CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS 1 ghost 6 a unit of volume equal to one cubic meter 9 gentleman’s gentleman 13 sharp pointed wooden or metal sticks shot from a bow as weapons / pointers 15 dialect of a common people in a region differing fundamentally from the literary language / vernacular 16 ma’s mate 17 afflict 19 British ‘thank you’ 20 habitual spasmodic contraction of the muscles, especially of the face 21 (Greek myth) first mortal woman who in curiousity opened a box letting out all human ills into the world 25 hours 27 poem 28 bequeathed / awarded 29 established 30 mend 32 across / terminated / above 34 Physical Education 35 stupefy 36 raced / hastened 37 near / close at hand 38 jumbled letters to read ‘plus’ 40 formerly 42 payable / fitting / on

account of 44 fixed official allowances of food, clothing, etc., in time of shortage / restricts; budgets 47 dogma / set of beliefs 49 a unit 50 jumbled letters to read

‘browsed’ 51 ‘Information Technology’ 53 native mineral 54 (Scot) ‘one’ 55 jumbled letters to read

‘lethal’ 59 strip of clothing 63 crave / pine 65 external 66 just beginning to be DOWN 1 in favor of 2 cut or chop with an ax 3 salt 4 eggs 5 small rug 6 having a strong agreeable flavor 7 detected / discovered 8 Emergency Room 10 ‘_ _ _ _ and behold!’ 11 completes ‘or’ 12 Russian rulers of then 14 loose granular substance resulting from the wearing down of rocks found on the seashore, deserts, etc. 15 a farm implement with a cutting blade for cutting burrows in the soil and turning it up / cultivate 18 baal 20 self-propelled underwater missile that explodes on impact with a ship 21 throw into confusion or disorder 22 ring-shaped 23 opens again 24 injurious / contrary 26 jumbled letters to read ‘systems’ 31 small venomous snake 33 editors 38 ‘foam at the mouth’ / agitated 39 jumbled letters to read ‘dior’ 41 a long vehement denunciation 43 oneness / accord 45 implement 46 was indebted / was obligated 48 guide / pilot / young bovine animal raised for beef 56 musical note 57 sea eagle 58 a collection of anecdotes 60 an eternity 61 a fruit consisting of a hard or tough shell around an edible kernel / a crazy or eccentric person 62 ‘universal time’ 64 air conditioning