crossword puzzle
ACROSS
1 softened oath 5 vivacity / dash 9 highly-seasoned Italian sausage often flavored with garlic 10 factor that induces one to act in a particular way 12 compete 14 anent 15 jumbled letters to read ‘pattern’ 19 introduces a conditional clause: ‘in the event that’ 21 extraterrestrial 22 carry / transport 23 operatic solo 25 letter in the Greek alphabet 26 expression of
surprise; pleasure 27 sacred song 29 preposition 30 person or thing used to lure an animal or person into a trap or danger 33 omega 34 steeple / belfry 36 printer’s measure 37 Egyptian sun god 38 round flattish visorless cap of felt or cloth 41 (Australian / New Zealand) slang of an eccentric or noteworthy person 44 a whole series or range or scope of anything 48 editor 49 axle or spindle on which something revolves 51 musical note 52 three-toed sloth 53 variety of cabbage with wrinkled leaves 55 a recess / a niche 57 paid 58 mountain 59 cheer up / enliven 61 ‘that is to say’ 62 characteristic vocal sound of cattle 63 remove or obliterate 67 unstable 71 gelatinous substance obtained from any of various kinds of red seaweed and used in food preparation 72 dry / parched
DOWN
1 elevated railway 2 (chem) element gallium 3 ‘ante meridiem’ (between midnight and noon) 4 varied / mixed 5 bright green precious stone, a variety of beryl 6 ‘_ _ _ _ _ and behold’ 7 preposition 8 (chem) element nickel 9 bubble over 11 ‘cure all’ 13 ‘Information Technology’ 14 peruse 15 northeast 16 faucet 17 weapon 18 letter of the Greek alphabet 20 excellent 22 expression of contempt; of disapproval 24 small poisonous snake 28 definite article 31 sedan 32 ‘still’ / ‘in the future’ 34 sink or subside under weight or pressure 35 doctrine / theory 38 ray or shaft of light 39 prepared for publication 40 large deer with antlers 41 utopian / romantic or impractical person 42 ‘from’ 43 light, flat bottomed boat used in Venetian canals with a central cabin and a high point at each end 45 ‘Noah’s _ _ _’ 46 referee 47 periodic rise and fall of the sea due to the attraction of the moon and the sun 49 the whole amount, extent and quantity of 50 caviar 54 (chem) element silver 56 preposition 60 perform / carry out 64 musical note 65 ‘for example’ 66 British for ‘thank you’ 68 (chem) element argon 69 doubly / in two ways 70 the inherited instinctive impulses of the individual as part of the unconscious