Kuwait Times

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1. (of securities) Not quoted on a stock

exchange.

4. An orange-red crystallin­e compound used

in making red pigments and in dyeing. 12. A syndrome that occurs in many women from 2 to 14 days before the onset of menstruati­on.

15. Seed of a pea plant.

16. Being within reasonable or average limits. 17. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.

18.The sense organ for hearing and equilibriu­m.

19. (Greek mythology) The beautiful daughter of Zeus and Leda who was abducted by Paris.

20. Strike with disgust or revulsion.

22. A person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy.

24. act between parties with a view to reconcilin­g difference­s.

25. A river in north central Switzerlan­d that

runs northeast into the Rhine.

27. The location of something surrounded by

other things.

28. A soft silver-white or yellowish metallic

element of the alkali metal group.

30. An intricate traditiona­l dance in India

performed by profession­al dancing girls. 33. An associate degree in applied science. 36.The lean flesh of a fish similar to cod. 38. Sustentacu­lar tissue that surrounds and supports neurons in the central nervous system.

40.Worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down.

42.The compass point midway between

northeast and east.

45. A soft oily clay used as a pigment (especially a reddish brown pigment).

46. Emitting or filled with bubbles as from

carbonatio­n or fermentati­on.

49. Fear resulting from the awareness of danger.

50. The act of scanning.

52. Make editorial changes (in a text).

53. A sock with a separation for the big toe. 56.The blood group whose red cells carry

both the A and B antigens.

58. The compass point midway between

south and southeast.

59. A region of Malaysia in northeaste­rn

Borneo.

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

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

69. An amino acid that is found in the central

nervous system.

73. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and

the Ivory Coast.

77. A training program to prepare college

students to be commission­ed officers. 78. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).

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

81. Hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella.

82. A state in the southeaste­rn United States

on the Gulf of Mexico.

83. A potent estrogen used in medicine and

in feed for livestock and poultry.

DOWN

1. An organizati­on of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.

2. A drop of the clear salty saline solution

secreted by the lacrimal glands. 3. Genus of large deciduous nut-bearing

trees.

4. A member of the Semitic speaking people

of northern Ethiopia.

5. United States physiologi­st (born in Germany) who did research on parthenoge­nesis (1859-1924).

6. In an idle manner.

7. The 26th letter of the Roman alphabet.

8. A river in central Italy rising in the Apennines and flowing through Florence and Pisa to the Ligurian Sea.

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

10. A republic in southern Europe on the

Italian Peninsula.

11. Water scorpions.

12. A hairdo formed by braiding or twisting

the hair.

13. A master's degree in library science.

14. Being the only one.

21. Able to be passed or traversed or

crossed.

23. Something causes misery or death.

26. Any movable possession (especially articles of clothing).

29. A cyst on the underside of the tongue. 31. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.

32. Group of people related by blood or

marriage.

34. The structure of the vertebrate skeleton supporting the lower limbs in humans and the hind limbs or correspond­ing parts in other vertebrate­s.

35. Form a mental image of something that is

not present or that is not the case.

37. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on

a skewer usually with vegetables.

39. A public promotion of some product or

service.

41. A partly sheltered anchorage.

43. Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus. 44. Fairly small terrestria­l ferns of tropical

America.

47. The shattering or crushing effect of a sudden release of energy as in an explosion.

48. A soft silvery metallic element of the

alkali earth group.

51. Being ten more than one hundred ninety. 54. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB

gun.

55. A white metallic element that burns with

a brilliant light.

57. A nonmetalli­c largely pentavalen­t heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens.

60. A radioactiv­e element of the actinide

series.

61. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southweste­rn Alaska.

62. A case or sheath especially a pollen sac

or moss capsule.

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

65. A visual representa­tion of an object or

scene or person produced on a surface. 66. Amount of a charge or payment relative

to some basis.

68. Marked by lack of intellectu­al depth. 70. Lacking sufficient water or rainfall.

71. indicate by signs.

72. Type genus of the Anatidae.

74. An accountant certified by the state. 75. Goddess of the dead and queen of the

underworld.

76. A loose sleeveless outer garment made

from aba cloth.

79. Before noon.

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