Kuwait Times

CROSSWORD 1842

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ACROSS

1. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.

4. A member of the radical movement that instituted the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution.

11. An elementary particle with a negative charge and a half-life of 2 microsecon­d.

15.Tag the base runner to get him out.

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

17. Of the color of black ink.

18. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighborin­g areas. 20.Very close in friendship or affection.

21. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms. 22.The fifth month of the civil year.

24. A state in New England.

25. (computer science) A unit for measuring computing power.

28. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeaste­rn Asia having eggshaped nuts.

31. Of great mass.

34. A highly unstable radioactiv­e element (the heaviest of the halogen series). 35.The content of cognition.

36. Impossible to use.

38. American Revolution­ary patriot. 42.The sense organ for hearing and equilibriu­m.

43. A radioactiv­e element of the actinide series.

44. A flexible container with a single opening.

46.The square of a body of any size of

type.

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

51. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditiona­lly secret.

54. An elongated leather strip (or or strip of similar material) for binding things together or holding something in position.

55. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.

56. United States filmmaker (born in 1928).

57. A humorous anecdote or remark.

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

61. (prefix) In front of or before in space.

62. Same in identity.

65. An Asian river.

68. Someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote that a grandparen­t).

71. Affect with wonder.

75. The basic unit of money in Albania.

76. Of or relating to Papua or its people or language.

78. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.

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

80. Extinct order of jawless vertebrate­s.

82. An informal term for a father.

83. A spacecraft that carries astronauts from the command module to the surface of the moon and back.

84. A great raja.

85. A period marked by distinctiv­e character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.

DOWN

1. An onerous or difficult concern.

2. Money in the form of bills or coins.

3. A French abbot.

4. Capital and largest city of Indonesia.

5. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.

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

7. Of a leaf shape.

8. Strong woody fibers obtained especially from the phloem of from various plants.

9.The United Nations agency concerned

with internatio­nal maritime activities.

10. An embroidere­d rug made from a coarse Indian felt.

11. Lead someone in the wrong direction.

12. An organizati­on of independen­t states to promote internatio­nal peace and security.

13. Similar to the giraffe but smaller with much shorter neck and stripe on the legs.

19. United States anatomist who identified four pituitary hormones and discovered vitamin E (1882-1971).

23. A brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur.

26. Any wingless blood-sucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap.

27. In operation or operationa­l.

29. Derived from or containing calcium or lime.

30. Seizure of a vehicle in transit either to rob it or divert it to an alternate destinatio­n.

32. Not elegant or graceful in expression.

33. 100 aurar equal 1 krona.

37. A room or establishm­ent where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.

39. At full speed.

40. Money extracted as a penalty.

41. A right or legal share of something.

45. Spanish architect who was a leading exponent of art nouveau in Europe (1852-1926).

48. East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient.

49. A federal agency establishe­d to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environmen­t.

50. Indonesian wild pig with enormous curved canine teeth.

52. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.

53. The Creator.

58. A Spanish female Gypsy.

60. A colorless and odorless inert gas.

63. Administer an oil or ointment to.

64. United States neoclassic­al architect (1847-1909).

66. A narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband.

67. The capital and largest city of Yemen.

69. (trademark) A tinned luncheon meat made largely from pork.

70. Large elliptical brightly colored deepsea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterran­ean.

72. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.

73. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.

74.Tropical starchy tuberous root. 77.The month following March and preceding May.

81. A person who announces and plays popular recorded music.

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