crossword puzzle
ACROSS
1 comfort / consolation 7 unblemished 10 journey 11 before 13 retirement income / annuity 15 pronoun 16 National Peoples’ Army (a group non sanctioned by the Philippine government) 18 writing tool 19 a lifetime 20 the short fine soft hair of some animals made into coats or used as trimmings / pelt 21 each 22 lump / swelling 24 the Vatican is in this Italian City 25 long-handled brush of bristles / twigs for sweeping 27 a period in history 28 egret 29 belts / leashes 32 dried up / withered 33 pair / scheduled 34 dunk / immerse 36 cook by long simmering with liquid, in a closed pot 40 a mosquitotransmitted infectious tropical disease characterized by severe joint and back pains, fever and rash 44 prongs 45 substance found naturally or extracted from coal used as domestic or industrial fuel 47 uptight 48 poker player’s stake 50 a set of rooms in a hotel 52 elevated railway 53 rights 54 domestic or tamed animal kept for pleasure or companionship 56 travel regularly / thickness or layer of certain materials 57 commercials 58 pluralizing suffix 59 mold again / form again 61 Italian noodle 62 guitarlike instrument with a long neck and a pear-shaped body 64 licentious / loose 65 give forth / send out
DOWN
1 French title given a female saint 2 completes ‘either’ 3 part of a coat folded back against the front around the neck opening 4 take vengeance 5 century 6 (adverb) besides / in addition 7 unskilled / exploited laborer 8 footed vase 9 anent 12 tranquil / calm 14 atom 15 comedy / gags 16 bills / beaks of birds 17 portion / share 18 medium-heeled slipon women’s dress shoes / machines for raising / moving liquids, compressing gases, inflating tires 20 alien / unfamiliar 22 large nonpoisonous snake 23 sea eagle 24 matter / case 26 familiarizes / acclimates 30 ocean 31 relieve of / free from 35 insignificant / unimportant 36 looks fixedly / ogles 37 colors 38 tiny 39 vessel 41 indicates a married woman’s maiden name 42 availed of 43 snakelike fish 46 pliant / nimble 49 sauce made from chopped fresh basil, garlic and olive oil 51 part of the small intestine 54 nuisance / irritant 55 conjunction 59 scurried / raced 60 a nationally celebrated Vietnamese New Year 61 ma’s mate 63 musical note