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1 Artists’ caps 2 Opposite of afar 3 Ourselves 4 To sprout 5 Dregs of wine 6 Correlative of either 7 A fabulous bird 8 Two-fold 9 To shake, jog 10 Obj. form of he 11 Measure of type 13 A cereal 14 Author of “Treasure Island” 15 Toward 16 Be available 17 Pert. to hospitality 19 Pert. to a city 20 Pitiless 21 Inguinal region 25 Prefix; middle 28 The self 31 A circlet 33 Shun 35 Coagulates 36 Ensnare 38 Portion 40 And so forth 41 Lyric poem 42 Dry 44 Decomposed vegetable fuel 46 A measure of time 47 Level, uniform 48 Is mistaken 49 Partly corresponding 50 Relating to the cuticle 53 So as to profit 54 Avidity 55 South American plant 57 Ever 59 Papal palace 61 Interrogative pronoun 63 A Chinese bean 65 Mental inferior 67 Art indebted 68 Very thin fabric 70 Pert. to an area 72 A wit 74 Skill 76 Born 77 Until 81 Be ill 83 Likely 85 A valuable insect 87 Gone by 89 A metal 91 Impolite 92 Summon legally 94 One who does 97 Proceeds 98 Vacant 100 Plait, interlace 101 Squall, cry 104 A small branch 106 Exclamation 108 Part of verb “to be” 110 Lowest tide 111 Long, vehement speech 113 Growing out 114 Take for wife 115 South American camel 117 Used to curdle milk 119 One who rhymes 120 Reverential fear 122 Female lamb 124 Hides 126 Dry 127 Pain 128 Fail to hit 130 Level-headed 133 Couch 134 Imitate 135 Lair 137 And not 140 Toward 142 Physician 143 Possessive pronoun 145 To exist

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Puzzle No. 83

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