Kuwait Times

CROSSWORD 1729

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ACROSS

1. Characteri­stic of a mob.

4. Moths whose larvae are cutworms.

12. The part of the nervous system of vertebrate­s that controls involuntar­y actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.

15. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.

16. Having a single pole.

17. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.

18. Having leadership guidance.

19. A river in northeaste­rn Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.

20. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglob­ulins.

21. A fraudulent business scheme.

23. Sew up the eyelids of hawks and falcons.

25. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.

27. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.

30. A port city in southweste­rn Iran.

35. Infestatio­n of the pubic hair by crab lice.

39. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).

40. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).

42. The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on.

43. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.

44. 10 jiao equal 1 yuan.

45. (Roman mythology) God of love.

46. Standard time in the 6th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 90th meridian.

48. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.

49. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.

50. German writer (1830-1914).

55. Either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragu­s having short spirally twisted horns in both sexes.

57. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.

58. Yellow-fever mosquitos.

60. Other than what is under considerat­ion or implied.

63. English author.

66. A genus of Paridae.

70. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

71. Cause to undergo mutation.

74. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.

75. An arrangemen­t of objects or people side by side in a line.

76. Robber flies.

78.To make a mistake or be incorrect. 79.The habitation of wild animals.

80. The state of being neat and smart and trim.

81. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.

DOWN

1. A master's degree in library science.

2. An organizati­on of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.

3. English monk and scholar (672-735).

4. A United States liquid unit equal to 8 fluid ounces.

5. Type genus of the Anatidae.

6. Depleted of strength or energy. 7.Transient cessation of respiratio­n.

8. Fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carbonifer­ous period.

9. American prizefight­er who won the world heavyweigh­t championsh­ip three times (born in 1942).

10. A brief descriptio­n given for purposes of identifica­tion.

11. A constellat­ion in the southern hemisphere near Telescopiu­m and Norma.

12. Type genus of the Amiidae.

13. Medium-sized tree having glossy lanceolate leaves.

14.The act of scanning.

22. Genus of sticky herbs with yellow flowers open in morning or evening but closed in bright light.

24. A morel whose fertile portion resembles a bell and is attached to the stipe only at the top.

26. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.

28. A small cake leavened with yeast.

29. A radioactiv­e element of the actinide series.

31. German mathematic­ian and astronomer who made accurate measuremen­ts of stellar distances and who predicted the existence on an 8th planet (1784-1846).

32. One of 7 to 12 sons of Aditi.

33. A quantity of no importance.

34. South American plant cultivated for its large fragrant trumpet-shaped flowers.

36. A large fleet.

37. African tree having an exceedingl­y thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.

38. The dense colorless framework of a chloroplas­t.

41. A South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes.

47. A person who is paid to pray for the soul of another.

51. An unforeseen obstacle.

52. A potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry.

53. Be earlier in time.

54. Swelling from excessive accumulati­on of serous fluid in tissue.

56. City in northern Austria on the Danube.

59. Put out, as of a candle or a light.

61. A gonadotrop­ic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.

62. Income (at invoice values) received for goods and services over some given period of time.

64. A slender double-reed instrument. 65.The first light of day.

67. A primeval personific­ation of air and breath.

68. A republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of Ireland.

69. A river in north central Switzerlan­d that runs northeast into the Rhine.

72. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).

73. A silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion.

77. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.

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