crossword puzzle

ACROSS

1 a person or thing that is precious 6 candle 11 to slacken; to loosen 12 damp 14 Roman Catholic 16 dine 18 a small piece or quantity 19 preposition 20 an eternity 22 drawn or pressed closely for comfort or in affection 25 church bench 26 not fast / dull 28 Hawaiian food made of taro 29 color 30 pop 31 tasting of or containing salt 33 large water pitcher 34 egg of louse 36 doctrine 38 corpulent 39 aids / assists 41 motorists’ roadside lodging 43 strong alkaline solution 45 (adv.) at that time 47 domesticated 50 wander 53 suspend / hover over 54 salt 55 any long story of adventure or of heroic deeds 56 strange 57 glitter / glisten 61 scope of sight or range of knowledge 62 anent 63 Spanish shout of approval, joy, triumph, etc. 64 avenue / ‘hail’ 66 rupees 67 domesticated hog 68 not hidden / apparent 70 articles 71 heavenly messenger

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2 Emergency Room 3 tiny 4 dash / verve 5 tardy 6 a hollow cylinder or pipe of metal, glass, rubber, etc., 7 in the middle of 8 hole or cavity in the ground / an abyss 9 editor 10 the media / iron 13 to crouch or huddle up as for fear or cold 15 punctuation mark / part of the large intestine 17 a ring-shaped coral island nearly or completely surrounding a lagoon 19 doctrine / belief held as truth 21 head gesture indicating acknowledgment, a greeting, an order or command 23 curative mineral spring 24 lighted / not dim 25 ‘Prisoner of War’ 27 inadequate; lacking 29 moderates; assuages 31 check the growth or development / a display of skill and daring 32 give in; accede 35 atom 37 crafty / cunning 40 degree of darkness of color 42 sharp stinging pain / stylish 44 challenge by a defendant to prove his innocence by personal combat / bet 45 spike 46 the omega 48 aspirin 49 large mooselike deer with broad antlers 51 a tree that grows out of an acorn seed 52 a minister’s residence 57 slender / scant 58 writing tools 59 melted rock issuing from a volcano 60 just, equitable 63 in debt 65 unit of work or energy 67 street / saint 69 (chem.) tellurium