CROSSWORD 1990

ACROSS

1. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum. 5. Lacking a bib. 12. Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus. 15. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa. 16. An abnormal condition in which a normal opening or tube in the body (as the urethra) is closed or absent. 17. A doctor's degree in education. 18. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia. 19. Shockingly repellent. 20. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea. 21. Any of the yeast like imperfect fungi of the genus Candida. 23. A theatrical performer. 26. (computer science) A standardized language for the descriptive markup of documents. 29. The lower house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland. 34. Relatively low in price or charging low prices. 37. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function. 38. New Guinea echidnas. 41. A coil of rope or wool or yarn. 42. A large fleet. 44. Antibacterial drug (trade name Nydrazid) used to treat tuberculosis. 45. Other than what is under consideration or implied. 46. A minor match preceding the main event. 49. An erratic deflection from an intended course. 50. A city in central New York. 52. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion. 55. Follower of Rastafarianism. 56. Bearing or characterized by a blade or sword. 60. A light touch or stroke. 63. God of fire. 66. A compound derived from ammonia by replacing hydrogen atoms by univalent hydrocarbon radicals. 67. The sixth month of the civil year. 70. Consistent with or based on or using reason. 72. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad. 73. Any of numerous ornamental shrubs grown for their showy flowers of various colors. 75. Remaining after all deductions. 76. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology. 77. A motley assortment of things. 78. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).

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1. Of or relating to near the ear. 2. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered. 3. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause). 4. The basic unit of luminous intensity adopted under the System International d'Unites. 5. Capital and largest city of Iraq. 6. A college town in central New York on Lake Cayuga. 7. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts. 8. Least expensive statin drug (trade name Lescol). 9. Standard time in the 5th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian. 10. Any of various young herrings (other than brislings) canned as sardines in Norway. 11. The chance to speak. 12. Tropical starchy tuberous root. 13. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape. 14. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws. 22. Flightless New Zealand birds similar to gallinules. 24. A native American tent. 25. A flexible container with a single opening. 27. A horse-drawn carriage in India. 28. Austrian physician who tried to treat diseases with a form of hypnotism (17341815). 30. Not only so, but. 31. A republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula. 32. A faint constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere and containing part of the Large Magellanic Cloud. 33. Turned or twisted toward one side. 35. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling). 36. A communist state in Indochina on the South China Sea. 39. French writer who portrayed the human condition as isolated in an absurd world (1913-1960). 40. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces. 43. (botany) Of or relating to the axil. 47. Small beads made from polished shells and formerly used as money by native Americans. 48. East Indian tree yielding a resin used medicinally and burned as incense. 51. A fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem. 53. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens. 54. Shrubby plant with aromatic grayishgreen leaves used as a cooking herb. 57. A person eating a meal (especially in a restaurant). 58. Related on the mother's side. 59. A low triangular area where a river divides before entering a larger body of water. 61. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind. 62. A small cake leavened with yeast. 64. Agency of the United States government charged with mediating disputes between management and labor. 65. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy. 68. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on. 69. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine. 71. A label made of cardboard or plastic or metal. 74. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.