Crossword Puzzle Number 2305 (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  
81    82         83   
84    85         86   

ACROSS

1. A master's degree in business.
4. A glancing rebound.
12. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
15. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
16. Too ripe.
17. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
18. Usually elongate cluster of flowers along the main stem in which the flowers at the base open first.
20. Re-equip a factory or plant.
21. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
22. The molding or border above the base of a structure (a pedestal or podium or wall).
24. (informal) A witty amusing person who makes jokes.
26. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
27. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
28. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
30. A hidden storage space (for money or provisions or weapons).
32. A radioactive transuranic metallic element.
34. Being nine more than ninety.
35. Any of several short-billed Old World rails.
37. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
40. Informal terms for a meal.
43. King of the Huns.
45. Electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities.
46. Exactly vertical.
48. A Roman Catholic priest who acts for another higher-ranking clergyman.
49. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
52. Having the leading position or higher score in a contest.
54. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
55. A Hindu goddess who releases from sin or disease.
56. (combining form) Indicating radiation or radioactivity.
59. Best of its kind on record.
61. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
62. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
63. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
64. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
66. Any competition.
68. Having a face or facing especially of a specified kind or number.
72. A small well holding writing ink into which a pen can be dipped.
76. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
77. The animal order including amoebas.
80. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
81. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
82. United States rock singer (1943-1971).
84. Free from liquid or moisture.
85. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.
86. Type genus of the Muridae.

DOWN

1. The 4th planet from the sun.
2. A man who is the lover of a girl or young woman.
3. The capital and largest city of Ghana with a deep-water port.
4. Relating to modern Greece or its inhabitants or its language n.
5. United States composer noted for his innovative use of polytonality (1874-1954).
6. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
7. Canadian hockey player (born 1948).
8. The men who man a ship or aircraft.
9. Seizure of a vehicle in transit either to rob it or divert it to an alternate destination.
10. Small creeping evergreen shrubs.
11. Two-year-old sheep.
12. The compass point that is one point north of due east.
13. A small cake leavened with yeast.
14. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
19. The principal evil jinni in Islamic mythology.
23. Large snake mackerel with rings like spectacles around its eyes.
25. A long loincloth worn by Hindu men.
29. Loud confused noise from many sources.
31. Surpassing the ordinary especially in size or scale.
33. A ceremonial procession including people marching.
36. (used of persons or the military) Characterized by having or bearing arms.
38. Any of various widely distributed beetles.
39. A bottle with a stopper.
41. (physiology) Of or relating to or producing normal tone or tonus in muscles or tissue.
42. A person forced to flee from home or country.
44. Broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects.
47. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
50. Eaten as mush or as a thin gruel.
51. A mixture of gases (mostly methane) that form in coal mines and become explosive when mixed with air.
53. A knob used to release the catch when opening a door (often called `doorhandle' in Great Britain).
57. A piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred.
58. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
60. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
65. The inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle.
67. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the practice of Yoga).
69. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
70. Showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others.
71. A unit of pressure equal to 0.001316 atmosphere.
73. Not final or absolute.
74. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
75. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
78. Extinct flightless bird of New Zealand.
79. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
83. Before noon.

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