clothing? Lofty ___ 72 Oprah and Jay, 4 113 Rouen roast 101 Western Native Agatha’s 39 Pt. of IRS say contemporary 40 77 114 Attempt

Deep Throat, Upset 2006 29, October Sunday, — Date Release Americans 115 102 Made haste 5 “Rosemary’s Baby” perhaps 78 Jannings of film 5280 feet 103 Clark’s author 41 Greasy spoon 79 Mystique 116 Hawkeye State city “Mogambo” costar 6 Apprehension come-on 80 Bumpkin 117 Queue order 104 Dawn goddess 7 Satirist Sahl 42 Tickled pink 81 Corner at Augusta 120 Kayne Robinson’s 106 Israeli desert 8 Otherwise 43 Cantina first course 82 Henrik Ibsen: abbr. gr.

PETE LUMET PROF STALE ALAR ENOLA EERO LALAW PUL LOVERSWEATER ERASE ALLEV I ATE CHI LL UNI TS INS REE OAT SLUE EV I LUNDERTHESUN SHARD ENE ANTELOPE TAKEOVERTARGET ADAPTS ADO END KEATS TAOS ROT REDO T I C ABLE WATERUNDERTHEBR I DGE APSE ERE CHOP EMS EACH AS I AN ZOO NCO MUL I SH M I NDOVERMATTER I RONWARE REM MELEE LAD I ESUNDERWEAR UTES RAN AVA EOS NEGEV APRON TR I BESMAN ALIBI WORKINGOVERTIME PAGAN ALOE R I TES ALEX SLING YEWS AFIRE BEST 10/29/2006 OBSERVER Hot Spots Edited by Linda and Charles Preston ACROSS 123 45678 9101112 13141516

1 Letter from Greece 17 18 19 20 21 4 Three-time AL batting champ 22 23 24 25 9 Stuntman Knievel 13 ‘Volunteer’ Al 26 27 28 17 Klutz’s word 29 30 31 19 Postpone 20 Presidential 32 33 34 35 36 37 turndown 21 Pugilist 38 39 40 41 42 22 Sculptor’s gift 25 Like a pixie 43 44 45 46 47 26 Symbolic story 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 27 Anthony Quinn role 55 56 57 58 28 “The Day ___”: Crossword Longfellow 59 60 61 29 Frog genus 30 Musical pitches 62 63 64 65 66 67 31 Look of disdain 68 69 70 71 32 Helen Jackson heroine 72 73 74 75 76 35 Makes one’s way 36 Adds to 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 38 “...been young and now ___”: Psalms 84 85 86 87 39 Baseball fan’s gift to New York 88 89 90 41 Actress Hagen, of 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 “The Boys from Brazil” 98 99 100 43 Heavy weight 44 John, of “The 101 102 103 104 Addams Family” 46 Pre-Easter period 105 106 107 108 47 Alphabetic sequence ©2006 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved 11/5/2006 48 On the ___: 86 He has a security 5 Arrowsmith’s first 36 Revoke a legacy 75 Brings milk to a quarreling 37 50 Wine-lover’s gift? blanket wife Mick Jagger, for boil 54 87 Butterfly types 6 Problematic one 78 French L-35 “Common Sense” 88 7 39 author Friendship Parchment pap. Make a beginning launcher 89 8 40 55 They worry a lot Estate house Grand Canyon Dole out 79 Locked horns 57 90 Normandy town State 42 Copied Vernacular 9 45 80 “There ___ thing 58 Like a winding 91 Old section of Hillary’s conquest ‘Slammin’ Sammy’ 10 Action words 47 Fonteyn or Kidder that’s wrong...”: road Algiers “South Pacific” 93 Basil-garlic sauce 11 Comical Kett 49 Van Gogh’s “The 59 Precious stone 12 81 94 Resembling our Asta’s mistress ___ Night” Gave the cold weight portrayer 51 Pneumonia type shoulder 60 Small dark goose feathered friends 13 52 61 98 Not native Eagle or oldie John or John 83 Coral reefs Home to the herd 14 British scholar’s Quincy 62 Frightened 99 Realtor’s city gift? 85 Cautionary colors 101 gift? 53 Luxury ship 64 1970s New York Art category 15 54 87 Like the American 102 Horse’s restraint They may cause mayor Abe French pronoun 16 Coastal raptor groans flag 65 Bleeped 103 Relish 18 56 89 Edison’s ___ Park 68 104 Cholesterol, for Deuce-beater Bess’s best man Hook’s henchman one 58 Christmas candy 90 Nasal cavity 69 105 Writer Umberto English car 21 Be suitable, old 60 Lawyer Melvin 91 Canary dealer’s gift? and family style 61 Brief news 71 106 “___ grief!”: Charlie confinement Russian ruler 23 Kampala’s country summary 92 72 Airport near Paris Brown 24 62 One of the Waughs 007 and Julian Patronize the mall 93 73 Flippered mammal 107 Wacko 28 Computer data 63 “Cheers” waitress ___ Alto, CA 74 Unrefined 108 London’s Big ___ 30 Pop singer ___ 64 Wild swine 94 Sheet of quilt 76 “___ to prepare a Marie 65 Vance or stuffing place...”: Christ DOWN 31 95 Thorny McCormick Metrical foot 2006 5, November Sunday, — Date Release 77 32 66 Middle East org. “The giant ___ All agog 96 ___-slapper: funny 78 Yachtsman’s 1 Ponselle or Parks Sumatra...”: Doyle 67 Impurities 2 33 69 joke international gift? TV’s “___ Lover Thin, as a voice 97 82 Actress Blanchett Baltimore” 34 Gambler’s Riviera 70 Happen Genesis garden and author Tieman 3 October birthstone gift? 73 Mr. Jones’s 99 Jo’s older sister 84 Mites or ticks 4 “___ Grecian Urn” 35 Defeats neighbor? 100 Mai ___

RHO OL I VA EVEL GORE OOPS DEFER VETO BOXER STATUEOFL I BERTY ELF I N AL LEGORY ZORBA I SDONE RANA TONES SNEER RAMONA WENDS APPENDS AMOLD SHEASTAD I UM UTA TON AST I N LENT MNOP OUTS NAPAVALLEY PA I NE FRETTERS I D IOM CURVED CARAT BRANT RANGE SCARED BEAME CENSORED HARRY ROL LSROYCE TSAR ORLY SEAL CRASS I GO P LO AMER I CASCUP CATES ACAR I DS L I NUS SATYRS AM I TY MANOR ST LO CASBAH PESTO B I RDL I KE AL I EN MANHATTAN I SLAND GENREELLEEATUPSMEE ECOS GOOD D I TSY BEN 11/5/2006 OBSERVER Something’s Fishy Edited by Linda and Charles Preston ACROSS 123456 7891011 1213141516

1 Take turns 17 18 19 20 7 Ferber favorite 12 ___ Doody 21 22 23 17 Best time for beachcombers 24 25 26 27 19 Immaturity 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 20 Blubber 21 Perch on the 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 rocks? 23 Lounge devotee 43 44 45 46 24 Crab’s look 25 City near Sapporo 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 27 Other 28 Disaccustom 54 55 56 57 58 59 32 A first for Franz 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 33 County Kerry port Crossword 34 Electric slitherer 67 68 69 70 35 ___ a sudden 37 You can ___ 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 horse... 40 Defeats 78 79 80 81 82 43 Visually-challenge d fish? 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 46 Bundle 91 92 93 94 95 47 Whoever 48 Fashions 96 97 98 99 100 51 Boardwalk feature, often 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 54 Take for a sucker 57 Shoal sharer? 108 109 110 111 112 59 List ender 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 abbreviation 60 Giggle 122 123 124 63 Feminine finish 65 Take the floor 125 126 127 66 Enjoy a repast 67 Gold, in Granada ©2006 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved 11/12/2006 68 Unsophisticate 69 Colleen 113 11 44 88 70 1,200 to Cato “Always a ..., never Richard’s Affirmative Smooth 71 ___” successor 45 “Country” 89 Marsh bird Is green around 115 12 90 the gills Ray on the ___ polloi Slaughter Jog along 13 49 73 Fragrance endangered list? Squish out Twofold 92 “...a ___ ’clock 122 50 75 “___ Mable”: One without 14 Big doings at the Asparagus units scholar” Streeter 123 Ocean-warming watering hole? 52 Hornpipe, for one 94 Sarandon of film 76 White as a ___ phenomenon 15 Big Band name 53 Vote in 95 Presumptuous 78 Armhole, to a tailor 124 Hankered 16 Yelps from the 55 Hear about 96 Fruit for a split 79 Fish with curt 125 Director Woody Alps 56 Kennedy’s craft 97 Author Allende, of comments? 126 Change, as the 18 Star, at the Folies 58 Prop for Picasso Chile 81 Schedule clock Bergere 60 Here’s to you! 98 Fire quencher 83 Broncobusters 127 Sidewinders 19 Dolphins’ gr. 61 Heather 103 Braided tape 85 ___ Zone: hot spot 20 Unhappy hustlers? 62 Pious Pisces? 104 Musial and Laurel 87 Least DOWN 22 Had 64 Conductor’s 106 Whence the 91 Take up 26 Female sandpipers concern phoenix rose 93 Dover heir? 1 Field judge, for 28 Doo-wop sound 68 Band member? 109 Stroke or swipe 96 Rode a tandem short 29 Gusto 72 Rundown start 99 Waffle topper 2 Yum-Yum’s sash 30 Bedfellow 74 Spring mos. 111 Press one’s suit 100 After Diciembre 3 One of Turner’s TV 31 A ___ situation: 75 Matter-of-factly 112 ___ Shan: Asian 101 Query stations sure thing 76 McQueen or Martin mountains 102 “___ like of a 4 Olympic VIP 33 One who rises to 77 Conforming 114 Cub’s pack hidden brook”: 5 Spanish uncles the bait 80 Notched 116 Make flies for Coleridge 6 Elicit 36 Property divider 82 Where the fishing

105 Rat race retreat 7 Piglet’s parent 38 Prone Limpopo flows: 117 Head doc. 2006 12, November Sunday, — Date Release 107 Punkie 8 ___ scale of... 39 Sad song abbr. 118 Gun lobby 108 Dundee denials 9 Ulan ___ 41 Painter Gerard ___ 84 Legendary bird 119 Squid’s squirt 110 Robin of baseball 10 “___ Kick Out of Borch 86 “___ 120 Bee follower 111 Tailor’s measure You” 42 Sped Rosenkavalier” 121 Mag. moguls

ROTATE SOB IG HOWDY EBBT I DE NONAGE BOOHOO F I SHOUTOFWATER L I ZARD SCOWL OTARU ELSE WEAN E IN TRALEE EEL AL LOF LEADA DESTROYS WAL LEYEDP I KE SHEAF ANYONE TRENDS ARCADE SCA L P GROUPER ETA L TEHEE ETTE SPEAK D I NE ORO BABE LASS MCC A I LS AROMA DERE SHEET SCYE SNAPPER SLATE TAMERS TORR I D FEWEST ADOPT SOLESURV I VOR B I CYCLED SYRUP ENERO ASK ANOI SE SPA GNAT NAES YOUNT WAI ST ABRIDE SKATEONTHINICE NEEDER ELN I NO YEARNED ALLEN RESET SNAKES 11/12/2006 OBSERVER Turkey Talk Edited by Linda and Charles Preston ACROSS 1234 567891011 1213141516

1 Skirt insert 17 18 19 20 5 Gave a leg up 12 Truman’s 21 22 23 birthplace 17 ___ borealis 24 25 26 19 Elope 27 28 29 30 20 ___ -camp: military assistant 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 21 Start of Tom Turkey’s verse 40 41 42 43 24 Arcane 25 Tiny colonist 44 45 46 47 48 49 26 Trojan hero 27 Gender 50 51 52 53 28 Freight 54 55 56 57 58 30 “Kidnapped” Crossword literary monogram 59 60 61 62 31 Jalopy 34 Tropical eel 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 35 Zilch 36 St. Petersburg’s 72 73 74 75 river 40 Wade through 76 77 78 79 80 water 81 82 83 84 41 Penalty fee 42 White Mountains 85 86 87 88 89 90 river 43 Portent 91 92 93 44 More of verse 50 Yoruba culture 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 center 51 ___ go bragh! 103 104 105 106 52 Summer ermine 107 108 109 53 Dress fold 54 Debt neglecter 110 111 112 56 “Old Blood and Guts” 58 “High ___”: Bogart ©2006 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved 11/19/2006 film 59 Floating bridge 98 14 46 78 61 Deeds Shoreline Western flattop British guns Leveling wedge 63 103 End of verse 15 Rehan and 47 NY time, in 79 Festive Song refrain 107 66 Chic Most adorable Huxtable November 80 12 doz. 108 Naha’s island 16 “The Bridge of San 48 Kett or James 68 Coruscate 87 Begins 72 109 Fringed carriage Luis ___” 49 Viewpoint Football’s “Papa 110 17 55 88 Lamentation Bear” Grenoble’s Pierre’s soul Covered with a 73 department 18 Concur mist 89 Tires Duelist Burr 111 20 56 74 Japanese premier: Camping out “Tie ___ ribbon ___ a church 90 Get back one’s 112 Budgeter’s favorite ’round ...” mouse losses 1964-72 22 57 75 Dock workers’ org. word Number of “geese On ___: endlessly 91 a-laying” 58 Not these 76 More of verse Famed conductor DOWN 23 Bean 92 Wheel part 81 Crystal gazer’s Georg 28 Opposite of pros 60 Man from 93 Noted Brit. lexicon phrase 1 29 94 82 One of a Latin trio Dolls’ Broadway Belligerent god Nebraska Heat meas. 83 partners 31 Bonnie’s partner 62 ___ at the office 95 Cloudiness 2 Bone: prefix 84 Approximately 32 Spur wheel 63 Preside over Neural network 3 96 ___ and terminer 85 Show partisanship 33 Khan’s title 64 German merchant Sally or Ayn 4 34 98 Hosiery mishap 86 Hemingway Bearing guild Barbie’s 5 35 65 99 ex-boyfriend Bric-a- ___ Swimming or Bygone Spanish labor 87 6 “___ Town” floating 67 Calligrapher’s need 100 Hillside dugout Tapping spigot 36 89 7 Single Most honorable 69 Neap and ebb 101 Next year’s soph 8 37 Citizen Kane’s 91 Arid place Fireplace residue 70 Israeli port Number of “lords 9 38 71 “Rosebud” a-leaping” Nasal Of the soft palate Comedienne 102 10 39 Mystery writer 2006 19, November Sunday, — Date Release 92 Alabama Keep an ___ the Corseaut, of “The Martha ground Blob” 73 “Oh, Look ___”: Josephine “Freedom March” 11 40 103 René’s roll-call city “Le Roi ___”: Lalo Merganser 1941 ditty 93 opera 41 Coquette 74 Prepare for response Cheer for 12 42 104 Escamillo Word with den or Pitch woo papering Torrid 94 share 45 Assign to new 77 For consumption 105 Skater Babilonia Weep noisily 13 97 Harper Valley gr. Together, in music quarters elsewhere 106 Barley beard

GORE BOOSTED LAMAR AURORA RUNAWAY A I DEDE MYSONGSAREHARSHYOUSAY ESOTER I C ANT AENEAS SEX CARGO RLS CRATE MORAY N I L NEVA SLOG F I NE SACO OMEN MYWARBLESSEEMTOWOBBLE EDE ER I N STOAT PLEAT WELSHER PATTON S I ERRA PONTOON ACT I ONS CHORUS MOD I SH GL I TTER HALAS AARON SATO I LA ANDYETTHANKSG I V I NGDAY I SEE AMAS HAZE RETE RAND KEN SP I LE FROSH TEN SELMA OLE BOOHOO PTA SEACOAST ITSYOUWHOSITANDGOBBLE CUTEST OK I NAWA SURREY ISERE TENTING PAID 11/19/2006 OBSERVER Off Titles? Edited by Linda and Charles Preston ACROSS 123456 78910 1112131415

1 Prime-time staple 16 17 18 19 20 7 Bridge expert Sharif 21 22 23 11 Former Turkish official 24 25 26 27 28 16 Desire passionately 29 30 31 32 18 Give an A, say 33 34 35 36 37 19 Non-clergy groups 21 Debate? 38 39 40 41 42 43 23 Rings 24 ___-Cat 44 45 46 47 25 All-out attack 26 Emulated Babe 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 28 Before poetically 56 57 58 59 60 61

29 A day in the life of Crossword actress Campbell? 62 63 64 65 66 67 32 Hill builders 33 Sudden 68 69 70 71 outpouring 35 Underdog’s feat 72 73 74 75 76 77 36 Chops 38 He-men 78 79 80 81 39 White sale items 42 Etched metalwork 82 83 84 85 86 87 44 Present! 88 89 90 91 45 Scot’s topper 46 “___ course for 92 93 94 95 96 ...”: captain’s order 47 Huge ref. work 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 48 Copy, briefly 50 “101 Dalmatians”? 104 105 106 107 108 109 55 PO service 56 Architectural 110 111 112 addition 113 114 115 57 Caspian Sea feeder 59 Clear the board ©2006 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved 11/26/2006 60 Assist in an assault 101 13 41 79 62 Intense, as eyes Pub pint Evidence of baffled Big music maker Shortened, in short 64 104 Einstein and others scientists? 43 Chinese leader 83 Wager Laboring class 106 14 49 member Pine Cheered Bounce 84 Big name in scales 65 conveyances? 15 Judged 51 Iron: prefix Air line to the 110 17 52 85 Tire pressure lungs Becomes Mid-1900s South Clubs for Couples established anew Korean president 53 Biblical undercover letters 68 Deserters 86 69 111 Lyle Lovett, for one 18 Tony winner agent Like a lobster “Sock-it-to-me” 112 54 87 Judy He did it his way Verdon Prufrock creator’s Novel opening, 70 113 Meddler 19 Like Erie or Huron monogram perhaps Rotters 114 20 55 71 Some trains City north of Provo Exist VCR button 90 Rolle, of TV’s 72 115 Shutterbug’s 22 Kind of trip 58 Used cars, say “Good Times” Franklin, to Sara 27 61 73 Story of Popeye’s necessity Singer Cole Pitched low 91 Organism remnant 29 Big name in 63 Go for the gold? childhood? 64 93 Ted, of “Blossom” 76 “___ Marner” DOWN consumer activism Average 30 Bottom line 65 Latin ballroom and “Soap” 78 Get a load of 94 79 1 Sayings 31 Good times dance Limerick land Loads 2 32 66 95 80 Bender “Yes ___”: Of times long past: Pass US-Can. canals 81 Sammy’s story abbr. 67 Plus 96 Small fry Video ___ 3 33 69 82 Beat badly “Comin’ ___ the Brosnan role Provider of 98 Field yield 85 Rye” 34 Rare Egyptian provender Ad campaign 4 70 99 Permit 87 Milwaukee brew Corp. honcho eggs? Squeeze in 5 Compensates for 36 Author Joyce ___: studying 101 Sterns 88 Directs attention to 102 89 6 Intention “The Cloud 72 New England town Doge’s dough “Touched By an 7 103 2006 26, November Sunday, — Date Release Angel” Della Granada gold Chamber” officers Historic times 91 8 Deface 37 This ___ fine 74 High peak 105 Misleading 75 Maudlin 92 9 Riders and mess... Spanish eye Pt. of CPA 38 77 sentimentality 93 postscripts Small scrap of 1926 Nobel Prize 107 Bernstein’s rainy 10 Lived paper winner Grazia Fir feller tale? 11 “___ Piper of 39 March parade Deledda’s country 108 Aries 97 Mom-and-pop gr. 78 109 98 Hamelin” honoree, for short Windshield Pep rally Bordeaux product 12 From ___ Z 40 Lug clearers in winter participant 100 Bird perch

S I TCOM OMAR PASHA ACHEFOR GRADE LA I T I ES WAROFTHEWORDS AREOLAS SNO S I EGE O I NKED ERE NEVEONSUNDAY ANTS SPATE UPSET MI NCES STUDS SHAMS DAMASCENE HERE TAM LAYA OED REPRO PUPF I CT I ON RFD ELL URAL ERASE ABET DEEPSET PROLE TRACHEA RATS CARNE CADS ELS SON ATAR I SBORN S I LAS SEE ALOT JAG TAPE CLOBBERED PROMO PABST REFERS REESE FALSE ACCT WETS I DESTORY PTA CLARET ROOST ALE EM I GRES CHAR I OTSOFF I R REROOTS TEXAN S I NATRA SNOOP OREM LENSES 11/26/2006 OBSERVER Crossword Release Date — Sunday, December 3, 2006 12/3/2006 12/3/2006 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 ...” 86 88 89 90 95 97 98 99 100 101 103 104 106 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 Edited by Linda and Charles Preston EMA SUNDAE CANEA STUDS EACH ASTRO NOV I CE GENDER College town on the Thames Austrian composer Bruckner Hope/Crosby course Tropical gum tree Spar Ballot South Bend team “Elegy” poet Thomas Rooting sounds Trooper’s trap Quarterback’s count Doubter Tree-lined walkway “Now, ___”: Bette Davis film Trees in an O’Neill title Appia or Dolorosa Cuckoo Preceded Witness’s activity Actor O’Shea Perry’s creator SHE I NCUS FARAD VO I D 52 53 55 61 63 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 74 75 76 78 79 80 82 85 54 JUSTUSEYOURCRED I TCARD LEAP R I ANT AMAZE EVAN TREYS I NGE SCORN FORXMASDONTEXPECTALOT ANYA T I CAN I TA LOLA HABEAS MACH I NE I LA ANT I CARRESONG TAROS NEALE ALA I REDAN PAT SAD STAGE QUABEATNIK RULA ITOASNOT NUD I SIVA SM ALBAN DEAF REM DONTBES I L L YMYW I FESA I D ROC NORA AVERSRECENT NAVA L SEG STORK I ER ONTO MARD I MESTA RAGE MYDEARONET I MESAREHARD WI EN AR I EL OPERA L I NN 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 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 27 28 29 35 36 38 39 41 42 43 45 46 47 49 50 51 44 45 46 47 48 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 65 66 67 68 69 123 45678 91011121314151617 Lady of Spain Animosity Adhesive ingredient “___ La Douce” Large Sumatran island Sweater type Annulled Grifter’s game Fortune’s partner Wall Street acronym Grates Shakespearean sprite “Louise” or “Lohengrin” Bambi of theater fame For a ___: cheaply Eagle ex-coach “Greasy” Fortification Unchanged 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 116120124 117 121 125 118 122 126 119 123 127 566070 7181 728791 73 8294 61 57 83 88 74 75 95 92 76 84 89 58 62 96 63 77 59 85 90 86 97 64 78 93 79 80 98 99 100 101 1822263033 19 27 23 34 35 36 31 20 28 24 37 38 39 32 40 21 29 25 41 42 43 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 122 123 124 125 126 127 DOWN 121 ©2006 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved Where Credit Is Due Stable breeders “To ___ His Own” Houston athlete Last line of verse Oppositionist Le ___ of spydom Tropical tubers Kirgiz mountain range Vienna, to Fritz Laders’ org. Late Line sect. Infant ferry? Relatively: suffix 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 1 4 9 94 96 97 99 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 91 92 93 105 107 109 116 117 118 119 120 102 ACROSS OBSERVER Crossword Release Date — Sunday, December 10, 2006 12/10/2006 12/10/2006 Nobelist Wiesel Thanks ___! Flock of sheep Egg: prefix ___ Paulo, Brazil Bit of a Seurat painting Bridge expert Culbertson Beantown team 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 92 93 96 97 98 99 77 78 79 80 81 82 84 86 88 89 90 91 100 Edited by Linda and Charles Preston SHAME SLANT GRAHAM Flavorful Commandment word Taking to court Like many bathrooms Famed Greek physician Put ___ to: stop Lose one’s cool Extraterrestrial visitor Lightweight velvet Creator of “Don Juan” Sonia, of “Kiss...” True blue Flora and fauna Shrub: prefix Nullify Fifty minutes to two Faulkner’s avaricious Snopes Hero from Ohio, John Enlightened Buddhist Floating zookeeper Pronunciation omissions I BORN ECLAT JANSSEN LALLA BLEND LY ING BENET FREN I OREGANO 43 46 48 50 51 52 53 54 56 58 60 61 62 63 65 66 67 68 69 70 75 JEFF REEL REATA I TCH LONE LUG ROAN EDGE F I END GRANDCANYON REN ETC THETAJMAHAL CLEAT ALASS COLOSSUSOFRHODES I DE OVOLO MALF I NOLO AR I L OXL I P ETHAN THEE ATHENSSTERE SNARLSEWS ENDLESST STAMENED IME SLURASH GLO THEB I GAPPLE AID AUNTS SIAM HEAD T I TAN ODES STYX NATHANS I TALO AROMA UTOPIAN ANAIL BLIGH GELAT I ANKER FARC I RAWLOC IGREATWALLOFCH NA CELL MAHARAN I AL LAH PO I NTE Bear witness to All of it! Short-tailed lemur “There is ___ inaffairs...”: the Caesar Give the cold shoulder Moonshiner’s device Israeli seaport Endings for duke, king, etc. “ Maria ___”: Dorsey favorite Make ___ with: go over big Khaki-colored Word shuffle “___ upon a midnight...” Babylonian wonder Author Camilo Jose ___ Pilot’s place Relating to the mails Macbeth’s title Signaling device Spanish Steps site Bahamas capital 32 33 34 35 37 38 39 40 42 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 20 24 25 30 31 27 28 29 30 87 88 89 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 Drinking spree Go astray Expression of disapproval Warning lights Mountain ashes PSATs, e.g. Model Macpherson Abner’s adjective Brings to mind People: prefix Staffordshire river Stuffed with, in cookery Woe is me! Greek island view Viewpoint Convex molding “The Duchess of ___”: Webster tragedy ___ contendere Supervisor Industry bigwig Pindar’s products River ferried by Charon 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 92 93 94 95 90 9194101105 95 96 102 92 106 103 97 93 107 104 98 108 99 100 41454955 5667 50 46 42727683 51 84 52 77 57 68 53 78 43 73 47 79 80 54 81 85 58 69 48 44 70 74 82 71 86 75 123418 567823 91011121314151617 31 3236 33 24 19 20 34 21 25 37 35 22 38 26 39 40 ©2006 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved Substantial Sights 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 DOWN 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 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 77 82 83 85 86 87 88 89 90 76 ACROSS OBSERVER Hangouts Edited by Linda and Charles Preston ACROSS 123 4567 89101112131415161718

1 Corn holder 19 20 21 22 4 ___ the mornin’ 8 Figures of fun 23 24 25 26 13 Silk hat 19 Shakespearean 27 28 29 prince 30 31 32 33 20 Vex 21 Describing Machu 34 35 36 37 38 39 Picchu 22 Ski chalet, 40 41 42 43 frequently 23 Gave the 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 particulars of 25 Exaggerated 54 55 56 57 comedy 58 59 60 61 27 String quartet’s Crossword offering 62 63 64 65 66 67 29 Forwarded 30 Fair grade 68 69 70 71 31 Fundamental principle 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 32 Went first 33 Caviar 79 80 81 82 34 Stadium shouts 83 84 85 86 87 36 Mortise insert 37 ___ Cruces, NM 88 89 90 91 92 93 38 Bizarre 40 Hooray, in 94 95 96 97 Hermosillo 41 Youth 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 42 Wrestlers’ surface 43 Fashion first name 105 106 107 44 Trade 108 109 110 111 46 Commercial complex 112 113 114 115 51 Capp and Capone 54 Spiritual supervisor ©2006 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved 12/17/2006 55 Pizza portion 56 Total 87 Storage place DOWN 34 Old Dominion 69 Golf’s Mark O’___ 57 Last word 88 Petr, of tennis senator 71 Chills and fevers 58 USNA grad 1 35 Jai ___ 74 God: L. 59 89 Sibling, for short A la mode Singer Vikki 90 2 Solemn promise 36 Diamond 76 Undermined 60 Frolic Muslim mystics 77 93 3 Grandstand protectors Cracker cheese 61 Horne, of “Stormy Pulitzer composer 4 37 Brussels point or 78 Cravings Charles Utes or Otos Weather” 5 Trickle Chantilly 80 Wander idly 62 Dispatch 94 Logical beginning 38 81 6 Like many ears Verbose Pluck 65 Scout leader 95 Brooded, as a 39 Wapiti 84 Chocolate delight 67 7 Dad, to some Joseph or Stewart biddy 8 41 Sierra ___, Africa 86 Prepare for bed 68 Italian wine center 96 Cocktail choice 42 88 Drought-tolerant 9 ___ a million: rare Small world? Organic carbon 69 Bovine sounds legumes 45 Mother of Achilles compound 70 10 Alternating current Reviewer’s eval. 97 Exist 46 Seminole leader 89 Words of wisdom 71 11 Pinafore hand 47 90 Clay, later 98 Hide in a hold 12 Caramel custards Overcome 72 Erwin and Nocturnal rumbles 48 Unyielding 91 Egypt and Syria, 101 Wags among the 13 Symington Soviet Nobel 49 Atelier accessory once: abbr. 73 Moray books? physicist 50 92 105 14 Extra Jewish Free-for-all 74 Mr. Chips Social parasite Easy as falling ___ month, ___ Sheni 93 “Dies ___” portrayer 107 Beautifying log 52 95 15 TV’s Jay Erie Canal mule 75 Passes 108 Old, to Yves Treeless tract 53 Duck soup 96 Early copters 79 Owned 109 16 Clue and charades 57 Close associates 97 Pinnacles ___ can’t!: it’s 17 80 Moving event? forbidden Did what 52 Down 60 Perfume container 98 Blind segment 82 Certainly not 110 Busy as ___ does 62 Muddle 99 James of letters 18 Licorice stick, for 63 100 certain 111 Charles’ canine Proceed 2006 17, December Sunday, — Date Release 83 Distinctive time one 64 101 Structural support 112 Castro convertible Sets down beam Snickered 24 Sras., in Paris 65 102 113 Active one North Sea feeder 85 Demon beverage Urchin, in Paris 26 Ref. work 66 Geneticists’ 103 Ominous 86 Follower of 30 114 Sun. speeches 28 Numero ___ abbreviation 104 Cicatrix Across 115 Article, in Aachen 32 Unpunctual 67 Unaccompanied 106 Uproarious place

COB TOPO GOATS TOPPER HAL RO I L I NCAN AFRAME I TEM I ZED BEDROOMFARCE CHAMBERMUS I C REMA I L ED CEE CANON LED ROE RAHS TENON LAS WE I RD OLE LAD MAT OLEG BARTER OFF I CEPARK ALS B I SHOP S L I CE ADD AMEN ENS CARR PLAY LENA HASTE DENMOTHER ALSOP ASTI MOOS CRIT ALI STUS EEL DONAT GOESBY HAD GARAGESALE UNSURE IBAR RUM DEE BIN KORDA SIS SUFIS IVES ECO SAT GUARS ARE S TOWAWA Y L I BRARYCARDS LOUNGE L I ZARD COSMET I C ANC I EN NOYOU ABEE ERA TEHEED GOSSE SERS DER 12/17/2006 OBSERVER Noel! Noel! Edited by Linda and Charles Preston ACROSS 12345 6789 1011121314151617

1 Supporting timbers 18 19 20 21 22 6 Israel’s Eban 10 Friendly 23 24 25 26 discussion 14 Ardor 27 28 29 18 One of the Fords 19 Palindromic time 30 31 32 of day 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 20 Subtle emanation 21 Pried inquisitively 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 23 Bethlehem, in a carol 50 51 52 53 25 It led 64 Across 27 Those making 54 55 56 57 58 wills 59 60 61 62 63

28 Very small amount Crossword 29 Small interstice in 64 65 66 67 68 tissue 30 Some Burmese 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 Buddhists 31 Waste product 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 32 Paved, in a way 33 Swiss river 83 84 85 86 36 Matters to be disputed 87 88 89 90 91 39 Luau adornment 92 93 94 40 Message of the herald angels 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 50 Fascination 51 German hall 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 52 Opponent of 56 Across 112 113 114 53 Great Barrier Island 54 Most ashen 115 116 117 118 55 “The Body 119 120 121 122 Snatcher” initials 56 ETO commander 57 Gentle touch ©2006 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved 12/24/2006 59 Annapolis grad. 105 10 45 81 60 Largest tributary of Freight train rear Spelling or quilting Word before hat or Cup or cough the Congo car follower hand starter 106 11 46 62 Layer of paint Injures Sacred book of 82 Lacking luster Actress Salonga 107 Familiarize 12 Islam 63 Mongolian and La Scala highlights 84 Dangerous curve 112 Christmas visitor 13 Children’s chasing 47 Road to Rome 85 Turkic tribes 114 Stable sound 64 Entrances for 112 game 48 Monster’s loch? 88 They were led to 14 49 Large waterfall Bethlehem Across Board the Popular fuel 89 115 Guide 56 Quinine water 69 On land choo-choo Morning 90 71 116 Seine sights 15 One destined to fail phenomenon Tourist’s home Wrath 117 away from home? 72 Invalid’s food Grafted, in heraldry 16 US fur merchant 57 English poet and 73 118 Turn aside Jacob song composer 91 Red ___ Writer Carl ___ 119 95 Doren Queen of the 17 Author of “Good Thomas Disarrange 76 Greek gods King Wenceslaus” 58 Raided the icebox 96 Take ___: suffer Moves slowly and 120 furtively Word with chair or 22 The ___ Scott 61 Brooklyn or Israel heavy losses 77 mark decision follower 97 Breakfast standby 121 Rajah’s wife 78 Editor’s notation 24 62 Tracy or Trevino 98 Raven man 122 Airport abbr. Cede or change 80 Nonmetallic Spanish 26 One who loathes 63 Darjeeling starter missionary in carbolic element 28 Fairy bluebird 64 Eighth Greek letter 99 Central FL city 83 America 65 Drillmaster’s 31 Affairs of honor School dance 100 Wry faces command 33 Love feast 66 “The ___ Stuff”: 84 DOWN 102 Back talk Old English letter 34 British actress 1983 film 85 Spanish room 67 103 Legendary burden 1 Zone or region Elizabeth Work unit 86 Dickens’ 35 68 bearer 2 New York barge Bakery wares Shafted weapons 104 Broadway musical 37 69 Urbane canal Laundry aid Isles off Ireland 2006 24, December Sunday, — Date Release 87 “Holy ___, sleep in 70 107 Indirect suggestion 3 Tiny colonists 38 Synagogue Discipline or ...” 108 Comedian Johnson 92 4 Gloves for catchers 39 ___ Alamos, NM defense starter Hawaiian hawks 41 73 Graphic 109 Maple genus 93 Low-lying, soggy 5 Concluding word in Bea’s “Golden a Psalm Girls” colleague 74 Anoint, once 110 Salesman’s dist. ground 42 75 111 94 ___ Moines, IA 6 San ___, TX Many mos. “Revenge of the ___” This, in Toledo 95 7 Ill-mannered 43 Ties up, as a horse 76 Greek letter 113 Former UN Robin Hood’s love 77 99 Old Spanish card person 44 Historical kingdom Tokyo, formerly dignitary game 8 Makes obeisance in present day 78 San Diego ballplayer 114 Turkish cap, in 101 Lackaday 9 New England cape Chad 79 Olive genus Tripoli

BEAMS ABBA CHAT ELAN ERNIENOONAURANOSED L I TTLETOWN BR IGHTSTAR TESTATORS IOTA AREOLE SHAN DROSS TARRED AAR I SSUES LE I GLORYTOTHENEWBORNK I NG AL LURE AULA AES OTEA PALEST RLS DDE CARESS ENS H I C LEA TATARS THETHREEWI SEMEN ASHORE I RE PAP VAN CREEPS EGG POE I OD I NE HALT EDH SALA OL I VER I NFANTSOTENDERANDMI LD I OS MORASS DES MAR I AN OMBRE ALAS UBANG I COAT HAB I TUATE SANTACLAUS F I REPLACES STEER I LES ENTE AVERT HERA EASY STET SERRA 12/24/2006 OBSERVER Ink, Inc. Edited by Linda and Charles Preston ACROSS 12345 678 91011121314151617

1 Emanations 18 19 20 21 6 Shoot the breeze 9 Halley’s discovery 22 23 24 25 14 Flower holders 18 Keen 26 27 28 29 30 19 Latvian capital 20 Slavishly imitative 31 32 33 34 21 Carol 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 22 Sweet stuff 23 “Sleepy Time Gal” 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 writer 24 Thick-headed 51 52 53 54 55 56 25 Poi root 26 French cuffs 57 58 59 60 61 need? 29 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 Light-headed? Crossword 31 “___ a Kick Out of 69 70 71 72 73 You” 32 Carte or mode 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 lead-in 33 Of the stars 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 35 Collector 38 Paradise 91 92 93 94 95 40 Obstruct 43 Spoil 96 97 98 99 100 44 Platform 47 Antiquity, old style 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 48 SASE 108 109 110 111 112 49 Tennis shot 51 Molly Ringwald 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 flick 55 Travel fast 122 123 124 125 126 57 Mideast mount 58 Orderly 127 128 129 130 59 Contretemps 61 Sandbank 131 132 133 134 62 A votre ___! 64 Hwy. ©2006 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved 12/31/2006 66 Regrets 68 Sicilian volcano 116 Everthing but ___ 8 Bracelet 50 “Dracula” Lugosi 88 Privation 69 Death Valley 122 From ___: all the 9 Muslim magistrate 52 Leather workers 90 ___ -out: manages problem 10 53 74 way ___ -shut case Yugoslav marshal 92 Calligrapher’s need Soliloquy start 123 11 54 77 Suit to ___ “California, Here Luxury furs “Leave ___ 94 Eskimo boat 78 ___!” 12 Squiggle shape Beaver” Fernandez of 125 13 55 95 482-mile French baseball Leslie Caron role On ___: bordering Bond costar 126 Boxer Roberto on Adams river 79 Sleigh driver 98 82 127 Drink 14 Not revealed 56 In ___: privy to Breed of cattle Federer and 128 15 60 102 Roddick, often Actor Lloyd Horse of a different Manufacture Grabbed 84 129 Jeté color? 63 Seventh Greek 104 Looks for oil Actor-director Alan 130 16 86 Promote Overact Techy kid letter 106 Male or female 89 131 Hurried 17 ___ gin fizz 65 45 rpm records 107 Nary a soul 19 67 Start again 91 “In ___ of the 132 NJ ex-governor’s Pull on the reins Family member, for 109 27 short Roman garb Night” family Run-down 111 93 133 Almost so. 28 Burdened 70 ___ for words Farm enclosures Fast as can be 113 96 Japanese coin 134 Freshen 30 Knights’ weapons 71 Farmer’s milieu Former tennis 97 Mrs. Lennon 34 Show place 72 Plains Indian great Wilander 98 Boxcar traveler DOWN 35 Elec. units abode 114 Up on 99 Cork’s country 36 Roger, of the 73 Anna Sten role 115 Roundup gear 74 100 Peggy or Michele 1 Exec. aide diamond Makes lace 117 Poetic nights 101 Repairs the lawn 2 Slangy refusal 37 Sport enclosure 75 Shade of yellow 118 3 39 76 Talon 103 Air attack “A ___ to Live” Benevolent order Designer Geoffrey 119 105 4 One of the 41 T. S. ___ 80 Sheer cotton fabric Press Veer off 120 108 Landi, of 1930s Musketeers 42 Italian native 81 Jackson and “___ and Hayes”: 2006 31, December Sunday, — Date Release films 5 Small shoots 45 Common chemical Bancroft 1983 movie 110 Farm info. Bureau 6 Lerner and Loewe ending 83 Bar seats 121 Understood 112 Snicker follower musical 46 Bandied words 85 Greenish blue 124 Olympic runner 113 Actress Berenson 7 Capital of Guam about 87 Slope board Sebastian

AURAS GAB COMET URNS SHARP R I GA AP I SH NOEL SUGAR EGAN DENSE TARO THEM I SS I NGL I NK B LONDE IGET ALA ASTRAL AMASSER EDEN H I NDER MAR DAIS ELD ENC LOB PRETTY I NP I NK MAKET I ME S I NA I NEAT SPAT SHOAL SANTE RTE RUES ETNA NOTADROPTODR I NK TOBE ATEE S I D SANTA ACERS ALDA PUSH NOONE THEST I LL QU I CKASAWI NK SEN ONO BUM E I RE LEE RESODS RA I D D I GRESS EL I SSA ARS SNEE MAR I SA THEK I TCHENS I NK ATOZ ICOME LILI DURAN TOPE NOLAN LEAP EMOTE SPED KEANS SSW RENEW 12/31/2006 OBSERVER Drink Up! Edited by Linda and Charles Preston ACROSS 123 4567 8910111213 14151617

1 Pen name 18 19 20 21 22 4 Musical climax 8 Ravel work 23 24 25 26 14 Word on a bulb 18 Rock’s Brian 27 28 29 30 31 19 Rabbit title 20 By ___: 32 33 34 35 36 unaccompanied 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 22 Curved molding 23 “Rob Roy” 47 48 49 50 51 26 Yours and mine 27 “Do ___ a Waltz?” 52 53 54 55 56 57 28 Kryptonian alter ego 58 59 60 61 62 63 29 It’s just ___ 64 65 66 67 68 69 70

thought Crossword 30 Helpful types 71 72 73 74 75 76 32 Pyramid, basically 33 Flavoring herb 77 78 79 80 81 35 Polished 37 “Gone With the 82 83 84 85 86 Wind,” e.g. 41 Come down hard 87 88 89 90 91 92 43 Eustachian tube, for one 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 47 Coop denizen 48 Oklahoma Indian 101 102 103 104 105 106 49 Extreme cruelty 107 108 109 110 51 Coeur d’___ 52 Dionne group, 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 briefly 55 Endings to some 120 121 122 123 124 ltrs. 56 Singer Gore, et al. 125 126 127 128 58 Familiar episode 61 More marshy 129 130 131 132 63 Gen. Robert ___ 64 Like some stone ©2007 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved 1/7/2007 walls 65 Perrier alternative 110 Types 5 Bruin who wore #4 50 Syr. neighbor 92 “Fever” singer 66 Cards’ home: 111 Ominous words 6 Work place 52 “Bloody Mary” Peggy abbr. 114 “___ the ramparts 7 Curved 53 “Fiddler on the 95 Hanukkah 67 Slaps the cuffs on 8 71 ...” Represses, with up Roof” role candelabrum Ornate wall 117 Home on the range 9 Mich. neighbor 54 Stars Wars initials 96 Working mom’s aid hanging 119 Not idle 10 Olin, of “Havana” 57 Her, to Henri 98 73 Dugout fig. Misled 120 Venerated vocalist 11 Those, in Toledo 58 Hayworth, of 99 Exasperating 75 Begin to shoot 12 77 121 Shirley Temple Alters Hollywood 100 Declares Pt. of NBA 125 13 59 Perón and others 78 “___ Maria” Biblical plot Aficionado’s cry 102 Snorkeling spots 79 126 Cabinetmaker, at 14 “Manhattan” 60 Sails (into) 104 Worth emulating 15 62 Disney World 81 times Flulike symptoms Whalers’ gathering, transport Quilt filler 127 16 82 Hexa-plus two Adamson lioness Yukon, for one: in New England 106 Actress Merrill 128 66 Really heads up 84 Either “Something Frequent ER visitor abbr. 109 Lodge 129 17 Mrs. Dick Tracy 68 Verdi princess Stupid” singer Thrill 111 Lyric poems 86 130 Auto body 21 Pizazz 69 Raised Beard cutter 24 70 112 Disney World 87 Sprinted enhancement Flaps, perhaps Dry 131 25 72 attraction 90 Family men Damp, in a way I’ll get right ___! Makes lace 113 91 132 ___ Plaines 31 Provisonal words 74 Nutritional no. Not bumpy Sanctuary 115 Dubai bigwig 93 So far 34 Grasshopper 76 Cosmic cloud 94 DOWN 36 Gibson 80 Capt.’s estimate 116 Nevada tourist city Described vividly 118 97 Fish delicacy 38 Raps and claps 83 Indulges, with to Like some ale 98 24 horas 1 Charm 39 “Lord, is ___?”: 84 Body shop? 119 Ray Charles’ 101 Such chutzpah! 2 Behind the Matthew 85 Shakespearean “What’d ___” 103 One ___: kids’ ball eightball 40 Old-fashioned conspirator 122 Stock market game 3 Actor Gary or 42 Gds. 87 Proverbial deserter abbreviation 105 Basic schoolbooks Dabney 44 Formerly 88 Volcanic debris 123 Sleep stage 107 Like the Grinch 4 Breaker on the 45 At all 89 He was TV’s 124 Tupelo-to-Jackson 2007 7, January Sunday, — Date Release 108 Sussex spare road 46 “___ Misérables” “Science Guy” dir.

B I C CODA BOL ERO WAT T ENO BRER ONESELF OGEE WALTERSCOTTNOVEL OURS I HEAR KENT AS I A I DERS TOMB DILL SHINY CLASS I C TEEM EARCANAL HEN OTO SAD I SM ALENE QU I NTS PSS LESLEYS RERUN SEDG I ER ELEE IVIED EVIAN STL NABS TAPESTRY MGR OPENF I RE ASSN AVE I DEAL E I DER OCTA S I NATRA BLADE RANFAST PAS ASYLUM ASYET IMAGED EEL D I A THENERVE OCAT READERS GREEN TYRE I LKS ORE L SE OER CAMP I NUSE D I VA FORMERAMBASSADOR EDEN STA I NER ELSA EMT SEND CHROME DEWY DES 1/7/2007 OBSERVER Body Language Edited by Linda and Charles Preston ACROSS 1234 56789 1011121314

1 Pace 15 16 17 18 5 Following 10 Endures 19 20 21 22 15 Ralph ___ Emerson 23 24 25 26 27 16 Word with news or contact 28 29 30 31 17 Tire choices 32 33 34 35 36 37 19 Labor lubricant 21 See ___: agree 38 39 40 41 42 23 Welsh market town 43 44 45 46 47 48 24 Idle and ’the Red’ 25 Private’s insignia 49 50 51 52 53 27 Finale 54 55 56 57 58 59 60

28 Alias initials Crossword 29 Jefferson 61 62 63 64 Airplane’s Grace ___ 65 66 67 68 69 70 30 ___ -and-peck 31 Swear 71 72 73 74 75 32 Park seating 34 Precinct workers, 76 77 78 79 for short 36 “The ___ of 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 Solomon” 87 88 89 90 91 92 37 Born and ___ 38 Lancelot’s boss 93 94 95 96 97 40 Ties 42 Arthur, of “The 98 99 100 101 102 Golden Girls” 43 Heating sys. 103 104 105 106 107 45 Attracted 46 Snarl 108 109 110 49 Band trailer 111 112 113 51 Berliner’s one 52 Catamaran features ©2007 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved 1/14/2007 54 Stick around 57 Sharpshooter 59 Prude 97 ___ whiz 8 USNA graduate 42 Gun sound 81 Skewered treats 60 ___ contendere 98 ___ the lifeboats! 9 Hwys. 44 Share secrets 82 Gives to charity 99 10 46 61 Dressing Gossips’ Putting down Ablutions 84 Readable stock-in-trade 11 Proficient 47 Not binding ingredient 85 Fancy 62 Ottoman 101 Wherewithal 12 Locus 48 Chou ___ 86 64 Perceived 102 Pass the target 13 Lao-tzu’s truth 50 Daughter to Actor Roscoe 65 Mr. Domino 103 Barbecue delight 14 Place to wear a Tantalus 87 Slack-jawed 67 Baby gear 105 Lovers heart? 52 School dances 88 108 15 53 Niagara-on-the-Lak 68 ___ the pump Food Less strong Planted e’s locale 70 109 Cosmetologist 17 Summer TV fare 54 Divan Fraulein’s refusal 89 Mrs. Eisenhower 71 212 or 415 Lauder 18 Church council 55 Headpiece for a 73 110 The ___ bird ... 20 Clasp princess and Ms. Van Doren Prior to: prefix 91 74 Shorthand writer 111 Gather 22 Abbreviation for 56 Change Departed 76 Actress Dahl 112 Acts Murrow’s given 58 Photog. print 93 Typesetting units 77 Frisco player 113 “Graf ___” name 59 Hawaiian finger 94 23 Tree outgrowths 79 Messy one Ali ___ food 96 80 DOWN 26 Rose’s drawback 63 Societal directions Fireplace residue “Little piggy” 99 81 Cricket cousin 29 Football coach of 66 Like some peanuts Singer McEntire 83 Mrs. Marcos 1 Chivalrous note Don 67 Mother Hubbard’s 100 Took off 2 31 87 Gets an “A” The Duchess of Catherine of ___ quest 101 Spouse 89 ___ 33 Like caramel 69 Cold cuts store Actress/author 102 Oliver Twist’s Angelou 3 Bachelor’s last 35 Boulevard or 70 ___ Peace Prize 90 words avenue 72 Execs. request Fall in flakes 104 92 Wide awake 4 Drying cloth 36 Stitched 73 Pocket bread Edge 93 Mild expletive 5 Rose-family fruit 37 Twisted 75 Wanderer 106 Ending with Japan 94 Ruth or Didrikson 6 Covered with spots 39 Legis. 77 Merrier 107 Two Live Crew’s 2007 14, January Sunday, — Date Release 95 Work with dough 7 Spanish aunts 41 1988 Divine film 78 Tweaked style

GA I T AFTER LASTS WALDO PRINT RADIALS ELBOWGREASE EYETOEYE BALAERICSSTRIPEEND AKA SL I CK HUNT AVOW BENCH POLS SONG BRED ARTHUR TETHERS BEA ELEC DRAWN TANGLE WAGON E I N PONTOONS STAY SN I PER PR I G NOLO O I L FOOT S TOOL SAW FATS B I BS PR IMED NE I N AREACODE PRE STENO ARLENE G I ANT SLOB TOE KATYD I D I MELDA ACES MAYA SNOW ALERT EGAD BABE KNEAD GEE MAN RUMORS MEANS M I SS SPARER I B HEARTTHROBS EDI BLES ESTEE EARLY AMASS DEEDS SPEE 1/14/2007 OBSERVER Horsing Around Edited by Linda and Charles Preston ACROSS 12345 6789 101112131415161718

1 Post-op project 19 20 21 22 6 Harsh sound 10 Centers of activity 23 24 25 26 14 Wave sound 19 “___ of Two Cities” 27 28 29 30 20 Kermit associate 21 ___ impasse 31 32 33 34 35 22 Italian nobleman 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 23 Flower-loving horse’s pace? 46 47 48 49 50 51 25 Disappointing young horse? 52 53 54 55 56 27 Acid neutralizer 28 Steams up 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 30 Models 64 65 66 67 68 69

31 Prefix with bar Crossword 33 Unit of speed 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 35 Calif. force 36 “The Thrill is 77 78 79 80 81 Gone” singer 39 Bounce off 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 42 “Seinfeld” role 46 Conference call 89 90 91 92 93 94 minimum 48 Unoriginal 95 96 97 98 99 100 horseman? 101 102 103 104 105 51 Novelist Charles 52 Commando tactic 106 107 108 109 110 53 Repast 54 Ready to ship 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 56 From square one 57 Strange trait 123 124 125 126 59 Not sharp 62 Puerto ___ 127 128 129 130 63 Pay for a pad 131 132 133 134 64 City reputedly built by Solomon 66 Versatile bean ©2007 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved 1/21/2007 68 Sea bass relatives 116 Auto club supplies 10 Sealing wax 44 Capital NE of 91 Skier’s aid 70 Somme summer 118 93 71 Depart ingredient Djibouti City Hardware item Hurler’s horse? 123 Horse race 11 Oklahoma native 45 Salamander 96 74 Proof ender Hem in survey? 12 Burned metal 46 Metaphor, e.g. 98 77 Close-fitting case 47 Neeson, of 125 Horse? residue Attacked “Kinsey” 79 Second in a series 127 49 80 Efforts 13 “___ inside”: ad Opulent 99 Intensify Imagine 128 Limo destination 50 Get back 82 Wailuku’s island slogan 100 Assume 129 Dear, to Donizetti 14 53 Great numbers 84 Stops working Nautical drain 102 Sailer 86 130 Competition site 15 Tired of it all 55 Pedantic Aries or Taurus 58 105 Mascara recipient 88 131 Non-striker’s goal? 16 “Diana” singer Kind Tarzan 132 60 107 More than damp Sign of fatigue 17 Hip add-on Darrow client of counterpart 133 109 Converse 89 Slangy ___ out a living 18 Attention getters 1924 134 61 Harps’ cousins 111 Pvts.’ bosses acknowledgement Sites for sales 24 Not final, as a legal 90 65 Web sites? 112 Complain Just enough decree 67 92 Swear words DOWN 26 Italian wine region 113 Inter ___ Fed 69 94 Buzz’s moonmate 29 Outline clearly 114 “A Doll’s House” 95 1 Indian music Get really high 72 Swindlers Loose-limbed 32 “___ bitten ...” heroine 97 2 List shortener 73 Armageddon 115 Horse’s weapon? 34 Chicago paper, Leisurely 100 Nods 3 Carol opener nation 117 4 familiarly 75 Foal’s father 101 Rears “Same Time Next Els with tees 119 103 Year” actor 36 Horse’s hotel 76 Wheels partner Skater Lipinski Andorra neighbor 120 Open hearing, in 104 New Orleans 5 Stinging? accommodations? 78 Casino target 6 Gas pump 37 Shroud 81 Mortise insert law university 121 106 Phil, of folk abbreviation 38 Egg on 82 Thickness Ward 108 Bleachers cries 7 Jai ___ 40 Olfactory input measures 122 Brothers’ titles 110 Sailor 8 Know-it-all’s 41 Chihuahua’s place 83 Mine access 124 O lead-in 111 Peking duck expression 43 Sign of affection, to 85 Breeze 126 “___ Bless 2007 21, January Sunday, — Date Release ingredient 9 Strength a horse? 87 Seagoing: abbr. America”

REHAB RASP LOC I SWASH ATALE ELMO ATAN CONTE GARDENGA I T COL TTURKEY ALKAL I IRES EXEMPLARS ISO KNOT LAPD BBK I NG CAROM NEWMAN THREE COPYR I DER READE RA I D MEAL BOXED ANEW ODDITY DULL RICO RENT PALMYRA SOYA CONEYS ETE P I TCHERSMOUNT QED SHEATH BETA P I CTURE MAU I D I ES S I GN SHEENA I D I G SCANT OATH NE I L L I THE STABLEGUN DOZES STERNS SPA I N TULANE OCHS RAHS TAR SCAL L I ONS MAPS SETOFF GALLOPPOLL NE I GHSAYER TR I ES PROM CARO ARENA SPARE YAWN EKED YARDS 1/21/2007 OBSERVER Steady, Now Edited by Linda and Charles Preston ACROSS 1234 56789 10111213141516

1 Indication 17 18 19 20 21 5 Butcher shop purchase 22 23 24 25 10 Seance sound 13 Alphabet openers 26 27 28 29 30 17 Small stream 31 32 33 34 35 36 19 Proverb 20 Black gold 37 38 39 40 41 21 Spirit, in Siena 22 Psychoanalyst’s 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 clue 24 School quitters 50 51 52 53 54 55 26 Top limit 27 Pindar’s specialty 56 57 58 59 60 28 Rose holders 61 62 63 64 65 66 30 Stringed Crossword instrument 67 68 69 31 Beach 34 Poplar 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 36 Locales 37 Hebrew measure 77 78 79 80 81 82 38 Univ. degrees 39 Degrade 83 84 85 86 42 Boxing has-been 87 88 89 90 91 46 Bullring bellow 47 Snoop 92 93 94 95 50 Zero 51 Collection 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 52 Banquet 55 Weary 104 105 106 107 108 109 56 Put 2 and 2 together 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 57 Shrewd 117 118 119 120 59 Los Angeles suburb 121 122 123 124 60 Assistants 61 Incited to action 63 More judicious ©2007 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved 1/28/2007 65 Foot part 108 13 49 90 67 1929 disaster Meadow Concerning “I do” response At this time 70 110 Ocean voyages 14 Savage 52 Woods 91 Yoko Two-part sultanate 112 15 53 72 Honeymooners’ Mentions Eastern VIPs: var. 92 Al- ___: Iraq port 16 54 Wise guy? city haven Mayday! Major vessel 117 55 93 Gold holder 73 Reese Comics’ Kett 17 New Deal Contribution 118 77 Doesn’t know ___ Decay emergency funding commitment 94 Rots 57 about it 119 Big shallow lake in agcy. Frees from 96 Canines Novgorod Oblast 18 John Barrymore’s dependence 78 Pamphlets 97 Speak 80 120 Certain jugs brother 58 Run in neutral Bridge seat 98 82 Bucket wood? 121 At what time? 23 Gettysburg, for one 59 Maritime larceny Hyperion, for one 83 Resounded 122 Consumed 25 Ballet bend 60 Useful thing 100 Strouse’s hit 84 Court VIPs 123 Crime investigator 29 “... a ___ of 62 Went for a pitch musical 64 85 US Army security Kefauver troubles ...” Ready to belt one 102 Entry island 124 32 66 gr. Harry’s first lady It wasn’t built in a Takes ten 103 86 day 68 Prayer form Takes out San ___, CA 105 87 Diving bird DOWN 33 For. diplomat 69 Therapy lead-in Firehouse dog? 88 After twelve 34 Adjoin 70 Brummell 106 Noble Ferrara fifty-nine 1 Koran chapters 35 City in southeast 71 Authority level family name 2 89 Cheap hotels Incompetent Iran 74 Courts 107 Groupies 92 3 African antelope 36 Opp. of NNW 75 Facilitate Final authority 109 Silly one 94 Smash sign 4 Sparks or Rorem 40 Warrant off. 76 ___ out: squeaks 95 Leapin’ ___! 5 Sugar ___ 41 Star in Aquilae by 110 Stitch 96 Porter 6 Commercials 42 Hidden obstacle 77 Bikini top 111 Old age sav. plan 7 79 99 Speedy “___ Joey” 43 Fuss Trav. data 113 Qty. 101 Pressed 8 Arches 44 Annul 81 Utilizer 114 Command to 104 Revolutionary 9 Tibet’s neighbor 45 85 Lump of earth 2007 28, January Sunday, — Date Release Complaints Dobbin battle lake 10 Used wheels 47 Kind of stroke 86 Don ___ 115 105 ___ evil 11 Tunes 48 Certain school, for 88 Propulsion device Watch pendant 107 Charge 12 Mideast political gr. short 89 Pt. of TGIF 116 Theater’s Burrows

S I GN CAPON RAP ABCS RUNNEL ADAGE O I L BR I O FREUD I ANSL I P DROPOUTS CAP ODE VASES LUTE STRAND ABELE S I TES OMER BAS ABASE STUMBLEBUM OLE SPY NONE SET FEAST T I RE ADD WI SE POMONA A I DES GOOSED F A I RER I NS T EP WALLSTREETCRASH BRUNE I BASRAH PEEWEE BEANS TRACTS EAST OAK RANG ATTYS CMP JOSE AUK ONE F LOPHOUSES SAYSO SRO LENA TOTER RAP I D I RONED ER I E SEENO FEE LEA SEATR I PS N I AGARAFALLS ETTA ROT I LMEN TOB I ES WHEN ATE ESTES BESS 1/28/2007 OBSERVER Gifts Edited by Linda and Charles Preston ACROSS 12345 6789 101112131415161718

1 Violinist Stern 19 20 21 22 6 Distort 10 October birthstone 23 24 25 26 14 Desist 19 Bay in southwest 27 28 29 Maine 20 Sharif or Khayyam 30 31 32 21 Descartes or Coty 33 34 35 36 37 22 ___ ease: discomfited 38 39 40 41 42 23 Gift for Miss Muffet? 43 44 45 46 26 Miner’s air passage 47 48 49 50 51 52 27 Leaves the track 53 54 55 56

28 Urbane Crossword 29 Nictate 57 58 59 30 In a ___: on the spot 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 31 Mr. Dooley’s creator 67 68 69 70 32 Puppeteer Bil 33 Yoga position 71 72 73 74 35 Clocked 36 Ricardo 75 76 77 78 79 80 Montalban’s TV 81 82 83 84 island 38 Ham it up 85 86 87 39 Gift for Old King Cole? 88 89 90 91 92 41 Male swan 43 Theatrical Auntie 93 94 95 96 44 Belligerent god 45 Big name in 97 98 99 100 publishing 101 102 103 104 46 Ship’s spoor? 47 Choler 48 Gift for Mother ©2007 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved 2/4/2007 Hubbard? 52 Kind of tiger 85 Stewpots 7 Singer Ed 37 Oxen don’t laugh 72 A full house, in 53 “The ___ of 86 Loony 8 Seance sound at these poker Pompeii” 87 Aqua ___: distilled 9 Stanley to 38 Jannings or Ludwig 74 Irrational distrust 39 55 Not as prevalent water Livingstone: “... I Say grace 76 88 ___ once: ___” 40 Boo-boo Peachtree street’s 56 Most wily city 57 suddenly 10 Disney World 42 Memorable Lahr Pupil’s place? 89 44 77 Sealing with heat 58 Travel by car Court decree locale Demean 59 90 Barbara Cartland’s 11 Vex 46 Belt area 78 Bury “For ___ jolly good 12 48 fellow ...” forte Green Gables girl “L’elisir d’amore” 79 Body art 93 E.T., for one 13 Tennis call heroine 60 A living Dahl 80 Biblical allegory 62 94 Gift for Dr. Foster? 14 “___ Lindo”: 49 Disapproving look Anglo-Irish author 97 50 82 “___ my head”: Elizabeth Where ___: action popular Mexican Kind of breath 63 center song 51 ME university town Dickens Lady flier 98 15 52 67 “I ___ Parade” The fat ___ the fire “___ Madigan,” Implore 84 Kind of pump 68 99 Major musical work 1967 film 54 Out on a limb 86 Gift for Mrs. 100 16 56 The gray cells Sprat? Actress Palmer, of Gift for contrary Unlucky bettor’s 87 “De Sade” Mary? loss Savoir faire 70 Salt 88 71 101 Conductor Zubin 17 Can. province 58 Drab “Der ___”: Not new 102 18 60 Adenauer 72 Venus de Milo’s Yearn Soissons season Astringent 103 Ditto 24 Songbird Turner 61 Role for Sharon 89 Lhasa ___: Tibetan loss 104 25 73 Came down Picasso’s last Half-moon: obs. Gless dog 74 stand? 29 Judicial seating 62 Explosive French 90 Fine cotton 31 Liquor for a baba 75 “Bei ___ Bist Du Drunkard dessert? 91 DOWN 32 Famed German 63 Shaded walk: Fr. Mountain passes Schoen” 64 92 Stendhal’s “Le 76 Gift for the old organists/compose Heraldic fur 1 Here, in Le Havre rs 65 “___ be married Rouge ___ Noir” woman in a shoe? 2 33 80 Small meat pie True grit Soprano Lucine within ...”: Dryden 93 Intention 2007 4, February Sunday, — Date Release 81 3 African fox 34 Gift for Hugo’s 66 Candid camera 94 Embodiment 4 Feel poorly 83 Related on Mom’s Irritate bishop? shot? 95 5 Cocoa leaf extract 35 Model-actress 68 Hyde Park baby “The Conning side Tower” monogram 84 6 Word for wide or Cheryl carriages Painter Andrea del 36 69 96 Part of RSVP ___ series Surface dresser Like some meats

I SAAC WARP OPAL CEASE CASCO OMAR RENE I L LAT I NSECTREPELLENT EVASE DERA I LS SUAVE BL I NK B I ND DUNNE BA I RD ASANA T I MED FANTASY EMOTE P I PETOBACCO COB MAME ARES OCHS WAKE I RE ABAGOFBONES PAPER LASTDAYS RARER SL I EST IRIS MOTOR HESA ARLENE BOWEN AV I ATR I X LOVEA POUNDOFLARD TAR USED ARMS AL I T P I MA MI R ABABYS I TTER PASTY EP I TOME ENATE SARTO OLLAS BATTY PURA ALLAT ARRET ROMANCE AL I EN APA I ROFH I PBOOTS ITSAT ISIN OPUS LILLI MEHTA LONG SAME EASEL 2/4/2007 OBSERVER Crossword Release Date — Sunday, February 11, 2007 2/11/2007 2/11/2007 Whence Hammett’s black bird Place near Agency, in Italy A chain has 100 German guard dog Author and pacifist Siegfried Aware of ___ Road: Burmese highway Excite ___ out: abandons “Tennessee” Ford For the ___: temporarily Cashier Word with game or tape One-time South African province Painter Rivera Hood’s missile Mulewort or maidenhair Part of familiar alias Metric measure Sis or bro B & O stop Small swallow 89 91 93 94 95 99 100 101 103 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 117 120 122 123 124 125 Edited by Linda and Charles Preston LAO ASHES ATT D I P ATO DL I V AS I DST Respites Jiminy Cricket, for one Staubach’s former branch Youth org. founded in 1910 Tide type Turkish officer Neighbor of Leb. Island garland Singer Warwick Poll a calf Possessing: suffix Don Corleone Hoof sound Word with drum or ring Mil. award Modern crusader Saw Flax genus Shepherd’s and humble Record reading Levin or Gershwin Freighter’s box Bald one’s bivouac Dry ___: arroyo Vipers TAP I AN TECS BUT ARCHIMEDESPRINCIPAL 46 47 49 50 54 56 59 60 64 65 66 68 70 71 72 73 74 75 80 81 82 83 85 86 87 I NNUENDO PASSEDMASTER L I ES COO ER I TREA I AGO TYMPAN I PLANESPEAK I NG THEROUTEOFAL LEV I L TUB PROPANE REFUSEDBEARONESTEETH AGUE AR VERANDA I OSO SOXSERE EEN F I RM LEBANON A PLOW I R AM I NSODA REF I NER VE EROSI SU I TES MAT I ALE XTEENESO FRAS LENT T R I IMY MBUKTU AR I PENNON RICO NARCO GAD OMANI ROSS SHUTTLEDEE GDR ONENESS DOUSE EVA OSTIA ESS TILTS EDNA MAN PERSONNE L PROB L EMS Between Daniel and Joel Silicate or iodide 100,000 Btus What Wile E. Coyote isn’t Violin ender Never, in Nuremberg Three-faced one? French philosopher Ernest “Piano Lesson” artist ‘The Greatest’ Arizona State’s town Fails, as a test Fixed a purl Dvorák Aped a bee Mime’s muse 1958 Nobelist in biology, George Genuine Zoroastrian Plans a course Pump iron Of grandparents Fulcrum Pan or Cupid Stepped on 7 8 9 44 45 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 24 26 30 33 34 35 36 37 39 42 43 76 77 78 79 80 38 39 40 41 102 103 104 105 106 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 House or car Drab or shy Argot Slave Turner Pitchy Greek town west of Limassol Cope with dental discomfort? Lanai Declamatory singing style Red or White Business Type of pocket Hint Former Ph.D.? Nose growers? Columbary sound Ethiopia’s rebellious onetime part Othello’s tormentor Like the Gobi’s vegetation An, in Rotterdam Beirut’s locale Deere forte 1 2 3 4 5 6 107 108115119126130 109 127 120 110 116 131 121 122 123 128 124 132 111 117 112 125 113 114 118 129 133 42 4351 445562 4581 56 52 8290 63 83 64 5797 84 46 85 91 65 98 66 58 59 60 47 99 100 53 92 93 86 94 48 67 87 49 68 61 54 50 88 89 95 96 101 123419 56789101112131415161718 232732 24 20 33 28 34 35 36 29 21 30 25 37 31 26 22 111 115 116 117 118 119 121 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 DOWN 107 ©2007 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved Pun My Word petroleum gas What few did toDown 68 Shivers and fever Word with made or Friday Shrink’s staff difficulties? Draw on a source Fleming or Smith Dicks Mais, in Marseille He deposed Obote Metal or sugar processor Welcome, often Monks Club or ice cream follower Rain or wind, sometimes Ginger ___ Fast period Party room? Historic Mali town “___ Beso”: Anka Coated with ice Jackie’s second husband Lance ensign Kettledrums Discourse Lindbergh enjoyed? ___ Z CCCXXII plus CCXXXII “___ was going to St. Ives” Spring ahead initials From Sodom to Gomorrah? Place for three men Sea of Antarctica Kind of flight Spiritual quest Punic War naval base Curve Inclines Author Ferber Billy ___ Williams USSR ally Put out, as aMrs. fire Perón Scientist’s high school mentor? ___ -Tzu Arthur and family ___ Gen. Ramsey or Reno Road sign Puerto ___ Numbness: prefix One of Jacob’s twelve boys Muscat citizen Colorless 1 5 92 96 97 98 12 15 19 20 21 22 23 25 27 28 29 31 32 34 38 39 40 41 42 48 51 52 53 55 57 58 61 62 63 65 67 69 76 77 78 79 81 84 86 88 90 102 104 105 106 ACROSS OBSERVER Crossword Release Date — Sunday, February 18, 2007 2/18/2007 2/18/2007 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 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 Edited by Linda and Charles Preston VEXED EUDORA IWANT NCOATONEIREROIL Eponymous city in Pelican State? River to the Severn Ltd. in Lubbock Fireplace ledges Refrain syllable Humanoid Mamie’s mate Henri’s headwork Smaller Feudal lord Type of ink Pins down Cuddle up Sum part Adam’s second ___ breve Eponymous city in Buckeye State? Light source Resembling a pillar Actress Calvet, of “Far Country” Come alive 141, to Hadrian Kelp product: prefix Deep voice Act or cede lead-in Pile of poker chips Accompanies ADAMS HENR I JACKSON 28 30 32 33 35 37 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 50 52 54 59 60 61 63 64 66 67 68 26 27 I NCAS HARR I SONNEWYORK I NA REED SOUSE ABODES L I NCOLNNEBRASKA AS I DE TERN MARC AARE R I A BEFORE GALA GRAPH AVA AHOY OARS GROW FESTA ED I CT SRSEASE EGO CL I NTON I OWA OB I LENSES S UNREELN I ELL I ML I BEAST D I K NESS PASTA SEC REDO ERSE M I TT PREY COMB LETORAVE APSE ORR I S RODE JA I N OF TEN ORTHO ANNAO L E I MAYBE N ABUT WA T T OMOO ME L T ORE ETAPE MEGA WAFERS GI LLS TOUSLE I CALL MAD I SON SHOER TY L ER 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” Liquefy Renovate Celtic tongue Diamond glove Quarry 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 20 22 114 115 116 117 118 DOWN 69 70 71 72 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 Cuzco valley inhabitants Eponymous city in the Empire State Fork-tailed, crested gull cousin Anthony or Chagall Switzerland’s Obringa River, today Drowned valley Family name of two presidents ___ Petain Drip painter Pollock Previous to Festive Plot Actress Gardner Straight: comb. form Oscar-winner Magnani Waffler’s word Touch on Liquid fat Power unit Melville’s second novel 85 86 89 90 91 92 93 95 97 101 102107111115 103 108 112 116 104 105 109 113 117 106 110 114 118 41 4247 43515762 52 48 4473 7479 75 538589 63 58 54 49 45 55 59 76 90 86 80 46 60 50 64 56 61 77 81 91 82 87 78 65 83 66 67 68 92 84 88 12341721 13141516 567825 9101112 29 30 26 22 18 31 19 32 27 23 20 33 28 24 ©2007 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved Eponyms, Mostly Presidential 101 103 104 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 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. 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 77 78 79 80 82 84 76 ACROSS