WORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1. A type of small

mammal 6. Container weight 10. Thin strip 14. Colonic 15. By mouth 16. Barbershop emblem 17. Loft 18. Skin disease 19. Anger 20. The audience of a

newspaper 22. Weightlifters pump

this 23. A parcel of land 24. Product of bees 26. Palace 30. Follow stealthily 32. Indian monetary unit 33. Silent 37. Historical periods 38. Woo 39. Bright thought 40. Barren 42. Supernatural being 43. Honor 44. Imperative 45. Formula 1 driver 47. Mistake 48. Calamitous 49. Unhygienic 56. Pearly-shelled mussel 57. Close 58. Hard to pin down 59. Brother of Jacob 60. At one time (archaic) 61. Sporting venue 62. Not more 63. Nonsense (British) 64. Unsuccessful person

DOWN

1. Beloved 2. Initial wager 3. Anagram of "Meat" 4. Among 5. Aircraft engine enclosure 6. Browned bread 7. Eyebrow shape 8. Hindu princess 9. Pachyderm 10. A light shower 11. France's longest

river 12. A mixture of metals 13. Adolescent 21. Caviar 25. Not young 26. Team 27. Emanation 28. Resorts 29. Possessing a hard

shell 30. Noise 31. Feces 33. Fly high 34. Border 35. Observed 36. Sodium chloride 38. A single-reed

instrument 41. Female sheep 42. Not departure 44. A large vase 45. Washing machine

cycle 46. Operatic solos 47. Our planet 48. Affaire d'honneur 50. Roman emperor 51. Back talk 52. Tropical tuber 53. How old we are 54. Graphic symbol 55. 365 days