CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 animal feet having claws and nails 5 an ingredient of beer and vinegar 9 unclear / imprecise 10 urge into action 12 in abundance / all over 13 jumbled letters to read ‘strain' 15 a shallow earthenware or metal vessel for cooking purposes 16 porticos 18 perform / a deed; an action 20 French for ‘friend' 21 goons / gangsters 22 expression of disapproval or contempt 23 sauce made of fresh chopped basil, garlic and olive oil 26 before 27 radiantly 29 toward or on the shore 31 herons 32 lay hold of / capture 33 liberate 34 spin / revolve 38 comprehends / clutches at 42 unfertilized seed / egg 43 large marine fish for food and valued for its oil 45 unit of volume equal to (1) cm 46 high mountain / inner room 47 more certain 49 edge / border 50 sea eagle 51 angry 52 suffix forming nouns 53 cone-shaped tents of animal skin used by plains Indians 56 to abscond / to flee 59 huge / immense 60 recycle / use again 61 president 62 pace / stride

DOWN

1 buddy 2 earlier / before the present 3 German / Austrian sausage 4 simmer / boil 5 optical illusion 6 gather / collect 7 licensed practical nurse 8 a nationally celebrated Vietnamese New Year 9 disappear suddenly 11 legally bound 12 pastimes / diversions 14 run or dart away 15 child's word for ‘father' 17 yours and mind 19 hauls / drags 24 summary 25 speak pompously 27 jumbled letters to read ‘rages' 28 gigantic / ‘wonderful' 30 supplement an income by making a living with difficulty 31 unit of work or energy 34 long, loose flowing outer garment 35 not hidden / done openly and publicly 36 an animal's burrow / underground / underwater passage 37 strong cold Northeast dry wind blowing in the upper Adriatic 39 shawl or blanket worn as cloak by Spanish Americans 40 self-satisfaction / conceit 41 having a design in many small figures 43 calls down evil or injury on someone or something 44 discourages from doing 47 blockade / ambush 48 set again 54 semiliquid food for babies and invalids 55 mistake 57 hint / indirect suggestion 58 small poisonous snake