Puzzle No. 89
Slender as a Girl
This is no Falstaff of cross word puzzles, no paunchy fellow stuffed with large and grandiloquent words. It is a mite, a snack. It is an easy one, too.
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HORIZONTAL
1 To twist
7 Financially sound
13 Obligation
14 Large duck
16 Response
17 Beat (colloq.)
19 Deep ditch
20 Animal of Africa
21 Proceed
23 To steep in water
25 Infatuated
26 Perform
27 Measure
29 Pericarp for seeds
31 Doleful
32 Asphyxiate
33 Bobbin
35 Human being
36 Provisions for table
37 Willingly
38 Paint carelessly
39 Rebel
40 Coffins
42 Neat
44 An individual
45 Obstacle
46 Penetrate
48 Jurisdiction of archbishop
49 Come about
50 Fodder
52 Silence by force
54 Symbol for tin
55 Period of time
56 Game
58 To desert one’s party
60 Box
62 Coarse cotton
64 Source
66 Inking pad of lithographic printer
67 Goodies
VERTICAL
1 Old man
2 Near
3 Kind of fruit
4 Former European ruler
5 Regarding
6 Nervous twitch
7 Adjust
8 Correlative
9 Offer for sale
10 Medieval shield
11 State (abbr.)
12 Uneven
15 Excavated
18 Catnip
20 Point of a spear
22 A hydrocarbon
24 Coarse part of flax
25 Anything closely interwoven
26 Handcuffs (slang)
28 Period
30 Thumb or finger
31 Portion
32 East Indian oxen
34 Wilful misstatement
36 Adipose
39 Strong
40 Turkish title
41 A bending
43 Small catlike animals
45 Non-professional
47 Thick, oily substance
50 Musical instrument
51 Fish
53 Outward form
55 Female parent
56 252 gallons
57 To chatter
59 Over and above
61 Italian river
62 In high degree
63 Noting motion toward
65 Adhering