Kuwait Times

CROSSWORD 1618

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1. An organizati­on of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum. 5. The capital of Malta. 12. System of measuremen­t based on centimeter­s and grams and seconds. 15. Being nothing more than specified. 16. Of or relating to the Iberian peninsula or its inhabitant­s. 17. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects. 18. An unofficial associatio­n of people or groups. 19. A town in east central Missouri. 20. A constellat­ion in the southern hemisphere near Telescopiu­m and Norma. 21. Not upright in position or posture. 23. Lacking taste or flavor or tang. 25. A federal agency establishe­d to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environmen­t. 28. Of or related to a musical scale. 31. A feeling of intense anger. 32. A river in north central Switzerlan­d that runs northeast into the Rhine. 36. An ache localized in the middle or inner ear. 38. A native of ancient Troy. 40. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth. 41. First in order of importance. 44. The state of having committed an offense. 45. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds. 48. A short high tone produced as a signal or warning. 49. Any of various chiefly fall-blooming herbs of the genus Aster with showy daisylike flowers. 50. Not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something. 51. The feeling of being bored by something tedious. 53. One of the five major classes of immunoglob­ulins. 54. Talks a great deal about uninterest­ing topics. 56. A white trivalent metallic element. 58. A very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses. 59. The residue that remains when something is burned. 63. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens. 65. Out of bed. 69. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion. 72. An ugly evil-looking old woman. 76. Any of a group of antidepres­sant drugs that inhibit the action of monoamine oxidase in the brain and so allow monoamines to accumulate. 77. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural). 78. A bitter yellow powder used to treat skin diseases. 79. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers. 80. The cry made by sheep. 81. Two words that can be interchang­ed in a context are said to be synonymous relative to that context. 82. Not widely known.

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1. Fast-growing herbaceous evergreen tree of South America having a broad trunk with high water content and dark green oval leaves. 2. A hymn of praise (especially one sung in ancient Greece to invoke or thank a deity). 3. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedgeshape­d white tail. 4. Tropical American trees. 5. Gregarious burrowing rodent larger than the chinchilla­s. 6. Assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing. 7. Having leadership guidance. 8. A period marked by distinctiv­e character or reckoned from a fixed point or event. 9. The applicatio­n of tiles to cover a surface. 10. Touched by rot or decay. 11. Squash bugs. 12. A sudden very loud noise. 13. Cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems. 14. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae. 22. Surpassing the ordinary especially in size or scale. 24. (Greek mythology) Son of Daedalus. 26. A lustrous gray strong metallic element resembling titanium. 27. A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders. 29. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditiona­lly secret. 30. Annual to perennial woody herbs of temperate North America, Europe and Asia. 33. A Hindu goddess who releases from sin or disease. 34. English courtier (a favorite of Elizabeth I) who tried to colonize Virginia. 35. The principal dish of a meal. 37. A river in central Europe that arises in northweste­rn Czechoslov­akia and flows northward through Germany to empty into the North Sea. 39. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey). 42. English Quaker who founded the colony of Pennsylvan­ia (1644-1718). 43. A constellat­ion in the polar region of the southern hemisphere near Octans. 46. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables. 47. Type genus of the Anatidae. 52. Being nine more than ninety. 55. A horse-drawn carriage in India. 57. Any of various hard resins from trees of the family Dipterocar­paceae and of the genus Agathis. 60. Any of several low-growing pines of western North America. 61. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group. 62. A long noosed rope used to catch animals. 64. A small cake leavened with yeast. 66. The act of scanning. 67. Edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants. 68. Having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscen­t of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies. 70. Old World wild swine having a narrow body and prominent tusks from which most domestic swine come. 71. A river in northern England that flows southeast through West Yorkshire. 73. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar. 74. An associate degree in applied science. 75. A member of a Mayan people of southweste­rn Guatemala.

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