July 2025

2. Having turned into bone or bony tissue
6. Obsolete through age or new technological or intellectual developments
8. A necklace of gems that increase in size toward a large central stone, typically consisting of more that one string
11. Having or abounding with stars
13. A meal, especially a light one
14. To avoid one's obligations or share of work
15. Of or like a peacock
17. An employee who does all kinds of work
19. Rubbery substance made from the milky juice of various Malaysian
21. To clear one's throat in a self-important
22. Tending to clear from a charge of fault or guilt

1. A house or apartment for part-time or temporary use
3. The study of Chinese language, history, customs, and politics
4. A word spelled backwards to form a completely different word
5. A piece of magnetite or other magnetized mineral, able to be used as a magnet
7. To have a good or bad effect or result
9. (Pronoun) Each
10. (Adverb) In the space separating two people or things; in between
12. (Usually in place names) A suburb, especially one in Paris
16. A place in which a colony or colonies of bees are kept, as a stand or shed for beehives or a bee house containing a number of beehives
18. A practical joke
20. A bird in Arabian mythology of enormous size and strength