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ACROSS

1 ministers / portrays 5 primary color 6 in the manner of 8 elevated railway 9 to express gently and lovingly / dove’s soft murmuring sound 11 in the way that / to a

degree 12 hope / pursue 15 enclosed / confined

/ dodged 19 bustling / enlivened 21 worship 23 pronoun 24 northeast 25 distress signal in code used internationally 27 French for ‘and’ 28 you and I 29 family car 31 brief / clear cut 34 large low couch or sofa usually without arm rests or back 35 hang or bend down, weakened and losing vitality 38 Russian rulers of

Yore 41 Chinese measure of

distance 43 pluralizing suffix 44 before 46 company 47 Physical Education 48 hire / engage 51 hunted / tracked

down 53 fragments / puts together / works of art, music, writing 55 pricks / smarts /

tingles 56 not yes 57 small poisonous

snake 58 ‘ for example’ 59 explosive 61 ‘hail’ 62 small soluble gelatin container enclosing a dose of medication / detachable closed compartment designed to hold and protect men and instruments in a rocket

DOWN

1 re-experienced a past event as in the imagination 2 editor 3 Egyptian sun god 4 defamation / scandal

ous remark 5 feel and express unhappiness or discontent 7 horse-racing meets / kinds of neckties or scarves 9 Chemical Engineer 10 preposition 12 first-rate / expert 14 anent 16 each 17 Emergency Room 18 condensation / water

droplets 19 friendly / amicable 20 depart / leave 22 tranquilized 25 wading bird found in marshy places with long flexible bill used in digging 26 aver / declare / con

dition 29 ‘ blue’ / unhappy 30 fuss / excitement 32 printer’s measures 33 printer’s measures 36 to become less se

vere; less stern 37 jumbled letters to

read ‘cocoons’ 39 reach a goal / ac

complish 40 jumbled letters to

read ‘orange’ 42 sprite / mischievous

child 45 right 47 footlike structure 49 any jumble or mixture / letter in the Greek alphabet 50 archaic for ‘you’ 52 specific gravity 54 South America 55 special / spelling 60 British for ‘thank

you’ 61 aluminum