WORD PUZZLES

ACROSS

1. Tuft

5. Dismay

10. Tropical tuber

14. Doing nothing

15. Birthing coach

16. Two-toed sloth

17. Lascivious look

18. In spite of everything

20. Legal proceeding

22. Frying pan

23. Not on

24. Requires

25. Mesmerizing

32. Assumed name

33. Cash

34. A law enforcement agency

37. Knows

38. Submarine

39. Skidded

40. An uncle

41. Outmaneuver

42. Procrastinate

43. Immeasurably

45. Place

49. Sprocket

50. Low leather step-in shoes

53. Self-regard

57. Disinfectant

59. District

60. Swerve

61. Like the flu

62. Half-moon tide

63. Sea eagle

64. Pizazz

65. Sounds of disapproval

DOWN

1. Testament

2. Bright thought

3. Killed

4. Characters

5. Lost at sea

6. He writes in verse

7. Type of dog

8. “What a shame!”

9. Frolic

10. Gown fabric

11. Anoint (archaic)

12. Levelled

13. Kicks out

19. Dirty

21. Flying saucers

25. A fish similar to cod

26. Anagram of “Lyme”

27. A coniferous tree

28. Suffuse

29. Soars

30. Awkward

31. Mesh

34. Flaccid body fat

35. Tab

36. Lazily

38. A large vase

39. Still

41. High, low and neap

42. Dirty air

44. “Stick” of frozen water

45. A person who is owned by someone

46. Laser printer powder

47. Consumed

48. All excited

51. Guns an engine

52. Expectoration

53. Found on rotary phones

54. Angers

55. Heavy, durable furniture wood

56. Blabs

58. Attempt