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1 Loadstones 2 A small space 3 Strike 4 In the year of our Lord 5 Mother of Helen of Troy 6 Acute crest of a mountain range 8 Flower (Fr.) 9 Decorative plant 10 Denoting equality 11 Upper part of apron 12 Lent 13 Enclosed 15 Young sheep 19 Noted 20 Ditches used as fortifications 23 Religious order 24 Canvas covered with waterproof material 27 Tool used to make holes for small nails 30 Smallest European deer 32 Fungus used in cooking 34 Edge of a roof 36 Combining form meaning within (Greek) 38 Ejaculation meaning “alas” 41 Furnace used by alchemists 43 Location 44 Proportional share 45 Soothe 47 Simple 49 Mouths (more common as adjective) 51 Eating principal meal of the day 53 Saclike cavity 54 Simpleton 58 Loose soil 59 Smell 62 Fasten 64 Confused noise 66 Prefix, geological epoch 68 Seventh tone of musical scale

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Puzzle No. 131

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