crossword puzzle
ACROSS
1 praise and extol, especially in hymns 4 grieve 8 seal 11 the media / iron 14 private box 15 sleeveless outer garment worn by Arabs 17 brightly lit 18 a woman's shapely
leg 19 small tumors 22 summit / excel 24 baking chamber 26 raised a question 27 a small room especially in a prison or a monastery 28 anent 29 preposition 31 a foot or foot-like structure in land vertebrates 32 South America 33 each 34 large European weasel 36 intended / signified 39 an injury to the body in which the skin or other tissue is broken, cut, pierced 40 table at which a Christian service, especially the Eucharist, is celebrated 42 former / previous 44 bulbous, springflowering plant with showy cup-shaped flowers of various colors (often associated with Holland) 46 preposition 48 air-conditioning 49 large Australian flightless bird 51 printer's measure 52 southeast 53 lament 55 paid out 57 small venomous snakes 59 take a seat 60 illness / affliction 65 letter of the Hebrew alphabet 66 the yellow internal part of an egg that nourishes the young before it hatches 68 the facial gesture that bridges people 70 large wickerwork basket or slatted wooden case for packing especially fragile goods for transportation 71 colored / tinted 72 marsh
DOWN
1 fall behind / delay 2 ‘so be it' 3 not down 5 Republic of the Philippines 6 periods in history 7 telephone 8 serf 9 volume 10 maltreat 12 location 13 took another's property illegally 15 choose to follow a course of action 16 jumbled letters to read ‘meals' 18 stab 20 the Dominican friars 21 editor 23 design; scheme 25 customary 27 (Span) bar / tavern 30 refresher 32 (French) hall / room 34 ‘Standard Operating Procedure' 35 fuss 37 water 38 faucet 41 pledges / oaths 43 answer 44 brought into harmony or agreement 45 a short, tightfitting, sleeveless garment worn under a suit coat by men 47 carnivals 50 notes taken down for future use 52 stout nail 54 article 55 musical note 56 ton 58 NA 60 a government formally cooperating or united with another for a specific purpose by a treaty 61 a beginner / a novice 64 help / assist 67 a pole with a blade used for rowing and steering a boat by leverage against the water 69 Electrical Engineer 70 company