crossword puzzle

ACROSS

1 dutiful reverence 7 soggy / swampy 13 indistinct 14 the more senior 16 preposition 18 real 19 harness / bridle 20 British ‘thank you’ 21 Archaic for ‘open’ 23 touch; caress 24 genuine 25 preposition 26 preposition 28 open one’s mouth wide in amazement or wonder 29 be mistaken or

incorrect 30 built / constructed 33 letter ‘V’ 34 highly seasoned Italian sausage often garlicflavored 35 rule or control (nations or subjects) with authority 36 printer’s measure 37 musical note 38 gilded / valuable; advantageous 43 slightly colored 48 large flightless Australian bird 49 soaked or bathed in liquid / deeply acquainted with a subject 52 shelter 53 elaborate network or plexus of blood vessels and nerve cells 54 steamship 55 commercial 56 antler 57 ripen 60 intelligence 61 musical note 62 blackthorn 64 tight / tense 67 Electrical Engineer 68 a utensil with perforated or meshed bottom for separating solids or coarse materials from liquids 69 each one 71 flowing body of water especially a small river 72 leave office or employment because of age

DOWN

2 preposition 3 small rug 4 melodies; tunes 5 African antelope 6 Archaic for ‘eternity’ 7 allow 8 Spanish shout of joy, achievement, victory 9 mine entrance 10 century 11 hour 12 retail outlets 15 cotton fabric woven like satin with a glossy surface 17 Verdi’s ‘Aida’ is one such theatrical piece 20 candle 22 British nobleman 23 cover the street with asphalt, cement 25 familiarizes 27 nullified / invalidated 30 printer’s measure 31 a most dreaded illness 32 perform 38 masculine name 39 the end 40 a guitar-like instrument with a long neck and pearshaped body 41 pluralizing suffix 42 you and I 44 the inherited instinctive impulses of the individual as part of the unconscious 45 luster / radiance 46 frightening 47 slightly marked or hollowed in a surface by a blow 50 high regard for 51 sales talk 58 escape 59 a performance by two voices, instrumentalists 62 polite or respectful form of address to a man 63 eggs 65 ‘hail’ 66 threefold 68 street 70 year