crossword puzzle
ACROSS
1 Noah’s huge boat, survived the flood 4 a dramatic work in one or more acts set to music for costumed singers and instrumentalists 8 a newt 11 make one’s way; dodge 14 shelter 15 later than 17 (chem) the element nickel 18 notion 20 existing in a greater or additional quantity, amount or degree 22 Chinese measure of distance 23 welcomes or acknowledges on meeting or arrival 25 take or carry to excess 27 a negative vote 28 inhabitants / citizens 30 preposition 32 commercial 34 sheets and pillow cases 35 ‘Information Technology’ 37 broader 40 central nervous system 41 without inherent power of action, motion or resistance 43 pluralizing suffix 44 a plot 45 a sprite or little creature 46 Emergency Room 47 show excessive emotion 49 bleat 52 go 54 pa’s mate 55 cut into portions, shares 57 railroad 58 you and I 59 a device for increasing electrical power or voltage 61 British for ‘thank you’ 63 heavenly messengers 65 jumbled letters to read ‘liaise’ 67 indefinite article 68 ripens 69 suffix denoting a ‘process or condition’ 70 South America 72 sheds tears 74 jumbled letters to read ‘ion’ 76 handles 78 strong hallucinogenic drug 79 entertain 80 Chinese beverage
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1 stiff bristle growing from the grain sheath of grasses 2 rule 3 the soul in ancient Egyptian religion 5 synthetic polymeric substance that can be given any required shape 6 Electrical Engineer 7 eliminates 8 extraterrestrial 9 criminal 10 three times 12 compete 13 the place where Adam and Eve were driven out of 15 God of war, son of Zeus and Hera 16 suffix meaning ‘bearer’, ‘producer’ 19 ‘and elsewhere’ 21 baking chamber 24 thoroughfare 26 indulge / be fond of 29 motorists’ roadside lodging 31 sugary 33 letter of the Greek alphabet 35 deduce 36 scatter 38 doctrine 39 caviar 41 not well physically or mentally 42 speed up the engine 48 augury 49 bloom / flower 50 three-toed sloths 51 movements 53 creative skills 55 halibut 56 snakelike fish 58 lessens 59 pleads 60 invade 62 part of a church along the nave 64 hiatus 66 east-southeast 67 small pointed tool for making holes in leather, wood, etc. 71 aspirin 73 editor 75 international unit 77 preposition