Kuwait Times

CROSSWORD 1800

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ACROSS

1. A diagrammat­ic representa­tion of the earth's surface (or part of it).

4. The positive fractional part of the representa­tion of a logarithm.

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

15. (Old Testament) Adam's wife in JudeoChris­tian mythology.

16. Any of several shrubs of the genus Elaeagnus having silver-white twigs and yellow flowers followed by olivelike fruits.

17. The last (12th) month of the year.

18. A compartmen­t in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.

19. Place (something) where one cannot find it again.

20. A master's degree in business.

21. A deep opening in the earth's surface.

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

25. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.

26. A dialect of Chinese spoken in southeaste­rn China.

27. Of or relating to or characteri­stic of Cuba or the people of Cuba.

29. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.

30. (trademark) An alloy of iron and nickel having a low coefficien­t of thermal expansion.

33. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.

35. Type genus of the Ranidae.

38. A drug (trade name Tagamet) used to treat peptic ulcers by decreasing the secretion of stomach acid.

41. A nonsteroid­al anti-inflammato­ry drug (trade name Daypro).

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

45. An independen­t group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.

48. A three-year law degree.

49. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.

51. 1 species.

54. A bag used for carrying money and small personal items or accessorie­s (especially by women).

57. Wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitte­d or motion or torque is changed.

58. A public promotion of some product or service.

60. A heavy brittle diamagneti­c trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically).

61. Any of three isomeric hydrocarbo­ns C4H8.

64. Spot, stain, or pollute.

67. A theropod dinosaur of the genus Eoraptor.

71. Keenly excited (especially sexually) or indicating excitement.

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

74. Smelling of fermentati­on or staleness.

75. Of a cask or barrel.

77. Informal terms for a mother.

78. Paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people).

79. A festival featuring African-American culture.

80. Seed of a pea plant.

DOWN

1. Joint capital (with Riyadh) of Saudi Arabia.

2. A genus of Indriidae.

3. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.

4. Informal terms for a mother.

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

6. Bandicoot rats.

7. United States abolitioni­st (1786-1865).

8. A small island.

9. Marked by or composed of disconnect­ed parts or sounds.

10. (of champagne) Moderately dry.

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

12. Someone whose business is advertisin­g.

13. The compass point that is one point north of northeast.

14. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.

22. A member of the Himalayan people living in Nepal and Tibet who are famous for their skill as mountainee­rs.

24. Relating to the deepest parts of the ocean (below 6000 meters).

28. The bivalent radical UO2 which forms salts with acids.

31. The lowermost portion of a structure partly or wholly below ground level.

32. English historian noted for his constituti­onal history of medieval England (18251901).

34. An outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals.

36. A colorless and odorless inert gas.

37. A member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons.

39. Functionin­g correctly and ready for action.

40. A Muslim trained in the doctrine and law of Islam.

42. Not only so, but.

43. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.

46. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differenti­al).

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

50. Mosses similar to those of genus Bryum but larger.

52. Superclass of eel-shaped chordates lacking jaws and pelvic fins.

53. A short high tone produced as a signal or warning.

55. On a ship, train, plane or other vehicle.

56. Small slender African monkey having long hind limbs and tail and long hair around the face.

59. English writer remembered particular­ly for his novel about Robinson Crusoe (1660-1731).

62. A yellow quartz.

63. Annual to perennial herbs of the Mediterran­ean region.

65. Flat blade-like projection on the arm of an anchor.

66. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.

68. A tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.).

69. A slender double-reed instrument.

70. Avatar of Vishnu.

72. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.

76. The use of bacteria or viruses of toxins to destroy men and animals or food.

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