CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 desires / needs 6 express gratitude 11 amass / collect 13 ‘belonging to you’ 15 elevated railway 17 migrant / short-lived 19 (chem) the element barium 20 by means of / through 22 snakelike fish 23 Saturday / was seated 24 terminates / ceases 25 small, usually rounded and perforated pieces of glass, stone for threading with others to make jewelry or sewing on to fabric / rosary / drops of liquid 27 rudely brief 28 speed up the engine 29 lodgings for students / places providing temporary accommodation 31 caviar 32 a country in the Himalayas where Mt. Everest is located 34 the oak tree grows out of this seed 36 new and unusual / a fictitious prose story of book length 37 rogue / scoundrel 38 guide / navigate 40 imbibed / gulped 42 water 43 candidate / appointee 46 carrier of genetic information 48 monetary unit of Italy and Turkey 49 make separate by cutting / break off 50 change direction 51 Spanish shout of approval, joy, victory 53 dark, thick, flammable liquid distilled from wood or coal used as preservative of wood and iron, as antiseptic 55 a primary color 56 postscript 57 insistent / clamorous 61 ‘_ _ _ _ and behold’ 62 foot-operated levers or controls for mechanism 63 limitation of supply and efforts / skimp 65 penalized / charged 66 stupefies / dazes

DOWN

2 expressing surprise, pleasure, sudden realization 3 negative 4 tropical plant and source of poi 5 ‘Mrs.’ 6 definite article 7 clue / tip 8 emmet 9 northeast 10 not ever 12 jumbled letters to read ‘needs’ 13 a diacritical mark over the Spanish ‘N’ when pronounced ‘NY’ as in ‘señor’ 14 dull / without color 16 cloth woven from flax / bedclothes 18 Southeast Asia treaty organization 19 member of the lowest order of the British nobility 21 unusual and exciting experience 23 relinquish / give up 25 (Spanish) women’s short open jackets 26 calumny / malicious, injurious statement spoken about a person 29 harbor / shelter 30 frighten / terrify 33 wrote ‘The Raven’ 35 eggs 38 travels on water / pieces of materials extended on riggings to catch the wind and propel a boat 39 backless sofa 41 genuflect 42 run away to marry secretly 44 any of a class of chemical elements characterized by ductility, malleability, luster and conductivity of heat and electricity 45 persons regarded as contemptibly dull, unsophisticated 47 eagerness / passion 52 surrender formally / transfer title of ownership 54 smallest whole number / one 57 wild animal’s lair / small cozy room where one can be alone 58 insane / angry and provoked 59 of or belonging to 60 African antelope 62 letter of the Greek alphabet / mixed, disordered collection of printing types 64 ton