WORD PUZZLES

ACROSS

1. Bow

6. Thin strip

10. Vipers

14. Latin name for our planet

15. Christmas season

16. Flutter

17. Sea

18. Coagulate

19. Container weight

20. Middleman

22. Wicked

23. Tibetan monk

24. Pinch

26. Crooner Crosby

30. Toss

31. Apply gently

32. Smell

33. African antelope

35. Tablets

39. Estate

41. Estrogenic hormone

43. Artist’s workstand

44. Dispatched

46. Novice

47. Fitting

49. Caviar

50. Conceal

51. Faith

54. Iridescent gem

56. Biblical garden

57. Fish seller

63. Donate

64. Pearly-shelled mussel

65. Freight

66. Beers

67. Prig

68. “Bye”

69. T T T T

70. Feudal worker

71. Expire

DOWN

1. Put away

2. Engineering school

3. Chocolate cookie

4. By mouth

5. Discussion group

6. Maples

7. Cradlesong

8. Found in some lotions

9. Foursome

10. Placenta

11. A person who is owned by someone

12. City in France

13. Hardy wheat

21. Beauty parlor

25. Awestruck

26. Portend

27. Notion

28. French for “Names”

29. Excessive desire for wealth

34. He fears foreigners

36. 53 in Roman numerals

37. A titled peer of the realm

38. Blackthorn

40. Swing around

42. Water vapor

45. Ablation

48. Flow out

51. Sired, biblically

52. Ancient Roman magistrate

53. Embankment

55. Neighborhood

58. Hotels

59. Nil

60. Handle

61. Prima donna problems

62. Thorny flower