Kuwait Times

CROSSWORD 2456

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ACROSS

1. Characteri­stic of a mob.

4. Providing no shelter or sustenance.

12. Preferred above all others and treated with partiality.

15. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.

16. Someone who asks a question. 17.The seed of the cereal grass.

18. Having leadership guidance.

19. The physical condition of being stretched or strained.

20. Alsatian artist and poet who was cofounder of Dadaism in Zurich.

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

23. Flat and uninspirin­g.

24. A technician who is highly proficient and enthusiast­ic about some technical field (especially computing).

26. A ship with a reinforced bow to break up ice and keep channels open for navigation.

28. A river in north central Switzerlan­d that runs northeast into the Rhine.

29. A translucen­t mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.

32. Covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak.

35. (formerly) A mound earth inside a fort from which heavy gun can be fired over the parapet.

38. Relating to the Andes and their inhabitant­s.

42. An annual award for outstandin­g achievemen­ts in television.

43. Someone who is morally reprehensi­ble.

45. An accountant certified by the state.

46. After noon.

47.The compass point midway between

south and southeast.

48. (astronomy) A measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion.

49. A pilgrimage to Mecca.

51. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.

54. Device for resetting instrument­s or controls v 1.

56. (Old Testament) The second patriarch. 58.The second largest of the Hawaiian

Islands.

59.The capital and chief port of Qatar.

60. Large lipoprotei­ns rich in triglyceri­des.

62. Functionin­g correctly and ready for action.

63. A small cake leavened with yeast.

66. Feeling or showing extreme anger.

70. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agricultur­e and patron of scribes and schools.

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

78.The act of slowing down or falling

behind.

79. A bachelor's degree in theology.

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

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

82. Grass mowed and cured for use as fodder.

83. More of the same adv.

84. American prizefight­er who won the world heavyweigh­t championsh­ip three times (born in 1942).

DOWN

1. A master's degree in library science.

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

3. English monk and scholar (672-735).

4. The shorter of the two telegraphi­c signals used in Morse code.

5. Related on the mother's side.

6. Short and fat.

7. Out of fashion.

8. (mathematic­s) Directly proportion­al.

9. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.

10. Of the nature of or undergoing an experiment.

11. Any of several related languages of the Celts in Ireland and Scotland.

12. Capital and largest city of the Czech Republic.

13. 100 aurar equal 1 krona.

14. A native American tent.

22. Bandicoot with leathery ears like a rabbit.

25. A group of Plains Indians formerly living in what is now North and South Dakota and Nebraska and Kansas and Arkansas and Louisiana and Oklahoma and Texas.

27. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.

30. The vast grassy plains of northern Argentina.

31. A large fleet.

33. (football) Of advancing the ball by throwing it.

34. To come or go into.

36. A protocol developed for the internet to get data from one network device to another.

37. A tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.).

39. The Uralic language spoken by the Yeniseian people.

40. Having help.

41. Italian chemist noted for work on polymers (1903-1979).

44. (Old Testament) The eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the Covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac.

50. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo.

52. Before noon.

53. A spot that is open late at night and that provides entertainm­ent (as singers or dancers) as well as dancing and food and drink.

55. Very dark black.

57. Being ten more than one hundred forty.

61. Of a pale purple color.

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

65. Being or befitting or characteri­stic of an infant.

67. Not widely known.

68. Any of several weedy vetches grown for forage.

69. An independen­t ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).

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

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

73. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.

75. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.

76. (usually followed by `to') Naturally disposed toward.

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

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