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A circle 10 Brag 13 A river in Italy 14 Absconders 15 A musical note 17 A size of type 19 To slip 20 Furnished with a guard 22 Not the same 24 Refusal 25 Do not (Scotch) 26 Divided 28 A richly laden ship 29 Performing a service 30 An alloy 32 Wine 34 Places of confinement 35 Conjunction 37 South American ruminant 38 A shield 39 Princes 41 To goad 42 Seed of North American plant 44 Expressing surprise 45 Brown 46 Decay 47 A president of Orange Free State

VERTICAL

1 A coral island 2 A native of Pacific islands 3 A common given name 4 Saltpeter 5 A maiden loved by Jupiter 6 Poem 8 To talk nonsense 9 A hypothetical force 10 American explosive for shells 11 Sacrifice of principle to circumstances 12 Scientific description of races 13 Marrow 16 Compounds of atoms 17 A Government revenue 18 Collecting wives 20 Beckonings 21 The star of dawn 23 Tears 25 Bore 27 (Prefix) through 28 A bow 31 Loiter 33 Large birds 35 A fabric of asbestos 36 Sad 39 A short sword 40 A counter-irritant 42 Perform 43 Spot

PUZZLE NO. 79

WEDDING RING

By Mil-Wal

The contributors of this construction are husband and wife. This fact is symbolized by the wedding ring you see in the middle of the form. Cross-grained cross worders may complain that the ring is not a solid mass of words. Well, is a ring ever a solid mass?

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HORIZONTAL

1 Slender 5 Time 10 Small boat 11 Invades 13 Healing medicine 15 Quicken 16 Termination 17 Wrap 18 Beast of burden 19 To soak in water 21 Preposition 22 Taut 24 Ourselves 25 Highest point 27 Personal pronoun 28 Therefore 30 Employ 31 Garment 33 Stir 35 Vessel 37 Classified 38 Indicate 39 Heavenly body 40 Female deer 42 Born 44 Consumed 45 Exclamation of pain 47 Exist 48 Deer 50 Negative 51 One who dislikes 54 Note of scale 55 Weight 57 To gain success 58 Tank 60 Distant 61 White, translucent 63 Riddle 65 Withers 66 Basket 67 Depressions 68 Polish

VERTICAL

1 Fat 2 Tavern 3 Work 4 Tri-formed Greek goddess 6 Blots out 7 Large number 8 Hole 9 Poems 10 Religious singer 12 Frozen precipitates 14 Anthropoid 15 Possesses 16 Consume 20 An equal 23 Bow 26 The Ottoman court 27 Paris subway 29 Believe 30 Talk 32 Cry of sheep 33 Calculate 34 Open 36 Single unit 39 Crouches 41 Cereal 43 Page of a book 44 Insect 46 Conjunction 47