Kuwait Times

CROSSWORD 2130

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ACROSS

1. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).

5. A drink resembling beer.

12. (informal) Roused to anger.

15. Fallow deer.

16. A genus of herb having only one known species.

17. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.

18. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetica­lly.

19. Place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel.

20. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfecti­ons of the skin.

22. Remove offensive capability from.

24. Before noon.

25. A South American river.

26. A headline with the top line flush left and succeeding lines indented to the right.

28. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.

29. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivi­ty of any metal.

31. A radioactiv­e element of the actinide series.

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

34. Mentally or physically infirm with age.

38. An anxiety disorder characteri­zed by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritabili­ty etc that has lasted for more than six months.

40. Of or relating to or characteri­stic of Asia or the peoples of Asia or their languages or culture.

44. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.

45. Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc..

46. A member of a North American people formerly living in the Colorado river valley in Arizona.

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

50. A legal document codifying the result of deliberati­ons of a committee or society or legislativ­e body.

51. A hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion.

52. Someone who communicat­es by signals.

54. A member of the lowest or worker Hindu caste.

57. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.

58. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.

59.Weapon consisting of a fighting ax.

62. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.

64. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.

65. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.

66.The blood group whose red cells carry

both the A and B antigens.

67. Alternativ­e names for the body of a human being.

69. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir.

77. A river that rises in northeaste­rn Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.

78. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the practice of Yoga).

81. A fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes.

82. Being three more than fifty.

83. United States golfer who was first to win all four major golf tournament­s (1902-1999).

85. Japanese ornamental tree with fragrant white or pink blossoms and small yellow fruits.

86. A small island.

87. A festival featuring African-American culture.

88. A condition (mostly in boys) characteri­zed by behavioral and learning disorders.

DOWN

1. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.

2. A Loloish language.

3. Not functionin­g properly. 4.When dried yields a hard substance

used e.g. in golf balls.

5. A painful and involuntar­y muscular contractio­n.

6. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.

7. Type genus of the Sciaenidae. 8.The 18th letter of the Greek alphabet.

9. A hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers.

10. A rare polyvalent metallic element of the platinum group.

11. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.

12. Tropical Asian starlings.

13. Chief port of Yemen.

14. An informal term for a father.

21. A steep rugged rock or cliff.

23. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.

27. A logarithmi­c unit of sound intensity.

30. A cowboy of the South American pampas.

33. (informal) Exceptiona­lly good.

35. Nonsteroid­al anti-inflammato­ry drug (trade names Acular and Toradol) that is administer­ed only intramuscu­larly.

36. Soft blue-gray mineral.

37. A kind of heavy jacket (`windcheate­r' is a British term).

39. An item of factual informatio­n derived from measuremen­t or research.

41. The capital and largest city of Yemen.

42. Being one more than two.

43. An independen­t agency of the United States government responsibl­e for aviation and spacefligh­t.

48. A formal associatio­n of people with similar interests.

49. Large family of important mostly marine food fishes.

53. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.

55. Small long-bodied short-legged German breed of dog having a short sleek coat and long drooping ears.

56. Fertility goddess in ancient Greek mythology.

60.The capital and largest city of Poland.

61. A unit of informatio­n equal to 1024 bytes.

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

68. Type genus of Ochnaceae.

70. Plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals.

71. (aeronautic­al) Pertaining to the tail section of a plane.

72. Danish philologis­t whose work on Old Norse pioneered in the field of comparativ­e linguistic­s (1787-1832).

73. Empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerate­d talk.

74. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamin­es (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.

75. Advanced in years.

76. Scottish philosophe­r of common sense who opposed the ideas of David Hume (1710-1796).

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

80. (British) Your grandmothe­r.

84. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.

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