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1 heartfelt / enthusiastic 7 exclamation expressing satisfaction, pleasure, triumph often mixed with irony 10 luster / radiate 11 teaspoon 14 the lower limbs from the knees to the feet / stages of a journey 16 established 17 meat paste 18 snare / catch 19 dark, flammable liquid distilled from wood or coal used as preservative of wood or iron, in making roads, as an antiseptic 20 God of war, son of Zeus and Hera 22 ‘splendid!’ / ‘well done!’ 24 to bar / to prevent 27 completes ‘either’ 29 small enclosures in the stack room of a library for study by individual patrons 31 ma’s mate 32 missive 35 a variety of bivalve mollusk attached to objects at the bottom of the sea and widely used as food 38 towards the sheltered side 39 preposition 40 postscript 41 formerly / one time only 42 hors d’oeu-vre / open sandwich 45 make haste / accelerate 47 former husband or former wife 48 soaked / drenched 51 ‘Information Technology’ 52 supplicates 54 unburnt, sun-dried brick 57 small, short-necked freshwater wild duck / a dark grayish or greenish blue 58 label / identifying mark of a graffiti artist 60 rave / tirade 62 steering gear / a tiller or wheel by which a ship’s rudder is controlled 63 aspirin 64 the central part of a church 65 before 66 stenographer 68 a strongly alkaline substance used in cleaning or in making soap 69 wrinkled

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2 pluralizing suffix 3 orator / teacher of rhetoric 4 endorsement on a passport allowing the holder to enter or leave a country 5 the main dish of a meal 6 northeast 7 alternate 8 any plant with leaves, seeds, flowers used for flavoring, food, medicine, scent, etc. 9 a gelatinous substance obtained from any of the red seaweeds and used in food, microbiological media, etc. 11 a tropical rootcrop used as food / eddo 12 pace / gait 13 footlike structure inland vertebrates 15 an area or expanse which may or may not contain objects / elbowroom 17 a fall guy / scapegoat 21 comforted / consoled 23 assortment / type 25 drunk 26 mothers and fathers 28 ease up / chill out 30 Egyptian sun god 31 jumbled letters to read ‘piece’ 33 decade 34 Chinese beverage 36 a signal of distress in code / an urgent call for help 37 explosive 43 sacred song or poem 44 anent 46 decorate 49 a property consisting of an extensive area of land usually with a large house / all of a person’s assets and liabilities, especially after death 50 heathens 52 a person who is equal in ability, standing, rank or value / peep; squint 53 an abnormal rattling sound heard in unhealthy lungs 55 false God / idol 56 jealousy 57 definite article 59 muddled 61 a cleared space from which a golf ball is struck at the beginning of each hole 66 senior 67 whirlwind