CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 a bunch of cut flow

ers 7 a deep sound expressing pain, distress, disappointment 9 batters / beats up 12 garment worn by

Indian women 13 preparatory 15 railroad 17 sells individually or in small quantities directly to the customer 19 ma’s mate 20 beginnings / at the

core 22 meaningless word in the refrains of some ballads 23 droops / hangs

down loosely 25 cognizant 27 expire 28 tiny bit of some

thing 29 inherent / inborn 31 tranquil 32 artificial / hoax 33 small island 34 one who strikes

violently 38 listed or designated, as for candidacy 41 furry, flesh-eating

mammals / weasel 42 volatile substance that’s neither liquid or solid 44 hit or strike hard 45 trunk or branches

of a tree / lumber 46 adult female horses 48 pronounce rapidly and indistinctly as by combining or dropping sounds 49 notary public 50 sets / steels 52 editor 53 tender and affec

tionate / dote on 54 rip / rend 56 the leaf of this tree is Canada’s emblem 57 her abduction by Paris caused the Trojan war 58 without deceit, pre

tense, hypocrisy

DOWN

1 wild hog 2 equipped with oars 3 joined / in agree

ment 4 ref 5 not late 6 follows Monday 8 rupees 10 long playing record 11 having the color of

coffee or chocolate 14 heathen 16 horses’ solid color as reddish-brown with a sprinkling of white hairs 18 dry 19 peel 20 the arc in the sky that displays the colors of the spectrum 21 destroyed property,

a by vandalism 23 utters a shrill, loud, piercing cry in fright, pain 24 a motorist who drives faster than is safe or legal 26 anesthetic agent 28 vends 30 hearing organ 31 Social Security

System 35 make reparations /

amends 36 cease 37 poet 39 thin piece of un

glazed, fired clay

for roofing, floors 40 musical composition designed for practice 42 Eden is one 43 be violently agitat

ed / boil 46 jumbled letters to

read ‘Milan’ 47 show scorn or con

tempt 50 leaps / jumps on

one foot 51 bargain 53 musical note 55 anent