crossword puzzle
ACROSS
1 self-possession / poise 7 a stretch of low land lying between hills or mountains usually having a stream flowing through it 13 artist’s upright frame 14 Homer’s long Greek epic poem about the wrath of Achilles and the Trojan war 16 expressing surprise, doubt, inquiry 18 to allot / to apportion 19 raced / moved swiftly 20 preposition 21 harvest 23 commercial 24 an exclamation expressing pain, delight, regret, disgust 25 Adam and Eve were driven out of here 27 feudal tenant 30 temporary cessation of breathing 32 eggs 33 piece of hand luggage / purse 35 explosive 36 anent 37 plural of serum 39 Shakespeare’s river 42 Archaic of ‘you’ 43 of, for, or constituting punishment 44 poison secreted by some snakes, spiders, insects 45 ancient Roman unit of weight 47 dull, steady pain / to yearn 48 actor’s departure from the stage / leave a place 49 doubly / in two ways 51 to feel remorse / regret 53 salt 55 enjoyment / merriment 56 small harbor or boat basin providing dockage for pleasure crafts 59 bodyguard / chaperon 61 baking chamber 62 musical note 64 (chem) the element aluminum 65 a champion / celebrity 66 musical note 67 always 69 (Greek myth) a spartan queen, mother of Helen of Troy 71 preposition 72 a spiral or coil / anything that tapers to a point capping a tower or a steeple 73 an oak tree grows out of this seed 75 jumbled letters to read ‘States’ 76 hardens / toughens
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2 Physical Education 3 devices for producing light or therapeutic rays / sources of knowledge, wisdom, spiritual strength 4 suffix meaning: full of, having the qualities of 5 any of a class of chemical elements usually lustrous ductile solids and good conductors of heat and electricity and forming basic oxides 6 hemorrhaged 7 an endorsement on a passport showing and granting entry into or passage through that country 8 the beginning 9 fib / recline 10 loaded / burdened 11 editor 12 passion / zeal 15 to give, especially to some Philanthropic or religious cause / contribute 17 breathe hard ; pant 20 very small 22 aspirin 26 tiny spot / mark 28 delicate lacework known to have originated from this place in France 29 pa’s mate 31 science of sound / acoustics 33 large bundles especially standardized quantity of goods compressed and bound 34 a mason’s hammer for breaking off rough edges of stones / presiding officer’s small mallet rapped on the table in calling attention at meetings 37 ocean / continuous body of salt water covering the greater part of the earth’s surface 38 hurrah; used in cheering for a team 40 anger by a slight or a petty annoyance 41 expressing negation 45 arsenal 46 debonair / sophisticated 49 small donkey 50 recite prayers with prolonged, monotonous sound 52 before 54 three-toed sloth 55 enemy 57 silly / absurd 58 ready and vigilant / warn 59 choose / opt 60 piece of work / chore 63 (Greek myth) God of war, son of Zeus and Hera 64 exclamation of sorrow, pity, worry 68 by way of 70 female deer 72 steamship 74 (non licet) ‘it is not lawful’