CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 a device for lifting heavy objects 4 tender-hearted 8 a Hawaiian salutation at meeting or parting 11 occurrences of public disorders 14 a speck of dust 15 a female sibling 17 uncluttered 18 salt water that covers most of the earth’s surface 19 humdrum 22 a thing; object 24 information 26 jumbled letters to read ‘alien’ 27 bard 28 road 29 you and I 31 a collection of anecdotes 32 trace 33 ma’s mate 34 in motion 36 risks 39 basic unit of capacity 40 urticaria 42 a presidential reception for other high officials 44 a cavalry sword with a curved blade 46 preposition 48 anent 49 fish by letting the bait bob on water 51 printer’s measure 52 musical note 53 prejudice 55 sound or the reproduction of sound 57 not plump 59 be mistaken 60 jibes 62 conjunction 63 Thailand of then 65 before 66 crave; yearn 68 claw 70 cleanse 71 related 72 saucy or impudent

DOWN

1 make a note of 2 used to attract attention 3 a most dreaded illness 5 completes ‘either’ 6 excellent; of notable merit 7 any of the 95) terminal projections of the foot 8 revise 9 lounge about 10 distend 12 a tropical root crop the source of poi 13 sloping sharply 15 jumbled letters to read ‘rains’ 16 various mixtures of raw or cooked vegetables seasoned with oil, vinegar, etc., 18 father or male ancestor 20 NY (USA)-based international organization of nations pledged to promote world peace and security 21 salt 23 adult male deer 25 legal evictions 27 hinder 30 masculine name 32 a group of communities linked by social, economic, religious or blood ties and usually having a common culture, dialect and a recognized leader 34 afflict 35 anger 37 expressing surprise, triumph, mockery, irony 38 series 41 a roundish, flattish projection or pendulous part often each of two or more such parts divided by a fissure 43 elicit 44 steeple 45 tie 47 foremost 50 decorate 52 burn superficially 54 operatic solo 55 air conditioning 56 ‘overdose’ 58 suspend 60 run about wildly in an uncontrollable violent rage 61 pronounce indistinctly so that the sounds run into one another 64 ‘after the manner of’ 67 scrap of food left from a meal 69 the element nickel 70 Physical Education