WORD PUZZLES

ACROSS

1. Blackthorn

5. Suit

10. Toil

14. Retained

15. Service man

16. Double-reed woodwind

17. Inactiveness

19. Unique

20. Faster than light

21. It makes dough rise

22. Graven images

23. Dinosaur bones

25. Alphabetical listing of topics

27. Terminate

28. Berating

31. Big band music

34. Gusty

35. Petroleum

36. Warm-hearted

37. Boast

38. Ballet attire

39. S

40. Banquet

41. Something of value

42. An injury to the neck

44. Arctic bird

45. Impolite dinner sound

46. Yellowish annual clover

50. Type of rubber

52. Nymph

54. Card with one symbol

55. Among

56. Hard unglazed brownish-red earthenware

58. Make melodious sounds

59. Catkin

60. University administrator

61. Wise one

62. “Beau ___”

63. Terminates

DOWN

1. Small boat

2. Slowly, in music

3. Opaque gems

4. And so forth

5. Far away from home

6. Stars on stage

7. Allies’ foe

8. Underskirt

9. Attempt

10. Forested

11. Offensive

12. Somersault

13. Lock openers

18. Fastening

22. Lazily

24. Transmit

26. Nothing (British)

28. Make a splashing sound

29. Anagram of “Tine”

30. Oversupply

31. Distort

32. Desire

33. Asserting

34. Utter profanities

37. Equipment

38. Sounds of disapproval

40. In constant change

41. Golden

43. Promise

44. Ventilate

46. Charred

47. Consumed

48. Toward the outside

49. Intends

50. Young girl

51. Dogfish

53. Mining finds

56. Children’s game

57. Lyric poem

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