Puzzle No. 83
Another by a Practiced Constructor
Remember Marcam’s neat creations in the First Series of the Cross Word Puzzle Book? We have three by this author this time. For a pretty job, give us Marcam. Neophyte is more prolix and erudite, but Marcam has the graces with her.
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HORIZONTAL
1 Shrew
5 Interval
9 Seeress
13 Enemies
15 Total
16 Engagement
17 Part of “to be”
19 Insert
22 Printers’ measure
23 Bereft
25 Probable
26 Heavy
27 Mud
29 Before
30 Estate of a prince
33 Bow the head
34 Catch sight of
36 Closed compartments
37 Grows older
40 Skin
42 Beam
43 Clock face
45 Seizes roughly
48 Offers
50 Part of “to be”
51 Rope on sailing ship
52 Obtain
53 D.D.S.
55 Exude
57 Fop
58 Distant
60 Residence of David
61 Girl’s name
62 Noted stylist of the ’80s
64 Observe
66 Tumor
67 Thefts
70 Delay
72 To scold
74 Vessel
75 Age
76 Hindu groom
77 Article
78 Breathing
82 That man
83 Monster
84 Belonging to us
85 Hindrance
87 Court card
88 North African plant
89 The after song
VERTICAL
1 Old
2 Belonging to
3 Thigh
4 Lair
6 Associate
7 High mountain
8 Carefully
9 Rested
10 Newspaper article
11 Exist
12 Crippled
14 Be prominent
16 Part of wall
18 Again
20 Narrative poem
21 Boys
22 God of Love
24 Shining brilliantly
28 Ungracefully
30 Colossal
31 Fellow schoolman
32 Holds
35 Comrade
38 Prod
39 Lots (colloq.)
41 Obliterate
43 Believes
44 Flower
46 Metalliferous rock
47 Pose
48 Mound
49 Decay
54 Large vessel
56 Now (Scot.)
58 Party
59 Approaches again
61 Meager
62 Support
63 Revelry
65 Every
66 Anger
68 Part of church
69 Heroine in “Idylls of the King”
71 Fowls
73 Therefore
76 Fasten
79 Mistake
80 Famous British University (abbr.)
81 Native metal
83 Upon
86 Proceed