CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 wonder / be awed 6 softened / ripen 12 tilt / move wildly down path 14 followed / pursued 16 before 17 raged / assailed 20 carrier of genetic information 21 not yes 22 a light, open, twowheeled carriage

23 M. D. 24 large, open-topped bag for shopping 27 hold royal office / govern 28 made visible 30 make very upset / exasperate 32 cipher / encrypt 34 a period in history 35 small venomous snake 37 not in / exterior 38 enrich / make or become fat 39 develop / progress 41 female pronoun 42 after the manner of 44 curative mineral spring

46 (medieval legend) Irish princess daughter of the King of Britanny married to Tristram 49 heaviness / burden / importance 51 horse of any small breed / small drinking vessel 52 theatrical entertainment of a series of short satirical sketches and songs 55 jumbled letters to read ‘lend’ 56 ma’s mate 57 lauds / compliments 59 preposition 60 contrive to make a livelihood / supplement 62 jumbled letters to read ‘roasted’ 63 beer / lager 64 feel bitter / begrudge 66 expresses emotion / ham it up 68 humiliate / bad mouth 69 elementary textbook for teaching

children / an introductory book

DOWN

1 cast ashore / desert 2 metric unit of measure 3 anent 4 waist-length close-fitting sleeveless garment often worn under a suit jacket 5 total / whole and complete 7 poetic for ‘eternity’ 8 a woman regarded as being of superior social status or as having refined manners

9 Chinese measure of distance 10 not young / not new 11 made one’s way 12 the middle point / pivot 13 flies in a circle 15 mended

18 Spanish shout of triumph, joy, approval 19 a heavy drinking cup of earthenware or metal with a handle 25 betrayal of trust / violation of allegiance owed to one’s country or sovereign 26 worldly / temporal 28 scorpion fish 29 jumbled letters to read ‘voltage’ 31 barred opening or passageway through a fence or wall 33 a loop formed in a rope, cord by means of a slipknot to tighten it / hangman’s halter 35 collection of anecdotes 36 veggie in a pod 40 one who tips 43 profuse / effusive 45 jumbled letters to read ‘detest’ 47 saturated / drenched 48 a list of errors 49 one who removes weeds 50 person or thing that heals through prayer or faith 53 organ of hearing 54 a Philippine catholic university run by the Order of Preachers 57 corn bread in the form of small oval loaves 58 partly / semi-trailer and the tractor it is attached to 61 east southeast 63 dined 65 printer’s measure of distance 67 word of assent intoned as part of a mantra