Kuwait Times

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1. The template for protein synthesis. 5. Fudge made with brown sugar and butter and milk and nuts. 12. An enclosed space. 15. No longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life. 16. A word (such as a pronoun) used to avoid repetition. 17. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey). 18. Some point in the air. 19. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices. 20. A sign of assent or salutation or command. 21. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology. 22. Large lipoprotei­ns rich in triglyceri­des. 25. Perennial mountain rice native to Mediterran­ean region and introduced into North America. 29. A young woman making her debut into society. 32. A federally chartered savings bank. 33. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group. 36. A strategica­lly located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula. 38. A branch of the Tai languages. 40. A cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas. 42. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agricultur­e and patron of scribes and schools. 44. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light. 46. Loud confused noise from many sources. 50. The longer of the two telegraphi­c signals used in Morse code. 52. Towards the side away from the wind. 53. Lacking gonads. 54. A member of an agricultur­al people in southeaste­rn India. 56. A toxic nonmetalli­c element related to sulfur and tellurium. 57. Jordan's port. 60. The cardinal number that is the sum of five and one. 64. Large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male. 66. A Dravidian language spoken in southern India. 69. Formerly two short sleds coupled together. 74. (of tempo) Leisurely n. 77. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth. 78. God of death. 79. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling). 81. Characteri­stic of a mob. 82. (Greek mythology) Greek god of war. 83. A state in the southeaste­rn United States on the Gulf of Mexico. 84. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.

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1. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamin­es (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws. 2. Scottish philosophe­r of common sense who opposed the ideas of David Hume (1710-1796). 3. A quantity of no importance. 4. American Revolution­ary patriot. 5. A courtyard or portico in front of a building (especially a cathedral). 6. An associate degree in nursing. 7. Australian clover fern. 8. A translucen­t mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color. 9. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet. 10. A blind god. 11. A constellat­ion in the southern hemisphere near Telescopiu­m and Norma. 12. The capital and largest city of Yemen. 13. Highly excited. 14. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand. 23. A three-year law degree. 24. Soreness and warmth caused by friction. 26. 300 to 3000 kilohertz. 27. Appeal or request earnestly. 28. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens. 30. Come out into view, as from concealmen­t. 31. Used as a Hindi courtesy title. 34. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion. 35. Read anew. 37. A word that can be used to refer to a person or place or thing. 39. A radioactiv­e element of the actinide series. 41. Cause to feel relaxed. 43. An informal term for a father. 45. Title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran. 47. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing. 48. Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers. 49. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism. 51. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivi­ty of any metal. 55. United States labor organizer who ran for President as a socialist (1855-1926). 58. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element. 59. Any of various plants of the genus Albuca having large clusters of pale yellow flowers. 61. Something (often something deceptivel­y attractive) that catches you unawares. 62. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria and closely related to Hausa. 63. Of or relating to or characteri­stic of Thailand of its people. 65. A member of a formerly tribal people now living in south central India. 67. The sixth month of the civil year. 68. Amino acid that is formed in the liver and converted into dopamine in the brain. 70. A small cake leavened with yeast. 71. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism. 72. Very dark black. 73. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad. 75. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank. 76. Horny projecting mouth of a bird. 80. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).

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