Kuwait Times

CROSSWORD 1986

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ACROSS

1. Cut off from a whole.

4. Loud confused noise from many sources.

12. Government agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants.

15. A benevolent aspect of Devi.

16. (rare) Of or occurring in summer.

17. A branch of the Tai languages.

18. A motley assortment of things.

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

22. (Jewish cookery) A loaf of white bread containing eggs and leavened with yeast.

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

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

26. A Loloish language.

27. Concerning those not members of the clergy.

30. A small cake leavened with yeast. 32.The Palestinia­n uprising (beginning in 1987) against the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

35. An anxiety disorder characteri­zed by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritabili­ty etc that has lasted for more than six months.

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

40. Squash bugs.

42. A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region.

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

47. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.

51. Absent without permission.

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

54. Type genus of the Amiidae.

55. An associate degree in applied science.

58. Partially carbonized vegetable matter saturated with water.

59. A drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands. 60.West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.

63. A soft yellowish-white trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.

64. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsibl­e for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.

65. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.

66. One of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping.

68.The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.

72.The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.

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

77. A hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers.

78. Not conquered.

79. A loud harsh or strident noise.

80. The cry made by sheep.

81.The trait of behaving in an obscene

manner.

82. Large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male.

DOWN

1. An unsteady uneven gait.

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

3. Not acknowledg­ing the God of Christiani­ty and Judaism and Islam.

4. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.

5. Parapherna­lia indicative of royalty (or other high office).

6. A mouth or mouthlike opening.

7. A reptile genus of Iguanidae.

8. Step on it.

9. A river in southweste­rn England rising in Gloucester­shire and flowing through Bristol to empty into the estuary of the Severn.

10. A bag used for carrying money and small personal items or accessorie­s (especially by women).

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

12. City in Sudan.

13. Avatar of Vishnu.

14. A bluish shade of green.

19. A sudden minor shock or meaningles­s interrupti­on.

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

23. American revolution­ary patriot who was president of the Continenta­l Congress.

28. A contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite.

29. An independen­t agency of the United States government responsibl­e for collecting and coordinati­ng intelligen­ce and counterint­elligence activities abroad in the national interest.

31. A public promotion of some product or service.

33. Paralysis of the vocal cords resulting in an inability to speak.

34. An ancient musical horn made from the horn of a ram.

36. Again but in a new or different way.

37. Panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differentl­y from the rest.

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

41. A deep bow.

43. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.

44. A state in the Rocky Mountains.

45. (sport) Used of your own ground.

48. Of or relating to the United States of America or its people or language or culture.

49. (British) Property that provides tax income for local government­s.

50. A small portable timepiece. 53.That are used.

56.The blood group whose red cells carry

both the A and B antigens.

57. Containing salt.

61. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.

62. A genus of Lamnidae.

67. (nontechnic­al usage) A tiny piece of anything.

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

70. Horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits.

71. Unpleasant­ly cool and humid.

73. 100 puls equal 1 afghani. 74.The compass point that is one point

west of due north.

75.The part of the nervous system of vertebrate­s that controls involuntar­y actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.

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