WORD PUZZLES

ACROSS

1. Slouch

6. Friends

10. Powdery dirt

14. Papal court

15. Module

16. Within

17. Death notices

18. Novice

19. Killed

20. Meteorologist

22. Satisfactory

23. Region

24. Anagram of “Rioted”

26. Distort

30. Frequently, in poetry

31. Excavate

32. Winglike

33. Weight loss plan

35. Poison plant

39. Ardent follower

41. Attribute

43. Leaky

44. Humid

46. L L L L

47. Before, poetically

49. Tavern

50. D D D D

51. Christmas drink

54. Dry

56. Popular hot beverages

57. Responsibility

63. Against

64. Press

65. Audio communications

66. He writes in verse

67. A region of SE Pakistan

68. Make improvements

69. Not difficult

70. T T T T

71. Davenports

DOWN

1. Flat-bottomed boat

2. Lubricate

3. Murres

4. Glove

5. Ottoman title

6. Decayed

7. Enliven

8. Former Italian currency

9. Under the influence of narcotics

10. Defaced

11. Dim

12. Shorthand

13. Tall structure

21. Wear away

25. Platter

26. Bankrolls

27. Away from the wind

28. Rant

29. Tendency

34. Tropical evergreen trees

36. 5280 feet

37. Competent

38. To tax or access

40. Apprentice

42. Bit of parsley

45. Type of shellfish

48. Self-centered person

51. French for “Storehouse”

52. Columbus’s birthplace

53. Fence “doors”

55. Acted presumptuously

58. French cheese

59. Docile

60. Midmonth date

61. Pig sound

62. Gestures of assent

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