WORD PUZZLES

ACROSS

1. Short skirt

5. Breezed through

9. Vesicle

13. Biblical garden

14. Adulterated

16. Body of water

17. Pervert

18. Seasoning

19. Auspices

20. Challenges

22. Economics expert

24. By mouth

26. Climb

27. Part mortal and part deity

30. Ditch

33. Cantata

35. Different

37. Grayish brown

38. Twosomes

41. Genus of macaws

42. Come to pass

45. An empty boaster

48. Data input specialist

51. Murdering

52. Boast

54. Tropical tuber

55. Thence

59. Friends and acquaintances

62. Emanation

63. Courtyards

65. Eccentric person

66. Its symbol is Pb

67. Impudent

68. Sister and wife of Zeus

69. Anagram of “Sees”

70. Thorny flower

71. Gait faster than a walk

DOWN

1. Blend

2. Bright thought

3. Conjuring up the dead

4. Receive from a predecessor

5. Commercials

6. Make do

7. Long stories

8. Extract the essence

9. Lenient

10. A sharply directional antenna

11. Slaloms

12. Exam

15. Macedonian monetary unit

21. Palm starch

23. Margarine

25. A titled peer of the realm

27. Extinct flightless bird

28. Spew

29. Do it yourself

31. Driver of a chariot

32. Long-necked bird

34. Buffoon

36. Telephoned

39. East Indian tree

40. Hissy fit

43. Improvement

44. Anger

46. Antiaircraft gun

47. Okay

49. Couches

50. Disagreeable woman

53. Body

55. Story

56. Colors

57. Historical periods

58. A young lady

60. Protagonist

61. Three-handed card game

64. Yes to a sailor