CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 supple / flexible 6 wane / become less severe 11 audibly 12 kingly / royal 13 printer’s measure 15 an unhewn piece of a felled tree / record 17 provide with or obtain information 18 depart / leave 20 converged / encountered 22 soft murmuring sound like that of a dove 24 food scraps left from a meal 25 forehead 26 pal 27 run at a moderate pace with short strides 28 the self 30 makes honey from the collected nectar and pollen 32 the night of a big event 33 anent 34 hint / clue 36 right this minute 38 Emergency Room 39 scorch / make black by burning 40 over again 41 street 43 ‘hail!’ 44 writing material / an enclosure 45 preposition 47 atom 49 cushion / an apartment 52 an expert / a single spot on a playing card 53 ornamental small case, i.e. for needles 54 a man’s personal manservant / hotel employ- ee who does personal services for guests 55 shortly / soon 56 obtain / achieve / understood 58 rapid eye movement 60 metric unit of measure 61 pluralizing suffix 62 apron-like cloth or plastic napkin tied under the child’s chin at meals 64 ‘ belongs to him’ 66 New Testament 67 hardy variety of cabbage with wrinkled leaves 69 glue 71 phase / platform / theater 72 wan / pale

DOWN

1 musical note 2 not well 3 instrument / device 4 embrace 5 editor 6 letter ‘R’ 7 panhandle / entreat 8 matured / ripened 9 brown skin coloring from exposure to the sun / method of converting raw hide into leather 10 elevated railway 13 piece of glowing coal in a dying fire 14 join or blend gradually 16 portend 18 thicket / small wood or group of trees 19 aquatic fish-eating mammals with strong claws and webbed feet 21 also 22 the young of fox, bear, lion, etc. 23 poem 24 native mineral 29 debonair / urbane 31 sharpens / whets 34 British slang for ‘tea’ 35 before 36 siesta 37 benign skin tumor, especially of the scalp 41 blockade 42 large open-topped bags of cloth or straw 45 fruit of the oak tree 46 principle / doctrine 48 ‘ food for the brain’ 49 standard; norm / equal status or footing 50 toward the sheltered side 51 Hilary Clinton’s (of the USA) political party 52 a collection of anecdotes 57 an opera singer 59 hope / aspire 62 wooden implement with a handle used for hitting balls in games / mouselike nocturnal mammal 63 swamp / wet spongy ground 64 owns / in possession of 65 French title given a female saint 67 steamship 68 (archaic) you 69 ma’s mate 70 printer’s measure