CROSSWORD 2274
ACROSS
1. (British) The dessert course of a meal (`pud' is used informally).
4. A light-weight flexible sandal with a study sole.
11. Lie adjacent to another.
15. Hormone released by the hypothalamus that controls the release of thyroid-stimulating hormone from the anterior pituitary.
16. (sports) The chief official (as in boxing or American football) who is expected to ensure fair play.
17. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
18. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
20. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
21. Winter aconite.
22. A state in the United States in the central Pacific on the Hawaiian Islands.
24. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea. 25.The blood group whose red cells carry
both the A and B antigens.
26. Affect with wonder.
29. A metallic element of the rare earth group.
31. City in southwestern Colombia in a rich agricultural area.
32. Being two more than ninety.
33. Perennial northern temperate plant with toothed leaves and heads of small purplish-white flowers.
36. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
37. King of Denmark and Norway who forced Edmund II to divide England with him.
40. Japanese ornamental tree with fragrant white or pink blossoms and small yellow fruits.
41. 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.
44. A rare polyvalent metallic element of the platinum group.
45. A room (as in a residence) containing a bath or shower and usually a washbasin and toilet.
50. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
51. Bring dishonor upon.
52. A skin disease of adults (more often women) in which blood vessels of the face enlarge resulting in a flushed appearance.
54. African mahogany trees.
58. A member of a North American Indian people speaking one of the Hokan language.
61. A member of the Samoyedic people living on the Taimyr peninsula in Siberia.
66. The front limb of a quadruped.
68. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
69. Of or pertaining to or characteristic of Nepal or its people or language or culture.
71. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
72. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
73. Of or relating to acetone.
75. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
76. The bill in a restaurant.
77. A wandering or disorderly grouping (of things or persons).
78. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
DOWN
1. A major god.
2. The capital and largest city of Mongolia.
3. An Indian tree of the family Combretaceae that is a source of timber and gum.
4. A soft silver-white or yellowish metallic element of the alkali metal group.
5. Belonging to or prescribed for celiac disease.
6. A city in the European part of Russia.
7. A heavy ductile magnetic metallic element.
8. Affected with or marked by frenzy or mania uncontrolled by reason.
9. Suggestive of the supernatural.
10. Gather, as of as crops.
11. Not static or stable.
12. An island in the Persian Gulf.
13. A member of the Uniat Church.
14. One of two pieces of armor plate hanging from the fauld to protect the upper thighs.
19. Spiritual leader of a Jewish congregation.
23. A deep bow.
27. The larva of the housefly and blowfly commonly found in decaying organic matter.
28. A white trivalent metallic element.
30. The process of taking in and expelling air during breathing.
34. Any bird of the genus Pitta.
35. A water wheel with buckets attached to the rim.
38. An instinctive motive.
39. The lowest brass wind instrument.
42. An unbroken or imperfectly broken mustang.
43. Any orchid of the genus Disa.
46. Austrian composer who influenced the classical form of the symphony (17321809).
47. In operation or operational.
48. Detailed instructions, as for a military operation.
49. A political leader (especially of Tammany Hall).
53. An acute intestinal infection caused by ingestion of contaminated water or food.
55. A musical composition of 3 or 4 movements of contrasting forms.
56. A note appended to a letter after the signature.
57. Any of numerous plants of the genus Capparis.
59. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
60. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
62. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
63. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
64. Type genus of the Anatidae.
65. A subdivision of a larger religious group.
67. Any competition.
70. (of roads) Made of logs laid down crosswise.
74. Being nine more than forty.