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HORIZONTAL

1 Latin for “I love” 4 Opera by Verdi 8 Tragedy by Sardou 13 Transgression 14 French for “Mrs.” 16 Prejudice 17 Instrument for writing 18 Adverb 19 Bales (abbr.) 21 French for “bone” 22 A quality pencil or a planet 23 Ancient state in Asia Minor 27 Lair 29 Anew 30 Gold (abbr.) 32 Any cleaning agent 34 Name of one of the British Isles 35 South African antelope 37 Pronoun 39 That is (abbr.) 40 Royal mail (abbr.) 41 A color 43 Indefinite article 44 Ancient worshippers of Venus 47 Not (French) 48 Section of a foot (abbr.) 49 Tincture for wounds 50 Preposition 51 God willing (abbr.) 52 Cipher of several letters 53 Preposition 54 Preposition 56 Form of verb “to be” 57 River in Nevada 58 Lament, complaint (French) 60 Means of travel 65 Obliterators 69 Waterfall 70 Exclude 73 A dignitary 74 American temperance society (abbr.) 75 Rage 76 Liable 77 Comrade (coll.) 79 An organ 81 Lake in Galway 82 Pronoun 84 Unit 86 Consumption (coll.) 87 Adverb 88 A parent (coll.) 89 Post scriptum (abbr.) 90 A Phoenician god

VERTICAL

1 A Roman coin 2 An island in the Aegean Sea 3 Preposition 4 Entertains, diverts 5 A wicked spirit 6 French for “of” 7 Indefinite article 9 Bay in Siberia 10 Arabian seaport 11 One of the United States 12 Variety 15 Goddess of love 20 Pull roughly 21 A form of poetry 24 New England (abbr.) 25 Form of verb “to be” 26 An exclamation 28 Word of refusal 29 “Pertaining to” (suffix) 31 Spanish feminine for “a” 33 Reflector 34 An annual plant of southern Asia 36 Affecting the whole 38 Tint, color 39 Ancient Indians 41 Opera by Verdi 42 Prefix meaning “in” 45 Household dish 46 Town in south of France 51 River in Morocco 55 A game of chance 56 Receive 59 A kingdom of antiquity 61 Deed 62 Ornamental vessel 63 To, at (prefix) 64 African 65 Hinder 66 Italian historian 67 Town in central Persia 68 Undermine 70 Species of animal 71 Any plane surface 72 Peruse 78 From (Latin) 80 Conjunction 83 Pronoun 85 Northeast (abbr.)