CROSSWORD 1077

ACROSS

1. An angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions. 4. One who estimates officially the worth or value or quality of things. 12. (British) The dessert course of a meal (`pud' is used informally). 15. Any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism. 16. Instrumentalities (tools or implements) made of metal. 17. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942). 18. Beads threaded on a string. 20. Large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and onewinged seeds. 22. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Remicade) consisting of an antibody directed against TNF. 25. The mountain peak that Noah's ark landed on as the waters of the great flood receded. 26. Become slow or slower. 29. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body. 30. Measuring instrument for indicating speed of rotation. 31. The basic unit of money in Iran. 34. Pertaining to forces or mental processes outside the possibilities defined by natural or scientific laws. 38. (Sumerian) Consort of Dumuzi (Tammuz). 40. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer. 41. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism. 44. An inclined surface or roadway that moves traffic from one level to another. 46. The largest city and principal port of New Zealand. 48. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores. 49. Hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella. 50. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces. 51. A bivalent and trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group. 53. Superclass of eel-shaped chordates lacking jaws and pelvic fins. 56. Electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds. 59. European strong-scented perennial herb with gray-green bitter-tasting leaves. 60. A mountain peak in the Andes in Argentina (21,654 feet high). 61. Lac purified by heating and filtering. 66. The square of a body of any size of type. 69. Grass mowed and cured for use as fodder. 70. Morning glory. 73. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples. 75. Used of a single unit or thing. 76. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling). 77. An Eskimo hut. 78. A doctor's degree in education. 79. A benign epithelial tumor of glandular origin. 80. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.

DOWN

1. Any of several fleet black-and-white striped African equines. 2. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia). 3. Tropical tree of Central America and West Indies and Puerto Rico having spikes of white flowers. 4. Gregarious burrowing rodent larger than the chinchillas. 5. A colorless and odorless inert gas. 6. Weight to be borne or conveyed. 7. A state of agitation or turbulent change or development. 8. An overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration. 9. Covered with paving material. 10. A metal-bearing mineral valuable enough to be mined. 11. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys. 12. Italian violinist (1782-1840). 13. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir known for his beauty and skill with bow and skis. 14. Having relatively few calories. 19. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984). 21. A quantity upon which a mathematical operation is performed. 23. King of the Huns. 24. A state in northwestern North America. 27. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily. 28. (Greek mythology) Fire-breathing shemonster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail. 32. Of or relating to an inability to urinate. 33. Relating to the Lamaze method of childbirth. 35. Informal language consisting of words and expressions that are not considered appropriate for formal occasions. 36. A republic on the southwestern corner of the Arabian Peninsula on the Indian Ocean. 37. Any taillike structure. 39. Having nine units or components. 42. Widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits. 43. A metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter. 45. Relating to or resembling or made of or adorned with pearls or mother-of-pearl. 47. Being one more than one hundred. 52. (in Scotland or Ireland) A mountain or tall hill. 54. Eurasian perennial bulbous herbs. 55. Thrown together in a pile. 57. Bright with a steady but subdued shining. 58. (prosody) Of or consisting of iambs. 62. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb. 63. Having an eye or eyes or eyelike feature especially as specified. 64. A set of rules or principles or laws especially written ones. 65. Tall palm tree bearing coconuts as fruits. 67. With no effort to conceal. 68. Having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky. 71. A unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour. 72. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth. 74. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).