ACROSS 1. Young cow 5. ___ humbug! 8. Vipers 12. Pearly-shelled mussel 13. Collection of maps 15. Obscene pictures 16. Lion sound 17. Bearskin 18. Rail bird 19. A sedative hypnotic drug 22. Cask 23. A people of southeast Nigeria 24. Docile 26. A rare soft silvery metallic element 29. Woods 31. Biblical first woman 32. Blunder 34. Build or erect 36. Seats oneself 38. Perishing 40. A citizen of Denmark 41. Whimpers 43. Command 45. Conditioned emotional response 46. A Hindu banker 48. Between meal eats 50. Absorb written material 51. Self-importance 52. Tibetan ox 54. Harassment 61. Operatic solo 63. Italian lawn bowling 64. Be an alcoholic 65. Wordplays 66. Sword 67. Sheep 68. An audible exhale 69. Haul 70. Rave |
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1. Edge of a sidewalk 2. Dwarf buffalo 3. Teller of untruths 4. Prohibit 5. British Thermal Unit 6. Winged 7. Ceremonial Maori war dance 8. Donkey 9. Chimney 10. Unadulterated 11. Male deer 13. Amaze 14. Anagram of "Toots" |
20. Wading bird 21. Hearing organs 25. A fitting reward (archaic) 26. Climbing plants 27. Establishing business connections 28. Head of a city 29. Money 30. Melodies 31. Emergency Services Management 33. Type of tree 35. For each 37. Skid 39. Inherited |
42. Fraud 44. Traditional Indian music 47. Sun-dried brick 49. A type of wedge or pin 52. Barks 53. Wild African sheep 55. Misplaced 56. Prefix indicating outer 57. Barge 58. A midwestern state 59. Not closed 60. Where birds live 62. Residue from a fire |
Crossword | Today's solution | Crosswords for December 2005 |