Crossword Puzzle

Across

1. Conifer

6. Dull pain

10. Possess

14. Aflame

15. Literary composition 16. Translucent mineral 17. Relish

18. Snare

19. Jamboree

20. Surgical instrument 22. Run or flow slowly 24. Monotonous routine 25. Hawaiian garland

27. Legal guardian

29. Vociferous

34. Australian flightless bird

35. Starch resembling sago

36. Lifeless

38. Perform without preparation

42. Hobble

43. Divide or separate 45. Information

46. Subject matter

48. Worn in ancient Rome

49. Level

50. Darn

52. Sobriquet

54. Part of the inner ear 58. Metallic element

59. Lyric poem

60. Transparent optical device

62. Leotards

67. Small stream

69. Small mouselike rodent

71. Several members considered as a unit

72. Whimper 73. Object of worship

74. Reddish brown dye 75. Air pollution

76. Bulbous plant related to onions

77. Chirping sound

Down

1. Endure

2. A great distance 3. Rend

4. Harvest

5. Harbinger

6. Pertinent

7. Line made from twisted fibers or threads

8. The courage to carry on

9. Eating apple

10. Domestic swine

11. Separated

12. Relative duration of a musical note

13. Uplift

21. Requirements

23. Large American feline

26. Feckless

28. Happening without warning

29. Sodium chloride

30. Group of three

31. Cut of beef

32. Mischievous

33. Claw

37. Dactyl

39. Molten rock

40. Detail

41. Nemesis

44. Implied or silent

47. Cubicle

51. Beetle 53. Chess piece

54. Army unit

55. Abhorrence

56. Stringed instrument 57. Positively charged electrode

61. Wild plum

63. Developed

64. Sharpen

65. Melody

66. Tiff

68. Section of a journey 70. Moose