CROSSWORD 1424

ACROSS

1. A white native of Cape Province who is a descendant of Dutch settlers and who speaks Afrikaans. 5. Tropical African and Indian herbs. 12. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands. 15. The capital of Western Samoa. 16. Shed light on. 17. The last (12th) month of the year. 18. (printing) A short line at the end of the main strokes of a character. 20. Of or in or relating to the nose. 21. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth. 22. White Southerner supporting Reconstruction policies after the Civil War usually for self-interest. 24. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934). 26. A seat for one person, with a support for the back. 27. A deep orange-red variety of chalcedony. 29. Of the insects in the chrysalis (cocoon) or post larval stage. 32. In bed. 34. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else. 38. (prefix) Within. 40. (biology) Of unlike parts or organs. 41. Earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something. 42. Meat from a calf. 44. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates. 45. A member of the extinct Algonquian people formerly living in northern Indiana and southern Michigan. 48. A large vase that usually has a pedestal or feet. 49. (Akkadian) Father of the gods and consort of Tiamat. 50. A literary language of Chinese Turkestan (named for one of the sons of Genghis Khan). 52. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube. 54. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest. 55. The ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum. 59. Person who does no work. 62. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Clinoril). 65. A temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to. 69. An infant that is born prior to 37 weeks of gestation. 70. Large long-armed ape of Borneo and Sumatra having arboreal habits. 73. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine. 74. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank. 75. The positive fractional part of the representation of a logarithm. 77. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch. 78. Usually large hard-shelled seed. 79. Pertaining to the tiny air sacs of the lungs. 80. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.

DOWN

1. Having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range. 2. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum. 3. A genus of Mustelidae. 4. A wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad. 5. A neutral middle vowel. 6. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object). 7. (legend) Chalice used by Christ at the last supper. 8. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma. 9. Improper or excessive use. 10. A city in the European part of Russia. 11. (trademark) A thin polyester film. 12. The sixth month of the civil year. 13. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools. 14. The act of scanning. 19. Shah of Iran who was deposed in 1979 by Islamic fundamentalists (1919-1980). 23. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively. 25. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River. 28. A port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya. 30. Not fully developed or mature. 31. Asian rat snakes. 33. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group. 35. The capital and largest city of Mozambique. 36. A drug (trade names Atarax and Vistaril) used as a tranquilizer to treat anxiety and motion sickness. 37. Rupture in smooth muscle tissue through which a bodily structure protrudes. 39. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables. 43. A landlocked desert republic in northcentral Africa. 46. Of or relating to or supporting Islamism. 47. Being two more than ninety. 51. A unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries. 53. A severe or trying experience. 56. The sound of sheep or goats (or any sound resembling this) v 1. 57. (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious. 58. (Akkadian) God of wisdom. 60. East Indian tart yellow berrylike fruit. 61. Moth having nonfunctional mouthparts as adults. 63. Relating to the Urdu language. 64. A small shelter for domestic animals (as sheep or pigeons). 66. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery. 67. The lower house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland. 68. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa. 71. The former capital and 2nd largest city of Brazil. 72. The sign language used in the United States. 76. A state in the western United States.