CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 flagrant 7 historical accounts 14 solitary 17 preposition 18 ma’s mate 19 each of the upper limbs of the human body from the shoulder to the hand 21 weight 22 (Egyptian myth) the soul symbolized by a bird with a human head 23 fuss 25 stifle 28 Japanese sash 29 dexterous 31 holdings, resources 32 essential element in all living organism 33 editor 34 sagacious 36 sharp 38 northeast 39 inventory; itemize 40 gait 42 forceful throw 43 symbol 45 narrow valley 47 Philippine currency 49 extraterrestrial 51 small case for needles 53 lose color 54 musical note 55 hymn of praise 57 draw off liquid from 59 halt 61 mischievous child 62 a newborn baby 64 expressing surprise, triumph, mockery 65 group 66 letter of the Greek alphabet 67 expressing negation 68 anent 70 an indefinite article 71 egrets 74 make a strong or concerted attack on 76 merchants 77 taps; beats

DOWN

1 widen 2 owner of land 3 preposition 4 gratuity 5 from a distance 6 ‘The city that never sleeps’ (usa) 8 expressing inquiry, surprise 9 a set of stables around an open yard or along a lane often converted into dwellings 10 scrap or fragment of food left from a meal 11 (contraction) ‘I am’ 12 narrow strip or band of fabric used for trimming or decoration 13 marked 15 is mistaken 19 large semicircular recess with a domed roof at the eastern end of a church 20 modest 24 preposition 26 the orient 27 gait 28 completes ‘either’ 30 pivoted 32 makes a cut 35 small island 37 relieved 39 drag a heavy object with effort 41 idealization of oneself 44 please 46 bare 47 gasp 48 jumbled letters to read ‘plaints’ 50 meddle with or make unauthorized changes 52 press clothes 53 ‘let be done’ 54 hair of the Angora goat 56 not down 58 soon 60 British for ‘thank you’ 62 follows ‘eight’ 63 formerly 66 long seed vessel especially, legumes 69 established 72 Egyptian sun god 73 senior 74 alcoholics anonymous