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ACROSS

1 gray alloy of tin with lead, copper, antimony or various other metals 6 gives off vapor / condenses

12 a tropical bird with a short hooked bill often having vivid plumage and able to mimic the human voice

14 aits

16 hour

17 happening / occasion 20 Egyptian sun god 21 Spanish shout of triumph, joy

22 respire

23 expression of contempt

or disbelief

24 not yes

26 a shallow recess in a wall to contain a statue, a vase

28 (British) ‘thank you' 29 the stoat, especially when in its white winter fur

32 large deer native to

S. Asia

35 suffix forming nouns:

an action, a product 36 also / to a greater extent 37 the showing of a movie, a play, an exhibition before it is seen by the general public

38 take up residence; colonize / calm down 40 any of the five terminal projections of the foot 42 small island 44 underwrite 47 covered with or as with hoarfrost

49 northeast

50 jumbled letters to read ‘xeric'

53 island

54 earlier / before the

present

55 throw here and there

/ strew

56 emmet

57 musical note

59 express in spoken

words / complete; total 61 musical note

62 the science of morals in

human conduct 65 jumbled letters to read

‘access'

68 completes ‘or' 69 insistent request as

of right

DOWN

1 sitting room in a private house / reception room 2 Emergency Room 3 distorted / contorted 4 preposition 5 poetic for ‘eternal' 7 tenth parts of an income people give as contribution to support a church or its clergy

8 pluralizing suffix

9 after the manner of 10 pronoun

11 layers / stratifications 12 fake / counterfeit 13 peachlike as in color or texture / beautiful 15 a vast desert region 18 jumbled letters to read ‘vie' 19 to an indefinite degree or power / to an extreme 25 frightful / grotesque 27 a strong mental or instinctive feeling

30 trade centers / markets 31 not ever

33 fragrant essential oil, especially from rose petals

34 sliding bars and sockets used to fasten or lock doors, gates, etc., 39 a piece of music closing an act in an opera / the close of a drama 41 attractive in a delicate way without being truly beautiful or handsome 43 one who undergoes experiences and intuitively comprehends truths as beyond human understanding, enigmatic and mysterious

45 deny the existence or truth of

46 alibi / release from an obligation, duty or promise

47 violent / uncontrolled 48 dyed, colored, shaded 51 feline

52 route

58 illuminated / ignited 60 aspirin

63 an exclamation of

greeting

64 church / child

66 (ante meridien) from

midnight to noon 67 (chem) the element tin