- 40 Part of the verb “to be”
- 41 Notify or summon
- 43 Showiness of achievement; brilliancy
- 45 Bind to secrecy
- 48 Make, grow, or seem to grow old
- 49 Exclamation of repugnance or disgust
- 50 Steep, or soak, as flax
- 52 Be slow; tardy; late
- 53 Preposition
- 54 Suffix used to form present participles
- 56 Pet or strike softly
- 58 Abbreviation for “company”
- 59 Brief poem characterized by exalted feeling
- 60 Carryall
- 62 Power of comprehending and judging
- 64 Slang for “no”
- 66 Court
- 68 God (Latin)
- 70 Betrayal; treachery; or breach of allegiance
- 71 Now going on; current
VERTICAL
| 1 Carry out by action, effort, or skill of any kind 2 Part of the verb “to be” 3 Square or rectangular block of wood 4 Largest continent 5 Prefix, from, out of; used before many words beginning with a consonant 6 Auditory organ 7 Belonging to a particular genus or class; definite article 8 Scot: one 9 Flock; brood 10 Bad luck; loss; the worst; also the best 11 Abbreviation for “railroad” 12 Art or practice of foretelling by signs or omens 15 Drinking vessel 18 From Greek “life”: a combining form 20 Protecting crane-arm; jib 22 Something attached 24 Letter in the Greek alphabet 25 Biol: A wing, or a wing-like part 26 Be able 28 Funeral hymn or tune 30 Small seed-eating bird, as a bunting, sparrow 31 The fragrant essential oil extract from rose petals 32 Bark-tanned sheep-skin for bookbinding | 34 Woo 36 Nothing 37 Tangled 41 Secure a patent for 42 Gone by; past 43 Biol: An ovum or germ cell 44 Spread loosely for drying, as newly mown grass 46 Resinous substance exuded from an East-Indian scale-insect and used in making varnishes 47 One who advocates or practises egoism 49 French: Fem. gen. “one”; an; 51 Beat; torture; vex; also to harden or prepare 54 Any product of mental apprehension or activity 55 Conjunction 57 Offers 59 Poetic: to open 60 Bar 61 Drink slowly 63 Golf term 65 Conjunction 66 River in Italy 67 Conjunction 69 Prefix (negative) |
- 1 Carry out by action, effort, or skill of any kind
- 2 Part of the verb “to be”
- 3 Square or rectangular block of wood
- 4 Largest continent
- 5 Prefix, from, out of; used before many words beginning with a consonant
- 6 Auditory organ
- 7 Belonging to a particular genus or class; definite article
- 8 Scot: one
- 9 Flock; brood
- 10 Bad luck; loss; the worst; also the best
- 11 Abbreviation for “railroad”
- 12 Art or practice of foretelling by signs or omens
- 15 Drinking vessel
- 18 From Greek “life”: a combining form
- 20 Protecting crane-arm; jib
- 22 Something attached
- 24 Letter in the Greek alphabet
- 25 Biol: A wing, or a wing-like part
- 26 Be able
- 28 Funeral hymn or tune
- 30 Small seed-eating bird, as a bunting, sparrow
- 31 The fragrant essential oil extract from rose petals
- 32 Bark-tanned sheep-skin for bookbinding
- 34 Woo
- 36 Nothing
- 37 Tangled
- 41 Secure a patent for
- 42 Gone by; past
- 43 Biol: An ovum or germ cell
- 44 Spread loosely for drying, as newly mown grass
- 46 Resinous substance exuded from an East-Indian scale-insect and used in making varnishes
- 47 One who advocates or practises egoism
- 49 French: Fem. gen. “one”; an;
- 51 Beat; torture; vex; also to harden or prepare
- 54 Any product of mental apprehension or activity
- 55 Conjunction
- 57 Offers
- 59 Poetic: to open
- 60 Bar
- 61 Drink slowly
- 63 Golf term
- 65 Conjunction
- 66 River in Italy
- 67 Conjunction
- 69 Prefix (negative)
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Puzzle No. 23
CROSSWORD VALENTINE
By J. W. Shaw