CROSSWORD 1094

ACROSS 1. A neutral middle vowel. 5. An unintentional but embarrassing blunder. 12. Mythical bird of prey having enormous

size and strength. 15. Deprive (infants) of mother's milk. 16. The supreme commander of a fleet. 17. Group insurance that entitles members to services of participating hospitals and clinics and physicians. 18. A lyric poet. 19. A benevolent aspect of Devi. 20. At right angles to the length of a ship or

airplane. 22. Not dense. 23. Shiny substance that resemble enamel and is secreted by the corium of certain fishes (especially ganoid fishes) and composes the outer layer of their scales. 25. A brittle silver-white metalloid element

that is related to selenium and sulfur. 26. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma. 29. Made agreeably cold (especially by ice). 30. (statistics) Approximating the statistical

norm or average or expected value. 32. Any of numerous perennial bulbous herbs having linear or broadly lanceolate leaves and usually a single showy flower. 34. Botswanan statesman who was the first

president of Botswana (1921-1980). 37. A member of the Semitic speaking people

of northern Ethiopia. 39. A period marked by distinctive character

or reckoned from a fixed point or event. 40. The food served and eaten at one time. 41. A unit of information equal to one million

(1,048,576) bytes. 45. Unknown god. 46. Stem of the rattan palm used for making

canes and umbrella handles. 51. A highly unstable radioactive element (the

heaviest of the halogen series). 52. A trivalent metallic element of the rare

earth group. 53. A republic in West Africa on the Gulf of

Guinea. 55. Completely lacking nobility in character or

quality or purpose. 57. Widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits. 59. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners. 61. Using the voice. 62. A state in east central United States. 63. A fictitious name used when the person

performs a particular social role. 64. A large number or amount. 69. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of

the Old World. 72. Relating to the blood vessels or blood. 73. A town in central Belgium. 75. An Arabic speaking person who lives in

Arabia or North Africa. 76. A religious belief of African origin involving

witchcraft and sorcery. 77. Relating to ocean depths from 2000 to

5000 meters. 79. (archaic or Scottish) Faithful and true. 80. Of a dull grayish brown to brownish gray

color. 81. An ACE inhibitor (trade name Vasotec) that blocks the formation of angiotensin in the kidney and so results in vasodilation. 82. A river in north central Switzerland that

runs northeast into the Rhine.

DOWN 1. The compass point that is one point south

of southwest. 2. A collection of objects laid on top of each

other. 3. Straggling shrub with narrow leaves and conspicuous red flowers in dense globular racemes. 4. A bee that is a a member of the genus

Andrena. 5. Deep purplish red n 1. 6. An agency of the United Nations affiliated

with the World Bank. 7. Distributed or sold illicitly. 8. Term of address for a man. 9. (of persons) Neat and smart in appearance. 10. (Akkadian) God of wisdom. 11. German physicist whose explanation of blackbody radiation in the context of quantized energy emissions initiated quantum theory (1858-1947). 12. A family of birds coextensive with the

order Rheiformes. 13. A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula. 14. Move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody. 21. German mystic and theosophist who

founded modern theosophy. 24. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively. 27. A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent

and univalent) metallic element. 28. Affected manners intended to impress

others. 31. Go on board. 33. An informal term for a father. 35. A mountain in the Himalayas in Nepal

(27,790 feet high). 36. Having winglike extensions. 38. Possessing material wealth. 42. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann. 43. Call upon in supplication. 44. Any of several tropical and subtropical treelike herbs of the genus Musa having a terminal crown of large entire leaves and usually bearing hanging clusters of elongated fruits. 47. A temporally organized plan for matters to

be attended to. 48. An enclosure made or wire or metal bars in

which birds or animals are kept. 49. A category in some early taxonomies. 50. Type genus of the Polygalaceae. 54. A silvery ductile metallic element found

primarily in bauxite. 56. Large genus of tropical American vines having showy often spotted umbellate flowers. 58. A soft cotton or worsted fabric with an

open mesh. 60. A town in central Belgium. 65. An important seaport on the Island of

Cebu in the Philippines. 66. Speaking a Slavic language. 67. The time during which someone's life continues. 68. In addition. 70. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was

formed by an explosion. 71. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something. 74. Considerate and solicitous care. 78. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali

earth group.