CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 unlike in nature and

qualities / varied 5 streetcar / fourwheeled vehicle used in coal mines 7 an earnest appeal 10 champion 11 false gods 13 Chinese measure of

distance 14 impish / sprightly 18 ‘Information Tech

nology’ 19 bread roll / brioche 20 rent 21 balance 23 complies 26 kind of tree 27 ill will 29 dine / devour 31 pronoun 32 an agave native to Central America the juice of which is used as a laxative 33 cupid 34 route 36 creative skill 37 heavy, hard, dark wood used for furniture 40 a volatile substance 42 a thing serving as a symbol, reminder or distinctive mark of something 45 aries 46 witchcraft / en

chantment 48 annoy / badger 49 southeast 50 dramatic work in one or more acts set to music for singers and instrumentalists 51 pluralizing suffix 52 heron 55 sugary 58 air / aircraft 59 more than average

height 60 broke out suddenly and dramatically like what just happened to the Philippines’ ‘perfect cone’

DOWN

1 a barrier constructed to hold back water and raise its level 2 drive, force or urge

into action 3 backbone 4 olden times 5 (archaic) ‘of or be

longing to thee’ 6 Egyptian sun god 8 prefix meaning: ‘early’ 9 pretext 10 association 12 ‘at once’ 15 shelter / haven 16 descend rapidly from a higher to a lower level / drop 17 doctrine / theory 19 a large stone worn

smooth by erosion 22 departing / going

away 24 crave / long for 25 tasting of salt / briny 27 not tall / midget 28 sauce made of fresh chopped basil, garlic, olive oil and parmesan cheese 30 any of the (5) terminal projections of the foot 31 ‘Mrs.’ 35 aromatic herb used

for cookery 38 bottom 39 the end 40 void 41 a polite or respectful form of address or mode of reference to a man 43 genuflect 44 the orient 46 engine 47 social class / stratum 53 anent 54 before 56 bankroll 57 elevated railway