Puzzle No. 80

NOT SO DIFFICULT

By Robert S. Holzman

The beginner should have a good time with this neat construction. There are no lurking terrors in the wood here for the adventurous explorer of cross word puzzledom. Try this one against time.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 91011
12 13 14 1516
17 18 1920 21
22 23 2425
26 27 2829 30
31 32 33 34
35 36 37 3839
40 41
42434445 4647 48 49
50 5152 53
54 55 56 57
5859 6061 62 63
6465 66 67 68
69 70 7172 73
74 75 76

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HORIZONTAL

1 Father 4 Former Venetian high officials 8 Gambling term 12 Wrath 13 Flowed 14 Clash 16 Be wrong 17 Use 20 Plant of nightshade family 22 Excavation 23 Vegetable 25 Distracted 26 Sober 28 Make plump 31 Distant 32 Typhoon 33 Beaten track 35 Preposition 36 Disposition 37 Batters 39 Sign of negation 40 Perform 41 Astir 42 Silicon 44 Disease of foot 47 Iota 49 Masculine pronoun 50 And so forth 52 Hummed 53 Mien 54 One who carves 56 Suitable for food 59 That bird 60 Haul 62 Lubricate 64 Kind of nail 67 Lower in rank 69 1004 70 Faucet 72 Fluid used for heating 73 Female sheep 74 Search 75 Austerity 76 Plan