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PUZZLE No. 491
ACROSS
1 To hoodwink
6 Tailless
leaping
amphibians
11 Surprise
13 Food
15 Excavation
16 Over
(poet, t
17 Letter of
alphabet
18 Norse
goddess of
healing
19 Mulberry
20 Probers
23 Sol-fa
syllable
24 Let it
stand
26 Babylonian
deity of
I alcoholic
I drinks
27 Former
President
of U. S.
29 Deserve
31 Prefix: not
32 Wind
instrument
33 Eating
35 Short beard
37 Love: Anglo
Irish
38 Skill
39 Protect
42 Welcomes
45 Lukewarm
46 The gums
48 Reverie
60 Philippine
island
fennel
51 Ancient
rabbi, au
thority on
Mlshnaic
law
53 Overhanging
roof edge
54 Doctor of
medicine
55 Managed
prudently
58 Pronoun
59 Man's name
61 C.G. S. unit
of fluidity
62 River of
Germany
63 American
poet
64 American
author
66 One who
gives tenth
of his salary
to church tpl j
68 Unstratified
deposit of
loa m •»
69 Adolescent
years
DOWN
1 Stiff lx
formal
2 Stroke
lightly
3 Correlative
of either
4 American
Indian
5 Jumping
insects
6 Runs away
7 Whale oil
cask
8 Sacred
Hindu word
9 Command to
horse
10 To whimper
11 Involuntary
muecle
contraction
12 Blundering
13 Tearing
14 Hackneyed
20 A scorpion
fish
21 Penalty paid
for killing
a man
22 Stammered
25 Silkworm
28 Years old
30 Weary
32 Denuded
j 34 Feminine
nickname
36 Rowing
Implement
39 Arboreal
40 Slender
finial
41 Stupider
42 Semi-precious
gem
43 Beverage
44 One who
delivers from
destruction
(pi. *
45 Oldest of
Dr a vidian
languages
47 African worm
which in
fests eye
49 Allots
51 Residue that
remains after
burning (pi.)
52 Allow to
enter
56 Vase with
base (pl.i
57 Italian city
60 Negro people
of Nigeria
63 Writing
implement
65 Prefix: down
67 Pronoun
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