CROSSWORD 1573

ACROSS

1. Syndrome resulting from a serious acute (sometimes fatal) infection associated with the presence of staphylococcus. 4. Perennial plant of Europe and America having racemes of white or purplish flowers and intensely bitter trifoliate leaves. 12. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part

of an organism. 15. An enclosed space. 16. Scar where the umbilical cord was

attached. 17. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye. 18. A loose sleeveless outer garment made

from aba cloth. 19. Wear away. 20. A sharp abrupt noise as if two objects hit

together. 22. A wired or starched collar of intricate lace. 24. The eleventh month of the Hindu calendar. 25. The content of cognition. 26. A Mid-Atlantic state. 28. Not out. 29. An imaginary elephant that appears in a

series of French books for children. 32. A river in north central Switzerland that

runs northeast into the Rhine. 34. A white crystalline double sulfate of aluminum. 38. Chief port of Yemen. 41. Includes some plants usually placed in e.g.

genus Dicksonia. 43. Queen of the Olympian gods in ancient

Greek mythology. 44. (pathology) An elevation of the skin filled

with serous fluid. 46. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent

metallic element. 47. A local computer network for communication between computers. 48. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942). 50. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects

including social and solitary species. 52. A genus of Indriidae. 54. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages. 56. A vessel in which something is immersed to maintain it at a constant temperature or to process or lubricate it. 58. The United Nations agency concerned with

civil aviation. 59. A group of islands off the west coast of

Sicily in the Mediterranean. 61. A parallelogram with four equal sides. 63. A state in southeastern United States. 64. Informal terms for a (young) woman. 65. Remove offensive capability from. 67. Most important element. 70. A state in northwestern North America. 72. Type genus of the Cariamidae comprising

only the crested cariama. 75. An associate degree in applied science. 76. A yellow viscous animal oil extracted from

wool. 79. Block consisting of a thick piece of something. 80. A unit of length equal to one thousandth

of an inch. 81. Relating to or associated with Arabia or its

people. 82. A thrusting blow with a knife. 83. A metal-bearing mineral valuable enough

to be mined. 84. The mother of Jesus. 85. A river in north central Switzerland that

runs northeast into the Rhine.

DOWN

1. A male monarch or emperor (especially of

Russia prior to 1917). 2. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is

the top of an extinct volcano. 3. Someone who works (or provides workers)

during a strike. 4. A stiff straw hat with a flat crown. 5. A slight rounded elevation where the

malleus attaches to the eardrum. 6. An emergency procedure consisting of external cardiac massage and artificial respiration. 7. Botswanan statesman who was the first

president of Botswana (1921-1980). 8. A member of an agricultural people of

southern India. 9. Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy. 10. A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent

and univalent) metallic element. 11. A committee in the executive branch of government that advises the president on foreign and military and national security. 12. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind. 13. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment). 14. A town and port in northwestern Israel in

the eastern Mediterranean. 21. Ions are accelerated along a linear path by voltage differences on electrodes along the path. 23. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan

River. 27. Cry weakly or softly. 30. Medium-sized penguins occurring in large

colonies on the Adelie coast of Antarctica. 31. Danish explorer who explored the North Pacific Ocean for the Russians and discovered the Bering Strait (1681-1741). 33. An unforeseen obstacle. 35. Of a pale purple color. 36. A resident of Utah. 37. A starch made by leaching and drying the

root of the cassava plant. 39. In the same place (used when citing a reference). 40. English writer and a central member of the

Fabian Society (1858-1943). 42. A unit of length of thread or yarn. 45. The hair growing on the lower part of a

man's face. 49. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug

(trade name Cataflam). 51. A philosopher who specializes in ethics. 53. A long stiff hair growing from the snout or

brow of most mammals as e.g. a cat. 55. A Chadic language spoken in northern

Nigeria. 57. A cry of praise or adoration (to God). 60. The upper house of the parliament of the

Republic of Ireland. 62. The month following February and preceding April. 66. A republic on the island of Malta in the

Mediterranean. 68. Dense growth of hairs covering the body

or parts of it (as on the human head). 69. A small island. 71. 100 kobos equal 1 naira. 73. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was

formed by an explosion. 74. A French abbot. 77. A constellation in the southern hemisphere

near Telescopium and Norma. 78. United States sculptor and architect whose public works include the memorial to veterans of the Vietnam War in Washington (born in 1959).