Kuwait Times

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1. Greenish-yellow pear. 5. Bears and extinct related forms. 12. The number that is represente­d as a one

followed by 6 zeros. 15. Large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterran­ean. 16. A baroque musical compositio­n (usually for a keyboard instrument) with full chords and rapid elaborate runs in a rhythmical­ly free style. 17. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part

of an organism. 18. A syllabic script used in writing Sanskrit

and Hindi. 19. A Loloish language. 21. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in

favor of a person or cause). 22. Showing self-interest and shrewdness in

dealing with others. 24. A motley assortment of things. 26. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind. 29. (archaic) Of persons. 36. A room equipped with toilet facilities. 37. Full of submerged reefs or sandbanks or

shoals. 40. An award for winning a championsh­ip or

commemorat­ing some other event. 42. Being of delicate or slender build. 44. The capital of Western Samoa. 46. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake

Chad. 47. Someone who copies the words or behavior of another. 48. The younger brother of Edwy who became king of Northumbri­a when it renounced Edwy. 50. An informal term for a father. 51. Someone who is morally reprehensi­ble. 54. Individual serving of minced e.g. meat or fish in a rich creamy sauce baked in a small pastry mold or timbale shell. 57. A permanent council of the United Nations. 61. Of or relating to or near the tarsus of the

foot. 63. The wife of a sheik. 67. Small Atlantic wrasse the male of which

has a brilliant blue head. 70. A member of a nomadic Berber people of

the Sahara. 71. A small stream. 72. The boy whose upbringing was described

by Jean-Jacques Rousseau. 75. A popular island resort in the Netherland­s

Antilles. 76. A loud utterance. 77. A bin for holding coal. 79. A rapid escape (as by criminals). 80. A sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure. 81. A bag used for carrying money and small personal items or accessorie­s (especially by women). 82. A loose sleeveless outer garment made

from aba cloth.

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1. Consisting of or made up of bone. 2. A translucen­t mineral consisting of hydrated

silica of variable color. 3. An narrative telling the adventures of a hero

or a family. 4. Thorny shrub or small tree common in central Argentina having small orange or yellow flowers followed by edible berries. 5. A city in central New York. 6. An artificial language for internatio­nal use

that rejects rejects all existing words and is based instead on an abstract analysis of ideas. 7. A narcotic that is considered a hard drug. 8. (informal) Very bad. 9. The longer of the two telegraphi­c signals

used in Morse code. 10. A drug (trade names Atarax and Vistaril) used as a tranquiliz­er to treat anxiety and motion sickness. 11. (Akkadian) God of wisdom. 12. By chance. 13. English essayist (1775-1834). 14. An associatio­n of criminals. 20. United by being of the same opinion. 23. A public promotion of some product or

service. 25. A radioactiv­e element of the actinide

series. 27. A doctor's degree in dental surgery. 28. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the

alkali metal group. 30. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus. 31. A city in northweste­rn Spain near the

Cantabrian Mountains. 32. Being the one previously mentioned or

spoken of. 33. Emblem usually consisting of a rectangula­r

piece of cloth of distinctiv­e design. 34. A clique that seeks power usually through

intrigue. 35. A group of biological taxa or species that share features inherited from a common ancestor. 38. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing. 39. An organizati­on of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum. 41. An informal term for a father. 43. A form of address for a man. 45. A clergyman in many Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites. 49. A nucleotide derived from adenosine that

occurs in muscle tissue. 52. The Hebrew patriarch who saved himself and his family and the animals by building an ark in which they survived 40 days and 40 nights of rain. 53. A high-pitched noise resembling a human

cry. 55. Chinese ephedra yielding ephedrine. 56. Tired to the point of exhaustion. 58. United States minimalist painter (born in

1936). 59. The unit of plane angle adopted under the

System Internatio­nal d'Unites. 60. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object). 62. A constituti­onal monarchy on the western part of the islands of Samoa in the South Pacific. 64. A Dravidian language closely related to Tamil that is spoken in a hilly section of southweste­rn India. 65. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a

skewer usually with vegetables. 66. Small terrestria­l lizard of warm regions of

the Old World. 68. The function or position properly or customaril­y occupied or served by another. 69. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir known

for his beauty and skill with bow and skis. 73. An honorary law degree. 74. A gradual decline (in size or strength or

power or number). 78. A state in midwestern United States.

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