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The cross word puzzle book: Second series

LOCKED UP TIGHT

Reading edition

By Gregorian

An all-over double interlock with a triply-locked center and corners. Probably considerably easier to solve than to construct. The words are weak in spots, but the construction passes the few obsoletes.

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28 29 30 31

32 33 34 35

36 37

38 39 40 41 42 43

44 45 46 47

48 49 50 51

52 53 54 55 56

57 58 59 60

61 62 63 64

65 66

HORIZONTAL

1 Alternate passage 6 Incomplete 11 Fruity nut 12 Those who dry by wind 14 Cheerfulness 15 Capable 17 Midday 19 Man’s name 21 Mountain in Greece 22 Passage-way 23 Negative 24 Shaped like a bull 27 Prefix, of 28 Character in Peer Gynt 30 Pits 31 Prefix, footed 32 Pert. to month 34 Settings 36 Plaything 37 Chemical compound 38 Imbecility 41 Sharpshooters 44 Annual Scottish festival 45 Adjusted 47 Consume 48 Ounce (abbr.) 49 Salts of stearic acid 51 Toward 52 Chinese tree 54 Hobo (slang) 55 Pert. to Asian people 57 Jog 58 Flat part of boat’s bottom 60 Color 61 Taxes 63 Mistaken 65 Cook by air and heat 66 Awe-inspiring

VERTICAL

1 Oil 2 Fuse 3 Thus 4 Those in power 5 Naval officer 6 Decanters 7 Furrow 8 Abraham’s birthplace 9 A form of colored cotton 10 God of Love 11 Form of sugar 13 Fuse 14 Ash kokos 16 Entrance 18 In want 20 Empower 22 Compounds of arsenic 25 Mineral 26 Dye 29 Finished 31 Active volcano of West Indies 33 Male descendant 35 Pinch 38 Dejected 39 Famous composer 40 Throw back 41 Knotty 42 Classification 43 Lay in a supply 46 European mountain range 49 Encounter 50 Brown pigment 53 Famous Scot 56 Outer coat 58 Egyptian god 59 To make a mistake 62 Exclamation 64 Concerning

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