Crossword Puzzle Number 1559 (Medium 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    

ACROSS

1. A watery solution of sugars, salts, and minerals that circulates through the vascular system of a plant.
4. Small sweet triangular nut of any of various beech trees.
12. Automatic data processing by electronic means without the use of tabulating cards or punched tapes.
15. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
16. United States prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship in 1952 (1924-1969).
17. The sound made by a pigeon v 1.
18. An imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children.
20. A fraudulent business scheme.
21. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
23. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
24. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
25. A native or resident of Wales.
27. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
30. A genus of Lamnidae.
33. A former Chinese custom of touching the ground with the forehead as a sign of respect or submission.
34. A federally chartered corporation that purchases mortgages.
38. Surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments.
39. A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region.
41. A white powder with a pleasant taste and odor.
45. Pan with a convex bottom.
46. Group of people related by blood or marriage.
48. A child's room for a baby.
50. Belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself).
52. Any of numerous soft-finned schooling food fishes of shallow waters of northern seas.
53. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
55. Tropical American tree with large peltate leaves and hollow stems.
58. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
59. A dissolute man in fashionable society.
63. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the practice of Yoga).
66. Having accumulated or become more intense.
69. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
72. Any loose flowing garment.
73. The activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose.
74. A ceremonial procession including people marching.
75. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
76. Widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits.
77. A French verse form of 10 or 13 lines running on two rhymes.
78. A small cake leavened with yeast.

DOWN

1. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
2. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
3. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
4. The rate at which heat is produced by an individual in a resting state.
5. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
6. Any of several related languages of the Celts in Ireland and Scotland.
7. Being one hundred more than two hundred.
8. A native American chieftain who argued for peace with the European settlers (16th century).
9. One of the most important fungi cultivated in Japan.
10. An organization of independent states to promote international peace and security.
11. Slices of bread that have been toasted.
12. Electronic warfare undertaken to insure effective friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum in spite of the enemy's use of electronic warfare.
13. The capital and chief port of Qatar.
14. Wood of any poon tree.
19. The trait of lacking restraint or control.
22. Soreness and warmth caused by friction.
26. Less than normal in degree or intensity or amount.
28. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
29. A jamb for a door.
31. Paralysis of the vocal cords resulting in an inability to speak.
32. The capital of Lombardy in northern Italy.
35. 100 ngwee equal 1 kwacha.
36. The Oceanic language spoken by the Maori people in New Zealand.
37. A resin used in adhesives and paints.
40. A low woody perennial plant usually having several major branches.
42. Gully or streambed in North Africa and the Middle East that remains dry except during rainy season.
43. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family).
44. A member of a Dravidian people living on the southwestern coast of India.
47. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
49. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
51. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
54. An appetizer consisting usually of a thin slice of bread or toast spread with caviar or cheese or other savory food.
56. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
57. A telegram sent abroad.
60. Any property detected by the olfactory system.
61. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
62. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
64. A branch of the Tai languages.
65. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
67. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
68. A unit of weight used in east Asia approximately equal to 1.3 ounces.
70. The month following March and preceding May.
71. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.

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