crossword puzzle

ACROSS

1 jumbled letters to read ‘scope’ 6 candle 11 brusque 12 express or act out emotions, feelings 13 ma’s mate 15 preposition 16 poetic for ‘ever’ 18 preposition 19 postscript 21 assert 23 the Philippines is ‘the _____ of the orient seas’ 25 kind of tide 27 semi-liquid suspension 28 a level paved area next to a house 30 the carrier of genetic information 31 Emergency Room 32 each by 33 South America 35 twice 36 a trader’s stand or booth in a market 38 unsoiled 40 songs or tunes marked by a light springing rhythm 41 braid / pigtail 42 propose or nominate for office 45 calm 48 musical note 49 pluralizing suffix 50 printer’s measure 51 (chem) the element aluminum 52 small venomous snake 54 writhed 59 tip 60 fluent and voluble speech but insincere and shallow 62 come in 63 a sweet, russet winter pear 64 Electrical Engineer 65 printer’s measure 67 poetic for ‘even’ 68 Egyptian sun god 69 French for ‘and’ 70 comprehension 72 throng 75 heron 76 anesthetic agent

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1 completes ‘either’ 2 needy 3 the earth’s source of light and heat 4 ‘for example’ 5 gladden 6 earth 7 ante meridien 8 marijuana 9 British private prep school for boys 10 anent 13 sheets of a book, periodical 14 prevent or ward off 17 ahead of time 19 black and white bearlike mammal native to China and Tibet 20 capital city of Iberian Peninsula with Madrid 22 elevated railway 23 Physical Education 24 ‘line of credit’ 26 editor 28 lankiest 29 broke loose 32 ‘crème de la crème’ 34 ‘et’ 37 after the manner of 39 letter of the Greek alphabet 42 the theater 43 a fine smooth cotton thread for stockings, etc. 44 squander 46 reason 47 choose / opt for 53 letter of the Greek alphabet 55 you and I 56 absurd 57 uptight 58 expression or pause

in speech 59 company 61 mountain or hill 63 nude 66 disfigure 68 expression of approval especially to a team or a player 70 ‘General Electric’ 71 southeast 73 weight 74 respectful title of a man