CROSSWORD 1568
1. A humorous anecdote or remark. 4. Spiced hot milk with rum or wine. 12. A serve that strikes the net before falling
into the receiver's court. 15. Any of various coarse shrubby plants of the
genus Iva with small greenish flowers. 16. A fellow female member of a youth gang. 17. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus. 18. A slight wind (usually refreshing). 20. Type genus of the Ardeidae. 21. An agency of the United Nations affiliated
with the World Bank. 22. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography). 23. A genus of Mustelidae. 25. United States baseball player and manager
(1873-1934). 27. A radioactive transuranic element. 29. An associate degree in nursing. 31. fastener that fastens together two ends of
a belt or strap. 38. A constellation in the southern hemisphere
near Telescopium and Norma. 39. Verse in the meter used in Greek and Latin poetry consisting of strophes of 4 tetrametric lines. 43. Affording or marked by rest or repose. 45. With eagerness. 48. Essential oil or perfume obtained from
flowers. 49. Wild ginger. 51. The basic unit of money in Iran. 52. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a
skewer usually with vegetables. 53. Informal terms for a mother. 54. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves. 55. An Arabic speaking person who lives in
Arabia or North Africa. 58. Block consisting of a thick piece of something. 59. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of
his family). 62. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series. 63. The capital and largest city of Yemen. 69. A Hindu prince or king in India. 73. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement. 74. Someone who tries to bring peace. 78. A boy or man. 79. A light touch or stroke. 80. A learner who is enrolled in an educational
institution. 81. A sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain. 82. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba
people in southwestern Nigeria. 83. Clearly apparent or obvious to the mind or
senses. 84. A river in north central Switzerland that
runs northeast into the Rhine.
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1. An ancient Egyptian city on the west bank of
the Nile opposite Cairo. 2. Report or maintain. 3. An expression of open-mouthed astonishment. 4. Lacking self-confidence. 5. The time that has elapsed. 6. A unit of luminous flux equal to the amount of light given out through a solid angle of 1 steradian by a point source of 1 candela intensity radiating uniformly in all directions. 7. Acquire or gain knowledge or skills. 8. A city in northern India. 9. An authoritative direction or instruction to
do something. 10. of or involving excess nitrogenous waste products in the urine (usually due to kidney insufficiency). 11. Someone who works (or provides workers)
during a strike. 12. (Scotland) A landowner. 13. Tropical starchy tuberous root. 14. The process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid. 19. One who works hard at boring tasks. 24. A state in midwestern United States. 26. A unit of force equal to the force exerted
by gravity. 28. Fiber of the flax plant that is made into
thread and woven into linen fabric. 30. A school for students intermediate
between elementary school and college. 32. Either of a pair of thick-walled tubes that carry urine from the kidney to the urinary bladder. 33. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice. 34. English essayist (1775-1834). 35. Being one more than one hundred. 36. A port city and resort in Andalusia in
southern Spain on the Mediterranean. 37. United States space station. 40. The portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord. 41. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of
the Old World. 42. A rotating power drill powered by an electric motor. 44. A peninsula between the Red Sea and the
Persian Gulf. 46. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else. 47. An implement used to erase something. 50. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material. 56. A white trivalent metallic element. 57. A white metallic element that burns with a
brilliant light. 60. Greek mythology. 61. Act in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief. 64. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses. 65. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools. 66. A linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing. 67. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance. 68. Being of the age 13 through 19. 70. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill. 71. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo. 72. The sixth month of the civil year. 75. An ester of adenosine that is converted to
ATP for energy storage. 76. A United States liquid unit equal to 8 fluid
ounces. 77. Of flax, hemp, or jute, so as to promote loosening of the fibers form the woody tissue.