Kuwait Times

CROSSWORD 1972

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ACROSS

1. Extinct flightless bird of New Zealand.

4. A jumble of things to be given away.

11. A city in east central Texas.

15. A drug combinatio­n found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).

16. Lacking fresh air.

17. Toward the mouth or oral region.

18. A crystallin­e rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry.

19. Small fatty fish usually canned.

20. Of a quality, as in.

21. A large mass of ice floating at sea.

23. A penicillin­ase-resistant form of penicillin (trade name Nafcil) used (usually in the form of its sodium salt) to treat infections caused by penicillin-resistant strains of staphyloco­cci.

25. Antipsycho­tic drug (trade name Moban) used in the treatment of schizophre­nia.

28. American pioneer photograph­er famous for his portraits.

29. Bony flesh of herring-like fish usually caught during their migration to fresh water for spawning.

32. Capital and largest city of Bulgaria located in western Bulgaria.

34. Hoop that covers a wheel.

36. A mound of fatty tissue covering the pubic area in women.

40. One of the five major classes of immunoglob­ulins.

43. (usually followed by `to' or `for') On the point of or strongly disposed.

44. Long-legged spotted cat of Africa and southweste­rn Asia having nonretract­ile claws.

46. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.

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

50. Cheese containing a blue mold.

51. A Spanish unit of length (about a yard) having different values in different localities.

52. A period of time containing 365 (or 366) days.

53. Divulge informatio­n or secrets.

56. A dark brown to greenish oleoresin that has a fragrant odor and is used as a fixative in perfumes.

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

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

62. Ruffed grouse.

65. Italian chemist noted for work on polymers (1903-1979).

69. German organist and contrapunt­ist (1685-1750).

70. Of or relating to a hair.

71. Affect with wonder.

72. (computer science) A coding system that incorporat­es extra parity bits in order to detect errors.

75. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.

76. A unit of length of thread or yarn.

77. A great raja.

78. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.

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1. (New Testament) The sages who visited Jesus and Mary and Joseph shortly after Jesus was born.

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

3. The highest level or degree attainable.

4. A deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture).

5. Take away the weapons from.

6. Large semi-evergreen tree of East India.

7. Used in combinatio­n to denote the middle.

8. A member of the Caddo people who formerly lived in the Dakotas west of the Missouri river.

9. (British) Informal term for informatio­n.

10. Any place of complete bliss and delight and peace.

11. A heavy gray-white metallic element.

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

13. Any of various fissiped mammals with nonretract­ile claws and typically long muzzles.

14. In a manner differing from the usual or expected.

22. English monk and scholar (672-735).

24. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).

26. Make numb or insensitiv­e.

27. A yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.

30. Advanced in complexity or elaboratio­n.

31. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.

33. Tropical American tree with large peltate leaves and hollow stems.

35. The longer of the two telegraphi­c signals used in Morse code.

37. An Oscan-speaking member of an ancient people of Campania.

38. Indian statesman and leader with Gandhi in the struggle for home rule.

39. Water at boiling temperatur­e diffused in the atmosphere v 1.

41. 1 species.

42. Fertility goddess in ancient Greek mythology.

45. A sock with a separation for the big toe.

47. Late Jurassic carnivorou­s dinosaur.

48. Evergreen Indian shrub with vivid yellow flowers whose bark is used in tanning.

54. Sightlessn­ess (especially because of a structural defect in or the absence of an eye).

55. Expel from a community or group.

57. Fairly small terrestria­l ferns of tropical America.

58. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.

61. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).

63. Primitive chlorophyl­l-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.

64. An elaborate song for solo voice.

66. An account describing incidents or events.

67. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).

68. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.

73. A metric unit of length equal to one thousandth of a meter.

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

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