Kuwait Times

CROSSWORD 2040

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1. (Akkadian) Father of the gods and consort of Tiamat.

5. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.

12. A master's degree in business.

15. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.

16. Pertaining to or resembling Utopia.

17. A cgs unit of work or energy.

18. Of or relating to or near the tarsus of the foot.

20. English biochemist (born in Germany) who discovered the Krebs cycle (19001981).

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

22. King of Wessex whose military victories made Wessex the most powerful kingdom in England (died in 839).

23. Passerine bird of New World tropics.

25. The sixth month of the civil year.

28. Minute single-celled green freshwater organism having a single flagella.

31. The dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia.

35. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic informatio­n from DNA to the cytoplasm.

36. Common Indian weaverbird.

39. A loud harsh or strident noise.

40. Weapons considered collective­ly.

42. An endorsemen­t.

45. One of the twelve Apostles (first century).

47. Gum resin used especially in treating skin irritation.

50. Any heathlike evergreen shrub of the genus Epacris grown for their showy and crowded spikes of small bell-shaped or tubular flowers.

52. Appraisal of the biological activity of a substance by testing its effect on an organism and comparing the result with some agreed standard.

53. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.

54. Not in good physical or mental health.

56. Type genus of the family Arcidae.

57. A metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter.

60. (Greek mythology) A maiden seduced by Zeus.

62. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.

70. Alsatian artist and poet who was cofounder of Dadaism in Zurich.

73. A region of Malaysia in northeaste­rn Borneo.

74. A room or establishm­ent where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.

75. A percussion instrument with wooden bars tuned to produce a chromatic scale and with resonators.

77. A Loloish language.

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

79. A syntactic string that forms a part of some larger syntactic unit.

80. A member of the Algonquian people living in Wisconsin the Fox River valley and the shores of Green Bay.

1. (prefix) In front of or before in space.

2. Small beads made from polished shells and formerly used as money by native Americans.

3. Acid gritty-textured fruit.

4. Break the seal of.

5. Pale yellow seedless grape used for raisins and wine.

6. A highly unstable radioactiv­e element (the heaviest of the halogen series).

7. Fabric comprising a fitted part at the top of a garment.

8. The month following March and preceding May.

9. A daughter of your brother or sister.

10. Alternativ­ely, a member of the family Nymphaeace­ae.

11. In place of, or as an alternativ­e to.

12. (statistics) Approximat­ing the statistica­l norm or average or expected value.

13. (informal) Exceptiona­lly good.

14. A city in northern India.

19. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.

24. Antibacter­ial drug (trade name Nydrazid) used to treat tuberculos­is.

26. Women's stockings made from a sheer material (nylon or rayon or silk).

27. A Loloish language.

29. Not fully developed or mature.

30. The 3rd letter of the Greek alphabet.

32. American Revolution­ary patriot.

33. Relating to or resembling an ape.

34. A fictitious name used when the person performs a particular social role.

37. A state in northweste­rn North America.

38. (Greek mythology) The Titaness who was mother of Helios and Selene and Eos in ancient mythology.

41. Relating to human society and its members.

43. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).

44. An independen­t group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.

46. Agency of the United States government charged with mediating disputes between management and labor.

48. A water wheel with buckets attached to the rim.

49. English writer of macabre short stories (1863-1943).

51. Being nine more than forty.

55. A logarithmi­c unit of sound intensity.

58. United States film maker (1897-1991).

59. Fruit of the oak tree.

61. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.

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

64. A carriage consisting of two wheels and calash top.

65. Rock that form the continuous lower layer of the earth's crust.

66. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.

67. South African term for `boss'.

68. A demon who swallows the sun causing eclipses.

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

71. A syndrome that occurs in many women from 2 to 14 days before the onset of menstruati­on.

72. Injured by bites or stings.

76. Before noon.

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