WORD PUZZLES

ACROSS

1. Helps

5. French for “Names”

9. An enclosure

13. Paper holder

14. Codeine source

16. Mining finds

17. Plateau

18. Latin name for our planet

19. Lairs

20. Spare

22. Talk terms

24. Edges

26. A pinnacle of ice

27. Give forth

30. Silicon dioxide

33. Dietary fiber

35. Blockages

37. Muzzle

38. Turbine part

41. Short sleep

42. Different

45. A kind of sideboard

48. Hit

51. Not later

52. Long stories

54. A mixture of cellulose fibers

55. Pounded (British spelling)

59. Female dog

62. Decorative case

63. Loads

65. Heap

66. Not first

67. Greek letter

68. Fly high

69. You (archaic)

70. Marsh plant

71. Terminates

DOWN

1. Crest

2. Holly

3. Deeply agitated

4. Refraining from harming

5. Excluding

6. Not closed

7. Bogs down

8. Billows

9. Will supplement

10. Region

11. Lady’s escort

12. Being

15. New Zealand native

21. Nanny

23. After-bath powder

25. Celebrity

27. Therefore

28. Protective ditches

29. Conceit

31. Tantrum

32. Staring intently

34. And so forth

36. Box

39. Mineral rock

40. Harvest

43. A Christian recluse

44. Fully developed

46. Defeat decisively

47. Oval

49. Slays

50. Cream-filled pastry

53. Marsh plant

55. Fur

56. Salt Lake state

57. Cogitate

58. Greek territorial unit

60. Attired

61. Not his

64. Unhappy

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