crossword puzzle
ACROSS
1 sea water / salt solution 6 beauty; breeding / blessing / clemency 12 muddled / confused 13 wanderer / an archer who shoots for distance 14 musical note 16 magazine / mag
netism 17 make amends / off
set / appease 18 flow back / wane /
regress 20 farmer / hired hand 22 moving part of a ma chinery, i.e. wheels 25 brand / scorch 27 tear / cut / lacerate 28 prima donna 29 band / leash / strop 31 anent 32 always / eternal 33 liberated / absolved 35 grime / impurity 36 masquerade / fake out / bluff 39 affronts / dishonors 42 wash / bathe 43 plant used in treating snake bites / jelly of meat juice, tomato juice molded with meat and eaten as relish 44 done with/ surplus 45 elevated railway 46 danger / hazard 50 benign skin tumors 51 primary color 53 Indian women’s apparel 54 supersonic transport 55 against / antago nistic 59 ticket / label / bill for service 60 leguminous tree native to the mideterranean bearing long, flat, leathery brown pods for food or fodder 61 swamp / bog / Chi nese monetary unit 63 northeast 64 strip of silk worn over the shoulders as a vestment by priests 65 vivacity / dash 67 utter confusion 68 stiff / austere / stern
DOWN
2 Egyptian sun god 3 doctrine / theory 4 kind of tide 5 avid / enthused 6 gripped / appreciated 7 (British) a roster listing the rotation of duties 8 Shakespeare’s river 9 penny 10 before 11 exalt / sanctify 15 help in wrongdoing 19 hinder / rod / 21 ventilated 22 of a community of citizens / positive observance of etiquette in a social behavior 23 thwart / fend off / prevent 24 markets / trading centers 26 beams that slope from the ridge of a roof to the eaves and serve to support the roof 28 figures out / infers 30 prefix to mean ‘prior to’; ‘earlier than’ 34 printer’s measure 36 harrows 37 rants / talks end lessly 38 happening 39 small islands / aits 40 notary public 41 drink slowly / quaff 43 microorganisms that live and grow only in the presence of air 47 mouse / informer / double-crosser 48 Persia is its old name 49 defamation 52 hold off / acquiesce 55 sworn statement 56 swift Malayan boat with a lateen sail and one outrigger 58 sandwich shop 60 Civil Service Com mission 62 harass / badger / provoke 66 (Chem) nickel