CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 the arc in the sky that displays the colors of the spectrum 6 Egyptian sun god 7 service charge 8 commercial 10 jumps on one leg 12 poems 14 small medium-sized

sofa 16 constructs / builds 18 feminine name 19 concise in a smooth, polished way / succinct 20 organs of sight 22 dined 24 a unit 25 not yes 27 large Australian flight

less bird 28 attorney 29 completes ‘either’ 30 a most dreaded

illness 31 musical note 32 Emergency Room 33 primary color 34 range of vision / men

tal perception 36 ton 37 remote / distant 40 sprint / flee 42 ornamental case for small articles, as needles 44 slightly and momentarily raise the shoulders to express indifference, helplessness, contempt 46 victim of deception /

make a fool of 48 elaborately adorned /

baroque 50 rigid ornamental band worn around the arm 52 impose a rate or toll / raise contributions or taxes 53 strip the skin, rind, bark, etc., from a fruit, vegetable, tree 54 combining form meaning ‘twice, double’ 55 health resort 58 road 59 craved / yearned DOWN 1 engrossed / fully ab

sorbed 2 on the condition or

supposition that 3 northeast 4 auxiliary verb 5 walk through water or some impeding medium 6 spin / revolve 9 proper / well-man

nered 10 (Greek myth) wife of Zeus, queen of the Gods 11 pair / solidify 12 native mineral 13 small, inflamed swelling on the rim of the eyelid 14 South America 15 snakelike fish 16 established 17 Southeast 18 without deceit /

straightforward 21 odd / queer 23 cinder / smoldering

remains of a fire 24 furry, flesh-eating water animal related to the weasel and mink 26 long wooden pole with a broad, thin blade at one end / a rower 29 poetic of ‘often’ 33 showered / poured 35 jerked / shoved;

poked gently 37 to roll up tightly and

make secure as a

flag to a staff 38 definite article 39 young of certain mammals as the fox, tiger, lion, wolf 41 without legal force /

not binding 43 preposition 44 pigpen 45 hole or opening /

cleft; ravine 47 Physical Education 49 eager; enthusiastic 51 contemptibly dull and

ineffective 55 any jumble or mixture 57 arrival / letter ‘R’