CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS 1 Group of trees 6 Shrub with hairy

fruit 10 Unbroken 14 Computer code for

characters 15 Ardor 16 Load 17 Florida city 18 Khz 19 Spanish “one” 20 Before, poetically 21 Nova Scotia

(abbr.) 22 Swift waters 25 Pots 27 Only 28 Walking stick 31 One who eats too

much 35 Show emotions 37 Mined metals 38 Short for Pamela 40 Bundled hay 41 Degree of exper

tise in karate 42 Leading 44 North American

nation 45 Loots 46 Eater 47 Sharpshooters 51 Screen 52 Edge 53 Lint 55 One who shouts 58 Barium (abbr.) 59 Curative mineral

spring 62 Twisted 63 Opaque gem 65 Wheel holders 67 Wagon 69 Cereal plant 70 Prevaricators 71 At sea 72 Ice sheet 73 Singer Paul DOWN 1 Fill 2 Tyrant 3 Apex 4 Snip 5 Goddess 6 Adjusts space be

tween characters 7 An expression 8 Rodent 9 Burdensome 10 Dorothy’s home

(abbr.) 11 Decorative needle

case 12 Body of water 13 Duos 23 Colony insect 24 Kitten 25 Short for ‘Peter’ 26 New Hampshire

(abbr.) 28 Queen City of the

South 29 Store 30 American baseball

player 31 Nabs 32 Microscope viewer 33 State 34 Gives a title to 36 Education (abbr.) 37 Smell 39 Marketplace 42 Palladium (abbr.) 43 Ostentatious display 45 Rebuke 48 Infirm 49 Dessert 50 Plutonium (abbr.) 53 __ alarm 54 Enthusiasms 55 Young Women’s Christian

Association 56 Extremely long time peri

ods 57 Greek stringed instrument 58 Santander barangay 59 Bang down 60 But (Filipino) 61 Association (abbr.) 64 Friend 66 Roman dozen 68 British thanks