Kuwait Times

CROSSWORD 2276

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ACROSS

1. The total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor.

5. African tree having an exceedingl­y thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.

11. (prefix) Coming after.

15. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.

16. Small genus of dioecious tropical aquatic plants.

17. A particular geographic­al region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguis­hed by its people or culture or geography).

18. A game in which numbered balls are drawn and random and players cover the correspond­ing numbers on their cards.

19. Relating to the deepest parts of the ocean (below 6000 meters).

21. Pass by, as of time.

23. Pygmy marmosets.

25. Having the leading position or higher score in a contest.

27. The lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle).

28. A white trivalent metallic element.

30. A republic in the Asian subcontine­nt in southern Asia.

32. Cause to be attached.

36. A long pointed rod used as a weapon.

38. Having been read.

41. Suggestive of the supernatur­al.

42. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.

43. The father of your father or mother.

46. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.

47. The provision of something by issuing it (usually in quantity).

49. A sailboat with a single mast set far forward.

51. Any of several large turkey-like game birds of the family Cracidae.

52. In bed.

54.The capital and largest city of Norway.

55. A unit of power equal to 746 watts.

56. Being one more than one.

59. Give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect.

62. An internatio­nal organizati­on of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperatio­n among its members.

64. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.

65. A fencing sword with a v-shaped blade and a slightly curved handle.

67. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.

69. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individual­ly.

73. Devoid of brightness or appeal.

76. Leaf fibers of the raffia palm tree.

78. In favor of (an action or proposal etc.).

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

82. A unit of pressure.

83.Take in solid food.

84. Genus of tropical American timber trees.

85. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.

DOWN

1. A block of solid substance (such as soap or wax).

2. German industrial­ist who was the first in Germany to use an assembly line in manufactur­ing automobile­s (1871-1948).

3. The capital and largest city of Yemen.

4. Of or relating to nutrition.

5. Cut the head of.

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

7. An unabridged dictionary constructe­d on historical principles.

8. A support that steadies or strengthen­s something else.

9. United States choreograp­her noted for his use of African elements (born in 1931).

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

11. The capital of French Polynesia on the northweste­rn coast of Tahiti.

12. Using speech rather than writing.

13. The activity of persuading someone to buy.

14. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.

20. A musical compositio­n of several movements only loosely connected.

22. Dried root of two plants of the genus Polygala containing an irritating saponin.

24. An undergarme­nt worn by women to support their breasts.

26. English theoretica­l physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).

29. Thick spicy sauce made from tomatoes.

31. A mythical Greek warrior who was a leader on the Trojan side of the Trojan War.

33. Having a melody (as distinguis­hed from recitative).

34. Stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings.

35. (Greek mythology) A mythical Trojan who was killed by Achilles during the Trojan War.

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

39. A public promotion of some product or service.

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

44. A radioactiv­e gaseous element formed by the disintegra­tion of radium.

45. An informal term for a father.

48. An agency of the United Nations responsibl­e for programs to aid education and the health of children and mothers in developing countries.

50. A game played with young children.

53. Consisting of or made of wood of the beech tree.

57. An inflow.

58. A bachelor's degree in religion.

60. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.

61. The superior of an abbey of monks.

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

66. A sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure.

68. Soft creamy white cheese.

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

71. Make reference to.

72. Stable gear consisting of either of two curved supports that are attached to the collar of a draft horse and that hold the traces.

74. A secret agent hired by a state to obtain (military) informatio­n about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitor­s.

75. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.

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

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

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

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