CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 diadem 6 Russian rulers of Then 11 plant of the lily family with an edible bulb having a strong sharp smell and taste 12 thick strong cords made of inter twisted strands of fiber, thin wires, leather strips / lassoes 13 musical note 15 perils / hazards 17 Chinese measure of distance 19 right 20 imitate and copy and try to equal / rival successfully 21 preposition 22 large-mouthed pot or jar of earthenware 25 plot of ground / one’s portion in life; fortune

/ a great deal 26 devotional painting or carving usually on wood, of Christ and other holy figures in the Eastern church 28 navigate / cruise 29 an international code signal of extreme distress 30 organ of smell 31 African fly, the cause of sleeping sickness 34 beat / chatter 36 carries / transports 37 practice bar in a ballet studio 38 load or fill to capacity with the required material / make responsible for 41 squirts / jets 44 rabbit 45 jumbled letters to

read ‘ass’ 47 person of authority / male parent 48 (Scot) ‘old’ 49 color / tint 50 r ip / rend 51 (chem) the element tin 52 burn and smoke with out flame / consumed by slow combustion 56 cubic 57 (French) ‘and’ 58 a carrying of boats and goods overland between navigable rivers, lakes, etc. 59 centimeter 60 man’s ‘very core’ ticker

62 (British slang) potato 65 domesticates / makes

docile 66 dropsy

DOWN

1 preposition 2 preposition 3 assistant 4 wander 5 voids / makes unbinding 6 doctors / behaves towards / foots the bill 7 variety / place in

order 8 the domed semicircular projection of a church 9 anent 10 steamship 13 mist / fog 14 book of maps 16 darkness / melancholy 17 unconstrained / vague / promiscuous 18 farther within 23 jumbled letters to

read ‘liberal’ 24 changed / modified 26 turn over for safekeeping 27 clique / close circle

of friends who share a common interest 32 droop 33 before 34 step / or series of

steps in dancing 35 jumbled letters to

read ‘par’ 38 pursuit / run after 39 hound / a place for

socializing 40 a secure room often with individual safe-deposit boxes for safekeeping / to jump, leap or spring as over a barrier 42 an indefinite stretch

of land 43 the clear yellowish fluid which separates

from a clotted blood 45 bermudas / lederhosen 46 tranquilize 52 canned meat product made mainly from ham 53 in a greater or lesser degree 54 softened oath 55 network or plexus as of blood vessels or nerve fibers 60 height 61 each 63 printer’s measure 64 Egyptian sun god