CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 the most common beast of burden in Asian and African deserts
6 not true / fake
11 ten
12 speaks pompously 14 ‘tooth doctor’
15 dream
17 chose
18 outfit
20 foreigner
21 any froglike amphibian breeding in water but living chiefly on land 22 break off
23 jumbled letters to read
‘tees’
24 jumbled letters to read
‘rue’
26 rodent
28 French title given a female saint
29 walk with long firm
steps
32 a vessel made of hand material in which ingredients are pounded with a pestle
34 monetary unit of several middle eastern countries 35 unadulterated 36 discover or perceive the existence or presence of
40 accumulate
44 jumbled letters to read
‘rem’
45 sprite
47 plural of ‘OS’
48 large non-poisonous snakes but kill their prey by crushing and suffocating in their coils 50 personal courage, especially in battle
51 ‘as soon as possible’ 52 jumbled letters to read
‘paint’
54 dark, thick, flammable liquid distilled from wood or coal and used as wood and iron preservatives, in making roads
55 jumbled letters to read
‘scape’
56 loner
58 united in marriage 60 vendor
61 capers
62 defer
63 jumbled letters to read
‘delay’
DOWN
1 (Greek myth) creature with the head, arms, torso of a man and the body and legs of a horse 2 behaved 3 female domestic servant 4 editors 5 missive 6 fail to remember 7 metric unit of measure 8 molten which flows from a volcano 9 an upright stone slab engraved with an inscription or design and used as monument, grave marker
10 most frightening
11 exile
13 siesta
14 makes much of
16 come in
19 the Office of the President of the USA
25 an order proclaimed by authority 27 a hard red, pink or white calcareus substance secreted by various marine polyps for support
30 anger
31 dine
32 assault
33 soften flax, hemp, etc., by soaking or by exposure to moisture 36 jumbled letters to read
‘bride’
37 acts out feelings 38 dazed 39 large-mouthed pot or jar of earthenware 41 a home or a system of long term care of the terminally ill 42 blots out 43 sexually violated by
force
45 restaurant
46 done in accordance with rules, convention, ceremony
49 (French) hall; room 51 bitterly pungent
53 tug
55 pretentiously or affectedly artistic 57 the expanse of salt water that covers most of the earth’s surface and surrounds its landmasses
59 a collection of anecdotes