CROSSWORD 1687
ACROSS
1. Young of any of various canines such as a dog or wolf. 4. Something that interests you because it is important or affects you. 11. A member of an Algonquian people living in central Canada. 15. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods. 16. The slender spear of the Bantu-speaking people of Africa. 17. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality. 18. A hidden storage space (for money or provisions or weapons). 20. Choose and follow. 21. An open jar of glass or porcelain used as an ornament or to hold flowers. 22. Any physiologically active internal secretion especially one of uncertain classification. 25. An informal term for a father. 27. United States swimmer who in 1926 became the first woman to swim the English Channel (1903- ). 35. A woman religious. 36. Constituting the full quantity or extent. 38. Any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue. 39. French classical painter (1780-1867). 42. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail. 44. An appearance of reflected light. 47. A unit of atmospheric pressure equal to one thousandth of a bar. 49. Typical geese. 50. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain. 52. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns. 55. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind. 57. In a ruggedly tough manner. 61. A worker who installs and repairs electric wiring. 65. Any of various plants of the genus Althaea. 68. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth. 69. The basic unit of money in Romania. 70. Pertaining to or containing or similar to ammonia. 72. Having leadership guidance. 73. The act of slowing down or falling behind. 74. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean. 75. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
DOWN
1. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America. 2. Relatively small fast-moving sloth. 3. A written agreement between two states or sovereigns. 4. Of or like a cecum. 5. A mouth or mouthlike opening. 6. An anti-inflammatory drug that does not contain steroids. 7. A can for storing tea. 8. An inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others. 9. Deeply moved. 10. A luminance unit equal to 1 candle per square meter measured perpendicular to the rays from the source. 11. A warning against certain acts. 12. Having been read. 13. Any of several related languages of the Celts in Ireland and Scotland. 14. Opinion or judgment. 19. A blind god. 23. United States playwright (1906-1963). 24. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent. 26. A radioactive element of the actinide series. 28. Small common sandpiper that breeds in northern or arctic regions and winters in southern United States or Mediterranean regions. 29. Socialist who wrote The Communist Manifesto with Karl Marx in 1848 (18201895). 30. An account describing incidents or events. 31. The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm. 32. A soft cotton or worsted fabric with an open mesh. 33. A public building for gambling and entertainment. 34. Nicaraguan statesman (born in 1945). 37. Type genus of the Tetraonidae. 40. English courtier (a favorite of Elizabeth I) who tried to colonize Virginia. 41. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia). 43. The face or front of a building. 45. (Akkadian) God of wisdom. 46. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores. 48. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling). 51. A state in the United States in the central Pacific on the Hawaiian Islands. 53. Tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit. 54. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group. 56. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having eggshaped nuts. 58. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits. 59. (Sumerian) Sun god. 60. A collection of objects laid on top of each other. 62. A landlocked republic in northwestern Africa. 63. In bed. 64. A quantity of no importance. 66. A United States unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds. 67. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm. 71. A form of address for a man.75. After noon. 76. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.