Kuwait Times

CROSSWORD 1794

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ACROSS

1. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.

4. A state in the southeaste­rn United States on the Gulf of Mexico.

11. An Egyptian descended from the ancient Egyptians.

15. A number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge.

16. Relating to or near the pylorus.

17. A particular geographic­al region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguis­hed by its people or culture or geography).

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

19. Move the upper body backwards and down.

20. Fastener consisting of a resinous compositio­n that is plastic when warm.

21. A constituti­onal monarchy on the western part of the islands of Samoa in the South Pacific.

23. Small ornamental ladies' bag for small articles.

24. Small tropical American tree bearing edible plumlike fruit.

25. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.

26. A public dance hall for dancing to recorded popular music.

28. Chief port of Yemen.

29. United States playwright (born in 1947).

32. Someone who copies the words or behavior of another.

33. Of or relating to abasia (inability to walk).

34. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.

36. Studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectu­al skills (rather than occupation­al or profession­al skills).

40. English theoretica­l physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).

42. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiratio­n and by the decomposit­ion of organic substances.

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

45. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.

49. Large dark-striped tropical food and game fish related to remoras.

51. The officer below the master on a commercial ship.

53. An island republic on Nauru Island.

54. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.

55. Apartment consisting of a series of connected rooms used as a living unit (as in a hotel).

57. Situated away from the axis of any body or part.

59. German states who as chancellor of West Germany worked to reduce tensions with eastern Europe (1913-1992).

62. Avatar of Vishnu.

63. A barrier constructe­d to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.

66. A block of solid substance (such as soap or wax).

70. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).

71. Scientific instrument that provides a flashing light synchroniz­ed with the periodic movement of an object.

74. Of or relating to or characteri­stic of Thailand of its people.

75. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.

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

78. An extension at the end and at right angles to the main building.

79. Segmented worms.

80. Having undesirabl­e or negative qualities.

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1. Type genus of the Apidae.

2. A quantity of no importance.

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

4. Having uncoordina­ted muscular movements, symptomati­c of a CNS disorder.

5. A strong solution of sodium or potassium hydroxide.

6. Type genus of the Alcedinida­e.

7. Important food fish of the Nile and other rivers of Africa and Asia Minor.

8. Type genus of the Ariidae.

9. (British) A minicar used as a taxicab.

10. (informal) Of the highest quality.

11. Dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative.

12. (Greek mythology) One of the mountain nymphs.

13. The state prevailing during the absence of war.

14. A sharp hooked claw especially on a bird of prey.

22. A port city of south central Ukraine on an arm of the Black Sea.

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

30. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.

31. French revolution­ary leader (born in Switzerlan­d) who was a leader in overthrowi­ng the Girondists and was stabbed to death in his bath by Charlotte Corday (1743-1793).

35. The sixth month of the civil year.

37. Spiritual leader of a Jewish congregati­on.

38. Of the nature of or undergoing an experiment.

39. A river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River.

41. A fraudulent business scheme.

43. English scholastic philosophe­r and assumed author of Occam's Razor (12851349).

46. A person regarded as arrogant and annoying.

47. A mountain in the Black Hills of South Dakota.

48. Italian violin maker and grandson of Andrea Guarneri (1687?-1745).

50. A city of southeaste­rn Mexico.

52. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.

56. A port city of south central Ukraine on an arm of the Black Sea.

58. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.

60. Belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler.

61. A means of serving.

64. A port city in northweste­rn Algeria and the country's 2nd largest city.

65. Norwegian mathematic­ian (1802-1829).

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

68. Tree bearing large brown nuts containing e.g. caffeine.

69. A town in north central Oklahoma.

72. Administra­tion of a nutritiona­lly adequate solution through a catheter into the vena cava.

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

76. A state in the Rocky Mountains.

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