crossword puzzle
ACROSS
1 Esprit de Corps 6 changes 12 erase / blot out 14 the work done or the amount produced by a person, machine production line over a given period 16 radical / dosage of absorbed radiation 17 a piece of strongly satirical writing usually attacking or ridiculing someone 20 miles per hour 21 editor 22 to flatter / praise too highly 23 letter in the Greek alphabet / jumble; mixed, disordered collection of printing types 24 types / varieties 27 respectful term of address used to a man 28 guide a boat, ship by means of a rudder 31 to swing or move from side to side / to vacillate between one position, opinion and another 32 printer’s measures 33 terminates / ceases 34 bridge / a full amount or extent 37 rip / tear 39 a sharp-edged tool for cutting or shaping wood, stone, metal 40 a human being 42 reverberate 44 just and honest / festival or carnival with entertainment, bazaar 46 ambiance / a warning sensation that precedes a seizure 48 a school association of parents and teachers 50 capital of Norway 52 jumbled letters to read ‘class’ 54 melody / atmosphere 55 show scorn or contempt 56 High School 57 a condition of being three that forms a unit 60 attorney general / (chem) the element silver 61 letter ‘S’ 63 curl of hair 64 a unit 65 cone-shaped tents of animal skin used by plain Indians 67 approached / came close 69 floor covering of thick heavy fabric of wool, cotton, synthetic fibers 70 jumbled letters to read ‘patter’
DOWN
1 lea / pasture 2 aged / not new 3 anent 4 a book of maps 5 guide 7 goods stolen or taken by force as from a captured enemy / despoil 8 melodies / harmonizes / brings an engine to a proper condition 9 extraterrestrial 10 revolution per minute 11 dined 12 showy or elaborate in dress or appearance 13 thin, rigid piece of wood, metal set along a broken bone to keep this in a fixed position 15 distressing feeling caused by a need for water characterized by a sensation of dryness in the mouth and throat 18 ponder / (Greek myth) any of the nine goddesses who presided over literature, the arts and sciences 19 rowers / paddles 25 thin slices of bacon or ham 26 characteristic / symbolic 29 mental or nervous strain accompanied by muscular tautness / expansive force or pressure of gas or vapor 30 support; sanction / sign one’s name as payee 35 the white-grayish powder remaining after something has been thoroughly burned / kind of shade tree 36 a combining form meaning new, recent 37 umpire 38 period in history 41 a small bag, pad filled with perfumed powder and placed in closets or drawers to scent clothes 43 causes a sudden, sharp, smarting pain by pricking with a sharp point or by insect bites 45 moved forward steadily
as if against difficulties 47 jumbled letters to read ‘causes’ 48 sore / ache 49 seed cover 51 more slender 53 streptococcus 55 jumbled letters to read ‘types’ 58 ascend / soar 59 portable shelter made of canvas 62 curative mineral spring 64 scrap or fragment of food left from a meal 66 Emergency Room 68 alcoholics anonymous