crossword puzzle

ACROSS

1 Cheese 5 Truth 9 Fare’s ride 12 Moses’ mountain 14 Capital of Western Samoa 15 Island 16 Looks at 17 Prophet who built

the ark 18 Within 19 Dusky 21 Eskimo houses 23 Rocket builders 24 Declares 25 Singer Paul 28 Friend (Sp.) 29 Time period 30 Makes a hole 33 Found 37 Rend 38 Deity 41 Milk maker 42 Written material 45 Resound 47 River (Spanish) 48 Dint 51 Legal claim to property 53 Satisfied 55 Dash 57 Highest points 58 Swing freely 61 Of this kind 62 Obstacle 65 Orange cheese 67 Canal 68 Fairy tale opener 69 Finned mammal 70 Colony insect 71 Penury 72 Delivered by post

DOWN

1 Sixth sense 2 Follow a regimen 3 Fresh 4 American football player 5 Softdrink brand 6 Negros island 7 Central Intelligence Agency 8 Favorite vacation spot 9 Long, skinny boat 10 Cars 11 Life histories 13 Land surrounded by water 15 John ___, English poet 20 State of being 22 A challenge to fight 24 Small (abbr.) 25 Ecological communities 26 Bulb flower 27 Travel guides 28 Spring flower 31 Neuter pronoun 32 Army guy 34 Land measurement 35 Byzant 36 Duos 39 Air conditioner, for short 40 New Hampshire (abbr.) 43 North American Indian 44 Link 46 Cebu island 49 Smith & ____ 50 Education (abbr.) 52 Metal bars 53 Rebuff 54 Lawful 55 Sharp 56 Scale note after sol 57 At sea 59 Stringed instrument 60 Paradise 63 North northeast 64 Whiz 66 Creative work