CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 throw back; cause to rebound / contemplate; deliberate 7 manage / perform a surgical procedure 14 darts / sharp pointed wooden or metal sticks shot from a bow as weapons / pointers 16 stand or move unsteadily / be indecisive 17 male sibling 18 forever 21 (contr.) ever 11 (chem) the element barium 23 low insular bank or reef of corals 24 pa’s mate 25 article; object 27 ascend / go up 28 ‘so be it’ 30 levy / tariff 32 high mountain in Switzerland 34 peculiar; strange / not integrally divisible by two 35 turn inside out 38 harbor / shelter 41 white linen cloth worn on the neck and shoulders by a priest celebrating the Eucharist 42 heathen 44 rings the bells / booms 46 former / previous 48 established 50 Chinese beverage 52 large marine fish for food and valued for its liver for oil 54 hindmost; final / endure 55 places where troops are lodged or trained 56 close friend / pal 57 (chem) the element aluminum 59 payment for professional services 61 musical note 62 bind / fasten 64 umpire 67 evergreen coniferous tree 68 make dear to or beloved by 70 catlike 72 sweet course of a meal 73 twines or narrow cords / provisos; requirements DOWN 1 hares 2 list of errors with their corrections 3 away / backward 4 ‘_ _ _ _ and behold’ 5 large water pitcher 6 ‘Central Standard Time’ 8 school association of parents and teachers 9 snakelike fish 10 anent 11 dined 12 flowed copiously / swarmed with 13 short journeys on another’s behalf to take a message, collect goods 15 fragile / delicate 19 brilliant display; dazzling effect / social distinction 20 mythological spirit regarded as maidens and associated with aspects of nature 26 excuses / frees from obligation or liability 29 sovereign / crowned head 31 pinkish brown smooth nut with an edible kernel 33 use 36 compete 37 relative / religion 39 April 40 sense of self 43 delayed / coming late 45 crew / stick or pole 46 writing material / periodical / credentials 47 regards with approval, respect, satisfaction 49 solution of salt in water 51 title of various Muslim rulers 53 excursion / picnic 58 jumbled letters to read ‘fare’ 60 fortune-teller / prophet 63 editors 65 mistake 66 newt 67 an underwater swimmer’s flipper / organ of aquatic vertebrates for propelling, steering, balancing 69 pluralizing suffix 71 Chinese measure of distance