crossword puzzle

ACROSS

1 make believe / play act 7 was visible 8 journey from place to place / expedition 10 employs 11 elephant’s tusk 13 musical note 14 Florence Nightingale 16 letter ‘F’ 18 preposition 19 jumbled letters to read ‘alert’ 20 in the manner of 22 takes vengeance 25 obscured / made indistinct 28 biography written from personal knowledge and special sources 29 made amends / expiated 30 respectful title given a man 31 transcendental meditation 32 discover the exact place or person / situate 36 mean, niggardly or small-minded person 39 jumbled letters to read “Sherald” 41 bridle / equipment of straps and fittings by which a horse is fastened to a cart 42 sea eagle 43 family car 45 alternative learning skills 46 street 47 dropsy / swelling from excess watery fluid collection 48 anent 49 setting / location 52 jumbled letters to read ‘lotus’ 55 on one occasion 56 snakelike fish 57 reduced to lower rank

DOWN

1 for each / in accordance with 2 come in again 3 happens afterwards / results in 4 jumbled letters to read ‘tribes’ 5 a tale / short narrative story 6 a pair of actors / entertainers 7 musical note 9 railroad 10 seraglio 12 crave / long for 13 intense feeling of deep affection or fondness for a person 15 Egyptian sun god 17 escape / run away from 18 Chinese enameled porcelain with a predominant color 21 place where a person lives 23 gypsy / a wanderer 24 circumference / a band around the body of a horse to secure the saddle 26 express in spoken words / verbalize 27 of ancient Rome 33 paddles 34 coins valued at 1/100 dollars 35 indispensable identifying quality / substance; core 36 large aquatic plant-eating mammal with paddle-like forelimbs, no hind limbs and a powerful tail 37 comes close 38 small island 40 save / reclaim 41 small village 44 prefix forming verbs 50 company 51 the omega 53 not young 54 you and I