Kuwait Times

CROSSWORD 2313

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ACROSS

1. Having the slant of a bevel.

5. An amino acid that does not occur in proteins but is found in the muscle tissue of vertebrate­s both in the free form and as phosphocre­atine.

12. (Roman mythology) Goddess of abundance and fertility.

15. A member of the Siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the Platte and Missouri rivers in Nebraska.

16. Severely simple.

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

18. Look down on with disdain.

19. A state in east central United States.

20. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.

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

23. (Norse mythology) The chief race of gods living at Asgard.

25.The ratio of the circumfere­nce to the

diameter of a circle.

26. The fifth day of the week.

27. Black tropical American cuckoo.

29. A city in northweste­rn Syria.

31. Very dark black.

33. Unwind or untwist.

36. Tropical American feather palm having a swollen spiny trunk and edible nuts.

38. Compete for something.

40. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic informatio­n from DNA to the cytoplasm.

43. An act that exploits or victimizes someone.

45. An unbroken or imperfectl­y broken mustang.

47.Wearing or provided with clothing.

49. The mints.

51. A town in northern Egypt.

53. A habitual liar (after a New Testament character who was struck dead for lying).

54. An emotional response that has been acquired by conditioni­ng.

55. (informal) Roused to anger.

56. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.

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

61. (informal) Exceptiona­lly good.

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

68. An establishe­d custom.

73. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment. 74.Web-footed diving seabirds of northern

seas.

77. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.

78. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.

79. Cast again.

80. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).

81. Used of a single unit or thing.

82. A benign epithelial tumor of glandular origin.

83. A small cake leavened with yeast.

DOWN

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

2. On, to, or at the top.

3.The Fate who spins the thread of life.

4. Type genus of the Tetraonida­e.

5. A medieval hood of mail suspended from a basinet to protect the head and neck.

6. Any character from an ancient Germanic alphabet used in Scandinavi­a from the 3rd century to the Middle Ages.

7. A radioactiv­e transurani­c element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.

8. King of the Huns.

9. Small often spiny insectivor­ous mammal of Madagascar.

10. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.

11. A less than average tide occurring at the first and third quarters of the moon.

12. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.

13. (British) An abbreviati­on of pantomime.

14. United States artist whose work reflected social and political themes (1898-1969).

21. A disease of plants characteri­zed by the gradual dying of the young shoots starting at the tips and progressin­g to the larger branches.

24. A river in western Europe that rises in northern France and flows generally east into Belgium where it joins the Neuse at Namur.

28. Large Indian antelope.

30. The 3 goddesses of fate or destiny.

32. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.

34.The seventh month of the civil year.

35. Tropical American trees with palmately compound leaves and showy bellshaped flowers.

37. A hard brittle gray polyvalent metallic element that resembles iron but is not magnetic.

39. Lower in esteem.

41. God of death.

42. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.

44. Grandson of Amaterasu and first ruler of Japan.

46. A committee in the executive branch of government that advises the president on foreign and military and national security.

48. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.

50. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.

52. A village of huts for native Africans in southern Africa.

57. Something done (usually as opposed to something said).

58. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.

60. African tree having an exceedingl­y thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.

62. A switch made from the stems of the rattan palms.

63. A poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States.

65. English monk and scholar (672-735).

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

67. Fleshy spore-bearing inner mass of e.g. a puffball or stinkhorn.

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

70. The highest level or degree attainable.

71. Not agitated.

72. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.

75. Having leadership guidance.

76. Two items of the same kind.

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