CROSSWORD 1540
ACROSS
1. Floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile). 4. Separate by abscission. 11. Antelope with white markings like a harness and twisted horns. 15. A transuranic element. 16. Lyrebirds and scrubbirds. 17. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns. 18. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots. 19. Grammatical number category referring to two or more items or units. 21. A widely distributed perennial sedge having small edible nutlike tubers. 23. Pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic. 25. A village in eastern Ireland (northwest of Dublin). 26. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and healthrelated products. 27. An Indian nursemaid who looks after children. 28. In the same place (used when citing a reference). 31. Sexually transmitted urethritis (usually caused by chlamydia). 32. A brittle gray crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors. 37. (of the feet of some animals) Not webbed. 40. Wear away. 43. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey). 44. A fraudulent business scheme. 46. The greatest possible degree of something. 47. A quantity of no importance. 49. Be earlier in time. 51. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite. 52. A clay pipe with a short stem. 55. A district of Manhattan. 57. Long-tailed arboreal mustelid of Central and South America. 59. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae. 63. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart. 67. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects. 71. The cry made by sheep. 72. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine). 73. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off. 74. A cgs unit of work or energy. 75. Seed of a pea plant. 76. Large and brightly colored handkerchief. 77. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
DOWN
1. The state of being decayed or destroyed. 2. Relatively small fast-moving sloth. 3. An Indian gum from the dhawa tree. 4. A former unit of electric current (slightly smaller than the SI ampere). 5. An ugly evil-looking old woman. 6. Offering safety. 7. A medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain. 8. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement. 9. Food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing. 10. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication. 11. Any of various rich and elaborate cakes. 12. An unreduced or unbroken completeness or totality. 13. Region of western Asia Minor colonized by Ancient Greeks. 14. All the loaves of bread baked at the same time. 20. A white trivalent metallic element. 22. The 18th letter of the Hebrew alphabet. 24. The capital and largest city of Yemen. 29. A region whose eastern part is Bangladesh and western part is included in India. 30. An informal term for a father. 33. Reconnaissance (by shortening). 34. Cud-chewing mammal used as a draft or saddle animal in desert regions. 35. A line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage. 36. Desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers. 38. (often followed by `of') A large number or amount or extent. 39. A bachelor's degree in science. 41. Tired to the point of exhaustion. 42. A narrow zigzag ribbon used as trimming. 45. The site of three famous battles among Greek city-states. 48. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind. 50. A B vitamin that prevents beriberi. 53. A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles. 54. An official prosecutor for a judicial district. 56. Genus of tropical plants with creeping rootstocks and small umbellate flowers. 58. Fruit of the oak tree. 60. A strip of land projecting into a body of water. 61. A series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished. 62. Soft white semisolid fat obtained by rendering the fatty tissue of the hog v 1. 64. In bed. 65. An outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals. 66. Mentally or physically infirm with age. 68. A state-chartered savings bank owned by its depositors and managed by a board of trustees. 69. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment. 70. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.