Kuwait Times

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ACROSS

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

5. Relating to or characteri­stic of a tribe.

11. Any small compartmen­t.

15. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.

16. Stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings.

17. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.

18. Large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorou­s mammal.

19. Membrane of the young sporophore of various mushrooms extending from the margin of the cap to the stem and is ruptured by growth.

20. Pain that feels hot as if it were on fire.

21. The sign language used in the United States.

24. Strike with disgust or revulsion.

27. Shrubby lichens of the family Usneaceae having a flattened thallus.

29. A building with a bar that is licensed to sell alcoholic drinks.

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

32. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.

33. A ballistic missile that is capable of traveling from one continent to another.

35. Unknown god.

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

40. A state in the Rocky Mountains.

42. A river in north central Switzerlan­d that runs northeast into the Rhine.

45. (botany) Relating to a plant of the family Araceae.

49. Heard or perceptibl­e by the ear.

51. Sturdy annual of Peru.

52. Morning glory.

53. A public promotion of some product or service.

54. Treated with oil.

56. A univalent chemical radical derived from ethylene.

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

60. A village of huts for native Africans in southern Africa.

64. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.

67. Tropical starchy tuberous root.

71. Soviet physicist who worked on low temperatur­e physics (1908-1968).

73. A variety of leaf bug.

75. A river in north central Switzerlan­d that runs northeast into the Rhine.

76. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.

77. Dutch philosophe­r who espoused a pantheisti­c system (1632-1677).

79. A fluorocarb­on with chlorine.

80. A condition requiring relief.

81. Of or pertaining to the adrenal glands or their secretions.

82. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.

DOWN

1. An informal term for a father.

2. (Greek mythology) Greek god of war.

3. Rich Middle Eastern cake made of thin layers of flaky pastry filled with nuts and honey.

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

5. A crystallin­e metallic element not found in nature.

6. Being in competitio­n.

7. Made agreeably cold (especially by ice).

8. Elder brother of Krishna.

9. (zoology) Pertaining to alulae.

10. A rapid escape (as by criminals).

11. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditiona­lly secret.

12. (Babylonian) Any of a group of powerful earth spirits or genii.

13. Italian film actress (born in 1934).

14. East Indian tart yellow berrylike fruit.

22. A Loloish language.

23. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo.

25. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).

26. A soft yellowish-white trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.

28. The way in which someone or something is composed.

30. Very small free-living arachnid that is parasitic on animals or plants.

34. (botany) Especially of leaves.

36. A republic on the west coast of Africa.

37. A narrow street with walls on both sides.

38. An advantageo­us purchase.

41. The habitation of wild animals.

43. A sudden short attack.

44. A figure of speech that expresses a resemblanc­e between things of different kinds (usually formed with `like' or `as').

46. A radioactiv­e element of the actinide series.

47. Any property detected by the olfactory system.

48. Bearded reddish sheep of southern Asia.

50. Any of numerous small pigeons.

55. The expensive white fur of the ermine.

57. An artistic form of nonverbal communicat­ion.

59. 1,000 baiza equal 1 riyal-omani.

61. A rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscop­e in some types of respirator­y disorders).

62. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.

63. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.

65. An independen­t ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).

66. Extremely robust.

68. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.

69. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.

70. Type genus of the family Arcidae.

72. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 contermino­us states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.

74. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.

78. A sliver-white metallic element of the platinum group that resembles platinum.

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