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Puzzle No. 115

AN OLYMPIAN DELIGHT

By Jupiter

Even the eight unkeyed letters in the center can’t detract from the solid worth of this nectar for the gods. We’re glad we didn’t take the modest author’s suggestion to throw it in the wastebasket.

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17 18 19
20 2122 23 24
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HORIZONTAL

1 Rodents of Central and South America 6 Stake in any wager 9 County in New Jersey 14 Biographical and eulogistic panegyric 15 Imitate absurdly 16 Tawny thrush 17 Serpent 18 Prohibit 19 River in India 20 Apprehend 21 Perpetual 24 Feign 25 Gaelic and Irish languages 27 Sore 28 Pismires 29 Liquid or dry measure, used especially in the Netherlands 31 Label 33 Pale 36 Hard, transparent resin 40 Hammered 41 White, amorphous or slightly crystalline very bitter alkaloid compound 42 Be initiated into 44 As before 45 Adjust 47 Beast of burden 48 Final 51 African giraffoid ruminant 54 Organs of hearing 58 Part of verb “to be” 59 Anything by which something else is secured or fastened 61 Allow 62 Girl’s name 64 Invite 65 Animals without feet 67 Outcome 68 Shelter afforded by any object in a wind 69 Measured by revolutions of the moon 70 Ladies 71 Art (Latin) 72 Concerning; in regard to