WORD PUZZLES

ACROSS

1. Conquers

6. Does something

10. Clods

14. Lit to a higher degree

15. Gait faster than a walk

16. Achy

17. French for “Queen”

18. A city in western Russia

19. Snare

20. Leather shorts

22. Decorative case

23. Tropical American wildcat

24. 2nd largest country

26. Aquatic plant

30. Terminate

31. N N N N

32. Anthracite

33. Require

35. Related to tides

39. Day off

41. Japanese flower arranging

43. Colonic

44. A period of discounted prices

46. King of the jungle

47. Estimated time of arrival

49. A castrated tomcat

50. Feudal worker

51. French brandy

54. Quaint outburst

56. Violent disturbance

57. Commemorates

63. Forearm bone

64. Not odd

65. Unreactive

66. Beloved

67. Platter

68. Civet-like mammal

69. Countercurrent

70. If not

71. Shabby DOWN

1. Singer Ives

2. Type of sword

3. Skidded

4. Prong

5. Cubic meter

6. Lawyers

7. Campaign

8. Lacquered metalware

9. Position

10. Apparent

11. Heart artery

12. Hoax

13. Old photo color

21. Doglike nocturnal mammal

25. Kitty (poker)

26. Pang

27. Diving bird

28. Storm

29. Nutritious

34. Conscientiousness

36. Speaker’s platform

37. Nameless

38. Alley

40. Information

42. Souvlaki

45. Eternal

48. Give in

51. Unrefined

52. Lubricated

53. Testicle

55. Float

58. Wicked

59. Dwarf buffalo

60. Exam

61. At one time (archaic)

62. Remain