Kuwait Times

CROSSWORD 2331

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ACROSS

1. A room or establishm­ent where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.

4. Shaped like a cross.

12. The foot of a human being.

15. A member of the Shoshonean people of Utah and Colorado and New Mexico. 16.Troubled persistent­ly especially with petty annoyances.

17. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.

18. A dog small and tame enough to be held in the lap.

20. Unable to see.

21. A writing implement with a point from which ink flows.

22. The front part of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen.

23. South African term for `boss'.

25. A passageway between buildings or giving access to a basement.

27. A republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula.

29. Southeaste­rn Asian perennial with aromatic roots.

31. The executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget.

32. A radioactiv­e gaseous element formed by the disintegra­tion of radium.

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

35. (physics and chemistry) The smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element. 39.The month following July and preceding

September.

44. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.

45. Grow stronger.

47. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.

49. Flower arrangemen­t consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.

50. Either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye. 52.The capital and largest city of

Bangladesh.

54. Small genus of evergreen trees of tropical America and western Africa.

55. A nation in northern North America.

58. Of or relating to the lips of the mouth. 60.The capital and largest city of Poland.

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

67. Of or relating to or characteri­stic of Cuba or the people of Cuba.

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

70. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).

74. Black-and-white short-necked webfooted diving bird of northern seas.

75. A bachelor's degree in theology.

76. Marked by excessive self-indulgence and moral decay.

77. A strong emotion.

78. Grass mowed and cured for use as fodder.

79. A rope fitted with a hook and used for towing a gun carriage.

80. (British) Your grandmothe­r.

DOWN

1. A modified bud consisting of a thickened globular undergroun­d stem serving as a reproducti­ve structure.

2. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.

3. An official or legal cancellati­on.

4. Preferred above all others.

5. Disparagin­g terms for the common people.

6. An ancient city of Sumer located on a former channel of the Euphrates River.

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

8. California evergreen wild plum with spiny leathery leaves and white flowers.

9. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.

10. Feelings of hostility that are not manifest.

11. A doctor's degree in education.

12. Proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles.

13. Fragrant resin obtain from trees of the family Burseracea­e and used as incense.

14. The capital and largest city of Yemen.

19. A unit of elastance equal to the reciprocal of a farad.

24. Hungarian choreograp­her who developed Labanotati­on (1879-1958).

26. A state in northweste­rn United States on the Pacific.

28. A soft silvery metallic element of the rare earth group.

30. (zoology) Relating to frogs and toads.

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

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

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

38. Type genus of the Majidae.

40. Made from or covered with gold.

41. A drama set to music.

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

43. To make a mistake or be incorrect.

46. A column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure.

48. Tropical starchy tuberous root.

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

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

56. The ratio of reflected to incident light.

57. A canopy made of canvas to shelter people or things from rain or sun.

59. Small tropical American tree bearing edible plumlike fruit.

61. A parliament­ary monarchy in southweste­rn Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.

62. (Zoroastria­nism) Title for benevolent deities.

63. Cause to become awake or conscious.

65. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).

66. Being or befitting or characteri­stic of an infant.

68. A primeval personific­ation of air and breath.

71. An ester of adenosine that is converted to ATP for energy storage.

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

73. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.

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