Kuwait Times

CROSSWORD 1928

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ACROSS

1. The act of moving along swiftly (as before a gale).

5. Shape anew or differentl­y.

12. The sense organ for hearing and equilibriu­m.

15. A stick that people can lean on to help them walk.

16. Someone who deliberate­ly foments trouble.

17. The 21st letter of the Greek alphabet.

18. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.

19. A city in southeaste­rn Spain.

20. An ugly evil-looking old woman.

21. English theoretica­l physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).

22. Large short-tailed lemur of Madagascar having thick silky fur in black and white and fawn.

24. Destructio­n of heart tissue resulting from obstructio­n of the blood supply to the heart muscle.

26. Being one hundred more than two hundred.

28. A unit of power equal to 746 watts.

30. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.

31. Sweet liqueur made from wine and brandy flavored with plum or peach or apricot kernels and bitter almonds.

35. Alsatian artist and poet who was cofounder of Dadaism in Zurich.

37. A monarchy in northweste­rn Europe occupying most of the British Isles.

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

40. English aristocrat who was the first wife of Prince Charles.

45. A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues.

46. Tropical American insectivor­ous bird having a long sharp bill and iridescent green or bronze plumage.

48. A constituti­onal monarchy in southeaste­rn Asia on Borneo and the Malay Peninsula.

52. Form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case.

53. Aromatic gum resin.

54. A colorless and odorless inert gas.

55. Largest crested screamer.

57. A member of the military police who polices soldiers and guards prisoners.

58. Slightly open.

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

62. Rock that form the continuous lower layer of the earth's crust.

65. The wood of the sabicu which resembles mahogany.

68. Worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down.

71. Range of what one can know or understand.

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

75. A deficiency of red blood cells.

77. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.

79. An associate degree in applied science.

80. Soviet cosmonaut who in 1961 was the first person to travel in space (1934-1968).

82. In bed.

83. The compass point that is midway between north and northeast.

84. Minute single-celled green freshwater organism having a single flagella.

85. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.

DOWN

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

2. City in southweste­rn Colombia in a rich agricultur­al area.

3. Take away the weapons from.

4. Cause to run off the tracks.

5. Gear (including necessary machinery) for a particular enterprise.

6. Make richer.

7. A white trivalent metallic element.

8. Located at or near the back of an animal.

9. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.

10. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).

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

12. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.

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

14. Port city that is the capital and largest city of Latvia.

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

25. The smallest multiple that is exactly divisible by every member of a set of numbers.

27. A New England state.

29. (Greek mythology) The last king of Troy.

32. A person of Iranian descent.

33. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.

34. Live in or as if in a tent.

36. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.

38. A Bantu language spoken by the Kamba people in Kenya.

41. A syllabic script used in writing Sanskrit and Hindi.

42. An independen­t ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).

43. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeaste­rn Asia having egg-shaped nuts.

44. A pilgrimage to Mecca.

47. An associate degree in nursing.

49. Property that is leased or rented out or let.

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

51. (cosmology) The original matter that (according to the big bang theory) existed before the formation of the chemical elements.

56. Characteri­stic of or relating to winter.

59. A string of more than 3,000 islands east of Asia extending 1,300 miles between the Sea of Japan and the western Pacific Ocean.

60. Lower in esteem.

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

64. Jordan's port.

66. An enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept.

67. Relatively small fast-moving sloth.

69. A river in northern England that flows southeast through West Yorkshire.

70. Water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere.

72. A fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade.

73. A quantity of no importance.

76. Animal reproducti­ve body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes.

78. 10 grams.

81. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.

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