WORD PUZZLES

ACROSS

1. Exploded stars

6. Martial art

10. Nile bird

14. Flip over

15. Again

16. Not less

17. Toothpowder

19. Colorful (Scottish)

20. Inveigle

21. It is (poetic)

22. Learning method

23. Typewrote

25. Covered with vines

26. As well

30. Bloated

32. Polecat

35. Deny

39. Sweet wattle

40. Lampoon

41. Revival

43. Gist

44. Abandon

46. University administrator

47. Guys

50. Smooth brown oval nut

53. Ends a prayer

54. Indian bread

55. Swamp

60. Petty quarrel

61. Possible

63. Sister and wife of Zeus

64. Perished

65. Panache

66. Bucolic

67. Unit of land

68. Abounds

DOWN

1. Naked

2. Not closed

3. Blow off steam

4. Against

5. Decree

6. Glass container

7. Together

8. Chose

9. Is endebted to

10. Overlapped

11. Element with the symbol B

12. Angry

13. Stitched

18. Effeminate

24. Church bench

25. Entry permits

26. At a distance

27. Bloodsucking insects

28. Knife

29. Not oriental

31. A young lady

33. Employs

34. Dines

36. A climbing plant

37. Killer whale

38. To fancy (archaic)

42. Pertaining to the liver

43. And so forth

45. One who leases

47. Fish broth

48. Refereed

49. A special loved one

51. French for “Friend”

52. A nine-piece musical group

54. Zero

56. Dash

57. Competent

58. Shut

59. Collections

62. Citrus drink