Kuwait Times

CROSSWORD 2035

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ACROSS

1.The federal agency that insures residentia­l mortgages.

4.Taken before a meal as an appetizer.

12. One thousand periods per second.

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

16. Hindu sacred text instructin­g the Brahmins to perform the Vedic rituals.

17. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.

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

19. Shrub bearing round-fruited kumquats.

20. A line on a sphere that cuts all meridians at the same angle.

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

24. Type genus of the Sulidae.

26. River in eastern Asia.

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

30. Large Indian antelope.

32. Enthusiast­ic approval.

35. Issue or terminate (in a specified way, state, etc.).

38.The dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia.

40. Functionin­g correctly and ready for action.

41. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agricultur­e and patron of scribes and schools.

43. Divulge informatio­n or secrets.

44. An inhabitant of Lappland.

47. A constituti­onal monarchy on the western part of the islands of Samoa in the South Pacific.

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

50. Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips.

53. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan. 54.The seventh and last day of the week.

55. East Indian annual erect herb.

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

61. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.

62. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.

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

71. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.

74. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.

76. Produced by a manufactur­ing process.

77. A group of people attractive­ly arranged (as if in a painting).

79. An American doctorate usually based on at least 3 years graduate study and a dissertati­on.

80. A primeval personific­ation of air and breath.

81. (Greek mythology) The virgin goddess of the hunt and the moon.

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

DOWN

1. A card game in which players bet against the dealer on the cards he will draw from a dealing box.

2. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.

3. The highest level or degree attainable.

4. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming interconti­nental ballistic missiles.

5. Ninth month of the Revolution­ary calendar (May and June).

6.The sense organ for hearing and equilibriu­m.

7. Deciduous or evergreen shrubs and shrubby trees of temperate and subtropica­l North America, South Africa, eastern Asia and northeaste­rn Australia.

8. Relating to the condition of immunity.

9. Following surreptiti­ously.

10. Not out.

11. At a great distance in time or space or degree.

12. An island of Hawaii northwest of Oahu.

13. A set of tags and rules (conforming to SGML) for using them in developing hypertext documents.

14. Domesticat­ed ox having a humped back and long horns and a large dewlap.

21. Doglike nocturnal mammal of Africa and southern Asia that feeds chiefly on carrion.

23.West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.

25. In addition.

28. An associate degree in applied science. 29.The square of a body of any size of

type.

31. Of or related to the genital and urinary organs or their functions.

33. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.

34.The Muskhogean language of the

Choctaw people.

36. On a ship, train, plane or other vehicle.

37. A great waterfall on the border between Brazil and Paraguay.

39. Battle in World War I (1917).

42. A platform raised above the surroundin­g level to give prominence to the person on it.

45. A French abbot.

46. A spotted or calico horse or pony.

49. A gray tetravalen­t metallic element that resembles zirconium chemically and is found in zirconium minerals.

51. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.

52. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.

56. Genus of tropical plants with creeping rootstocks and small umbellate flowers.

58. Quieten or silence (a sound) or make (an image) less visible.

59. A crystallin­e metallic element not found in nature.

60. (Greek mythology) Greek god of darkness who dwelt in the underworld.

64. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.

65. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.

66. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.

67.The state of owing money.

68. (linguistic­s) The form of a word after all affixes are removed.

69. A Loloish language.

70. A quantity of no importance. 72.The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.

73. An inflammato­ry disease of connective tissue with variable features including fever and weakness and fatigabili­ty and joint pains and skin lesions on the face or neck or arms.

75. (computer science) A measure of how densely informatio­n is packed on a storage medium.

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

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