Kuwait Times

CROSSWORD 2311

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ACROSS

1.The lean flesh of a fish that is often farmed.

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

11. (Akkadian) Father of the gods and consort of Tiamat.

15. German industrial­ist who was the first in Germany to use an assembly line in manufactur­ing automobile­s (1871-1948).

16. Of or relating to cilia projecting from the surface of a cell.

17. The first light of day.

18. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.

20. Young sheep.

22.The last (12th) month of the year.

23. A genus of orb-weaving spiders including common garden spiders and barn spiders.

25. (zoology) Lacking a tail or taillike appendage.

28. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).

30. Rich in decorative detail.

31. Of or relating to the stomach and intestines.

33. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.

35.The act of escaping physically.

40. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.

44. An island republic on Nauru Island.

46. A sock with a separation for the big toe.

47. A native or inhabitant of ancient Etruria.

49. The upper side of the thighs of a seated person.

51. Intentiona­lly so written (used after a printed word or phrase).

52. Being one more than seven.

53. A radioactiv­e element of the actinide series.

54. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditiona­lly secret.

56.The compass point midway between east

and southeast.

60. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.

62. Any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosa­e.

64. A small constellat­ion in the northern hemisphere between Cygnus and Aquila and crossed by the Milky Way.

68. Filled with the emotional impact of overwhelmi­ng surprise or shock.

72. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.

73. A place where ships can take on or discharge cargo.

77. Tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pinktinged fruit.

78. A light touch or stroke.

79. Highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire.

81. Used in combinatio­n to denote the middle.

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

83. Lack of strength or vigor esp from illness.

84. A constellat­ion in the southern hemisphere near Telescopiu­m and Norma.

DOWN

1. A South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes.

2. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.

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

4. Having a horizontal surface in which no part is higher or lower than another.

5. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.

6. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.

7. Wild or domesticat­ed South American cud-chewing animal related to camels but smaller and lacking a hump.

8. An anticipate­d outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions.

9. A small cake leavened with yeast.

10. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.

11. A public promotion of some product or service.

12. A genus of Ploceidae.

13. Salty fluid secreted by sweat glands.

14. The brother of your father or mother.

19. (Greek mythology) A tragic king of Thebes who unknowingl­y killed his father Laius and married his mother Jocasta.

21. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.

24. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.

26. Of or in or belonging to the cavity of the abdomen.

27. A member of the Uniat Church.

29. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.

32. Old World genus of annual to perennial herbs.

34. A telephone connection.

36. French chemist (born in Poland) who won two Nobel Prizes.

37. Wild sheep of northern Africa.

38. A decree that prohibits something.

39. A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element.

41. A river of southweste­rn Africa that rises in central Angola and flows east and then north (forming part of the border between Angola and Congo) and continuing northwest through Congo to empty into the Congo River on the border between Congo and Republic of the Congo.

42. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.

43. A rechargeab­le battery with a nickel cathode and a cadmium anode.

45. The rate of moving (especially walking or running).

48. A place where taxis park while awaiting customers.

50. Low stingless nettle of Central and South America having velvety brownish-green toothed leaves and clusters of small green flowers.

55. Obvious and dull.

57. Any of various plants of the genus Althaea.

58. A chronic inflammato­ry collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).

59. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.

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

63. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.

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

66. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.

67. Showily imitative of art or artists. 69.The battle in 202 BC in which Scipio decisively defeated Hannibal at the end of the second Punic War.

70. An independen­t ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).

71. An informal term for a father.

74. A container.

75. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.

76. The shape of a raised edge of a more or less circular object.

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

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