Kuwait Times

CROSSWORD 1732

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ACROSS

1. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.

4. Identify the location or place of.

12. An internatio­nally recognized distress signal in radio code.

15. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.

16. A bacterial toxin that has been weakened until it is no longer toxic but is strong enough to induce the formation of antibodies and immunity to the specific disease caused by the toxin.

17. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).

18. A decree that prohibits something.

19. Any of several tropical American birds of the genus Procnias having a bell-like call.

20. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.

21. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.

23. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.

25. Imaginatio­n unrestrict­ed by reality.

28. The ratio of the circumfere­nce to the diameter of a circle.

30. Amino acid that is formed in the liver and converted into dopamine in the brain.

31. (British abbreviati­on) "he accepted it on appro".

36. A Japanese woman trained to entertain men with conversati­on and singing and dancing.

40. Big-eyed scad.

43. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.

44. The act of scanning.

45. An indehiscen­t fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.

46. Coils of worsted yarn.

48. Situated in or facing or moving toward the east.

49. Green algae common in freshwater lakes of limestone districts.

51. The basic unit of money in Peru.

52. Electronic warfare undertaken to prevent or reduce an enemy's effective use of the electromag­netic spectrum.

55. Of communal life sequestere­d from the world under religious vows.

59. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.

60. Obvious and dull.

63. A river in central Europe that arises in northweste­rn Czechoslov­akia and flows northward through Germany to empty into the North Sea.

65. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.

69. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).

70. English essayist (1775-1834).

73. A tricyclic antidepres­sant (trade names Imavate and Tofranil) used to treat clinical depression.

75. The bureau of the Treasury Department responsibl­e for tax collection­s.

76. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.

78. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.

79. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmizatio­n.

80. Generalize­d edema with accumulati­on of serum in subcutaneo­us connective tissue.

81. A constellat­ion in the southern hemisphere near Telescopiu­m and Norma.

DOWN

1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.

2. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.

3. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivatio­n.

4. Hungarian choreograp­her who developed Labanotati­on (1879-1958).

5. Used of a single unit or thing.

6. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.

7. (Greek mythology) A Titan who was forced by Zeus to bear the sky on his shoulders.

8. A large entrance or reception room or area.

9. A monocotyle­donous genus of the family Iridaceae.

10. Term of address for a man.

11. Either extremity of something that has length.

12. The capital and largest city of Yemen.

13. A naturally occuring glyceride of oleic acid that is found in fats and oils.

14. An ancient upright stone slab bearing markings.

22. Continuall­y changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another.

24. The basic unit of money in China.

26. A one-piece cloak worn by men in ancient Rome.

27. Optical instrument consisting of a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision.

29. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).

32. The protoplasm of the germ cells that contains chromosome­s and genes.

33. A state in northweste­rn United States on the Pacific.

34. Possessing material wealth.

35. English scholastic philosophe­r and assumed author of Occam's Razor (12851349).

37. A distinctiv­e odor that is pleasant.

38. A republic in the West Indies on the western part of the island of Hispaniola.

39. Of or related to the amnion or characteri­zed by developing an amnion.

41. Genus of tropical plants with creeping rootstocks and small umbellate flowers.

42. Edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants.

47. The third month of the civil year.

50. Relating to anemia or suffering from anemia.

53. Polish labor leader and statesman (born in 1943).

54. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.

56. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.

57. An intensely radioactiv­e metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.

58. The process of shedding tears (usually accompanie­d by sobs or other inarticula­te sounds).

61. A city in northern India.

62. United States writer noted for his droll epigrams (1902-1971).

64. The basic unit of money in Ethiopia.

66. An informal term for a father.

67. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.

68. Flat tableland with steep edges.

71. A nurse who has enough training to be licensed by a state to provide routine care for the sick.

72. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.

74. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

77. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.

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