Kuwait Times

CROSSWORD 1876

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ACROSS

1. A bachelor's degree in naval science.

4. A title used to address any peeress except a duchess.

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

15. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.

16. A unit of current equal to 10 amperes. 17.The longer of the two telegraphi­c signals used in Morse code. 18.Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).

19. (Old Testament) A youth who was taken into the court of Nebuchadne­zzar and given divine protection when thrown into a den of lions (6th century BC).

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

21. A small cake leavened with yeast.

23. Ark shells.

26.The blood group whose red cells carry

both the A and B antigens.

27. Brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall.

30. A roll of tobacco for smoking.

32. A large order of insects having a single pair of wings and sucking or piercing mouths.

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

39. A Mid-Atlantic state.

41. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.

42. Cause aversion in.

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

45. An administra­tor in charge of a division of a university or college.

47. A doughnut-shaped chamber used in fusion research.

49. In bed.

53. Inquire about.

54. Narrow and long and pointed.

55. Someone who leaves one country to settle in another.

57. A small constellat­ion in the northern hemisphere near Cygnus and Draco.

58. Lower in esteem.

61. A diacritica­l mark (~) placed over the letter n in Spanish to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel in Portuguese to indicate nasalizati­on.

62. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.

64. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds. 68.The month following February and

preceding April.

70.The income arising from land or other

property.

74. An independen­t ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia). 76.The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.

77. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.

78.The fourth compartmen­t of the stomach of a ruminant.

82. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.

83. A doctor's degree in theology.

84. A noblewoman who holds the rank of baron or who is the wife or widow of a baron.

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

DOWN

1. Divulge informatio­n or secrets.

2. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeaste­rn India and western Burma.

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

4. A boy or man.

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

6. Fairly small terrestria­l ferns of tropical America.

7. (Norse mythology) The primeval giant slain by Odin and his brothers and from whose body they created the world.

8. A detailed descriptio­n of design criteria for a piece of work.

9. In the shape of a coil.

10. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.

11. Relating to or occurring or living in or frequentin­g the open ocean.

12. A condition (mostly in boys) characteri­zed by behavioral and learning disorders.

13.Type genus of the Ranidae.

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

22. A legal document codifying the result of deliberati­ons of a committee or society or legislativ­e body.

24. African tree with edible yellow fruit resembling mangos.

25. (of pain or sorrow) Made easier to bear.

28. Swelling from excessive accumulati­on of serous fluid in tissue.

29. Occurring or existing before birth.

31. A blood group antigen possessed by Rh-positive people.

33. Extreme mental retardatio­n.

34. A workman employed to pack things into containers.

35. A Hindu prince or king in India.

36. Hired for the exclusive temporary use of a group of travelers.

37. Used by southerner­s for an inhabitant of a northern state in the United States (especially a Union soldier).

40. A sliver-white metallic element of the platinum group that resembles platinum.

43. Singing popular songs accompanie­d by a recording of an orchestra (usually in bars or nightclubs).

46. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.

48. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.

50. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species. 51.The square of a body of any size of

type.

52. Evergreen tree of eastern Asia and Philippine­s having large leathery leaves and small green-white flowers in compact cymes.

56.The distance around a person's body.

59. Before noon.

60. Of or relating to Samoa or its people or language or culture.

63. Type genus of the Ariidae.

65. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.

66. A small ball with a hole through the middle.

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

69. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church.

71. A river in north central Switzerlan­d that runs northeast into the Rhine.

72. Strike sharply.

73.Tropical starchy tuberous root.

75. Group insurance that entitles members to services of participat­ing hospitals and clinics and physicians.

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

80. A state in northweste­rn United States on the Pacific.

81. A chronic progressiv­e nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers.

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