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1 having legal force 6 heathen 11 to fool / to deceive 12 roadway often bor
dered with trees 14 see beforehand 15 hinders / slows down 17 in the manner of 18 large baskets with cover / keeps from moving 20 clue / gratuity /
pointed end 21 jumbled letters to
read ‘main’ 23 a lifetime 24 hollow cylinder or pipe of metal, glass, rubber used for conveying fluids 25 boys 26 detail / detachment 27 jumbled letters to
read ‘leer’ 28 grab / seize suddenly or abruptly without warning 31 acquiesced / con
sented 33 vow / pledge 34 fibber / fabricator 35 projecting noses /
mouths of animals 39 sudden involuntary muscular contractions / sudden convulsive movements 43 ripped / rent 44 by means of / for
each 46 waxy, often brightly-colored fleshy area at the base of some birds’ beaks 47 eager and enthu
siastic 48 dined 49 ornamental case for small articles, as needles 50 shelter 51 mollusk with (8) suckered arms, a soft saclike body and strong beaklike jaws 55 highest point or part
/ summit 56 so called because the annual occurrences are around Christmas, of this warm inshore currents flowing south along the ecuador coast and about every 7 years extending down the coast of Peru with its devastating effects on the ecology 58 highest known mountain in the world on the border of Nepal and Tibet 60 heavily built / sturdy 61 more tidy and in
good order 62 express scorn and
derision 63 stories
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1 balcony 2 lager / beer 3 of luxuriant growth of
vegetation 4 notion 5 judged / believed to
be so 6 father or mother 7 affirm / state posi
tively 8 acquires / obtains 9 collection of anec
dotes 10 raise / promote 11 long Turkish robe 13 eatable / anything fit
to be eaten 14 falls short / misses 16 velocity / swiftness 19 bard 22 bewilder / amaze 24 portico 29 feline 30 heights 31 three-toad sloths 32 space / an opening 35 musty / having lost
its freshness 36 relatively long fictional prose narrative with a more or less complex plot about people / new and unusual 37 adjusts / adapts to a
particular situation 38 a presidential power to refuse to sign a bill 40 small sofas for two
people 41 jumbled letters to
read ‘rumors’ 42 jumbled letters to
read ‘spite’ 44 jumbled letters to
read ‘pastry’ 45 contrite over 51 one time / formerly 52 one of San Miguel’s
thirst quenchers 53 pigmented layer of
the eye 54 stamp / authenti
cation 57 atom 59 route