Part 9

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HORIZONTAL

1 Others 5 Device to carry a gun 10 Call loudly 14 Bends 16 Possessive pronoun 17 Press for payment 19 Box 20 Abraham’s birthplace 22 Small davenport 24 Sing in a low undertone 26 Average 28 Sun god 29 Female rabbit 31 Close 32 Shrub 34 Change direction 35 Automobile 36 Deliver 38 Geometric ratio 39 Consumed 40 Touch gently 42 Pronoun 43 Paper containers 44 Cut feloniously 46 Den 48 Spank 50 Finished 51 Curves 53 Affectedly precise 55 Render senseless 56 Something granted for temporary use 57 Evil 58 Neuter pronoun 60 Barren 62 Mother 63 Small child 65 Comrade 66 Slipped 68 Rock 69 Printed piece of paste-board 71 Catch (colloq.) 73 For example 74 Changes 76 Prosecute at law 77 Mean, vile 79 Exist 80 Distorted 81 Falling water 83 Units of electrical resistance 84 Egg of insect 86 Pastries 87 Ardor 88 Edible bivalve mollusk 89 Nothing 90 Bend 92 Cad 94 Sketched 96 Past 97 Negative 99 Recesses in walls 101 By 103 Inherent power 105 Mixed type 106 Arid 108 Jogging pace 109 Tramp 111 Genuine, loyal 112 Obtain 113 Beseech 115 By 116 Set free 118 Unit of type 119 Stout 120 Native of Arabia 122 Head 123 Black 125 Wharf 127 Child 128 Vehicle 129 Help 131 Catholic sisters 133 Sinless 134 Note of scale 135 Snake-like fish 137 Before 138 Part of verb “to be” 140 Small secluded valley 142 One, indef. 143 Earth 145 Those who color cloth 147 Small nail 149 River (Spanish) 150 Thing 151 City in Mass. 153 Part of head 154 A boisterous preacher 156 Preposition 157 Mold 158 Plaything 160 Female chicken 161 Frozen particles of vapor 163 Marks 164 Provoked 165 Is full

VERTICAL

1 Thumps 2 Upon 3 Wireless signal for help 4 Paradise 5 To hasten 6 Bone 7 Low district 8 Edition (abbr.) 9 Intoxicating liquor 10 Whirled rapidly 11 Cured pork 12 Else 13 Lachrymose exudations 15 Small distance 16 Fem. pronoun 18 Snare 19 Father 21 Egg masses 23 Appendage 24 Color tint 25 Crazy 27 Unload by tilting 28 Uncontrolled anger 30 Necessitate 32 Walks with affected dignity 33 Fortress 35 Implement of war 37 To mend 39 Desires 41 A color 43 Water conveyance 45 Before Christ 47 Like 49 Indef. article 50 Perform 52 Alluvial detritus 54 Obtains 55 Without 56 Grease for frying 57 Bend 59 Row 61 Uproar 62 Spoils 64 Tag 65 Binder stones 66 Artfully cunning 67 Term used when hunting a criminal 69 Criticism 70 Noise 72 Be of service to 74 Malicious firing of a building 75 Places to store grain 77 Portion 78 Dirty 80 Net 82 The head (slang) 83 Aged 85 Also 91 Humor 92 Bullet 93 Half (prefix) 95 Part of “to be” 96 Time 98 Eye 100 Crustacean 101 A long staff 102 To rage 104 Buttocks 105 Fondle 107 Annually 109 Snared 110 Prevents 112 Gather 114 A color 116 Attempt 117 Loose outer garment 119 A private quarrel 121 By 122 Father 124 Point of compass 126 Within 127 Skeletal piece 128 To incline 130 Marsh 132 Narrow opening 133 Rodents 134 Ultimate 136 Caustic 137 Sin 139 Interweaves 141 Aspects 143 Diminution 144 Small mark 146 Not west 147 Prohibit 148 Depression 151 To obstruct 152 Negative prefix 154 Color 155 Fish eggs 157 Note of scale 159 Pronoun 160 Pronoun 162 Us

PUZZLE NO. 77

TRY THEM OVER IN YOUR DAILY CHAT

By Irvan Neckerman

There are several dozen words in this puzzle that you can use and your best girl won’t know what you are talking about. This is not misogyny. It merely supposes that she does not follow cross word puzzling. Or maybe that is misogyny.

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HORIZONTAL

1 Discover 4 Ordinary language 9 Story 13 Knot 14 The nobility, collectively 15 Young fish 16 Character in musical notation 18 Imbecile 19 Agitation 20 Exclamation 21 Figurative 24 Preposition 25 Vending 27 Gain superiority 28 Throw with violence 31 Piece of ground 33 Small aperture 35 Serpent 37 Robbers 40 Anger 42 Observes 44 Slacken 45 Eighth of a fathom 46 Dressed with ornaments 48 Heed 50 Peruse again 52 With less delay 53 Rested 54 Squalid place 56 Make turbid 58 Sets back 62 Adapts 64 Elevate 65 Equable 68 Beverage 69 Reduce 70 Cool 71 Merriment 72 Milestone 73 Boundary

VERTICAL

1 Engrave 2 Pits for storing fodder 3 Bill of an anchor 4 Loud sound 5 Make over 6 Pristine 7 Apartment 8 Scene of Wallenstein’s assassination, 1634 10 Repeated 11 Estuary 12 Novice 17 Drop 19 Recite metrically 22 Move swiftly 23 Certain days of months 26 Seems 29 Compensation 30 Article of food 32 Jaded 33 Irritates 34 Guard 36 Dry 38 Color 39 Viscous fluid 41 Stock 43 Weapons 45 Married person 47 Head 49 Any 51 Refresh 54 Earthenware 55 Pert. to one’s birth 57 Brook 59 Dregs 60 Head (Fr.) 61 School 62 Tire 63 Elevation 66 Contend 67 Born

PUZZLE NO. 78

POLYANGULAR AND POLYSYLLABIC

By Harold E. Vreeland

This constructor managed to fit together a well-joined construction, central vertebrae and a neat outer shell. Decorative and full of nice words.

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HORIZONTAL

1 Pale 5 Insignificant part 7 A circle 10 Brag 13 A river in Italy 14 Absconders 15 A musical note 17 A size of type 19 To slip 20 Furnished with a guard 22 Not the same 24 Refusal 25 Do not (Scotch) 26 Divided 28 A richly laden ship 29 Performing a service 30 An alloy 32 Wine 34 Places of confinement 35 Conjunction 37 South American ruminant 38 A shield 39 Princes 41 To goad 42 Seed of North American plant 44 Expressing surprise 45 Brown 46 Decay 47 A president of Orange Free State

VERTICAL

1 A coral island 2 A native of Pacific islands 3 A common given name 4 Saltpeter 5 A maiden loved by Jupiter 6 Poem 8 To talk nonsense 9 A hypothetical force 10 American explosive for shells 11 Sacrifice of principle to circumstances 12 Scientific description of races 13 Marrow 16 Compounds of atoms 17 A Government revenue 18 Collecting wives 20 Beckonings 21 The star of dawn 23 Tears 25 Bore 27 (Prefix) through 28 A bow 31 Loiter 33 Large birds 35 A fabric of asbestos 36 Sad 39 A short sword 40 A counter-irritant 42 Perform 43 Spot

PUZZLE NO. 79

WEDDING RING

By Mil-Wal

The contributors of this construction are husband and wife. This fact is symbolized by the wedding ring you see in the middle of the form. Cross-grained cross worders may complain that the ring is not a solid mass of words. Well, is a ring ever a solid mass?