CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 a person or thing that is
precious
6 candle
11 to slacken; to loosen 12 damp
14 Roman Catholic 16 dine
18 a small piece or
quantity
19 preposition
20 an eternity
22 drawn or pressed closely for comfort or in affection
25 church bench
26 not fast / dull 28 Hawaiian food made
of taro
29 color
30 pop
31 tasting of or containing salt
33 large water pitcher 34 egg of louse 36 doctrine
38 corpulent
39 aids / assists 41 motorists’ roadside
lodging
43 strong alkaline solution
45 (adv.) at that time 47 domesticated 50 wander
53 suspend / hover over 54 salt
55 any long story of adventure or of heroic deeds
56 strange
57 glitter / glisten 61 scope of sight or
range of knowledge 62 anent
63 Spanish shout of approval, joy, triumph, etc.
64 avenue / ‘hail’ 66 rupees 67 domesticated hog 68 not hidden / apparent 70 articles
71 heavenly messenger
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2 Emergency Room
3 tiny
4 dash / verve
5 tardy
6 a hollow cylinder or pipe of metal, glass, rubber, etc.,
7 in the middle of
8 hole or cavity in the
ground / an abyss 9 editor
10 the media / iron
13 to crouch or huddle
up as for fear or cold 15 punctuation mark / part of the large intestine
17 a ring-shaped coral island nearly or completely surrounding a lagoon
19 doctrine / belief held
as truth
21 head gesture indicating acknowledgment, a greeting, an order or command
23 curative mineral
spring
24 lighted / not dim 25 ‘Prisoner of War’ 27 inadequate; lacking 29 moderates; assuages 31 check the growth or development / a display of skill and daring 32 give in; accede 35 atom
37 crafty / cunning 40 degree of darkness
of color
42 sharp stinging pain /
stylish
44 challenge by a defendant to prove his innocence by personal combat / bet 45 spike
46 the omega
48 aspirin
49 large mooselike deer
with broad antlers 51 a tree that grows out
of an acorn seed
52 a minister’s residence 57 slender / scant 58 writing tools 59 melted rock issuing
from a volcano
60 just, equitable
63 in debt
65 unit of work or energy 67 street / saint 69 (chem.) tellurium