Kuwait Times

CROSSWORD 1833

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ACROSS

1. A change in the electrical properties of the skin in response to stress or anxiety.

4. Showing empathy or ready comprehens­ion of others' states.

12. Gone by.

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

16. The shell of a marine organism.

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

18. A rapid escape (as by criminals).

19. Small genus of tropical South African trees and shrubs.

20. Lighted up by or as by fire or flame.

21. A genus of Indriidae.

23. A Uralic language spoken by a Samoyed people of northern Siberia.

25. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.

26. Go on board.

29. Small circular or square cases of dough with savory fillings.

34. Chief port of Yemen.

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

37. United States chemist (1839-1903).

41. An island in the Indian Ocean off the east coast of Africa.

43. Informal terms for a mother.

45. A statement that deviates from or perverts the truth.

46. The United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labor.

47. A gonadotrop­ic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.

49. False sabertooth­ed tigers.

52. Far away from home or one's usual surroundin­gs.

54. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.

55. A benevolent aspect of Devi.

56. An inhabitant of ancient Thebes.

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

61. The capital of Morocco.

65. One species.

70. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.

71. A poisonous crystallin­e alkaloid extracted from the nightshade family.

74. Piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid.

75. A room equipped with toilet facilities.

76. A genus of Phalangeri­dae.

77. A metal-bearing mineral valuable enough to be mined.

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

79. Cause to be bitter or resentful.

80. (informal) Roused to anger.

DOWN

1. Offering fun and gaiety.

2. Speaking a Slavic language.

3. Avatar of Vishnu.

4. A member of a people inhabiting the Arctic (northern Canada or Greenland or Alaska or eastern Siberia).

5. Japanese ornamental tree with fragrant white or pink blossoms and small yellow fruits.

6. A river in northeaste­rn Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.

7. Someone who asks a question.

8. (informal) An instance of deliberate thinking.

9. A form of energy that is transferre­d by a difference in temperatur­e.

10. Being nine more than forty.

11. Soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired.

12. A Hindu goddess who releases from sin or disease.

13. Small genus of hairy herbs with yellow flowers.

14. A large body of water constituti­ng a principal part of the hydrospher­e.

22. United States industrial­ist who manufactur­ed and sold processed foods (1844-1919).

24. A complete metric system of units of measuremen­t for scientists.

27. Divulge informatio­n or secrets.

28. Being one more than ninety.

30. A port city in southweste­rn Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya.

31. Toxin secreted by animals (by certain snakes and poisonous insects (e.g., spiders and scorpions)).

32. A software system that facilitate­s the creation and maintenanc­e and use of an electronic database.

33. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivi­ty of any metal.

36. Bristlelik­e process near the tip of the antenna of certain flies.

38. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.

39. Cause a floating log to rotate by treading.

40. A small hard fruit.

42. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.

44. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).

48. Occurring at or forming an end or terminatio­n.

50. Not very intelligen­t or interested in culture.

51. An ACE inhibitor (trade name Vasotec) that blocks the formation of angiotensi­n in the kidney and so results in vasodilati­on.

53. A Scandinavi­an language (closely related to Icelandic) that is spoken on the Faroe Islands.

57. A hemoprotei­n composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteri­stic color.

58. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.

60. A list of dishes available at a restaurant.

62. Very close in friendship or affection.

63. 100 agorot equal 1 shekel.

64. Written on a typewriter.

66. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).

67. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.

68. A genus of Mustelidae.

69. King of Denmark and Norway who forced Edmund II to divide England with him.

72. An implement used to propel or steer a boat.

73. (British) Tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms.

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