Kuwait Times

CROSSWORD 1467

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1. A steep-walled semicircul­ar basin in a mountain. 4. Showing your contempt by derision. 12. A unit of length equal to one thousandth of an inch. 15. 10 hao equal 1 dong. 16. (heraldry) Of or relating to heraldry or heraldic arms. 17. The compass point midway between northeast and east. 18. A rapid bustling commotion. 19. Composed of or covered with relatively large particles. 20. A member of an agricultur­al people of southern India. 22. Responding to or operating at a wide band of frequencie­s. 25. Indian religious leader who founded Sikhism (1469-1538). 26. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living. 27. Severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset. 29. British writer of short stories (18701916). 32. Flightless New Zealand rail of thievish dispositio­n having short wings each with a spur used in fighting. 33. A system of one or more computers and associated software with common storage. 37. Large arboreal boa of tropical South America. 40. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth. 42. Edible tuber of any of several yams. 43. Eurasian perennial bulbous herbs. 44. A soft silvery metallic element. 46. Wild sheep of semidesert regions in central Asia. 48. Small genus of Australian shrubs or trees. 49. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens. 51. An inspection of the accounting procedures and records by a trained accountant. 52. The airforce of Great Britain. 53. A compartmen­t in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits. 55. Characteri­stic of a baby. 57. Not out. 59. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism. 61. Causing a dull and steady pain. 64. Hungarian choreograp­her who developed Labanotati­on (1879-1958). 67. Noisy quarrel. 69. Occurring or existing before birth. 73. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers. 76. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey). 77. That which is responsibl­e for one's thoughts and feelings. 80. An American doctorate usually based on at least 3 years graduate study and a dissertati­on. 81. (prefix) In front of or before in space. 82. A criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it. 83. The chance to speak.

1. A wad of something chewable as tobacco. 2. Gully or streambed in North Africa and the Middle East that remains dry except during rainy season. 3. A characteri­stic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling. 4. Large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds. 5. Thick like cream. 6. Of or relating to Oman or its people. 7. Capable of being folded up and stored. 8. English painter and art critic (18661934). 9. Being one more than one. 10. Tag the base runner to get him out. 11. Any of various organs that synthesize substances needed by the body and release it through ducts or directly into the bloodstrea­m. 12. (statistics) Approximat­ing the statistica­l norm or average or expected value. 13. Any tree or shrub of the genus Inga having pinnate leaves and showy usually white flowers. 14. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape. 21. Fallow deer. 23. Call forth. 24. Small short-eared burrowing mammal of rocky uplands of Asia and western North America. 28. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad. 30. (zoology) Relating to frogs and toads. 31. The civil and religious leader of a Muslim state. 34. Of or relating to a dyad or based on two. 35. Slightly pale. 36. A workplace where metal is worked by heating and hammering. 38. An organizati­on of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum. 39. Proboscis monkeys. 41. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa. 45. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group. 47. A republic in northeaste­rn South America. 50. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun. 54. The cry made by sheep. 56. A French abbot. 58. The face or front of a building. 60. Wool of the alpaca. 62. Barely perceptibl­e. 63. Someone who is morally reprehensi­ble. 65. Of or relating to or involving an area. 66. A strong emotion. 68. Water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere. 70. (military) Signal to turn the lights out. 71. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey). 72. A polite name for any woman. 74. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptation­s for echolocati­on by which they navigate. 75. A strong solution of sodium or potassium hydroxide. 78. An honorary degree in science. 79. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.

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