Kuwait Times

CROSSWORD 1630

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1. A city in northweste­rn Syria. 5. Absence of the mammary glands (either

through surgery or developmen­tal defect). 12. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in

Turkey). 15. Very thin especially from disease or hunger or

cold. 16. Appointed for life and not subject to dismissal

except for a grave crime. 17. A person's brother or sister. 18. A republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties

comprising the island of Ireland. 19. Having a tendency (to). 20. Affect with wonder. 22. Any property detected by the olfactory system. 24. Remove with or as if with a ladle. 25. Of or relating to punishment. 26. Subdivisio­n not used in some classifica­tions. 28. A member of the Iroquoian people formerly

living east of Lake Ontario. 30. Concerning those not members of the clergy. 31. A cushion on a throne for a prince in India. 34. The compass point that is one point east of

due south. 36. Made from residue of grapes or apples after

pressing. 37. A state in the Rocky Mountains. 38. King of Denmark and Norway who forced

Edmund II to divide England with him. 40. Relating to the blood vessels or blood. 44. The blood group whose red cells carry both

the A and B antigens. 45. A member of an extinct North American Indian people who lived in the Pit river valley in northern California. 48. The compass point that is one point north of

due east. 49. A member of a North American people formerly living in the Colorado river valley in Arizona. 54. United States aviator who held several speed records and headed the women's Air Force pilots in World War II (1910-1980). 56. Small genus of succulent annual herbs found on sandy shores of North America and Europe. 57. A range of mountains (usually with jagged

peaks and irregular outline). 59. Polish labor leader and statesman (born in

1943). 61. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element. 62. An official prosecutor for a judicial district. 63. South American armadillo with three bands of

bony plates. 64. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples. 68. The residue that remains when something is

burned. 70. Costing nothing. 74. The corporate executive responsibl­e for the

operations of the firm. 75. The time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms. 77. Japanese ornamental tree with fragrant white

or pink blossoms and small yellow fruits. 78. Either extremity of something that has length. 79. A port city is southern Indonesia. 80. Not divisible by two.

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1. At right angles to the length of a ship or airplane. 2. A French river. 3. A learner who enrolls in (or is enrolled in) a class

or course of study. 4. Septicemia caused by pus-forming bacteria

released from an abscess. 5. A nucleotide derived from adenosine that

occurs in muscle tissue. 6. Common black European thrush. 7. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small

straight horns. 8. A bright spot on the parhelic circle. 9. A wooden peg that is used to fasten timbers in

shipbuildi­ng. 10. That is to say. 11. Extinct small mostly diurnal lower primates

that fed on leaves and fruit. 12. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the practice

of Yoga). 13. An ancient Egyptian city on the west bank of

the Nile opposite Cairo. 14. Norwegian mathematic­ian (1802-1829). 21. Aristocrat­ic Italian family of powerful merchants and bankers who ruled Florence in the 15th century. 23. (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconsciou­s. 27. A genus of herbs and shrubs belonging to the

family Euphorbiac­eae. 29. Tropical starchy tuberous root. 32. Small bulb or bulb-shaped growth arising

from the leaf axil or in the place of flowers. 33. Standing posture. 35. Used as a Hindi courtesy title. 39. The mother-in-law of Ruth whose story is told

in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament. 41. A term of address for an English lord. 42. Of or relating to the stomach and intestines. 43. Remove gas from. 46. A river in north central Switzerlan­d that runs

northeast into the Rhine. 47. A native American chieftain who argued for peace with the European settlers (16th century). 50. (informal) Of the highest quality. 51. A town in Italy in southweste­rn Sicily near the

coast. 52. Type genus of the Aceraceae. 53. Jordan's port. 55. Scottish mathematic­ian who invented logarithms. 58. Realistic Norwegian author who wrote plays

on social and political themes (1828-1906). 60. The sacred city of Lamaism. 65. Projectile­s to be fired from a gun. 66. In bed. 67. Set down according to a plan. 69. An open box attached to a long pole handle. 71. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic informatio­n from DNA to the cytoplasm. 72. A unit of pressure. 73. White crystallin­e compound used as a food

additive to enhance flavor. 76. Not out.

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