WORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1. Nursemaid

5. Active

10. Not there

14. Citrus fruit

15. Leprose

16. X X X X

17. Matchless

19. Mimics

20. Insect

21. Medical professional

22. Feed a fire

23. Set apart

25. Segments of DNA

27. Half of a pair

28. Stiffness

31. Not here

34. Jazz style

35. Letter after sigma

36. Acquire deservedly

37. Dirties

38. Somersault

39. Before, poetically

40. Redress

41. A satirical comedy

42. Décolletage

44. Air movement device

45. Clocked

46. Green bean

50. Smooths

52. Opaque gems

54. Color

55. To fancy (archaic)

56. Audit

58. Backside

59. Hockey footwear

60. Baking appliance

61. Prying

62. A chemical compound

63. Mousses

DOWN

1. Pretext

2. Subtract

3. Spanish for “Friend”

4. Skirt’s edge

5. Keen

6. Frighten

7. Checks

8. Unreadable

9. Type of whiskey

10. Inflamed

11. Expounder

12. Stink

13. Being

18. Absurd

22. Trim

24. Forsaken

26. Prima donna problems

28. French for “Queen”

29. After-bath powder

30. Christmas season

31. Adolescent

32. Rabbit

33. Verticality

34. Backwoods

37. Anagram of “Ties”

38. Hindu princess

40. Charity

41. The language of Persia

43. Urinary organ

44. Hesitate

46. Fancy

47. A herb

48. European blackbird

49. Adolescents

50. An aquatic bird

51. Relating to aircraft

53. Buttocks

56. South southeast

57. Holiday drink