CROSSWORD 1076

ACROSS

1. (Roman mythology) Roman god of death. 5. A region of northeastern France famous for its wines. 12. An accountant certified by the state. 15. The capital of Western Samoa. 16. Property or goods saved from damage or destruction. 17. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine. 18. An inclined surface or roadway that moves traffic from one level to another. 19. A manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language. 20. A telegram sent abroad. 22. Type genus of the Clupeidae. 23. 1/10 gram. 24. Informal terms for a difficult situation. 25. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily. 28. A resource. 29. Turn sharply. 33. Little known Kamarupan languages. 37. (prefix) Within. 38. Showing characteristics of age, especially having gray or white hair. 40. A person who has lied or who lies repeatedly. 42. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus. 44. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group. 46. United States musician (born in Japan) who married John Lennon and collaborated with him on recordings (born in 1933). 47. A coarse durable twill-weave cotton fabric. 51. (botany) Of some seeds. 52. Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy. 53. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion. 55. (British) Your grandmother. 56. Having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range. 59. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States. 63. A woman's large folded hooped hood. 66. (Greek mythology) A maiden who was first a sculpture created by Pygmalion and was brought to life by Aphrodite in answer to Pygmalion's prayers. 69. The basic unit of money in Iran. 70. A member of the Caddo people who formerly lived in the Dakotas west of the Missouri river. 73. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural). 74. Fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelopes the seed. 75. Covered with paving material. 76. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects. 77. English monk and scholar (672-735). 78. Waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body. 79. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

DOWN

1. Made from residue of grapes or apples after pressing. 2. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color. 3. Tall New Zealand timber tree. 4. A commercial city in northern Japan on western Hokkaido. 5. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population. 6. A boy or man. 7. Flat rectangular plate (a piece of glass) on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study. 8. Italian physicist noted for his work on gases. 9. A woolen cap of Scottish origin. 10. A class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response. 11. Of or belonging to an aecium. 12. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits. 13. A sudden numbing dread. 14. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography). 21. Of or relating to or resembling an axis of rotation. 26. A diminutive flower (especially one that is part of a composite flower). 27. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores. 30. Put up with something or somebody unpleasant. 31. Relating to or being a member of an ethnic group. 32. Green algae common in freshwater lakes of limestone districts. 34. Occurring at or forming an end or termination. 35. The capital and largest city of Yemen. 36. An unbroken or imperfectly broken mustang. 39. American novelist (1909-1955). 41. A nonmetallic element belonging to the halogens. 43. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus. 45. A primeval personification of air and breath. 48. A smooth prominence of the frontal bone between and above the eyebrows. 49. Having deserted a cause or principle. 50. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World. 54. (Akkadian) God of wisdom. 57. A painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt. 58. A tranquilizing drug (trade name Serax) used to treat anxiety and insomnia and alcohol withdrawal. 60. A unit of weight for precious stones = 200 mg. 61. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables. 62. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp. 64. A river in northern England that flows southeast through West Yorkshire. 65. Set down according to a plan. 67. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism. 68. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa. 71. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states. 72. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.