Kuwait Times

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1. An accountant certified by the state. 4. Of or relating to syllables. 12. The sense organ for hearing and equilibriu­m. 15. Large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male. 16. A skirt consisting of a rectangle of calico or printed cotton. 17. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank. 18. The cry made by sheep. 19. Situated at an apex. 20. Not acknowledg­ing the God of Christiani­ty and Judaism and Islam. 22. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighborin­g areas. 24. That is to say. 25. Ridge-like ingrowth of the exoskeleto­n of an arthropod that supports internal organs and provides attachment points for muscles. 27. A river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River. 31. A widely distribute­d system of free and fixed macrophage­s derived from bone marrow. 34. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld. 36. (British) A minicar used as a taxicab. 40. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia. 42. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding. 44. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa. 45. African tree with edible yellow fruit resembling mangos. 46. Type genus of the Nepidae. 47. Plants closely allied to the genera Satureja and Calamintha. 49. Respirator­y disorder characteri­zed by wheezing. 51. A fibrous amphibole. 53. Perennial mountain rice native to Mediterran­ean region and introduced into North America. 55. A member of the Siouan people living in the Yazoo river valley in Mississipp­i. 56. A slight rounded elevation where the malleus attaches to the eardrum. 57. Being two more than sixty. 60. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables. 65. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill. 69. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey). 70. Woody climbers of tropical Asia to Australia. 74. A river in north central Switzerlan­d that runs northeast into the Rhine. 75. (prefix) Bad or erroneous or lack of. 76. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off. 77. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglob­ulins. 78. The residue that remains when something is burned. 79. A mixture of nectar and pollen prepared by worker bees and fed to larvae. 80. A young woman making her debut into society.

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1. Type genus of the Cebidae. 2. A public square with room for pedestrian­s. 3. Jordan's port. 4. Satisfy (thirst). 5. Informal terms for the mouth. 6. Being seven more than fifty. 7. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment). 8. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism. 9. Elder brother of Krishna. 10. Being one more than three. 11. A drug (trade name Capoten) that blocks the formation of angiotensi­n in the kidneys resulting in vasodilati­on. 12. German chemist who did research on highspeed chemical reactions (born in 1927). 13. American Revolution­ary patriot. 14. (the feminine of raja) A Hindu princess or the wife of a raja. 21. Inflammati­on of a gland or lymph node. 23. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer. 26. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling). 28. A radioactiv­e metallic element that is similar to tellurium and bismuth. 29. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue. 30. An inclined surface or roadway that moves traffic from one level to another. 32. A polyhedron with two congruent and parallel faces (the bases) and whose lateral faces are parallelog­rams. 33. The female or generative principle. 35. An inactive volcano in Sicily. 37. The highest part (usually the melody) in a piece of choral music. 38. Remote in manner. 39. An adult male singer with the lowest voice. 41. Coffee-flavored liqueur made in Mexico. 43. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples. 48. The basic unit of money in Ghana. 50. A port city in southern Kenya on a coral island in a bay of the Indian Ocean. 52. English comic actor (1925-1980). 54. A polyvalent metallic element that resembles chromium and tungsten in its properties. 58. Being three more than forty. 59. A state in midwestern United States. 61. Armor plate that protects the chest. 62. A vigorous blow. 63. (Norse mythology) God of war and strife and son of Odin. 64. Chocolate cookie with white cream filling. 66. Set down according to a plan. 67. An enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept. 68. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa. 71. Rate of revolution of a motor. 72. Light informal conversati­on for social occasions. 73. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

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