CROSSWORD 1505

ACROSS

1. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix. 4. A political theory advocating an authoritarian hierarchical government (as opposed to democracy or liberalism). 11. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart. 15. An implement used to propel or steer a boat. 16. Brownish Old World bunting often eaten as a delicacy. 17. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else. 18. Incited, especially deliberately, to anger. 20. A French river that flows through the heart of Paris and then northward into the English Channel. 21. Declare or acknowledge to be true. 22. Type genus of the Ranidae. 24. Having wisdom that comes with age and experience. 25. An ancient city on the Nile in Egypt. 27. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion. 30. Being ten more than one hundred ninety. 32. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld. 33. The visual percept of a region. 37. Minute aquatic herbs floating on or below the water surface of still water consisting of a leaflike frond or plant body and single root. 41. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant. 42. An ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to 10 baths or 10 ephahs. 43. Having odor or a characteristic odor. 47. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine. 48. Capable of being borne though unpleasant. 50. Overfilled or compacted or concentrated. 53. Small creeping evergreen shrubs. 54. A former copper coin of Pakistan. 55. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue. 58. Being one hundred more than three hundred. 59. 1/10 gram. 61. An emotional response that has been acquired by conditioning. 66. Not necessary. 70. In truth (often tends to intensify). 71. The 3 goddesses of fate or destiny. 72. Place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel. 75. A master's degree in business. 76. An early form of modern jazz (originating around 1940). 77. Succulent carpet-forming plant having small brilliant reddish-pink flowers. 79. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman). 80. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds. 81. Tropical trees having one-seeded fruit. 82. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

DOWN

1. Amino acid that is formed in the liver and converted into dopamine in the brain. 2. An aromatic ointment used in antiquity. 3. Any property detected by the olfactory system. 4. Clothing worn on a person's feet. 5. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments. 6. Of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor. 7. The closing section of a musical composition. 8. Being nine more than forty. 9. A mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (21,391 feet high). 10. A hard brittle gray polyvalent metallic element that resembles iron but is not magnetic. 11. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC). 12. Type genus of the Amiidae. 13. A vigorous blow. 14. Clarified butter used in Indian cookery. 19. The Sustainer. 23. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery. 26. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite. 28. Take or catch as if in a snare or trap. 29. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur. 31. Consisting of or made of cedar. 34. Jordan's port. 35. Small Peruvian evergreen with broad rounded head and slender pendant branches with attractive clusters of greenish flowers followed by clusters of rose-pink fruits. 36. Type genus of the Ardeidae. 38. A person of subnormal intelligence. 39. Of or related to the genital and urinary organs or their functions. 40. A soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures). 44. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum. 45. An intuitive awareness. 46. Capital and largest city of Iraq. 49. The property of being extremely abundant. 51. Any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food. 52. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body. 56. Wish harm upon. 57. A colorless and odorless inert gas. 60. Wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed. 62. To some (great or small) extent. 63. A subsidiary proposition that is assumed to be true in order to prove another proposition. 64. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables. 65. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River. 67. A sheltered and secluded place. 68. Monotypic genus of palms of Australasia. 69. Relatively deep or strong. 73. A boy or man. 74. Being one more than two. 78. An uproarious party.