Kuwait Times

CROSSWORD 1749

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ACROSS

1. System of measuremen­t based on centimeter­s and grams and seconds.

4. Tropical American tree with large peltate leaves and hollow stems.

11. Telephone line (Wide Area Telephone Service).

15.The upper side of the thighs of a seated

person.

16. Danish composer (1865-1931).

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

18. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeaste­rn Asia having eggshaped nuts.

20. Swiss writer (born in Germany) whose novels and poems express his interests in Eastern spiritual values (1877-1962).

21. A Chadic language spoken in Chad.

22. An ancient city is southern Greece.

24. Deciduous or evergreen shrubs and shrubby trees of temperate and subtropica­l North America, South Africa, eastern Asia and northeaste­rn Australia.

26.The blood group whose red cells carry

both the A and B antigens.

27. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.

29. A Hindu prince or king in India.

32. 1,000,000,000 periods per second.

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

35. A portable brazier that burns charcoal and has a grill for cooking.

38. Avatar of Vishnu.

40. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.

42. (Sumerian and Akkadian) A demon personifyi­ng death.

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

46. An island in Indonesia east of Java.

47. (Japan) Ritual suicide by self-disembowel­ment on a sword.

51. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.

54. Injured by bites or stings.

55. Having antlers.

56. Italian operatic soprano (born in 1922).

58. Pouch used in the shipment of mail.

60. Consisting of or made of wood of the oak tree.

61. A state-chartered savings bank owned by its depositors and managed by a board of trustees.

62.Tag the base runner to get him out. 68.Tropical starchy tuberous root. 72.The sixth month of the civil year.

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

77. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.

78. Relating to or like or divided into areolae.

79. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.

80. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.

81. Having close kinship and appropriat­eness.

82. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.

DOWN

1. Burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud.

2. A city in northwest Indiana on Lake Michigan.

3. Optical instrument consisting of a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision.

4. (Sumerian) Consort of Dumuzi (Tammuz).

5. Destructio­n of heart tissue resulting from obstructio­n of the blood supply to the heart muscle.

6. Cut the head of.

7. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.

8. A former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia.

9. Pretentiou­s or silly talk or writing.

10. A B vitamin that prevents beriberi.

11. Pan with a convex bottom.

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

13. A three-tone Chadic language.

14. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.

19. Tropical American trees with palmately compound leaves and showy bellshaped flowers.

23. In bed.

25. A island in the Netherland­s Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.

28. Large tropical butterfly with degenerate forelegs and an unpleasant taste.

30. Upright consisting of a vertical side member of a door or window frame.

31. Capable of being acted.

33. A small tent used as a dressing room beside the sea or a swimming pool.

36. A salt of any halogen acid.

37. Inflammati­on of the iris.

39. Cuban poet and revolution­ary who fought for Cuban independen­ce from Spain (1853-1895).

41. A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element.

44. A small amount of residue.

45. A wine bottle made of leather.

48. (prefix) Indicating difference or variation.

49. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.

50. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.

52. Of or relating to or characteri­stic of Bermuda or its inhabitant­s. 53.Wading birds of warm regions having

long slender down-curved bills.

57. A French abbot.

59. Of clothing.

63. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.

64. A small cake leavened with yeast.

65. (comparativ­e of `much' used with mass nouns) Quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree.

66. A person who makes use of a thing.

67. Offering fun and gaiety.

69. The lower house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.

70. An informal term for a father.

71. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.

73.The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.

74. A label made of cardboard or plastic or metal.

75. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.

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