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Puzzle No. 120

SANCTA SIMPLICITAS

By John Fasel

A little too much black for the best construction, but full of ease such as delights the puzzler in his more languid hours. Whet your appetite with this, and then try stronger meat.

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58 59 6061 62
63 6465 6667
6869 70 7172 73
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HORIZONTAL

2 Iranian language 5 Perverted 7 Reduce from frozen condition 11 Clear from weeds 13 Facility 14 Dark colored layer of the iris 15 A girl’s name 17 A counterstatement 18 Piercing instrument 19 Entrance court 20 Hush 21 A lectern 23 Orient 25 Lick up 26 Otherwise 28 To sow 31 Wrath 32 Beyond (prefix) 35 Cereal 38 The forearm 41 Hatchet 43 Exclamation of pleasure 45 Species of ox 46 Pertaining to the laity 47 Clotted blood 49 To agree 50 Supreme deity 51 Alkaline solution 52 Theory 54 Prefix, oily 55 Haut boy 56 Support 58 Grained sheepskin leather 60 Metal in its natural state 62 Large plant 63 To steep in water 65 To grind the teeth 67 Calm side 69 Novice 71 A cyma 74 Attempt 76 A girl’s name 78 Straightway 79 A land measure 81 Freeholder 82 Priestly vestment 83 A rain cloud 84 A seat in a church 85 Cattle of the bovine genus 86 Mischievous child 87 Even (abbr.) 88 Great quantities 89 Likewise 90 Stained