crossword puzzle DOWN 1 for each 2 daunting 3 soaked 4 sleeveless cloak 5 yours and mine 6 scrawl 7 young boy 9 policeman 10 like sheep 11 the incumbent Vice-President of the Philippines 12 an allowance of extra weight formerly made to purchasers of some

ACROSS 1 a foot of an animal having claws or nails 4 the hood of a monk’s habit 8 female sheep 9 a young uncastrated male horse 13 ambience 14 soften flax, hemp, etc., by soaking or by exposure to moisture 15 done with 16 self-importance;

ego 18 express an opinion 19 established 20 the scum separated from the metals in melting 23 egg of louse on the human head or body lice 24 pluralizing suffix 26 friend 27 pronoun 28 ordinance 31 each 33 letter of the Greek alphabet 34 water 37 prevails 38 marvels 39 a metal cooking vessel usually broad and shallow 40 not yes 42 ‘for example’ 43 shelter 44 ma’s mate 45 person’s limbs use for walks and stands 47 Emergency Room 49 curative mineral spring 51 powder made from crushed cacao seeds 53 printer’s measures 56 Italian noodle 58 a noisy assembly 60 too 61 vigor 63 certain 64 convene 65 ‘hail’ 66 tuck away 67 Vietnamese nationally celebrated New Year god 22 musical note 25 a laxative prepared from the seeds of a cassia tree 27 a central point on which everything depends on 28 (front) waist to the knees of a sitting person 29 sleeveless outer garment worn by Arabs 30 triumphed 32 fuss 33 author of the famous ‘The Raven’ 34 snakelike fish 35 metric unit of measure 36 avail of 41 mislead 44 out-of-date 45 ‘_ _ _ _ and behold’ 46 leave; depart 48 refute or disprove 49 a canned meat product made mainly from ham 50 ashen 51 a most dreaded illness 52 away 54 fiddled while Rome was ablaze 55 turn forcibly or with effort out of the forward or ordinary position 57 a small child 59 donkey 61 a large tank for holding liquids in the process of brewing, tanning, dyeing 62 encountered