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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