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ACROSS

1 man; boy 6 decay or crumbling of a tooth or bone 12 false or assumed name 13 Hawaiian food made of taro root 16 (British) slang for tobacco 17 barracks 18 liquid coloring matter, form for imparting color to a surface 20 inert gaseous element used in lights and illuminated ads 21 jumbled letters to read ‘teaser’ 23 harass 25 prefix signifying ‘separation’; ‘cessation’ 26 always / eternal 28 fiddled while Rome was ablaze 29 each 30 poem 31 beer / lager 33 large flightless Australian bird 35 preposition 36 not yes 38 alcoholics anonymous 39 salt 41 preposition 42 near / beside 43 inherited instinctive impulses of the individual as part of the unconscious 44 conjunction introducing a conditional clause 45 (chem) the element iron 46 three-toed sloth 48 an acutely disordered mental state resulting chiefly from excessive alcohol use characterized by sweating, trembling, anxiety and frightening hallucinations 50 completes ‘either’ 52 incline one’s head slightly and briefly in greeting, assent or command 54 intelligence 56 female bird 59 pluralizing suffix 61 evergreen tree 63 portent / augury 65 letter in the Greek alphabet 66 an elf / fairy 68 jumbled letters to read ‘stream’ 70 unskilled worker 71 a thing serving as a symbol, reminder or distinctive mark of something 75 genuine 76 fertile spots in the desert where water is found 78 an inexpert actor 79 nimble 80 jumbled letters to read ‘resort’ 81 jumbled letters to read ‘smarty’

DOWN

1 the outward appearance or front 2 make proud / uplift 3 a round citrus fruit like lemon but greener, smaller and more acid 4 expired 5 mouth; opening 7 prefix: off / away 8 sum of money or other payment demanded for the release of a prisoner 9 freezes 10 (French) school 11 jumbled letters to read ‘yearns’ 13 ma’s mate 14 calling attention or expressing alarm 15 preposition 18 prefix: before (a time, place, order, degree or importance) 19 the definite article 22 level 24 the extent or measure of a surface 27 Egyptian sun god 28 northeast 30 frequently 32 ‘_ _ _ _ _ and behold’ 34 a whole resulting from the combination of parts or members 35 stupid person 37 Japanese sash 38 sum up / append 40 Africa 46 mine entrance 47 musical note 49 pronoun 51 tyrant 53 expresses an opinion 54 you and I 55 preposition 57 vigor 58 headings 60 throwing weapon with a pointed steel end and a long shaft 62 seine 64 adult human male as distinct from a woman or boy 65 sacred song 67 stood up 69 jumbled letters to read ‘tire’ 72 expressing surprise, pain, entreaty 73 soul in ancient Egyptian religion 74 printer’s measure 77 ‘to such an extent’; ‘to a great degree’ 79 letter ‘R’