CROSSWORD 1798
ACROSS
1. Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse.
4. Covered with paving material.
11. A Loloish language.
15. An inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others.
16. An ancient jar with two handles and a narrow neck.
17. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
18. Any of numerous trees of the family Cupressaceae that resemble cedars.
20. Done or occurring in a brief period of time.
21. The sixth month of the civil year.
22. Of the appetites and passions of the body.
24. A city in northwestern Switzerland.
26. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
27. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
28. Garlic mayonnaise.
30. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
34. American novelist (1909-1955).
36. United States inventor of a dry-plate process of developing photographic film and of flexible film (his firm introduced roll film) and of the box camera and of a process for color photography (1854-1932).
40. A state in the eastern United States.
42. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
43. Used of a single unit or thing.
44. Evergreen Indian shrub with vivid yellow flowers whose bark is used in tanning.
48. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
52. A major school of Buddhism teaching personal salvation through one's own efforts.
54. Having a claw or claws.
55. A state in midwestern United States.
56. Of or relating to or near the sacrum.
58. In a tame manner.
60. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
61. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
63. Deciduous South African tree having large odd-pinnate leaves and profuse fragrant orange-yellow flowers.
67. A sudden short attack.
71. An implement used to propel or steer a boat.
72. A Christian Bishop who translated the Bible from Greek into Gothic (311-382).
76. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
77. A member of a people of India living in Maharashtra.
79. A master's degree in education.
80. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
81. Having abnormal sagging of the spine (especially in horses).
82. The capital and largest city of Japan.
DOWN
1. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
2. A yellow pungent volatile oil (trade name Agene) formerly used for bleaching and aging flour.
3. A family of birds of the order
Coraciiformes.
4. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
5. Before noon.
6. An emergency procedure consisting of external cardiac massage and artificial respiration.
7. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
8. Amino acid that is formed in the liver and converted into dopamine in the brain.
9. Tuberous or rhizomatous herbaceous perennials.
10. A Brazilian river.
11. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
12. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
13. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
14. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
19. Any organic compound containing the group -CONH2.
23. Remove with or as if with a ladle.
25. A cut of meat taken from the side and back of an animal between the ribs and the rump.
29. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
31. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
32. Shelf that projects from wall above fireplace.
33. Characterized by speed.
35. Type genus of the Gavidae.
37. A public promotion of some product or service.
38. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
39. United States composer (born in Austria) who collaborated with Lerner on several musicals (1901-1987).
41. A member of an American Indian people of Yucatan and Belize and Guatemala who once had a culture characterized by outstanding architecture and pottery and astronomy.
45. An associate degree in nursing.
46. Follower of Rastafarianism.
47. (trademark) A liquid that temporarily disables a person.
49. The cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one.
50. Speaking a Slavic language.
51. A winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple.
53. Government agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants.
57. 1 species.
59. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
62. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
64. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
65. (trademark) An antacid.
66. Open to or abounding in fresh air.
68. The highest level or degree attainable.
69. Made agreeably cold (especially by ice).
70. Panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest.
73. Legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity.
74. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
75. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
78. A crystalline metallic element not found in nature.