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Across

1. A Polynesian rain dance performed by a woman; ____-Hoop
5. Often
8. A native or inhabitant of Oman
13. line-____ veto
14. A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
15. Of or relating to the Vedas or to the ancient Sanskrit in which they were written
16. What a peeping Tom does, except with the ears
18. The boy whose upbringing was described by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
19. The capital city of Vietnam; located in North Vietnam; _____ Hanna
20. Instruments of execution by strangulation
22. Grazing land
24. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery
25. A course providing a series of physical challenges, used for training soldiers (British)
33. A person who gives private instruction (as in singing or acting)
34. Loss of the ability to move a body part
35. No (Scotland)
36. An important port of Yemen
37. A cap with no brim or bill; Green _____
38. A door-like movable barrier in a fence or wall
39. A haunt or hiding place of an animal
40. A small fluid-filled sac located between movable parts of the body especially at joints; A city in northwestern Turkey
41. Make an attempt at achieving something; "__ ___ it"
42. A noun that is singular in form but refers to a group of people or things
45. Irritate or vex
46. A major division of geological time
47. Persuade someone through flattery
52. Formed by reaction between an acid and an alcohol with elimination of water
56. Make less active or intense
57. A crystalline substance 500 times sweeter than sugar; used as a calorie-free sweetener
60. Someone who sends a telegram
61. To come down and settle, as after flight
62. The capital and largest city of Norway
63. Large mostly Old World wading birds typically having white-and- black plumage; fancifully said to bring babies

64. A leguminous plant of the genus Pisum with small white flowers and long green pods containing edible green seeds
65. Anything that provides inspiration for later work

Down

1. hasten
2. A state in the western United States; settled in 1847 by Mormons led by Brigham Young
3. The basic unit of money in Bulgaria
4. Expression used at the end of prayers, meaning So be it
5. Of or belonging to us
6. A person of French descent; in fairy tales, kissing one may turn it into a prince or princess
7. Thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus; a paperlike cloth made in the South Pacific by pounding this bark
8. To buy too much
9. An account of the author's personal experiences
10. A nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine
11. The world's longest river (4180 miles); flows northward through eastern Africa into the Mediterranean; the ____ River valley in Egypt was the site of the world's first great civilization
12. Decorates with frosting
14. A farewell remark
17. Relating to or derived from the sun
21. A shelter with perches for fowl or other birds
23. A surname. Per rhymezone.com: rare: 1 in 100000 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #8509; change 1 letter in this name, and you have Mr. Einstein
25. The sound elements of television
26. An alloy of iron with small amounts of carbon; widely used in construction
27. Your male child
28. In human beings the bones of the ankle and heel collectively
29. Split

30. An acronym often used by soldiers in World War II: situation normal all (fouled - Editor) up
31. Worry or cause anxiety in a persistent way
32. A person with unusual powers of foresight
33. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate
37. A young man (Irish); a bossy person
38. Any thick messy substance
40. In a murderous frenzy as if possessed by a demon, this word originally related to the ancient Norse warriors legendary for working themselves into a frenzy before a battle and fighting with reckless savagery and insane fury
41. Grind together, of teeth
43. The offspring at one birth of a multiparous mammal
44. Cause to rise up
47. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
48. A notice of someone's death; usually includes a short biography
49. A card game in which players bet against the dealer on the cards he will draw from a dealing box
50. As soon as possible
51. Very light colored; movie: ____ Rider
53. An artist colony in northern New Mexico
54. Any of several related languages of the Celts in Ireland and Scotland
55. Cause annoyance in; disturb
58. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest
59. Let the head fall forward through drowsiness


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