CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 remove or take out by effort or force anything firmly rooted 5 shed tears / convulsive drawing of breath especially in weeping 8 an eternity 9 taxi 12 an equal status or footing / standard 13 short musical composition or exercise to improve a player’s technique 15 route 16 a gazelle 18 lay people as distinct from the clergy 21 food used to entice a prey especially a fish or animal / allurement 23 makes a person a knight by touching his shoulders with a sword / provides a movie with an alternative soundtrack especially in a different language 25 a fixed bunk on a ship, a train for sleeping in 26 skilled performer / thoroughly proficient 28 African antelope 30 shelter 31 encountered 32 footed vase 34 snakelike fish 35 run about wildly in an un- controllable violent rage 36 negative 37 veggie in a pod 40 sprite 43 poem 44 happening / occurrence 46 bravery / personal courage 48 poker player’s stake 49 grand; heroic / ‘The Iliad’ is an example 50 a body of men summoned by a sheriff to enforce the law 53 anesthetic gas 56 native mineral 57 competitor / adversary 60 a period in history 61 points / parts 62 equip / manage or conduct fraudulently 63 representative 64 principal players / heads
DOWN
2 a nationally celebrated Vietnamese New Year 3 disorderly retreat of defeated troops 4 conjunction 5 curative mineral spring 6 rower / paddle 7 grease money / suborn 9 hard but brittle / crunchy 10 attorney 11 (Turk) title of a governor of a province 13 crème de la crème 14 dodge / escape adroitly 17 British nobleman 19 encourage or assist an offender 20 brilliant Mauvish-Crimson shade 22 definite article 23 a barrier constructed to hold back water and raise its level, forming a reservoir or preventing flooding 24 yearns / longs for 25 irregular swelling; lump 27 a swelling from an abnormal growth of tissue 29 indicates a married woman’s maiden name 33 slender straight bar especially of wood or metal 37 writing instruments / small enclosures for cows, sheep, poultry 38 penetrate / come in 39 dined 40 the night before a big event 41 the part of a coat, a jacket folded back against the front around the neck opening 42 move lightly, softly or rapidly 45 tall and circular vessels used as ornaments or containers for flowers 47 pale brownish yellow 50 soda / popular or modern style / sudden sharp explosive sound as of a cork when drawn 51 scrap or food fragment left from a meal 52 eager / enthusiastic 54 before 55 strike quickly and sharply / chat 58 individual retirement account 59 length of existence / era