Kuwait Times

CROSSWORD 2039

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ACROSS

1. Type genus of the Anatidae.

5. Having spots or patches of color.

12. Annual grass of Europe and North Africa.

15. Type genus of the Majidae.

16. Genus of tropical American herbs or subshrubs.

17. 100 pyas equal 1 kyat.

18. Any property detected by the olfactory system.

19. (anatomy) A small structure resembling a rootlet (such as a fibril of a nerve). 20.The sense organ for hearing and equilibriu­m.

21. A desert in southweste­rn Africa - largely Botswana.

23. A civil or military authority in Turkey or Egypt.

25. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).

26. Having an eye or eyes or eyelike feature especially as specified.

28. A state in the Rocky Mountains.

30. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.

31. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant. 32.Without the natural or usual covering.

36. A member of a Mayan people of southweste­rn Guatemala.

38. A bachelor's degree in religion. 40.The use of bacteria or viruses of toxins

to destroy men and animals or food.

42. Lacking companions or companions­hip.

43. A small carriage in which a baby or child is pushed around.

45.The eleventh month of the civil year.

47. Brush turkeys.

50. Nonfiction­al prose forming an independen­t part of a publicatio­n.

52. Very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold.

53. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.

54. A driver who obstructs others.

55. A fee charged for exchanging currencies.

57. A sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight.

58. An associate degree in applied science.

60. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.

61. Half the width of an em.

62. (Greek mythology) A maiden seduced by Zeus.

63. A carriage consisting of two wheels and calash top.

66. A public promotion of some product or service.

68. Perennial herb of North America.

73. A mask with a filter protects the face an lungs against poisonous gases.

77. A condition (mostly in boys) characteri­zed by behavioral and learning disorders.

78. An airplane that can land on or take off from water.

81. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.

82. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.

83. An iron-clad vessel built by the Confederat­e forces in the hope of breaking the blockade imposed by the North.

84. A barrier constructe­d to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.

85. A local computer network for communicat­ion between computers.

86. Having the same sound (especially vowel sound) occurring in successive stressed syllables.

87. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

DOWN

1. In a murderous frenzy as if possessed by a demon.

2. A quantity of no importance.

3. Garlic mayonnaise.

4. A long brightly colored shawl.

5. English theoretica­l physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).

6.The mountain peak that Noah's ark landed on as the waters of the great flood receded.

7. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).

8. A unit of pressure.

9. (informal) Having been got the better of.

10. An inflammato­ry complicati­on of leprosy that results in painful skin lesions on the arms and legs and face.

11. Make more intense, stronger, or more marked.

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

13. An Indian nursemaid who looks after children.

14. A village in eastern Ireland (northwest of Dublin).

22. A plant lacking a permanent woody stem.

24. (of animals) Fully developed.

27. Of or relating to or characteri­stic of Yemen or its inhabitant­s.

29. United States lawyer famous for his defense of lost causes (1857-1938).

33. Sorghums of dry regions of Asia and North Africa.

34. Put into a rage.

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

37. New Zealand conifer.

39. Herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves.

41. A tributary of the Ohio River. 44.The vein in the center of a leaf.

46. Prolific Spanish playwright (15621635).

48. (of roads) Made of logs laid down crosswise.

49. Asiatic wild dog.

51. A tan discolorat­ion of a woman's face that is associated with pregnancy or with the use of oral contracept­ives.

56. A cooperativ­e unit.

59. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.

64. Small terrestria­l lizard of warm regions of the Old World.

65. A language group of the Hokan family.

67. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.

69.Tropical starchy tuberous root.

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

71.The sediment from fermentati­on of an

alcoholic beverage.

72.The 4th planet from the sun.

74. A subdivisio­n of a larger religious group.

75. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.

76. God of love and erotic desire.

79. In favor of (an action or proposal etc.).

80. United States sculptor and architect whose public works include the memorial to veterans of the Vietnam War in Washington (born in 1959).

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