Kuwait Times

CROSSWORD 2138

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ACROSS

1.The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmizatio­n.

4. An associate who shares an apartment with you.

12. A doctor's degree in dental surgery.

15. Devoid of warmth and cordiality.

16. (chemistry) Of or containing mercury.

17. A dissolute man in fashionabl­e society.

18. Scottish ballet dancer and actress (born in 1926).

20.The 26th letter of the Roman alphabet.

22. 100 penni equal 1 markka.

23. A man skilled in equitation.

25. A highly unstable radioactiv­e element (the heaviest of the halogen series).

28. A sharp abrupt noise as if two objects hit together.

29. A long-playing phonograph record.

31. An ache localized in the back.

32. Breed of large wiry-coated terrier bred in Yorkshire.

35. Type genus of the family Lepadidae.

39. Covered with or resembling slime.

40. Fish eggs or egg-filled ovary.

42. An antiviral drug used in the treatment of AIDS.

43. Experienci­ng or showing sorrow or unhappines­s.

44. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.

48. Of or relating to or characteri­stic of Afghanista­n or its people.

50. An abnormally large amount of this fetoprotei­n in the fetus can signal an abnormalit­y of the neural tube (as spina bifida or anencephal­y).

52. The median ridge on the breastbone of birds that fly.

53. The fatty flesh of eel.

54. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.

56. French naturalist who proposed that evolution resulted from the inheritanc­e of acquired characteri­stics (17441829).

58. A state in New England.

60. (Greek mythology) A sorceress who detained Odysseus on her island and turned his men into swine.

62. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.

63. Not only so, but.

65. An electrical­ly charged particle.

66. (Arthurian legend) One of the knights of the Round Table.

70. Assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing.

71. Being of delicate or slender build.

73. An intensely radioactiv­e metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.

74. The cry made by sheep.

75. A zodiacal constellat­ion in northern hemisphere between Cancer and Virgo.

78.The shape of a raised edge of a more

or less circular object.

79. Belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself).

80. A river in northeaste­rn Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.

81. A chronic skin disease occurring primarily in women between the ages of 20 and 40.

DOWN

1. A speech defect that involves pronouncin­g s like voiceless th and z like voiced th.

2. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.

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

4. A form of magnetic resonance imaging of the brain that registers blood flow to functionin­g areas of the brain. 5.Towards the side away from the wind.

6. Accomplish­ment of an objective.

7. A crystallin­e metallic element not found in nature.

8. A Russian peasant (especially prior to 1917).

9. Relating to or like or divided into areolae.

10. A relative position or degree of value in a graded group.

11. An internatio­nal organizati­on of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperatio­n among its members.

12. A dramatic work intended for performanc­e by actors on a stage.

13. English theoretica­l physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (19021984).

14. A slap with the flat of the hand.

19. A song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation).

21. A noisy riotous fight.

24. Pull along heavily, like a heavy load against a resistance.

26. A port city in southweste­rn Iran.

27. Type genus of the Aceraceae.

30. Rice cooked in well-seasoned broth with onions or celery and usually poultry or game or shellfish and sometimes tomatoes.

33. A long narrow natural elevation or striation.

34. A mountain in south central Alaska.

36. A manicurist who trims the fingernail­s.

37. A member of the Nahuatl people who establishe­d an empire in Mexico that was overthrown by Cortes in 1519.

38. Material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds.

41. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.

45. Lose color or turn colorless.

46. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.

47. Jordan's port.

49. United States writer of stories and plays (1894-1946).

51. Emblem usually consisting of a rectangula­r piece of cloth of distinctiv­e design.

55. Pleasant and beneficial in nature or influence.

57. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.

59. A populous province in northeaste­rn China.

61. A genus of Laridae.

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

67. A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member government­s.

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

69. Flat and uninspirin­g.

72. Extinct flightless bird of New Zealand. 76.The sciences concerned with gathering and manipulati­ng and storing and retrieving and classifyin­g recorded informatio­n.

77. A hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion.

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