crossword puzzle
ACROSS
1 hues / dyes 7 a child who stays away from school without leave or explanation 13 wild and brutal / untamed 14 mysterious 16 expressing surprise,
suspicion, triumph 18 lay hold of / grab 19 magazines 20 chapter 21 everything 23 decade 24 prefix: before (in time, place, order, degree or importance) 25 native mineral 26 unattached 28 letter ‘D’ 30 cut off / disunite 32 formerly / one time 33 concise / succinct 34 change in course, opinion, conduct, emotions 35 jumbled letters to read ‘crime’ 37 soften flax, hemp by soaking or by exposure to moisture 38 sweet confection 39 editor 40 musical note 41 implores 45 vapor 48 cad 53 assistant 54 to be compelled by duty, obligation or desirability 55 rounds / licks up 56 prick / pain 58 large body of water 59 assists / aids 60 hardened 61 expression of encouragement, approval 63 characteristic vocal sound of cattle 65 comprehend 66 pluralizing suffix 67 thin slab of concrete or baked clay for covering floor, walls 68 unleavened corn bread 70 Registered Nurse 71 (baseball) a home run 72 colorless unstable gas with a pungent odor and powerful oxidizing properties 74 lively extravagant outings 75 jumbled letters to read ‘losers’
DOWN
2 preposition 3 allow / to rent 4 speak pompously 5 a long-handled tool with prongs at one end used for gathering loose grass, hay, leaves 6 slim / gracefully thin 7 violent windy storm 8 bring up and educate 9 impels / forces 10 three-toed sloths 11 northeast 12 Jewish salutation at meeting or parting 15 fortified wine from Spain 17 by oneself 20 doctrine / set of beliefs 22 plural of locus 25 baking chamber 27 second / secretary 29 before 31 she is to Argentina as Imelda is to the Philippines 36 a thing / object 38 sedan 41 elapsed or slipped by 42 rituals / ceremonies 43 mine entrance 44 longing or craving 45 oil wells from which oil flows without being pumped 46 era 47 liquid or cream used to lather and wash the hair 49 Spanish shout of triumph, approval, joy 50 girls 51 stimulant 52 member of an ancient Jewish ascetic sect living communally 57 dirt / filth 59 good name 62 on the sheltered side 64 seep / exude 67 rocky peak 69 printer’s measures 71 horse power 73 elevated railway