CROSSWORD 1727
ACROSS
1. A shape that sags.
4. A nation in Asia.
12. What you can repeat immediately after perceiving it.
15. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
16. Of or relating to Albania or its people or language or culture.
17. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
18. Grown for its thickened edible aromatic root.
20. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
22. (Greek mythology) A sea god.
23. One thousand periods per second.
25. The 12th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
28. Give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect.
30. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
34. The basic unit of money in China.
38. An enzyme that occurs in gastric juice.
40. Represented as greater than is true or reasonable.
42. Half the width of an em.
43. An implement used to erase something.
46. Belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself).
47. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
48. Inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence.
49. A native of ancient Troy.
52. (Sumerian) Goddess personifying earth.
54. Late time of life.
59. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
60. A village of huts for native Africans in southern Africa.
64. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
68. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
70. The sixth month of the civil year.
71. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
72. American novelist (1909-1955).
73. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
76. A widely distributed system consisting of all the cells able to ingest bacteria or colloidal particles etc, except for certain white blood cells.
77. A strip of land projecting into a body of water.
78. A city of east central Mexico (west of Veracruz).
79. An insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans.
DOWN
1. A subdivision of a larger religious group.
2. Someone who copies the words or behavior of another.
3. Of or relating to Galileo or his works.
4. A glancing rebound.
5. Place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel.
6. A master's degree in business.
7. An excavator whose shovel bucket is attached to a hinged boom and is drawn backward to move earth.
8. In operation or operational.
9. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
10. A state in midwestern United States.
11. (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious.
12. A burn cause by hot liquid or steam.
13. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
14. Any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves.
19. A soft cotton or worsted fabric with an open mesh.
21. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
24. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
26. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
27. Speaking a Slavic language.
29. A member of the people inhabiting an area of northern Mongolia and eastern Siberia.
31. Little known Kamarupan languages.
32. Wildly disordered.
33. An earth color containing ferric oxides.
35. Relatively small gnawing animals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing.
36. A soft silver-white or yellowish metallic element of the alkali metal group.
37. A large number or amount.
39. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
41. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
44. Combining form.
45. A doctor's degree in education.
50. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
51. Marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea.
53. Greek philosopher and astronomer (who predicted an eclipse in 585 BC) who was said by Aristotle to be the founder of physical science.
55. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
56. Commodities offered for sale.
57. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
58. An ancient port city in southwestern Spain.
61. A feeling of intense anger.
62. Gully or streambed in North Africa and the Middle East that remains dry except during rainy season.
63. Lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise.
65. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
66. In bed.
67. A kiln for drying hops.
69. A corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public.
74. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
75. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.