WORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1. Satisfy

5. Office worker

10. Extent

14. Snip

15. Bog hemp

16. Meal in a shell

17. Renunciation

19. Mining finds

20. Mist

21. Stave off

22. An edict of the Russian tsar

23. An appliance for frozen food

25. Fertile areas

27. Hankering

28. Having a higher rank

31. American retailer

34. Show-off

35. Letter after sigma

36. Constellation bear

37. Aquatic mammals

38. Collections

39. Dawn goddess

40. Covered with protective barbs

41. Sheriff’s group

42. Earthquake waves

44. Altitude (abbrev.)

45. Fable writer

46. A person who disputes

50. Put out

52. French for “Man”

54. Fuss

55. Narrow opening

56. A young unmarried woman (archaic)

58. Wash

59. Mountain crest

60. Pigeon-___

61. Pitcher

62. Units of force

63. Terminates

DOWN

1. Stave

2. Bower

3. Slight color

4. An uncle

5. Cowardly

6. Not earlier

7. Arab chieftain

8. Exuberantly

9. Cognizance

10. Writer of “Dracula”

11. Leeches

12. Air force heroes

13. Schnozzola

18. Stares

22. End ___

24. Tropical American wildcat

26. Mimics

28. Rise rapidly

29. Horse feed

30. Ploy

31. Cooking fat

32. God of love

33. Soothing

34. Outer boundary

37. Japanese wrestling

38. Drunkards

40. Headquarters

41. Layers

43. Spay

44. Battalions

46. Overact

47. Claw

48. Stagnated

49. Female students

50. Small island

51. Shredded cabbage

53. Portent

56. Father

57. French for “Summer”