CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 throb / beat 6 settled 11 pounds heavily and

repeatedly 13 tiny skin openings 15 ma’s mate 17 tapping sound of a

watch/clock 18 from a distance 19 pronoun 20 annoy 22 parched 24 little boy 25 nil / zero 27 one’s portion in life 28 ambience 29 exude / give forth 30 shelter 31 songbird 32 jumbled letters to

read ‘state’ 35 onion-like vegetable 37 criticize sharply 38 not no 39 bear native to China and tibet with black and white markings 41 abscond / run away secretly to get married 44 queen of the Gods; wife and sister of Zeus 45 the big boat Noah

built 48 disorderly and confused collection of things 50 hard outer covering

of some seeds 51 wear 52 comfort 53 (Spanish) long, narrow wedge-shaped inlet, uniformly widening and deepening toward the sea 54 make believe / feign 58 not cooked 59 elevated railway 60 to fall in drops 61 den 63 (Archaic) you 64 damp 65 prongs 67 recurring, unifying

subject 68 society’s outcast (in

the New Testament)

DOWN

2 not down 3 allow / permit 4 cut open / incision 5 engrave 6 not hard 7 flat receptacle made of wood / glass / plastic for holding / carrying items 8 similar to ‘aero’ 9 island 10 backbone 12 creative ability / craft 13 glue 14 family car 16 fragrance / scent 19 rabbits 21 make cloth by looping yarn or thread together with special needles 23 caviar 24 lie in wait / move

furtively 26 forever 28 stupefying / awe-in

spiring 33 little child, especial

ly a boy 34 curative mineral

spring 35 strong alkaline solu

tion for cleansing 36 snakelike fish 39 danger / jeopardy 40 diva’s song 42 greenish-yellow

fleshy fruit 43 short literary com

position about one’s

personal view 44 seraglio 45 expert 46 decompose / spoil 47 genuflected 49 drainage 54 stiffly formal 55 elevate 56 tapered piece of metal used for holding pieces of wood together 57 eat 60 female deer 62 representative 64 medal of honor 66 southeast