CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 abyss / cleft 6 excellent / outstanding 11 mature / experienced 12 steep, rugged rock that rises above or projects 14 supposing that / speculation / on condition that 16 morass / quagmire / bog down 18 cars for hire / taxis 19 (chemical) plutonium 20 two layers of cloth stitched together filled with down, cotton, wool, etc. made into bed covers 22 casual; unprofessional participant / neophyte 24 jumbled letters to read ‘muses; 25 doctrine / belief 27 comes close / approaches 28 snakelike kinds of fish 29 faucet / pat 30 Nitrogenous compound found in the urine of mammals and synthetically produced to use in making plastics, fertilizers, etc. 31 in the old testament, he sold his birthright to his younger brother 34 caution / threaten 36 postscript 37 preposition 38 take flight / escape / desert 40 kind of collar / private school for boys 43 man-eating monster in folklore 45 the highest point / surpass / the most important 48 throb / very tired / area of responsibility / defeat 51 walk / tramp / repress 53 a unit / single 54 jumbled letters to read ‘cream’ 55 laughs, nervously / giggles 57 moneyed / affluent 59 printer’s measure 60 colors / shades / tints 61 Indian women’s apparel 62 pluralizing suffix 63 denomination / school of thought 64 ascend / progress in business / rebel 66 employs / adds to the payroll 67 large falcon / (history) old form of cannon

DOWN

2 hour 3 wanderer / itinerant / vagrant 4 expectorates / spews 5 stark / nothing more 6 swindle / double-dealing 7 city / metropolitan 8 French chemist and bacteriologist who introduced a method of sterilization 9 ‘for example’ 10 annoyance / offend 13 sac or pouchlike cavity, especially one containing a fluid that reduces friction as between a tendon and a bone 15 smoke / get very upset about 17 prepare for printing or publication 18 site for outdoor living / tent city 19 unadulterated / chaste / uncontaminated 21 small island / ait 23 deserve / make money / merit 26 South America 32 mimic / monkey 33 avail of 34 suffering / agony 35 toward the stern of the ship / rear of an aircraft 38 worry /brood 39 polished and tanned animal hide 41 tall, four-sided stone pillar tapering towards its pyramidal top 42 uncluttered / orderly 43 furry, flesh-eating water mammal with webbed feet 44 hopeless / bleak 45 throw / pitch / move back and forth 46 preposition 47 church benches 49 dull pain / anguish 50 rendezvous / secret meeting by lovers 52 playing card with two spots / sometimes associated with bad luck 54 feminine name 56 dampens or soaks flax, hemp in water to separate the fibers from woody tissue 58 hearing organs 63 musical note 65 electrical engineer