Crossword Puzzle Number 5179 (Large Grid)

  10 11  12 13 14 15 
16    17     18     19    
20    21     22     23    
24   25   26  27     28     
   29        30 31      
32 33 34     35   36        
37     38 39  40 41    42   43 44 
45     46  47      48  49   
50     51          52   
53    54  55     56   57    
58   59    60 61     62     
63     64 65      66  67    
   68 69      70 71  72     
73 74 75      76 77         
78         79     80 81 82 83 
84       85 86      87    
88    89  90    91   92  93   
94    95      96     97   

ACROSS

1. 3 to 30 gigahertz.
4. A body of poetry that conveys the traditions of a society by treating some epic theme.
8. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
12. Close-fitting pants of heavy denim for casual wear (usually in the plural).
16. Seed of a pea plant.
17. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).
18. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
19. 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.
20. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
21. Flemish painter who was a founder of the Flemish school of painting and to have pioneered modern techniques of oil painting (1390-1441).
22. Slightly open.
23. The quality of being so overabundant that prices fall.
24. Large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals.
26. (Zoroastrianism) Title for benevolent deities.
29. An often persistent bodily disorder or disease.
32. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
35. A crystalline metallic element not found in nature.
37. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
40. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
42. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
45. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
46. Genus of South and Central American heathlike evergreen shrubs.
48. Peruvian shrub with small pink to lavender tubular flowers.
50. The twelfth month of the civil year.
51. (botany) Outer tissue of bark.
52. A boy or man.
53. The shape of a raised edge of a more or less circular object.
55. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
56. React with bromine.
58. Native to Egypt but cultivated widely for its aromatic seeds and the oil from them used medicinally and as a flavoring in cookery.
60. The Mongol people living the the central and eastern parts of Outer Mongolia.
62. Small genus of hairy herbs with yellow flowers.
63. (archaic or Scottish) Faithful and true.
67. British artist and writer of nonsense verse (1812-1888).
68. A member of the Iroquoian people formerly living east of Lake Ontario.
73. A relaxed comfortable feeling.
76. Insoluble pigments that account for the color of e.g. skin and scales and feathers.
78. Small genus of perennial herbs or subshrubs.
79. (Norse mythology) Goddess of old age who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
80. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
84. A temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to.
87. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
88. An acute inflammatory disease occurring in the intestines of premature infants.
89. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
91. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
93. Lacking in light.
94. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
95. King of Judea who (according to the New Testament) tried to kill Jesus by ordering the death of all children under age two in Bethlehem (73-4 BC).
96. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
97. Used of a single unit or thing.

DOWN

1. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
2. Heal or recover.
3. An agenda of things to do.
4. Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy.
5. Something that remunerates.
6. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
7. A lion-headed goddess.
8. Remote and separate physically or socially.
9. A Hindu prince or king in India.
10. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
11. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
12. A literary language of Chinese Turkestan (named for one of the sons of Genghis Khan).
13. A formal expression of praise.
14. (Akkadian) Mother and earth goddess in Gilgamish epic.
15. Italian chemist noted for work on polymers (1903-1979).
25. Large fish-eating Indian crocodilian with a long slender snout.
27. Unwind or untwist.
28. Any of various usually long-haired breeds of dog reared to herd and guard sheep.
30. Tropical American feather palm having a swollen spiny trunk and edible nuts.
31. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
33. Align anew or better.
34. 1 species.
36. A self-replicating protein molecule that occupies a fixed place on a chromosome.
38. An abnormally large amount of this fetoprotein in the fetus can signal an abnormality of the neural tube (as spina bifida or anencephaly).
39. The basic unit of money in Thailand.
41. In a manner lacking interest or vitality.
43. An impressive country house (or castle) in France.
44. (of pitches) Made with the arm moving parallel to the ground.
47. Having or resembling a beak.
49. A dark purplish red.
54. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
57. Subdivision not used in some classifications.
59. A favorite saying of a sect or political group.
61. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
64. A baby from birth to four weeks.
65. A genus of Mustelidae.
66. National capital of Solomon Islands.
69. An embroidered rug made from a coarse Indian felt.
70. An alliance of nations joining together to fight a common enemy.
71. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
72. A hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion.
74. American author of inspirational adventure stories for boys.
75. A daughter of your brother or sister.
77. The fatty flesh of eel.
81. Edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants.
82. (Norse mythology) Ruler of the Aesir.
83. A language unit by which a person or thing is known.
85. An adherent of any branch of Taoism.
86. Goddess of fate.
90. A period of time equal to 1/24th of a day.
92. 16 ounces.
93. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.

Feel free to print out this crossword puzzle for your personal use. You may also link to it. However, this web page and puzzle are copyrighted and may not be distributed without prior written consent.

Navigation
Home Page
Printer Friendly
View Solution
Previous Puzzle
Next Crossword
© Clockwatchers, Inc. 2003