Crossword Puzzle Number 1794 (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    79         80   

ACROSS

1. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
4. A state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico.
11. An Egyptian descended from the ancient Egyptians.
15. A number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge.
16. Relating to or near the pylorus.
17. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
18. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
19. Move the upper body backwards and down.
20. Fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm.
21. A constitutional monarchy on the western part of the islands of Samoa in the South Pacific.
23. Small ornamental ladies' bag for small articles.
24. Small tropical American tree bearing edible plumlike fruit.
25. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
26. A public dance hall for dancing to recorded popular music.
28. Chief port of Yemen.
29. United States playwright (born in 1947).
32. Someone who copies the words or behavior of another.
33. Of or relating to abasia (inability to walk).
34. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
36. Studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills).
40. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
42. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
44. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
45. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
49. Large dark-striped tropical food and game fish related to remoras.
51. The officer below the master on a commercial ship.
53. An island republic on Nauru Island.
54. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
55. Apartment consisting of a series of connected rooms used as a living unit (as in a hotel).
57. Situated away from the axis of any body or part.
59. German states who as chancellor of West Germany worked to reduce tensions with eastern Europe (1913-1992).
62. Avatar of Vishnu.
63. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
66. A block of solid substance (such as soap or wax).
70. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
71. Scientific instrument that provides a flashing light synchronized with the periodic movement of an object.
74. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
75. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
77. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
78. An extension at the end and at right angles to the main building.
79. Segmented worms.
80. Having undesirable or negative qualities.

DOWN

1. Type genus of the Apidae.
2. A quantity of no importance.
3. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
4. Having uncoordinated muscular movements, symptomatic of a CNS disorder.
5. A strong solution of sodium or potassium hydroxide.
6. Type genus of the Alcedinidae.
7. Important food fish of the Nile and other rivers of Africa and Asia Minor.
8. Type genus of the Ariidae.
9. (British) A minicar used as a taxicab.
10. (informal) Of the highest quality.
11. Dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative.
12. (Greek mythology) One of the mountain nymphs.
13. The state prevailing during the absence of war.
14. A sharp hooked claw especially on a bird of prey.
22. A port city of south central Ukraine on an arm of the Black Sea.
27. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
30. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
31. French revolutionary leader (born in Switzerland) who was a leader in overthrowing the Girondists and was stabbed to death in his bath by Charlotte Corday (1743-1793).
35. The sixth month of the civil year.
37. Spiritual leader of a Jewish congregation.
38. Of the nature of or undergoing an experiment.
39. A river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River.
41. A fraudulent business scheme.
43. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
46. A person regarded as arrogant and annoying.
47. A mountain in the Black Hills of South Dakota.
48. Italian violin maker and grandson of Andrea Guarneri (1687?-1745).
50. A city of southeastern Mexico.
52. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
56. A port city of south central Ukraine on an arm of the Black Sea.
58. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
60. Belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler.
61. A means of serving.
64. A port city in northwestern Algeria and the country's 2nd largest city.
65. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
67. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
68. Tree bearing large brown nuts containing e.g. caffeine.
69. A town in north central Oklahoma.
72. Administration of a nutritionally adequate solution through a catheter into the vena cava.
73. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
76. A state in the Rocky Mountains.

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