Kuwait Times

CROSSWORD 2202

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ACROSS

1. An associate degree in applied science.

4. A woman sahib.

12. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizi­ng.

15. (often followed by `of') A large number or amount or extent.

16. A horse of light tan or golden color with cream or white mane and tail.

17. Common black-and-gray Eurasian bird noted for thievery.

18. German dramatist and poet who developed a style of epic theater (18981956).

20. Applying to ordinary citizens.

21. How long something has existed.

22. A state in the western United States.

23. A town and port in northweste­rn Israel in the eastern Mediterran­ean.

25. Long-tailed black-and-white bird that utters a chattering call.

27. Tropical American aroid having edible tubers that are cooked and eaten like yams or potatoes.

30.Water frozen in the solid state.

34. Make editorial changes (in a text). 39.The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.

46. An implement used to erase something.

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

50. Medium-sized larch of Canada and northern United States including Alaska having a broad conic crown and rust-brown scaly bark.

53. The act of scanning.

54. A hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head. 55.The arch of bone beneath the eye that

forms the prominence of the cheek.

56. Harsh or corrosive in tone.

59. Obvious and dull.

64. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.

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

69. Coelentera­te genus of order Madreporar­ia, including staghorn corals.

73. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.

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

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

76. An ugly evil-looking old woman. 77.The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmizatio­n.

78. A mountain peak in south central Sri Lanka (7,360 feet high).

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

DOWN

1. One or more recordings issued together. 2.The large trunk artery that carries blood from the left ventricle of the heart to branch arteries.

3. An advantageo­us purchase.

4.The ratio of the distance traveled (in miles) to the time spent traveling (in hours).

5. Animal food for browsing or grazing.

6. A metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter.

7. Hosiery consisting of a cloth covering for the foot.

8. Type genus of the Amiidae.

9.The virus that causes acquired immune

deficiency syndrome (AIDS).

10. Not friendly.

11. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria and closely related to Hausa.

12. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.

13. Medium-sized tree having glossy lanceolate leaves.

14. Affectedly dainty or refined. 19.The first Hindu calendar month (correspond­ing to March or April in the Gregorian calendar).

24. Unknown god.

26. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.

28. A state in southeaste­rn United States.

29. A state in the eastern United States.

31. An informal term for a father.

32. Belonging to or on or near the back or upper surface of an animal or organ or part.

33. A waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water.

35. English theoretica­l physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (19021984).

36. Tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit.

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

38. A Dravidian language spoken in south central India.

40. Australian operatic soprano (18611931).

42. An emotional response that has been acquired by conditioni­ng.

43. Of or relating to Iraq or its people or culture.

44. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.

45. An embroidere­d rug made from a coarse Indian felt.

47. The capital and largest city of Yemen.

49. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.

51. Someone who is morally reprehensi­ble.

52. Slender stemlike structure by which some twining plants attach themselves to an object for support.

57. People having the same social or economic status.

58. All the plant life in a particular region.

60. A city in northern India.

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

62. (Greek mythology) Daughter of Zeus and Demeter.

63. Affording unobstruct­ed entrance and exit.

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

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

67. Primitive chlorophyl­l-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.

70. An accountant certified by the state. 71.The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.

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

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