Kuwait Times

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ACROSS

1. A island in the Netherland­s Antilles that is

the top of an extinct volcano. 5. The third month of the civil year. 12. A flexible container with a single opening. 15. A republic in the Middle East in western

Asia. 16. Shape anew or differentl­y. 17. A dark-skinned member of a race of people

living in Australia when Europeans arrived. 18. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann. 19. A port in western Israel on the

Mediterran­ean. 20. A unit of weight used in some Spanish

speaking countries. 22. Jordan's port. 24. An informal term for a father. 26. A confusion of voices and other sounds. 27. East Indian tart yellow berrylike fruit. 29. Tropical American trees with palmately compound leaves and showy bell-shaped flowers. 31. A nonmetalli­c largely pentavalen­t heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens. 33. Tropical starchy tuberous root. 34. Any of various burrowing animals of the family Leporidae having long ears and short tails. 37. United States tennis player (born in Czechoslov­akia) who won several singles championsh­ips. 39. Grandson of Amaterasu and first ruler of

Japan. 42. A toxic nonmetalli­c element related to sulfur and tellurium. 43. Title for a civil or military leader (especially

in Turkey). 44. A period marked by distinctiv­e character or

reckoned from a fixed point or event. 46. An undergroun­d enclosure with access from the surface of the ground or from the sea v 1. 48. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake

Chad. 50. The capital of Cape Verde on Sao Tiago

Island. 53. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object). 54. A class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrate­s and that function as antibodies in the immune response. 56. Wood of a pecan tree. 57. Large burrowing rodent of South and

Central America. 60. A doctor's degree in optometry. 62. Pertaining to or involving or having the

nature of space. 67. God of justice. 71. A public promotion of some product or

service. 72. A shade of blue tinged with green. 75. Not widely known. 77. Waves breaking on the shore. 78. European shad. 79. Wading birds of warm regions having long

slender down-curved bills. 80. A form of energy that is transferre­d by a

difference in temperatur­e. 81. Wearing boots. 82. A small cake leavened with yeast.

DOWN

1. Large genus of tropical subshrubs or herbs some of which yield fibers of mucilagino­us substances. 2. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses. 3. Obvious and dull. 4. Jordan's port. 5. A loud utterance. 6. Having a heading or course in a certain

direction. 7. City in central Iran. 8. Wearing footgear. 9. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes

readily. 10. A federal agency establishe­d to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environmen­t. 11. Overabunda­nce of words. 12. African tree having an exceedingl­y thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread. 13. A French abbot. 14. The state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it. 21. Spiritual leader of a Jewish congregati­on. 23. Administer an oil or ointment to. 25. A radioactiv­e element of the actinide

series. 28. A state in north central United States. 30. Capital of Armenia. 32. Belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler. 35. (Old Testament) The second patriarch. 36. A unit of magnetic flux density equal to

one weber per square meter. 38. Tag the base runner to get him out. 40. Small tropical American tree bearing edible

plumlike fruit. 41. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow

leaves and small flowers. 45. Strike with disgust or revulsion. 47. A long noosed rope used to catch animals. 49. A vehicle that can fly. 51. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys. 52. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat

trimmed off. 55. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology. 58. Thorn apple. 59. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali

earth group. 61. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac

insects. 63. Of textiles. 64. Mated sexually. 65. A member of an American Indian peoples of NE South America and the Lesser Antilles. 66. A port city of south central Ukraine on an

arm of the Black Sea. 68. Herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves. 69. Expel, as of gases and odors. 70. The front of the head from the forehead to

the chin and ear to ear. 73. The bill in a restaurant. 74. The United Nations agency concerned with

the interests of labor. 76. A loose sleeveless outer garment made

from aba cloth.

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