CROSSWORD 1778
ACROSS
1. A number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge.
4. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
11. A unit of length equal to 3 feet.
15. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
16. Tropical American shrub bearing edible acid red fruit resembling cherries.
17. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
18. A notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat.
20. A city in northeastern Egypt at the head of the Gulf of Suez and at the southern end of the Suez Canal.
21. Chinese tree bearing seeds that yield tung oil.
22. Relating to or like or divided into areolae.
24. Away from the mouth or oral region.
26. Of or pertaining to or characteristic of the Baltic States or their peoples or languages.
28. Type and sole genus of the family Albulidae.
29. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
31. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
32. Noisy quarrel.
35. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
38. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
39. Notable English cricketer (18821963).
43. Gear (including necessary machinery) for a particular enterprise.
44. An uproarious party.
46. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
47. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
49. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in Missouri in the valleys of the Missouri and Osage rivers.
53. (botany) Outer tissue of bark.
55. A genus of the family Droseraceae.
56. A windstorm that lifts up clouds of dust or sand.
58. A blood group antigen possessed by Rh-positive people.
59. (nautical, aeronautical) Situated at or toward the stern or tail.
62. A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region.
63. A Powhatan Indian woman (the daughter of Powhatan) who befriended the English at Jamestown and is said to have saved Captain John Smith's life (1595-1617).
68. A bet that you can pick the first and second finishers in the right order.
71. Not open or affording passage or access.
72. Humble request for help.
73. Having the leading position or higher score in a contest.
76. Jordan's port.
77. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
78. In the interval.
80. (British) Your grandmother.
81. Remove with or as if with a ladle.
82. The father of your father or mother.
83. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
DOWN
1. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
2. The sixth month of the civil year.
3. The brightest star in Cygnus.
4. (Spanish) Saffron-flavored dish made of rice with shellfish and chicken.
5. Enthusiastic approval.
6. A Mid-Atlantic state.
7. The bureau of the Treasury Department responsible for tax collections.
8. A sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force.
9. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
10. A shop where a variety of goods are sold.
11. Disease of rodents (especially rabbits and squirrels) and sometimes transmitted to humans by ticks or flies or by handling infected animals.
12. (Akkadian) Mother and earth goddess in Gilgamish epic.
13. Of or relating to the kidneys.
14. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
19. Omnivorous mammal of Central and South America.
23. A state in New England.
25. Pompous or pretentious talk or writing.
27. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
30. One of the two main branches of orthodox Islam.
33. A Bantu language spoken in
Cameroon.
34. The condition of being free.
36. American novelist (1909-1955).
37. A man who courts a woman.
40. A small cake leavened with yeast.
41. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
42. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
45. Unknown god.
48. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
50. A power tool used for sanding wood.
51. Large red-skinned apple.
52. Take off a hook.
54. A characteristic state or mode of living.
57. A stiff chitinous seta or bristle especially of an annelid worm.
60. A boy or man.
61. A step in walking or running.
64. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
65. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the practice of Yoga).
66. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
67. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
69. An agenda of things to do.
70. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
74. Slender bristlelike appendage found on the bracts of grasses.
75. A doctor's degree in education.
79. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.