crossword puzzle
ACROSS
1 a spectrum of colors in the sky and God’s promise of forgiving love 6 reveals / makes public 12 help / assist 13 (chem) the element argon 15 ‘Information Technology’ 16 native mineral 17 a farming implement for cutting furrows in the soil and turning it up / cultivate 19 each of the limbs on a person or animal walks and stands 21 a shallow place where a river or stream may be crossed by wading 22 allow / to rent 24 earlier / before the present 25 comedian / intelligence 26 extraterrestrial 28 seine / capture / takehome 30 a broad and shallow vessel of metal, earthenware for cooking and other domestic purposes 31 preposition 32 Egyptian sun god 33 part of matins, prayers in the catholic church said at night 34 northeast 35 Chinese measure of distance 37 Electrical Engineer 39 the faculty by which things are recalled to or kept in the mind 40 appear / come into view 42 Dominican friars 44 (chem) the element silver 46 lieutenant 48 enliven / inspire 50 preposition 51 three-toed sloth 52 well-adapted / in good health / sudden seizure of epilepsy 53 wapiti / moose 55 a psychosis of chronic alcoholism involving tremors and hallucination 56 mouselike nocturnal mammal / an implement of wood with a handle and a flat or curved surface for hitting balls in games 57 a tamed animal kept for pleasure or for companionship / favorite 59 Evergreen coniferous tree / pine 61 oven for burning, baking, drying 63 fuss 64 midday 66 before 67 musical note 69 commercial 71 compete / contend 72 tiresomely long 73 spadelike tools for shifting quantities of coal, earth, etc.
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1 light slender swords for thrusting 2 afflict 3 baal 4 (chem) the element barium 5 completes ‘either’ 7 letter of the Greek alphabet 8 part / point 9 black substance consisting of fine carbon flakes in the smoke of wood, coal, oil, etc. deposited on the sides of a chimney 10 be mistaken 11 tranquilizes 14 member of the clergy representing the Pope 18 benign skin tumor 19 musical note 20 leave / depart 21 an organ in many aquatic vertebrates and invertebrates for propelling, steering, balancing / an underwater swimmer’s flipper 23 decade 25 pale and sickly 27 British ‘thank you’ 29 a great downpour of rain / flood 30 the highest order of mammals, i.e. apes, tarsiers 31 indefinite article 35 the 5th sign of the zodiac 36 mischievous child / urchin 37 a period in history 38 ovum 41 large piece of material used as bed covering or to wrap up a person or animal for warmth 43 obstruct 45 recites prayers with prolonged monotonous sounds 47 musical note 48 i slet 49 sprite / little creature 50 the inherited instinctive impulses of the individual as part of the unconscious 52 an apparatus giving a current of air for ventilation / enthusiast 54 relatives 56 hemorrhaged 57 ma’s mate 58 preposition 60 roam / wander 62 anger