CROSSWORD 1654

ACROSS

1. Belonging to some prior time. 5. Small birds resembling warblers but having some of the habits of titmice. 12. An ugly evil-looking old woman. 15. A master's degree in library science. 16. Any tumor derived from cells of the nervous system. 17. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment. 18. Any member of Athapaskan tribes that migrated to the southwestern desert (from Arizona to Texas and south into Mexico). 19. A constitutional monarchy in northern Europe on the western side of the Scandinavian Peninsula. 20. The sign language used in the United States. 21. A quantity of no importance. 22. Moth having nonfunctional mouthparts as adults. 24. Greek mythology. 26. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America. 28. One of the islands of Saint Christopher-Nevis. 30. Author of satirical attacks on medieval scholasticism (1494-1553). 34. A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders. 38. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth. 39. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum. 41. Posing no difficulty. 42. A city in central Georgia southeast of Atlanta. 44. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh. 46. Goddess of dawn. 47. A soft silvery metallic element. 48. Any of various small short-tailed rodents of the northern hemisphere having soft fur gray above and white below with well-furred tails and large ears. 50. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium. 51. A man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance. 53. The residue that remains when something is burned. 54. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix. 55. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically). 58. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite. 60. A minute epidermal pore in a leaf or stem. 63. A Loloish language. 65. Milk thickened with a butter and flour roux. 67. Port city of Denmark in eastern Jutland. 71. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey). 72. Having or given a name or title. 75. A convex molding having a cross section in the form of a quarter of a circle or of an ellipse. 76. Any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue. 77. Of or relating to or characteristic of Asia or the peoples of Asia or their languages or culture. 79. A former copper coin of Pakistan. 80. Late time of life. 81. Shape anew or differently. 82. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.

DOWN

1. A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula. 2. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked

leaves resembling celery. 3. Wearing or provided with clothing. 4. The act of escaping physically. 5. A small flat triangular bone in front of the knee

that protects the knee joint. 6. That is to say. 7. A branch of the Tai languages. 8. An utterance expressing pain or disapproval. 9. United States actor (born in Hungary) noted for

playing sinister roles (1904-1964). 10. A graphical record of electric currents associated with muscle contractions. 11. A narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as

a headband. 12. A collection of objects laid on top of each other. 13. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a

building especially the east end of a church. 14. Offering fun and gaiety. 23. A gay feeling. 25. Travel up, "We ascended the mountain". 27. Cuban dancer and choreographer (born in

1921). 29. British informal term. 31. Lower in esteem. 32. German organist and contrapuntist (1685

1750). 33. Someone who works (or provides workers)

during a strike. 35. The arrangement of the hair (especially a

woman's hair). 36. A parliamentary monarchy in southwestern

Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. 37. An antifungal and antibiotic (trade names Mycostatin and Nystan) discovered in New York State. 40. New Zealand timber tree resembling the

cypress. 43. Ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in

behavior or appearance. 45. The syllable naming the fifth (dominant) note

of any musical scale in solmization. 49. Port city on southern Honshu on Osaka Bay. 52. A verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future. 56. (India) Usually in combination. 57. Immature of its kind. 59. Established by or founded upon law or official

or accepted rules. 61. A member of the Mongolian people of central

Asia who invaded Russia in the 13th century. 62. (Canadian) A half-breed of white and Indian

parentage. 64. 10 hao equal 1 dong. 66. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes. 68. A whetstone made of fine gritstone. 69. The inner and longer of the two bones of the

human forearm. 70. The process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid). 73. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet. 74. A depression in an otherwise level surface. 78. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.