CROSSWORD 1593

ACROSS

1. Not reflecting light. 4. The condition of having no arms. 12. A master's degree in business. 15. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942). 16. Talking idly or incoherently. 17. Electrical conduction through a gas in an

applied electric field. 18. A midnight meeting of witches to practice

witchcraft and sorcery. 20. English monk and scholar (672-735). 21. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand. 22. An elaborate song for solo voice. 23. To declare or affirm as true. 25. A tricyclic antidepressant drug (trade name

Elavil) with serious side effects. 27. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of

an organism. 29. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment. 30. Humorously vulgar. 31. An intensely radioactive metallic element that

occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores. 33. The elementary stages of any subject (usually

plural). 35. English aristocrat who was the first wife of

Prince Charles. 37. Studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills). 39. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac

insects. 42. (of hair) Made smooth by applying a sticky or

glossy substance. 46. Any of various systems of units for measuring

electricity and magnetism. 49. Perennial of southern Europe cultivated for forage and for its nectar-rich pink flowers that make it an important honey crop. 50. A short sleeveless outer tunic emblazoned

with a coat of arms. 52. A less than average tide occurring at the first

and third quarters of the moon. 54. Witnessed at first hand. 55. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man. 56. A tax on employees and employers that is

used to fund the Social Security system. 57. A federal agency that supervises carriers that

transport goods and people between states. 58. A constitutional monarchy in southeastern

Asia on Borneo and the Malay Peninsula. 60. A colorless and odorless inert gas. 62. Tag the base runner to get him out. 66. A tub in which clothes or linens can be

washed. 70. (Greek mythology) The Titan who was father of Atlas and Epimetheus and Prometheus in ancient mythology. 74. Genus of erect herbs of the Middle East having showy flowers. 75. Of or relating to Oman or its people. 78. A rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders). 79. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar. 80. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling). 82. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short

wedge-shaped white tail. 83. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium. 84. Extreme mental retardation. 85. South American armadillo with three bands of

bony plates.

DOWN

1. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages. 2. (botany) Of or relating to the axil. 3. The inner and thicker of the two bones of the

human leg between the knee and ankle. 4. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from

aba cloth. 5. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad. 6. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group. 7. The superior of an abbey of monks. 8. Having a claw or claws. 9. Step on it. 10. The first beta blocker (trade name Inderal) used in treating hypertension and angina pectoris and essential tremor. 11. Semi-parasitic herb with purple or white or

pink flowers. 12. Herbs and subshrubs. 13. Take in a sail with a brail. 14. (archaic) Of persons. 19. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel. 24. A state in the eastern United States. 26. A tablet placed horizontally on top of the capital of a column as an aid in supporting the architrave. 28. The blood group whose red cells carry both

the A and B antigens. 32. A large fleet. 34. Wearing or provided with clothing. 36. (Old Testament) The second patriarch. 38. Of or relating to o occurring in a tube such as

e.g. the fallopian tube or eustachian tube. 40. A radioactive element of the actinide series. 41. An informal conversation. 43. German mathematician who created the

Klein bottle (1849-1925). 44. Selected as the best. 45. An artistic form of nonverbal communication. 47. An open receptacle for holding or displaying

or serving articles or food. 48. Israeli statesman (born in Russia) (1898-1978). 51. Any member of Athapaskan tribes that migrated to the southwestern desert (from Arizona to Texas and south into Mexico). 53. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean. 59. (Babylonian) The sky god. 61. South American cavy. 63. The address where a person lives. 64. A mountain peak in the southern Sinai

Peninsula (7,500 feet high). 65. The sciences concerned with gathering and manipulating and storing and retrieving and classifying recorded information. 67. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely

the razorbill. 68. A mark left by the healing of injured tissue. 69. Thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and

Pipturus albidus. 71. Waterproofed canvas. 72. The inner and longer of the two bones of the

human forearm. 73. A person with unusual powers of foresight. 76. A unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of

an hour. 77. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body. 81. The square of a body of any size of type.