WORD PUZZLES

ACROSS

1. Tall structure

6. Spheres

10. Rodents

14. Rink

15. Vice President

16. Notion

17. Conducts

18. If not

19. Food from animals

20. Sanctify

22. Lack of difficulty

23. Blowgun missile

24. Selected

26. Animal foot

30. Compete

31. Embrace

32. Arab chieftain

33. Countercurrent

35. Hoax

39. Set free

41. Forage plant

43. Beginning

44. Alike

46. “____, and it’s gone”

47. In what way

49. Evil spirit

50. Command (archaic)

51. Colorful wrap

54. Dregs

56. Greenish blue

57. Distortion

63. Dry

64. Indian dress

65. Carried

66. Ascend

67. Black, in poetry

68. Construct

69. Sow

70. Breathing organ

71. Thorny flowers

DOWN

1. After-bath powder

2. Chocolate cookie 3. Withdraw gradually

4. Terminates

5. Levelled

6. Overrules

7. Connected by kinship

8. Finest

9. Oration

10. A rotary duplicator

11. Anagram of “Aside”

12. Stop

13. Consumed

21. Caverns

25. A state of irritation

26. Protagonist

27. Portent

28. Anagram of “Silo”

29. Generous

34. Whining

36. Balm ingredient

37. Flying saucers

38. Wacky

40. At the peak of

42. Pariah

45. Control surface on a plane

48. Small carnivorous mammal

51. Cicatrices

52. Lofty nest

53. Lift

55. Cavalry weapon

58. Hindu Mr.

59. Lawn mower brand

60. Angers

61. A single time

62. Catches