CROSSWORD 1692

ACROSS

1. Athletic facility equipped for sports or physical

training. 4. Strip something of drapery. 11. In bed. 15. An affirmative. 16. Small voraciously carnivorous freshwater fishes of South America that attack and destroy living animals. 17. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight. 18.(ingolf)Thestandardnumberofstrokesset for each hole on a golf course, or for the entire course. 19. An ancient musical horn made from the horn

of a ram. 21. A fight involving shooting small arms with the

intent to kill or frighten. 23. A Loloish language. 25. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication. 26. An event that occurs when something passes

from one state or phase to another. 27. The largest island of Denmark and the site of

Copenhagen. 29. A metallic element of the rare earth group. 31. 1/1000 gram. 32. A period of time equal to 1/24th of a day. 33. Lower in esteem. 34. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942). 36. Take in solid food. 39. An informal term for a father. 42. A master's degree in education. 43. An intensely radioactive metallic element that

occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores. 46. South African term for `boss'. 48. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped

cucumbers and spices. 52. A radioactive element of the actinide series. 53. Order by virtue of superior authority. 54. An associate degree in nursing. 55. A note appended to a letter after the signature. 56. Make a shrill creaking, squeaking, or noise, as

of a door, mouse, or bird. 59. A district in southwestern Manhattan noted for its shops and restaurants and galleries and artist's lofts. 60. A woman of refinement. 62. The compass point that is one point east

(clockwise) of due north. 63. English economist noted for his studies of international trade and finance (born in 1907). 65. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from

aba cloth. 67. A domain in which something is dominant. 70. A rounded thickly curled hairdo. 73. Daughter of Nehru who served as Prime Minister of India from 1966 to 1977 (19171984). 75. A social division of (usually preliterate) people. 77. A river in north central Switzerland that runs

northeast into the Rhine. 78. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy. 79. Lacking tucks or not being tucked. 81. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest. 82. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of

an organism. 83. A protagonist who lacks the characteristics that would make him a hero (or her a heroine). 84. A doctor's degree in education.

DOWN

1. A genus of Accipitridae. 2. Not only so, but. 3. Of or relating to or characteristic of Morocco or

its people. 4. A selfish actor who upstages the other actors. 5. A constitutional monarchy occupying the

Japanese Archipelago. 6. A temporary shortage of rainfall. 7. One of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof. 8. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods. 9. Of or relating to or functioning as a phrase. 10. (Akkadian) God of wisdom. 11. Reports of the work of a society or learned

body etc. 12. A flexible container with a single opening. 13. A city in western Germany. 14. Marked by features of the immediate and usually discounted past. 20. Having the leading position or higher score in

a contest. 22. A unit of electrical resistance equal to the resistance between two points on a conductor when a potential difference of one volt between them produces a current of one ampere. 24. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a

skewer usually with vegetables. 28. Yellow-fever mosquitos. 30. The whiteness that results from removing the

color from something. 35. An agency of the United Nations affiliated

with the World Bank. 37. A river in north central Switzerland that runs

northeast into the Rhine. 38. A hidden drawback. 40. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man. 41. The form of theological rationalism that believes in God on the basis of reason without reference to revelation. 44. The dynasty that ruled much of Manchuria

and northeastern China from 947 to 1125. 45. A nation in northern North America. 47. Acid gritty-textured fruit. 49. Typical geese. 50. Immeasurably small. 51. God of love and erotic desire. 57. (Sumerian) Consort of Dumuzi (Tammuz). 58. A member of a South American Indian people in Peru who were formerly the ruling class of the Inca empire. 61. Mar or spoil the appearance of. 64. A hot glowing or smouldering fragment of

wood or coal left from a fire. 66. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples. 68. Small ornamental ladies' bag for small articles. 69. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or

office. 71. A sudden short attack. 72. Toward the mouth or oral region. 74. A hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers. 76. The capital and largest city of Japan. 80. (astronomy) A measure of time defined by

Earth's orbital motion.