CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Elude

6 Zooms

9 Gumbo

13 Goddess

14 Bullfight cheer 15 Accent mark

16 Sup

17 Southwest

19 Mail box

20 Small (abbr.) 23Says (slang) 24Women’s partners 25Cebu mall 28Compass point 30 Fern seed

31 Edge

32An expression 34 Squashed circles 36 Swiss mountains 40 Short for Pamela 41 Snakelike fish 42Rushed

44 Native Americans 46 North American

Indian 47April (abbr.) 48 Singer Paul 50 Licensed practical nurse 52Adjusts space between characters 53 Perch

54 24 hour periods 56 Plutonium (abbr.) 59 Hectoliter (abbr.) 61 Ouch!

64 Certified public

accountant 66 Make

68 Fare’s ride 70 Lazy person 72 Substance with

sour taste 73Mother 74 Raccoon-like animal

DOWN

1 City in Yemen 2 By way of 3 Cereal plant 4 Fashionable 5 Telegraphic signal 6 Collection of animals

7 Illinois (abbr.) 8 Mexican money 9 Rowing device 10 Kilogram

11 Indian currency 12 Long time

18 Pours forth

21 Travel guides 22Shrub with hairy

fruit 23Georgia (abbr.) 24Mississippi (abbr.) 26Hey!

27 Take down 28Curative mineral

spring 29What dogs sit on 30 Identical 33 Swish 35 Botches, with up 37___ Kilat 38 High-school club 39 Skinny

43 Degree of expertise in karate 44 Cebu town

(southern part) 45 Exhaust 46 Hospital (abbr.) 49 Manganese 50 Light purple flower

51 Platinum (abbr.) 52Dorothy’s home

(abbr.)

53 Popular American stadium 55Young Women’s Christian Association 57California university 58 Asian dress 60 Stop 62Basketball association

63 Pen brand 65 Kitten 67Rhode Island

(abbr.)

69 Morning

71 Last scale note