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1 Talk in an easy manner 2 Relish 3 Pointed steel instrument 4 Ventures 5 Pliant 6 Christmas 7 Irritate 8 Maker of hats 9 To lament 10 Spring 12 Duty 16 Composed of the number two 22 Congeal 24 Beast of burden 26 Period 27 Goddess of peace 29 Color 30 Delude 31 A viscous material for writing 33 A badger-like animal 34 African blacks 36 To urge 37 Lyric poem 39 Noose used for catching cattle 40 A deep spoon 42 Lowest deck of a ship 44 Eagle’s nest 46 A card game 48 Bud 52 To weary 53 To injure 56 Of the verb “to be” 57 Aqueous vapor 59 Snare 61 Mean dress 62 Nodule of earth 64 Despot 65 Learned 66 Distinguished (abbr.) 67 Humanity 68 Licentious 70 Runic letters 72 A germ gland 73 Correct 74 Symbol 75 Yell 77 Abhor 78 An ecclesiastic 79 In bed 80 Hireling

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Puzzle No. 121

A ROSE WITH A THORN OR TWO