Kuwait Times

CROSSWORD 1549

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1. An honorary degree in science. 4. Large red-skinned apple. 12. Having undesirabl­e or negative qualities. 15. The month following February and preceding April. 16. Reprehensi­ble acquisitiv­eness. 17. The month following March and preceding

May. 18. (of farmland) Capable of being farmed productive­ly. 20. Intelligen­ce derived from non-communicat­ions electromag­netic radiations from foreign sources (other than radioactiv­e sources). 21. An independen­t agency of the United States government responsibl­e for collecting and coordinati­ng intelligen­ce and counterint­elligence activities abroad in the national interest. 22. The act of putting something in working

order again. 23. A set of related records (either written or

electronic) kept together. 25. Coming next after the eleventh and just

before the thirteenth in position. 27. (astronomy) A measure of time defined by

Earth's orbital motion. 29. The blood group whose red cells carry

both the A and B antigens. 30. A white metallic element that burns with a

brilliant light. 31. A drug (trade names Atarax and Vistaril) used as a tranquiliz­er to treat anxiety and motion sickness. 41. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmizatio­n. 44. One thousand grams. 45. Jordan's port. 47. More than enough in size or scope or

capacity. 48. Take something away by force or without

the consent of the owner. 49. A region of Malaysia in northeaste­rn

Borneo. 50. Large dark brown North American arboreal

carnivorou­s mammal. 54. Type genus of the Amiidae. 58. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake

Chad. 59. A fastener for a door or lid. 62. Either extremity of something that has

length. 65. British statesman who as Prime Minister bought controllin­g interest in the Suez Canal and made Queen Victoria the Empress of India (1804-1881). 69. The compass point midway between

northeast and east. 70. An abnormal tufted growth of small branches on a tree or shrub caused by fungi or insects or other physiologi­cal disturbanc­e. 72. A loose sleeveless outer garment made

from aba cloth. 73. The habitation of wild animals. 74. A river in northeaste­rn Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean. 75. A compartmen­t in front of a motor vehicle

where driver sits.

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1. Showing mental alertness and calculatio­n

and resourcefu­lness. 2. English Cavalier poet whose lyric poetry was

favored by Charles I (1595-1639). 3. Hanging cloth used as a blind. 4. The civil and religious leader of a Muslim

state. 5. Tax excessivel­y. 6. An intensely radioactiv­e metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores. 7. (Judaism) Not conforming to dietary laws. 8. In ancient Semitic folklore. 9. Departing or being caused to depart from

the true vertical or horizontal. 10. Denoting a quantity consisting of one

more than eight and one less than ten. 11. An audiotape recording of sound. 12. An indehiscen­t fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp. 13. Relating to or having the characteri­stics of

bees. 14. Any of numerous low-growing cushionfor­ming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems. 19. (Norse mythology) God of light and peace and noted for his beauty and sweet nature. 24. A cut of meat (beef or veal or mutton or

lamb) from the upper part of the leg. 26. A hemoprotei­n composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteri­stic color. 28. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar. 32. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh. 33. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC). 34. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else. 35. United States outlaw who fought as a Confederat­e soldier and later led a band of outlaws that robbed trains and banks in the West until he was murdered by a member of his own gang (1847-1882). 36. A single splash. 37. Being of the age 13 through 19. 38. A full skirt with a gathered waistband. 39. The fluid (red in vertebrate­s) that is

pumped by the heart. 40. A cruel and brutal fellow. 42. (military) Signal to turn the lights out. 43. Activity involved in maintainin­g something

in good working order. 46. A shop where a variety of goods are sold. 51. Being the one previously mentioned or

spoken of. 52. Common house and field crickets. 53. A nation in northern North America. 55. A state in New England. 56. Realistic Norwegian author who wrote plays on social and political themes (18281906). 57. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a

skewer usually with vegetables. 60. (botany) Of or relating to the axil. 61. Used of the language of the deaf. 63. A small cake leavened with yeast. 64. An Arabic speaking person who lives in

Arabia or North Africa. 66. Of southern Europe. 67. Japanese ornamental tree with fragrant white or pink blossoms and small yellow fruits. 68. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates. 71. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.

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