crossword puzzle

ACROSS

1 place of refuge 5 behind a ship or aircraft 10 everything 11 writing tool 13 escape 14 harmonized, pleasant sounds 16 tranquilize 18 kind of sleeves 20 roving bandit / pirate 22 liven up 23 made of oats 24 revolutions per second 26 foundations 27 betrayal of one’s country / treachery 30 bar / prevent 33 upholds / declares 37 the least satisfactory 40 established 41 sheets of glass in a window or door 44 exploded 46 travel back and forth 48 jumbled letters to mean ‘kiss me’ in Spanish 49 a person skilled in the fine arts, i.e. painting, sculpture etc. 50 the highest adult male singing voice 51 loose, pleated dresses gathered at the waist with a belt 52 an insecticide 53 territory 54 gusher / thermal spring 55 buy off / liberate

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2 destroy / ransack 3 obvious / barefaced 4 ancient / of former times 6 ignore 7 jumbled letters to mean ‘a light, steel, medieval helmet’ 8 mystery 9 waiter’s assistant who sets and clears tables, brings water 12 most excellent 13 readies for printing 15 category 17 period in history 19 dined 21 attired / clothed 22 diversifies / varies 25 rich pastes or spreads of finely chopped meat or fish 28 thing / object 29 choose 31 declares under oath 32 rely / depend 33 be present at 34 scoffed 35 funny act / caper 36 hems in / badgers 38 globe 39 rapid / swift 42 clothing 43 elevated railways 45 express emotion / dramatize 47 ______ couture (high fashion)