WORD PUZZLES

ACROSS

1. Yards of grass

6. Unwakable state

10. Part in a play

14. Of a pelvic bone

15. Not odd

16. Sweeping story

17. Hindu mendicant monk

18. In order to prevent

19. Lady’s escort

20. Involving three parties

22. District

23. Scoff at

24. A task requiring a trip

26. Implored

30. Genus of macaws

31. 16 1/2 feet

32. Abundant

33. Rodents

35. Slake

39. Quirky

41. Bloodline

43. Plateaux

44. Distinctive flair

46. Gull-like bird

47. Utilize

49. And so forth

50. Clairvoyant

51. Declare null and void

54. As a result

56. Nursemaid

57. A delayed flavor sensation

63. Satisfy

64. See the sights

65. Lacking leadership

66. Russian emperor

67. Behold, in old Rome

68. Pile

69. Evasive

70. Perished

71. Celebration

DOWN

1. Elevator (British)

2. Winglike

3. A collaborative website

4. Found on a finger

5. Scrawny one

6. Make merry

7. Overindulge

8. Plateau

9. Anagram of “Rental”

10. In spite of everything

11. A drama set to music

12. Flax fabric

13. Toward the outside

21. Crown

25. A soft sheepskin leather

26. A formal high school dance

27. Vitality

28. F F F F

29. Drunken revelry

34. Spread thickly

36. Body of water

37. Chills and fever

38. 365 days

40. Being

42. Bring upon oneself

45. An informal term for money

48. Jubilant

51. Hindu social division

52. Astound

53. Area of South Africa

55. The base part of a tree

58. Central points

59. Dwarf buffalo

60. Aspersion

61. Canvas dwelling

62. Countercurrent