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ACROSS

1 flagrant

7 historical accounts 14 solitary

17 preposition

18ma’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 64expressing 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

15is mistaken

19large 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