CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 Plant fiber 5 Vanish 9 Snare 13 Dog food brand 14 Large iron pot 15 Big knife 16 Island territory of the U.S.A. 17 Axile 18 Rule 19 Samarium (abbr.) 20 Modern 22 Tin (abbr.) 23 Prophet 25 Length measurement 27 Negative (prefix) 29 School group 32 Traced 35 Listens 38 Artist’s creation 39 Light purple flower 41 Travel guides 43 Dirty like a chimney sweeper 45 Self-esteem 46 Lark 47 Fly alone 48 Black and white horse 50 Winter hazard 51 ‘Plasma’ variant 54 Pops 55 Condensation 56 Groupo f Indic languages 58 Toward 60 Black gem 62 Arkansas 64 Jewel 65 Air gun pellet 67 Negros island 68 1997 Madonna movie 70 Land measurement 72 Glean 74 Cebu cardinal 75 Pony tail stuff 76 Repeat 77 Eve’s garden 78 City in Yemen

DOWN

1 Purses 2 Astringent 3 Curative mineral spring 4 Designer Hilfiger 5 Mend 6 Center of rotation 7 Goddess 8 Snakelike fish 9 Terbium (abbr.) 10 Candy brand 11 An expression 12 Prisoner of war 14 Pater 21 Strangely 23 Dined 24 Florida City 26 Cebu medical college 28 New Hampshire (abbr.) 29 Elapse 30 Military unit 31 Coral reef 33 New England state (abbr.) 34 Engaged in (war, for example) 36 Swift 37 Ginger 40 Programming language 42 Soup 44 Sycophant 46 Type of glue 49 Road (abbr.) 52 Instrument 53 Man’s title 57 Michelangelo’s famous statue 59 City in Nebraska 60 Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries 61 Prophet who built the ark 63 Travel by horse 64 Miss 65 Soft cheese 66 Switzerland city 67 Be 68 First woman 69 Convert into leather 71 Bounder 73 Mail box