Crossword Puzzle Number 207 (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. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
5. A large building at an airport where aircraft can be stored and maintained.
11. An Egyptian descended from the ancient Egyptians.
15. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
16. A river that rises in northern Colombia and flows generally eastward to the Orinoco in central Venezuela.
17. United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993).
18. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
19. Wood of any of various maple trees.
20. An ancient city in Asia Minor that was the site of the Trojan War.
21. A brittle gray crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors.
22. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
24. An association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens.
25. Wife or mistress of Zeus and mother of Apollo and Artemis in ancient mythology.
30. A cloth used as a head covering (and veil and shawl) by Muslim and Hindu women.
32. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
33. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
34. A hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care.
39. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
42. Any of various plants of the genus Sabbatia having usually pink cymose flowers.
46. The capital and largest city of Kenya.
48. A short respite.
49. The father of your father or mother.
50. Having few if any teeth.
51. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
52. That is to say.
53. An acute but unspecific feeling of anxiety.
55. Toward the mouth or oral region.
57. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
58. A radioactive element of the alkali-metal group discovered as a disintegration product of actinium.
59. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
62. South African term for `boss'.
66. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
70. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
74. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
75. Black tropical American cuckoo.
76. A nonmetallic univalent element.
77. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
78. The last (12th) month of the year.
79. A member of a military unit trained as shock troops for hit-and-run raids.
80. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).

DOWN

1. An unforeseen obstacle.
2. A block of solid substance (such as soap or wax).
3. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
4. Large tropical butterfly with degenerate forelegs and an unpleasant taste.
5. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
6. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
7. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
8. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
9. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
10. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
11. Greek coloratura soprano (born in the United States) known for her dramatic intensity in operatic roles (1923-1977).
12. Flexible twig of a willow tree.
13. A picture of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide.
14. A projection at the end of a piece of wood that is shaped to fit into a mortise and form a mortise joint.
23. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
26. Small genus of Asian evergreen trees having columnar crowns and distinguished by leaves lacking a midrib.
27. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
28. Island in West Indies.
29. Pertaining to or resembling amoebae.
31. The capital and largest city of Zimbabwe.
35. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
36. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
37. A representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the dead body of Jesus.
38. Worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down.
40. Used especially in treating bruises.
41. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
43. Acute lung injury characterized by coughing and rales.
44. Biennial Eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible root.
45. Acknowledge a new land owner as one's landlord, of tenants.
47. A European river.
54. Small tree of dry open parts of southern Africa having erect angled branches suggesting candelabra.
56. Of or relating the the Vedas or to the ancient Sanskrit in which they were written.
60. An inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin.
61. An indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint.
63. 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.
64. The seventh month of the Hindu calendar.
65. A loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral.
67. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
68. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
69. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
71. A fluorocarbon with chlorine.
72. Beyond or deviating from the usual or expected.
73. A zodiacal constellation in northern hemisphere between Cancer and Virgo.

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