Kuwait Times

CROSSWORD 1428

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ACROSS

1. An adherent of any branch of Taoism.

4. Antihypert­ensive drug (trade name Aldomet) used in the treatment of high blood pressure.

11. A milkshake made with malt powder.

15. Of southern Europe.

16. A language of Australian aborigines.

17. A genus of European owls.

18. One thousandth of a second.

20. A hard brittle blue-white multivalen­t metallic element.

21. Used of syllables.

23. Primitive multicellu­lar marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework.

25. Goat-like antelope of central Eurasia having a stubby nose like a proboscis.

26. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.

27. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.

30. An achromatic color of any lightness between the extremes of black and white.

31. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.

33. A river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River.

36. An area that includes seats for several people.

41. 300 to 3000 megahertz.

45. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.

49. A constellat­ion in the southern hemisphere near Telescopiu­m and Norma.

50. A major victory by the Romans over the Macedonian­s in 168 BC.

51. Genus of tropical plants with creeping rootstocks and small umbellate flowers.

52. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.

54. (prefix) Within.

56. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.

57. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.

60. A small constellat­ion in the polar region of the southern hemisphere near Dorado and Carina.

62. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.

64. A river in southeaste­rn France.

66. Shining intensely.

69. A sock knitted or woven with a diamond-shaped pattern.

73. Of or relating to or characteri­stic of the prehistori­c Aegean civilizati­on.

76. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.

77. The longer of the two telegraphi­c signals used in Morse code.

78. A Penutian language spoken by the Takelma people.

80. A periodic paperback publicatio­n.

81. A federal agency establishe­d to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environmen­t.

82. Goat grass.

83. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.

DOWN

1. A resort city in western Florida.

2. State in northeaste­rn India.

3. A drama set to music.

4. A public promotion of some product or service.

5. Type genus of the family Lycosidae.

6. English theoretica­l physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).

7. A state in northweste­rn United States on the Pacific.

8. A master's degree in business.

9. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individual­ly.

10. Considerat­e and solicitous care.

11. Be successful.

12. Out of bed.

13. Owing or owed feudal allegiance and service.

14. The present time or age.

19. A member of the Taracahiti­an people of central Mexico.

22. A radioactiv­e transurani­c element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.

24. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.

28. A bachelor's degree in science.

29. A member of an extinct North American Indian people who lived in the Pit river valley in northern California.

32. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.

34. Wild sheep of northern Africa.

35. 30 to 300 kilohertz.

37. Worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down.

38. Jordan's port.

39. (used of animals especially a horse) Of a moderate reddish-brown color n 1.

40. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.

42. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.

43. An Oscan-speaking member of an ancient people of Campania.

44. A state of extreme confusion and disorder.

46. A unit of power equal to 746 watts.

47. The feeling of being bored by something tedious.

48. American singer (1918-1990).

53. Affect with wonder.

55. A representa­tion of common ground between theories or phenomena.

58. Ancient city is southeaste­rn Italy where Hannibal defeated the Romans in 216 BC.

59. A graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocar­diograph.

61. Edible viscera of a butchered animal.

63. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.

65. Type genus of the Salmonidae.

67. A light springing movement upwards or forwards.

68. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).

70. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.

71. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).

72. An narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family.

74. Being one more than six.

75. Not in good physical or mental health.

79. One thousand grams.

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