WORD PUZZLES

ACROSS

1. Lance

6. Backside

10. Defeat decisively

14. San Antonio fort

15. Disabled

16. Sea eagle

17. Magazine

19. Decorate with gold leaf

20. Highly seasoned fatty sausage

21. Frozen

22. Footnote note

23. Move stealthily

25. Friendliness

26. Timbuktu country

30. Record protector

32. Pee-pee

35. An arc of colored light

39. Renter

40. Lampoon

41. Sidelong

43. Roman household gods

44. Environment

46. In order to prevent

47. Motherless calf

50. Heroic tales

53. Not odd

54. Donkey

55. Hyrax

60. Greek letter

61. Unmoving

63. A promiscuous woman

64. Portent

65. Instrument indicators

66. Brood

67. Composer Jerome ____

68. Binge

DOWN

1. Exhausts

2. Urgent request

3. Nobleman

4. Dogfish

5. Suite

6. Anagram of “Ail”

7. A type of discrimination

8. A loud kiss

9. Evasive

10. Belonging to a regiment

11. Small African antelope

12. Dim

13. Woman’s undergarment

18. Cacophony

24. East southeast

25. Birdlike

26. Think (over)

27. District

28. Enumerate

29. Sow

31. Convenience

33. Eagle’s nest

34. Blue-green

36. Chomp

37. Mining finds

38. Toward sunset

42. Supple

43. Type of dog

45. A Christian celebration

47. Anagram of “Dimes”

48. Convex molding

49. Outfit

51. Pother

52. Smooths

54. Out of control

56. Faux pas

57. Char

58. Small island

59. Being

62. Hotel

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