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Puzzle No. 12

A BLACK BEAUTY

By P. B. Geotsch

Anyone who geotsch this one is good. This one shows how hard it is to solve a puzzle with many unkeyed letters.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
9 10 1112
131415 1617 18
19 20 2122 23
24 25 2627
28 29 303132 33
3435 36 373839
40 41
42 4344 45 46
4748 4950 51 5253
54 5556 57 58
59 6061 6263 64
65 66 67 6869 7071
72 73 74
75 76 77

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HORIZONTAL

1 To become insolvent 4 A long-legged bird 6 Presage 9 A bruise 11 Not working 13 What 15 Cautious 17 In bed 18 Mother 19 To lick up 21 To waste away 23 A sticky substance 24 To silence 25 Encircled 27 Since 28 Beast of burden 29 Article 30 Exclamation 32 Guided 34 Liquid juice of plants 36 Assent 38 Everything 40 To grasp 41 Clamp 42 Also 43 First woman 45 A drink 47 Organ of body 49 Dissent 51 Exist 52 A beam 54 To fall behind 55 To squander 58 A tree 59 Viper 61 An automobile 63 A card 65 Preposition 66 A distance 68 Ireland 71 Exclamation 72 A step 73 Measure of time 75 Remunerated 76 To rub off 77 A vegetable