crossword puzzle
ACROSS
1 ease / console 5 unit of measure of precious stones; pearls 8 pig’s grunts 12 attentive / warn 13 tool for shoveling / expose 14 preposition 15 feminine name 19 Egyptian sun god 20 outlet / release 22 ceremonies / rituals 23 held or kept in / confined 25 verbally fight / try to convince presenting support 27 lacerate / mark down; reduce greatly 28 madame 29 poetic for open 30 size of shot fired from an air rifle (BB gun) 31 road 32 allow; permit / to rent; to lease 33 practical joke / silence / vomit 34 come in / penetrate 39 fermenting agent 42 acidic / in a bad mood 43 gives money / possession temporarily / lends 46 debts / payables 47 registered nurse 48 satisfy completely or excessively / overfill 50 prefix signifying ‘cessation’ / ‘separation’ 51 ape; impersonator / imitate; mock 53 ditch; shun / refrain or stay away from 55 graduated system / ascend; climb / scurf 56 bits of thread or fluff from cloth or yarn 57 an eccentric, unconventional, non-conforming person
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1 piece of paper with purposeful writing / ticket; voucher 2 water animal related to weasel and mink 3 ‘__ _ _ __ are red, violets are blue’ 4 a ball bowled in cricket so that it pitches immediately under the bat 5 to provide food / minister to; pamper 6 over or throughout the length of / together with / in conformity with 7 anent 9 not yes 10 the Southern and Northern parts of this Asian country have opposing ideologies that keep them at constant odds with each other 11 stretches over / bridges 16 respectful term of address used to a man 17 pronoun / thing previously mentioned or under consideration 18 thing / object / matter 20 leaves empty / abandons 21 acrobat; gymnast / ordinary drinking glass without foot or stem 23 gave one’s word of honor / promised 24 lunges / points of communication 26 glowing piece of coal / smoldering remains of fire 27 fine mist / aerosol 35 standards / benchmarks 36 loose, gownlike garment worn by men and women in ancient Greece and Rome 37 young child 38 collection of anecdotes 40 formal, periodic examination and checking of accounts to verify their correctness 41 germs / ancestry 43 woven together; intertwined / fastened with lace 44 three-toed sloth 45 station; place / beat around the bush 48 pit or airtight structure where crops are kept for fodder undergoing fermentation 49 vicious / mean 52 pa’s mate 54 preposition