CROSSWORD 1989
ACROSS
1. 10 grams.
4. A genus of Nymphalidae.
11. Agency of the United States government charged with mediating disputes between management and labor.
15. An informal debt instrument.
16. Chiefly Old World herbs or shrubs.
17. A period of time containing 365 (or 366) days.
18. The mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.
20. An island consisting of a circular coral reef surrounding a lagoon.
21. Medium-sized tree having glossy lanceolate leaves.
22. An important god.
24. Regarded with deep or rapturous love (especially as if for a god).
26. A unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries.
29. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
30. An honorary degree in science.
32. Mythical bird of prey having enormous size and strength.
33.The attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth.
35. Greek author of fables (circa 620-560 BC).
37. Neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front.
40. Standard time in the 7th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 105th meridian west.
41. A port in western Israel on the Mediterranean.
44. A state in southeastern United States.
45. Made from residue of grapes or apples after pressing.
47. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
49. Being in competition.
52. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
53.The first Hindu calendar month (corresponding to March or April in the Gregorian calendar).
55. (Babylonian) A goddess of the watery deep and daughter of Ea.
56. An instance of driving away or warding off.
59.The time at which something begins.
61. (archaic) A fitting reward.
62. Relating to or characteristic of the Celts.
64. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
68. A mask with a filter protects the face an lungs against poisonous gases. 71.Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
72. Guinea fowl.
75. Genus of tropical plants with creeping rootstocks and small umbellate flowers.
76.The 21st letter of the Greek alphabet.
77. Genus of powdery mildews. 79.Thigh of a hog (usually smoked). 80.The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
81. Appear again.
82. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Portuguese explorer who in 1488 was the first European to get round the Cape of Good Hope (thus establishing a sea route from the Atlantic to Asia) (1450-1500).
2. Tree bearing large brown nuts containing e.g. caffeine.
3. Small tropical shrubby tree bearing small yellowish fruit.
4.The property of being isotropic.
5. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
6. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
7. Standard time in the 6th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 90th meridian.
8. Any of several crested Old World birds with a slender down-curving bill.
9. Not in good physical or mental health.
10. Possible to sell.
11. One of two official languages of Norway.
12. Located in or toward the back or rear.
13. (South African) A camp defended by a circular formation of wagons.
14. A woman who has recently been married.
19. Extremely small in scale or scope or capability.
23. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
25. Heater that removes ice or frost (as from a windshield or a refrigerator or the wings of an airplane).
27. A decorative pin worn by women.
28. A Japanese cheer of enthusiasm or triumph.
31. East Indian annual erect herb.
34. A unit of weight equivalent to 1000 kilograms.
36. An elongated leather strip (or or strip of similar material) for binding things together or holding something in position.
38. Complacently or inanely foolish.
39. Enthusiastic approval.
42.The blood group whose red cells carry
both the A and B antigens.
43. Having a face or facing especially of a specified kind or number.
46. A person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of.
48. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
50.The innermost membrane of an organ (especially the inner lining of an artery or vein or lymphatic vessel).
51. Gregarious burrowing rodent larger than the chinchillas.
54. 100 toea equal 1 kina.
57. (horseshoes) The throw of a horseshoe so as to lean against (but not encircle) the stake.
58. Free from fear or doubt.
60. A historic division of Ireland located in the northeastern part of the island. 63.With the mouth wide open as in wonder or awe.
65.Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
66.The habitation of wild animals.
67. A speech defect that involves pronouncing s like voiceless th and z like voiced th.
69. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
70. God of love and erotic desire. 73.Type genus of the family Myacidae.
74. A depression in an otherwise level surface.
78. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.