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This week's theme: Women Writers

Across

1. * Emma Lazarus (b.1849 - d.1887) wrote "The New Colossus" (1883) --a sonnet inscribed on the pedestal of The ___ of Liberty
7. * (3091) "mraF koorbynnuS fo ___" :ti etorw (3291.d - 6581.b) niggiW salguoD etaK
14. * It was written by Virginia Woolf (b.1882 - d.1941)
16. * rohtua (3491) "daehniatnuoF ehT"
17. Desolation
18. Q. "Is ___ computer company?" A. "Yes, it is."
20. * Ms. Giovanni (Writer of the poetry collection at #13D)
21. Continuing in the same way (abbr.)
22. * D33# ta retirW eht fo emaN tsriF
23. Piquant, minus the "ty"
24. .vorp naidanaC
25. * Word in a Brontë title
27. Bird's Bed ...but it's backwards?
29. Carpentry tools
30. * "The World I Live ___" (1908) is a book by Helen Keller (b.1880 - d.1968)
31. Word with Out
33. * "Because I Could Not Stop for ___": Poem written by Emily Dickinson (b.1830 - d.1886)
35. * (9491.d - 0091.b) llehctiM teragraM yb nettirw levon cissalc-- (6391) "dniW eht htiw enoG" ni elacoL
37. Certain degree, for short
38. * Novel by Jane Austen (b.1775 - d.1817)
41. Ms. Gabor
42. Type of Theater: Commedia dell' ___
43. Calvin's last name (Fashion Designer)
44. Injury to the skin
46. * "___ Kill a Mockingbird" (Classic novel of 1960 written by Harper Lee)
47. * "How do I love ___? Let me count the ways.": Famously poetic words written by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (b.1806 - d.1861)
48. Train sound, when doubled
50. * "My ___" (1918): Novel by Willa Cather (b.1873 - d.1947)
53. In other words, briefly
55. Make-a-Word! S-_-l-i-_-o-_ (Valley in California)
56. Dewy-eyed
57. Compass point
59. Secret rendezvous
61. * "Little ___ Fauntleroy" (1886): Story by Frances Hodgson Burnett (b.1849 - d.1924)
62. "yoB ylenoL" fo regnis eht fo emaN tsaL
63. * (5391) "___ eht no esuoH elttiL" :ti etorw (7591.d - 7681.b) redliW sllagnI aruaL
65. * Characters created by Beatrix Potter, with Flopsy
67. * "___ from Nam" (1991): Novel by Danielle Steel
68. * Ms. Garth: Actress who starred in the television movie based on the novel "Star" (1990) written by Danielle Steel

Down

1. Painful
2. Verity
3. * Gertrude Stein (b.1874 - d.1946) wrote it: "The Autobiography of ___ B. Toklas" (1933)
4. Shade of a Shoe
5. World org.
6. * Author who won the Pulitzer Prize for the novel at #35D
7. Recommending letters on a toothpaste tube
8. Tower in Toronto
9. Sturdy Stalks
10. * Feeling in a Danielle Steel novel ...but it's backwards?
11. Make-a-Word! _-l-i-_-_-s (Rapidly closes the eye)
12. reirreT fo epyT
13. * "Cotton Candy on a ___" (1978)
15. Sad announcements in the newspaper, for short
19. * The writer mentioned at #14A wrote this novel: "___ Dalloway" (1925)
22. * Hercule is one of her characters
23. * "Mistral's Daughter" (1982) is one of the novels by this popular writer (bkwds.)
26. * Said in a Library: "Our special section on Women Writers ___ the front of the library near the reference desk."
28. Dark clouds
30. Choler
32. Mr. Scrooge, without the "ezer"
33. * From 1993 to 1995, she (Last Name) was the Poet Laureate of the United States
34. * (7891.d - 3091.b) ecuL ehtooB ___ :(6391) "nemoW ehT" etorw ohw thgirwyalP
35. * "The ___ of Innocence" (1920)
36. * "The ___ Peter Rabbit" (1902) is a story written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter (b.1866 - d.1943)
38. * Couplet by Dorothy Parker (b.1893 - d.1967) that says Men seldom make passes / At girls who wear glasses.
39. Make-a-Word! M-e-_-_-_-r (Trusted advisor)
40. ___ there, done that!
45. * "That Was Then, ___ Now" (Novel of 1971 written by S.E. Hinton)
47. Type of goose (bkwds.)
49. Q. "Is ___ prefix that means eight?" A. "Yes."
50. * ".sretirW nemoW tuoba repap mret ___ gnikrow m'I" .A "?gniod uoy era tahW" .Q
51. * Angst for an Author: "There is no ___ the bottle!"
52. * Q. "What is the name of the heroine in Lucy Maud Montgomery's books?" A. "It's ___ think."
54. Noted canal
58. Comfort
60. 12 mo. periods
61. Make-a-Word! _-a-_-_-l (Jacket collar part)
62. Ms. Jillian
64. Star (Initials) of "Benson" (TV)
66. Atomic #10