CROSSWORD PUZZLE
ACROSS 1 More able 6 Posttraumatic stress disorder 10 One of Columbus’ ships 14 Attend a party uninvited 15 Apt 16 Negros Or. city 17 Hippopotamus’ nickname 18 Actinium (abbr.) 19 Roman eleven 20 Flightless bird 21 Radio host 22 Duos 23 Scarf 24 Northeast 25 Former spouse 26 Degree of expertise in karate 27 Shedding off of an outer coat 31 Ram’s mate 32 Travel term 33 Elevator alternative 36 Swiss mountains 40 Bunsen burner 42 The __ (final word) 43 Prophet who built the ark 44 Require 45 Access (2 wds.) 47 Curative mineral spring 48 Serving of corn 49 Small saw 52 Transgression 54 __ box 55 Illinois (abbr.) 56 Dinner jacket 57 Aegis 59 Kilogram 60 Chat 63 Hectogram (abbr.) 65 Hospital worker 67 Employer 69 Very large trees 71 Peak 73 Jeweled headdress 74 __ Major (Big Dipper) 75 Travel guides 76 Singer Paul DOWN 1 Throb 2 Rim 3 Lapu-____ 4 Extra-sensory perception 5 Island of southeast Greece 6 Short for Pamela 7 Computer memory unit 8 Cabbage salad 9 Device for decoding cryptograms 10 Basketball association 11 Iowa (abbr.) 12 Former U.S. president 13 East 22 Texas (abbr.) 23 Barium (abbr.) 24 New York (abbr.) 25 ___ Lauder 26 College head 27 Flat 28 Refer to 29 Citizen of Denmark 30 State of being 34 Colony insect 35 American state 37 Failure 38 Dad 39 George Bernard __ 41 City in Yemen 45 Coarse fabric of silk 46 British thanks 50 Dark times 51 Deciliter 52 Sweet stuff 53 Nine 54 Letter afterward 56 Thousand (abbr.) 58 S.A. Indian 60 Metric weight unit 61 Air (prefix) 62 Muffin ingredient 64 United States of America 66 Affirmative 68 Three 70 Dorothy’s home (abbr.) 72 Lawman