Puzzle No. 65

QUIET COMFORT

By Marcam

This one stays close to the amenities of English. There are few words you don’t use, if your vocabulary is as ample as a cross word puzzler’s should be. By the way, has your vocabulary expanded since you’ve started puzzling?

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HORIZONTAL

1 To testify under oath 5 Criminal 9 Exceeded 14 Tool 15 Knock 16 Caprice 17 A grain for making malt 20 Allayed 22 Polly wants a cracker 24 Beast of burden 25 To reconcile to a loss 27 Glacial ridges 29 Belonging to us 30 Explain 32 Laboriously 35 To the inside of 36 Closest 38 Specious 40 Hostelries 41 First woman 43 To dress 45 Eagle 46 Privately 48 Nidus 51 To deface 53 Norse deity 55 A weight of Turkey 57 King 59 Feathery 60 Having ten legs 61 Substitute 62 Loose part of coat 63 At another time 65 A presiding officer 67 Bustle 68 Healthy physical state 70 At that place 73 Prepare for publication 75 Culmination 77 Greek mountain 78 Worry 80 Guided 82 Tracked 86 Gratuities 88 A certain unknown quantity 90 To shut up 92 Hastened 93 Way of acting 94 Bag 96 Caustic alkaline solution 97 Presents itself 99 Single things 102 More stately 104 Shelter 105 Individual 106 Article of clothing 107 Fears greatly 108 Mist of condensed vapor 109 Stuffed