WORD PUZZLES

ACROSS

1. Taps

5. Platters

10. Canines

14. Salt Lake state

15. African virus

16. Module

17. Not less

18. Relax rules or guidelines

20. Laud

22. Attractive

23. 70 in Roman numerals

24. Adult male singing voice

25. Befoulments

32. Pee

33. Manicurist’s board

34. Pelvis

37. Twinge

38. Rot

39. Dry riverbed

40. East southeast

41. Gauge

42. Fortuneteller’s card

43. Compulsively

45. In base 8

49. Fury

50. Emit long loud cries

53. Pocket billiards

57. Permissiveness

59. Portuguese folksong

60. Always

61. Black-and-white diving bird

62. Flutter

63. A musical pause

64. Tightwad

65. Collections

DOWN

1. Mountain lion

2. At the peak of

3. Canvas

4. Heavy fire of artillery

5. Luxurious

6. Footnote note

7. Weep

8. A ball of yarn

9. Indian dress

10. Coarse edible red seaweed

11. Scallion

12. Contraption

13. Drive

19. Jittery

21. Spindle

25. Hoodwink

26. Historical periods

27. Satisfactory

28. Encounters

29. Master of ceremonies

30. Approaches

31. Attempt

34. Rabbit

35. False god

36. Compassion

38. Cotillion girl

39. Overshoots

41. Back tooth

42. Novice

44. Transgressor

45. Not inner

46. Split

47. Large bulrushes

48. Warning

51. Pack down

52. Decorative case

53. Achy

54. Cabbagelike vegetable

55. Modify

56. Decays

58. Bother

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