CROSSWORD PUZZLE
ACROSS
1 frankness 6 facial gestures that bridge people 12 tepid 14 indigo 16 preposition 18 liven up 21 ‘without place of publication’ 22 (chem) the element aluminum 23 Germane to 24 that is solely or no more 26 ‘_ _ _ _ and behold’ 27 accuse 29 also 31 forbidden 33 bathe 34 the tree that grows out of an acorn seed 35 vehicle on runners drawn by dogs, horses, reindeers for conveying loads or passengers over snow 36 pale yellow round dutch
cheese with a red rind 39 the smallest possible amount 41 (chem) the element argon 42 slender straight bar especially of wood or metal 43 automated teller machine 44 (chem) the element nickel 46 ambience 49 bag 52 pleads 54 mist 56 champion 58 sugary 60 meadow 61 mentor 62 Electrical Engineer 63 mechanical or habitual repetition 65 sinister 67 lieutenant 68 near 69 perfidy 71 musical note 72 S-shaped molding 74 shivering fit 77 children’s introductory book in teaching reading 78 reforms
DOWN
2 exclamation of disgust, protest, sympathy, etc. 3 salt 4 male duck 5 combining form meaning: ‘all’; ‘in all ways’ 7 partner 8 sluggish 9 Chinese measure of distance 10 elevated railway 11 steady 13 (ante meridiem) between midnight and noon 15 inundates 17 large-mouthed pot or jar of earthenware 19 preposition 20 run about wildly in an uncontrollable violent rage 21 blackthorn 23 jumbled letters to read ‘dame’ 25 the orient 28 mediocre 30 stupid person 32 a large piece of woolen or other material used to wrap up a person or animal for warmth 37 arrival 38 ‘Memorandum of Agreement’ 39 of it 40 suffix denoting ‘tumor’ 45 not present 47 drug addict 48 enemy 50 pal 51 earthly 53 large water pitcher 54 escape 55 deprives of free speech 57 rotate 59 a natural object especially an animal, adopted by native Americans as an emblem of a clan or of an individual 61 a tendency towards 64 a woody plant 66 wander 70 (chem) the element silver 72 completes ‘either’ 73 an enlisted soldier in the USA armed forces especially the army 75 NYC (USA)-based international organization of nations pledged to promote world peace and security 76 editor