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ACROSS

1 ease / console

7 a newt

10 go / depart

11 collection of anecdotes

14 a deep covered dish for serving soup

16 infers

18 soon / shortly

19 dark, thick, flammable liquid distilled from wood or coal used as wood preservative, antiseptic, in making roads

21 student in preparatory school

23 new testament

24 confectionary / sweets

25 editor

27 definite article

30 fifth sign of the Zodiac

32 not high or tall / downcast

34 become less stern / be compassionate

37 mourn / bemoan

39 (chem) the element

argon

40 extremely / deeply

41 dregs

42 each

43 a person authorized to perform certain legal formalities

46 comment / take note of

48 African antelope

49 soft murmuring sound of a dove

51 French title given a female saint

52 month / ‘modus operandi’

54 an implement with bristles, hair, wire for cleaning, scrubbing, painting

55 elevated railway

56 drags / hauls

58 irritate / anger

59 agave

61 chooses / votes

63 flee / abscond

65 dined

66 think aloud

68 negative

69 highly transparent glass

DOWN

2 Spanish shout of triumph, joy

3 of the mind

4 musical note

5 take or carry to excess

6 primary color

7 letter of the Greek alphabet

8 a narrow tube or pipe widening at the top for pouring liquid, powder, etc. into a small opening

9 run with short strides at a moderate pace

11 a measure of land / field

12 to incite, irritate

13 small venomous snake

15 printer’s measure

17 not down

20 in a different way

22 odd / peculiar

26 pulled with a sharp jerk

28 large wading bird with long legs and with a long s-shaped neck

29 sluggish / inactive

31 spruce up / groom

33 done openly / unconcealed

35 Imelda is to the Philippines as she is to

Argentina

36 attempt / essay

37 German

38 doctrine / set of beliefs

44 an uproar or din, especially of a disorderly crowd

45 a journey from place to place as a vacation

47 sloping / crosswise

49 brittle / brisk

50 jumbled letters to read ‘tokens’

53 S-shaped molding

55 dash / verve

56 Chinese beverage

57 science

59 air conditioning

60 a record of the brain’s activity

62 hill or rocky peak

64 the expanse of salt water that covers most the earth’s surface and surrounds its land masses

67 island