CROSSWORD 1669

ACROSS

1. Pan with a convex bottom. 4. A mound of earth made by ants as they dig their nest. 11. A master's degree in library science. 15. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment. 16. Loss of the ability to swallow. 17. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia. 18. Of or relating to or affecting a lobe. 20. Order by virtue of superior authority. 21. The muscular back part of the shank. 22. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape. 24. A line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about. 26. A small cake leavened with yeast. 28. Punish with an arbitrary penalty. 30. A hard brittle blue-white multivalent metallic element. 32. Having undesirable or negative qualities. 33. Fish eggs or egg-filled ovary. 34. A heavy wooden pole (such as the trunk of a young fir) tossed as a test of strength (in the Highlands of Scotland). 38. A group of islands off the west coast of Sicily in the Mediterranean. 41. A metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter. 42. A fluorocarbon with chlorine. 45. A public promotion of some product or service. 46. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins. 47. Affected manners intended to impress others. 52. The dialect of Ancient Greek spoken in Thessaly and Boeotia and Aeolis. 54. The universal time coordinated time on board the spacecraft. 55. Muslim name for God. 56. An inactive volcano in Sicily. 57. Rock star and drummer for the Beatles (born in 1940). 59. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann. 61. A physician who is not a specialist but treats all illnesses. 62. The cry made by sheep. 63. Dyed with henna. 66. (of champagne) Moderately dry. 70. A mask with a filter protects the face an lungs against poisonous gases. 73. An adherent of any branch of Taoism. 74. A narrow depression (as in the earth or between ocean waves or in the ocean bed). 77. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp. 78. The month following March and preceding May. 79. Brown or blackish Alpine mosses having a dehiscent capsule with 4 longitudinal slits. 81. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion. 82. The central part of a car wheel (or fan or propeller etc) through which the shaft or axle passes. 83. Intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner. 84. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

DOWN

1. An architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness. 2. A member of the Siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the Platte and Missouri rivers in Nebraska. 3. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables. 4. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine. 5. A radioactive transuranic metallic element. 6. (Greek mythology) The Titaness who was mother of Helios and Selene and Eos in ancient mythology. 7. A large building at an airport where aircraft can be stored and maintained. 8. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins. 9. Chinese tree cultivated especially in Philippines and India for its edible fruit. 10. Coming at a subsequent time or stage. 11. An incorrect deal. 12. Wild sheep of northern Africa. 13. Acquire or gain knowledge or skills. 14. An unforeseen obstacle. 19. Jordan's port. 23. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria. 25. Submit or yield to another's wish or opinion. 27. Moderate or restrain. 29. A polyvalent metallic element that resembles chromium and tungsten in its properties. 31. An organism or species surviving as a remnant of an otherwise extinct flora or fauna in an environment much changed from that in which it originated. 35. (used of soaps or cleaning agents) Having a substance (an abrasive or filler) added to increase effectiveness. 36. Border consisting of anything placed on the edge to finish something (such as a fringe on clothing or on a rug). 37. (British) A member of the military police. 39. Someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault. 40. An official prosecutor for a judicial district. 43. A family of languages of the Fula people of west Africa in the sub-Sahara regions from Senegal to Chad. 44. United States writer (1871-1900). 48. Undergo resorption. 49. Of a pale yellow color like straw. 50. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing. 51. The largest city of China. 53. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue. 58. Desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers. 60. Talks a great deal about uninteresting topics. 64. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group. 65. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh. 67. Chevrotain somewhat larger than the kanchil. 68. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail. 69. Scottish chemist noted for his research into the structure of nucleic acids (born in 1907). 71. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike. 72. God of love and erotic desire. 75. Goddess of fate. 76. A colloid in a more solid form than a sol. 80. Half the width of an em.