Puzzle 53
Across
- 1. A thick heavy fabric into which raised patterns have been woven.
- 7. Superficially religious, especially in an affected or sentimental way.
- 9. A Burmese unit of measure for weight, approximately 3.6 pounds.
- 10. To combine two waves of identical frequency.
- 11. An Ancient Roman unit of length, approximately 0.73 inches.
- 12. Ritual washing by Muslims before prayers.
- 16. The Muse of eloquence and epic or heroic poetry.
- 17. To be overwhelmed by emotion, especially infatuation.
- 19. A pit in Athens into which criminals were thrown.
Down
- 2. The father of the prophet Muhammad.
- 3. An enclosure in a grass field, in which cattle are penned up at night.
- 4. The thorax of an insect.
- 5. A mask.
- 6. And outlaw or rebel.
- 8. A predetermined set of rituals that are performed, usually by a religion.
- 9. Any disease of the bowels.
- 13. A unit of pressure, equal to one dyne per square centimeter.
- 14. The representation of the world.
- 15. A type of steam bath, popular in Russia.
- 18. A Chinese steamed stuffed bun.