1 Formal and forbidding 2 Norse writing 3 Allude 4 Recent (prefix) 5 Always 6 Peruvian prince 7 Vessel 8 Secure 9 Source 10 Beliefs 15 Hill 17 Unit 20 Elastic fluid 23 Fabulist 25 Water of forgetfulness 27 Oxygen and nitrogen 28 Skillful 29 Empyrean 31 Unctuous liquid 34 Assault 35 Observe 37 Made of curled hair 39 Roofed street 40 Lavatory 42 Large bird 43 Female bird 45 Soon 47 Egyptian goddess 48 Where marriages are unmade 50 Costumes 52 Australian bird 54 Spread loosely

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Puzzle No. 11

KEYS AND CROSSES

By Harold McKay

The design of this bath mat is much more cryptic than the words you will be called upon to fill in.

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