Puzzle No. 67
A Staid Form
This plot of crosses and dots looks safe and conservative. There are, however, several perfectly good English words that will give you a thrill. By strange coincidence, this odd pattern was used by another contributor and will be found elsewhere in the book. A comparison of the two puzzles will be interesting.
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HORIZONTAL
1 Visionary
7 Entangled
13 Number
14 Cleanse
15 Mere
16 Sluggishness
17 Calvinist
18 Assuredly (slang)
19 Scoff
21 Try
22 Whelp
23 Debtor
26 Part of glacier
28 Opposed
30 Point at root of nose
32 Not accustomed
34 Whirlpool
35 Layers
37 One who conducts magazine
40 Carbonize
41 Braids
44 Musical instrument
45 Single (Scotch)
46 Serpents
49 Attack
51 Mineral
53 Braided
54 Local
55 Nobleman—A. S.
56 Privilege of taking toll
57 Darnel
58 Newcomer on land
59 Made merry
VERTICAL
1 A fabled animal
2 Prong
3 Burdensome
4 Forward
5 A genus of bees
6 A shade of difference
7 African weight
8 Not at any time
9 Aid
10 Grottos
11 Periods
12 Tooth-shaped
20 Offspring of Hindoos and Europeans
24 Soil
25 A light robe
26 A reprimand
27 Heals
28 A revenue collector
29 A settled course
31 Grain
33 Bend forward
35 Abrades
36 Fortification
38 Characteristic
39 Fared sumptuously
42 British author
43 Seesaw
47 Berry
48 Alluvial deposit
49 Looped wire
50 Mitigate
51 Small coin
52 Anxiety