CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 feel about or search blindly with the hands 6 royal 11 oil can 12 make a bill 13 Chinese measure of distance 15 peep 16 ought to 17 letter of the Greek alphabet 19 collection of anecdotes 21 ensuing 23 weapon 24 rapid eye movement 25 sneering 26 intelligence 27 snatches 30 arid 31 astonish 33 the science of morals in the human conduct 35 implored 36 terminal projections of the human foot 37 sharp 38 follow in detail 42 sets aside 46 the ordinary form of the written or spoken language 47 after the manner of 49 rob out / delete 50 friend / comrade 51 swap or exhange 53 French title given a female saint 54 hinged or removable cover, especially for the top of a container 55 passion 56 jump on one foot 57 printer’s measure 58 climax 60 an actor’s part in a play or in a motion picture 63 postscript 64 conflagrations 65 jumbled letters to read ‘anode’ 67 rendezvous 68 system

DOWN

1 leave / depart 2 tear / rend 3 Spanish shout of approval, triumph, joy 4 skins / strips of 5 assignment 6 treatment 7 take effect 8 any air-like substance which moves freely to fill any space available 9 a deep / to behave 10 lieutenant 13 immense 14 lifeless 17 award / trophy 18 jumbled letters to read ‘timed’ 20 an Asian nursemaid 22 to grow weary 23 to or at a distance from the place, the person or thing in question 28 cuts or punctures using the teeth 29 the number of points, goals, runs mark by a player in some games 31 sharp mountain ridge 32 large country house with lands 34 visualize 35 foot-like structure 38 ‘the forbidden fruit’ 39 to draw off liquid from 40 grasp 41 pleased / thrilled 43 skin eruption in spots or patches 44 bar / preclude 45 percolates slowly 47 nab / seize 48 trains 51 domesticates trains 52 destroy 58 earth’s atmosphere 59 weep / sob 61 allow / permit 62 water 64 feet 66 the Dominican fathers or priests