CROSSWORD 1502

ACROSS 1. An ester of adenosine that is converted to

ATP for energy storage. 4. Having two feet. 11. An Indian unit of length having different

values in different localities. 15. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects

including social and solitary species. 16. Oily poisonous liquid amine obtained from nitrobenzene and used to make dyes and plastics and medicines. 17. A republic in the Middle East in western

Asia. 18. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle

where driver sits. 19. Inability to stand due to muscular incoordination. 20. Avatar of Vishnu. 21. The second largest city in Tunisia. 23. A special way of doing something. 25. The capital and largest city of Japan. 27. A nettle yielding fiber resembling flax. 30. A colorless odorless gaseous element that

give a red glow in a vacuum tube. 31. A player who makes a score in a game or

contest. 34. (historically) A member of the nomadic people of the Syrian and Arabian deserts at the time of the Roman Empire. 35. A port city in northwestern Germany. 37. A white metallic element that burns with a

brilliant light. 38. Informal terms for a mother. 41. Fragrant resin obtain from trees of the family Burseraceae and used as incense. 42. Swelling from excessive accumulation of

serous fluid in tissue. 46. Plants having flowers in umbels. 48. Straggling shrub with narrow leaves and conspicuous red flowers in dense globular racemes. 51. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material. 52. At or constituting a border or edge. 53. Brazilian tree with handsomely marked

wood. 54. Any of a number of fishes of the family

Carangidae. 56. An informal term for a father. 58. Wood of a pecan tree. 59. An associate degree in nursing. 61. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a

skewer usually with vegetables. 66. Young sheep. 70. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind. 74. Produced by a manufacturing process. 75. Soup cooked in a large pot. 77. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states. 78. A primeval personification of air and

breath. 79. (of tempo) Moderately slow n. 80. The longer of the two telegraphic signals

used in Morse code.

DOWN

1. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural). 2. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing

wholly or in part. 3. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates. 4. The cry made by sheep. 5. (of winds) Coming from the sea toward the

land. 6. (Middle East) Usually small round bread that

can open into a pocket for filling. 7. A genus of small kites of both Old and New

Worlds. 8. A state of dishonor. 9. Black tropical American cuckoo. 10. A unit of length of thread or yarn. 11. Enchanter's nightshade. 12. Using speech rather than writing. 13. Large ornamental tropical American tree with bipinnate leaves and globose clusters of flowers with crimson stamens and sweet-pulp seed pods eaten by cattle. 14. Sports equipment that is worn on the feet to enable the wearer to glide along on wheels and to be propelled by the alternate actions of the legs. 22. Abnormal dryness of the conjunctiva and

cornea of the eyes. 24. Electronic warfare undertaken to insure effective friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum in spite of the enemy's use of electronic warfare. 26. An instrumentality invented for a particular

purpose. 28. A conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers. 29. A state in midwestern United States. 32. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus. 33. A member of the Iroquoian people formerly living east of Lake Ontario. 36. 40th President of the United States (1911- ). 39. Jordan's port. 40. United States naval officer and historian

(1840-1914). 43. A notable achievement. 44. A river in north central Switzerland that

runs northeast into the Rhine. 45. Of or relating to near the ear. 47. Tropical starchy tuberous root. 49. Deeply moved. 50. Small space in a tissue or part such as the area between veins on a leaf or an insect's wing. 55. Quieten or silence (a sound) or make (an

image) less visible. 57. Basic principles of the cosmos. 60. A Russian river. 62. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls. 63. A Chadic language spoken in northern

Nigeria. 64. A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments. 65. Most important element. 67. Harsh or corrosive in tone. 68. Any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves. 69. German organist and contrapuntist (16851750). 71. A benevolent aspect of Devi. 72. An adult male person (as opposed to a

woman). 73. A fixed charge for a privilege or for professional services. 76. (astronomy) A measure of time defined by

Earth's orbital motion.