CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 leafless flower stalks growing from the crown of the root as in narcissus / shafts of a column 7 jumbled letters to read

‘oppose’ 13 older persons with some authority in a tribe or community 14 Paris is its capital city 15 warm up, heat up again 16 those who arranges (i.e. papers) in its proper places or orders / registrants / applicants 17 keep from happening /

turn away 18 one favored or indulged / domesticated animal kept as companion 20 intended 21 character in a drama / outer personality or facade presented to others by an individual 23 listen carefully / give

careful attention 25 before 26 conspicuous / stand

ing out from the rest 27 Social Security System 28 emmet 29 letter ‘C’ 31 one of the elements / affected superior manners and opinions / melody 33 ‘American Automobile Association’ 35 Philippine Air Force 38 stable, historically developed countries with its distinct eco- nomic life, culture, language and government 41 dine 44 of the (12), St. John is identified as Jesus’ beloved _ _ _ _ _ 46 try / essay 48 hateful feeling / an

tipathy 49 completes ‘neither’ 50 attacks / pillages /

breaks in 51 jumbled letters to read

‘strobe’ 53 parts of a church alongside the nave / brides and grooms traditionally walk down these passageways 54 jumbled letters to read

‘learns’ 55 jumbled letters to read

‘ideate’ 56 make deeper / make

more profound 57 sporadic / infrequent

DOWN

1 brightly-colored woolen blanket worn by Mexican-Spanish men as outer garments 2 ingenious / adept /

quick-witted 3 stick like glue / follow

rules exactly 4 co-equals / scans /

scrutinizes 5 jumbled letters to read

‘Senator’ 6 supersonic transport 7 elsewhere / canceled /

not on duty 8 ape / archbishop 9 more lacking in color

/ more ashen / weaker 10 moves stealthily 11 jumbled letters to read

‘screen’ 12 jumbled letters to read

‘stones’ 18 buddy / friend 19 definite article 22 organic, unrefined / open, unaffected / common, customary 24 mesmerize / bewitch 28 in the manner of 30 a period in history 32 a newly-graduated doctor serving as an assistant hospital resident 34 with legs far apart extending over or across on either side of a horse 35 moved onward / succeeded, graduated / legislated 36 to put side by side / to put opposite or near to 37 personal imperfection

/ quirk / peculiarity 39 decade 40 long, wooden pole with a broad thin blade at one end for rowing or steering a boat 41 expressed pleasure non-verbally, only facially 42 jumbled letters to read

‘pouted’ 43 jumbled letters to read

‘stamps’ 45 jumbled letters to read

‘strep’ 47 artist’s stand or tripod 52 ecru / beige 53 three-toed sloths