Puzzle No. 93
In the Clover Patch
A splendid construction, particularly in its avoidance of the bane of puzzlers—the loose center. Minerva has not hesitated to call upon the deeps of the dictionary for her words; there are some old favorites in the patch, of course, but also some interlopers that will serve to keep your interest for some time.
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HORIZONTAL
1 Phrygian shepherd changed into a fir tree
5 God of love
9 Parched
12 Domesticates
17 Unusual
18 Was contiguous
19 Kind of compass used in surveying
20 Considerable in degree
22 Rounded protuberance
23 A drop of saline fluid
25 Domestic animal
26 Indian tribe
27 To inspire deep reverence
29 Bordered
31 Exist
33 Small mound of earth
34 Goddess of the moon
37 Receptacle for ashes
38 Grecian sub-prefect
40 Obtain
41 Make less bitter
44 Overmuch
46 Pore over
47 One
48 Part of a circle
50 A small hole
53 Ventilate
55 Groups of three
58 Trial impression
60 Loose end
62 Web-footed, tailless amphibian
64 Minor devil
65 Seaman
67 To be obliged for
68 Certain
69 In the direction of
71 Writer of a kind of plaintive verse
74 To seek something lofty
76 Floating vegetation in the Nile
77 Vapid
78 Move
79 Dissipate
81 Pert. to the eyes
83 Federations of workers
86 Hostelries
87 A lizard
89 Unit
90 Propeller
92 A pledge
93 Past
94 One who compiles material for publication
96 Placed at intervals
99 Japanese plant
100 Implore
102 Barrier
104 Abaft
105 Tree
107 Males
109 Well-being
112 Wrath
114 Phœnician princess carried away by Zeus
116 Bronze or copper
117 Tottered
121 Watering place
123 International language
124 Broke
126 Tiny
127 Sharp-pointed tool
129 Vedic god of the sun
131 Not good
133 Persia
135 Pert. to national sea forces
137 Sea eagle
138 Brittle, salty biscuit
139 Languish
140 Irascible
141 Be conscious of
142 Those snaky fish
143 A donkey
VERTICAL
1 Hundred-eyed son of Zeus
2 Acid
3 Instruments for preserving the form of shoes
4 An affirmative
6 Took its way
7 Wind instrument
8 Quiet
9 Heedful
10 Long, slender plant
11 Mountain near ancient Troy
13 Flurry
14 Merriment
15 Comfort
16 Smooth
21 Ancient coin mentioned in the Bible
22 Immediate knowledge
24 Tap
25 The brave
28 Saturated
30 Enlarged
32 Rodent
35 Essential self
36 Elude
38 To implant deeply
39 Demure
42 Marry
43 A discriminating sense of hearing
45 Imbecile
46 Expression of exaltation
47 Intention
49 A female quadruped
51 Case for small articles
52 A kind of molding
54 Smoothing
56 Full of perforations
57 Person with a powerful voice
58 Noblemen of high rank
59 A marked characteristic
61 To adjust
63 Pants
66 Once more
68 A small shoot or twig
70 Regret
72 Edge
73 A high wave
75 Wickedness
79 The moon
80 One who meanly admires wealth or social position
81 One of a tribe of Algonquin Indians
82 Idler
84 Solemn affirmation
85 To shut close
88 Falsehood
91 Deed
94 A nymph who was changed into a fountain
95 Metal-bearing rock
97 Equality as to value
98 Make less light
101 That overworked Australian bird
103 The southwest wind
106 The papal court
108 The land where the sandman lives
110 The bay tree
111 A judicial inquest
112 To chill
113 A piece of property
114 Merits
115 An effervescent drink
118 Possess
119 A king of Israel
120 A narrow passage
122 Unadulterated
124 A tiresome person
125 A large plant
128 Staff
130 Still
132 Open
134 Total
136 Imitate