Crossword Puzzle Number 2716 (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   

ACROSS

1. A former monetary unit in Great Britain.
4. Generalized edema with accumulation of serum in subcutaneous connective tissue.
12. An inflammatory complication of leprosy that results in painful skin lesions on the arms and legs and face.
15. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
16. A restless seeker after amusement or social companionship.
17. Common black-and-gray Eurasian bird noted for thievery.
18. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
19. A B vitamin essential for the normal function of the nervous system and the gastrointestinal tract.
20. Excessively fat.
22. An early French settler in the Maritimes.
24. An island of central Hawaii.
25. Deserving a curse.
29. A quantity that is added.
32. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
33. Distinctive and stylish elegance.
37. An annual publication including weather forecasts and other miscellaneous information arranged according to the calendar of a given year.
41. Water buffalo of the Philippines.
43. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
44. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
45. Call upon in supplication.
46. A form of entertainment that enacts a story by a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement.
47. The basic unit of money in Bulgaria.
50. Genus of beetles whose grubs feed mainly on roots of plants.
52. (Sumerian and Akkadian) A demon personifying death.
54. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
55. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
56. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
57. Hairy aromatic perennial herb having whorls of small white purple-spotted flowers in a terminal spike.
62. Japanese mathematical physicist who proposed that nuclear forces are mediated by massive particles called mesons which are analogous to the photon in mediating electromagnetic forces (1907-1981).
65. A rule that describes how other rules should be used (as in AI).
69. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
70. Related to or derived from the people or culture of Spain.
73. A conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures.
74. God of the earth.
75. An optically inactive alcohol that is a component of the vitamin B complex.
76. Being two more than fifty.
77. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
78. Either of two yellow to red retinal pigments formed from Rhodopsin by the action of light.
79. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.

DOWN

1. A small cake leavened with yeast.
2. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
3. English monk and scholar (672-735).
4. God of fire.
5. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
6. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
7. An enclosed space.
8. (psychology) Characterized by avoidance or withdrawal.
9. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
10. A ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element.
11. An island consisting of a circular coral reef surrounding a lagoon.
12. Any place of complete bliss and delight and peace.
13. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight.
14. 100 lwei equal 1 kwanza.
21. English monk and scholar (672-735).
23. The basic unit of money in Yemen.
26. Informal terms for a mother.
27. A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders.
28. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
30. A town in northern Michigan on an arm of Lake Huron.
31. (psychoanalysis) An idealized image of someone (usually a parent) formed in childhood.
34. A port city in southwestern Iran.
35. An overland journey by hunters (especially in Africa).
36. Robbery at gunpoint.
38. A small Asian country high in the Himalayas between India and Tibet.
39. Fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelopes the seed.
40. Stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings.
42. A substance produced by the hypothalamus that is capable of accelerating the secretion of a given hormone by the anterior pituitary gland.
48. Leisure time away from work.
49. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
51. Type genus of the Majidae.
53. Shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist.
58. Jordan's port.
59. American Revolutionary leader and signer of the Declaration of Independence (1731-1814).
60. At full speed.
61. 100 sente equal 1 loti.
63. The chief solid component of mammalian urine.
64. Sound of something in rapid motion.
66. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
67. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
68. Surpassing the ordinary especially in size or scale.
71. A chronic drinker.
72. A unit of pressure.

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