| ACROSS
1. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
5. By chance.
12. Take something away by force or without the consent of the owner.
15. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
16. Adornment consisting of an ornamental cloth pad worn on the shoulder.
17. The month following March and preceding May.
18. Port city that is the capital and largest city of Latvia.
19. A poem consisting of 3 stanzas and an envoy.
20. Seed of a pea plant.
21. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
23. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
24. United States writer remembered for his stories (1783-1859).
26. A person whose head is bald.
29. (sports) The chief official (as in boxing or American football) who is expected to ensure fair play.
32. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
35. Avoid or try to avoid, as of duties, questions and issues.
36. The sound made by a pigeon v 1.
39. The chief solid component of mammalian urine.
41. An alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991.
44. Make improvements or corrections to.
45. A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex.
47. Any of various herbaceous plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in deserts and salt marshes.
48. Relating to a recently developed fashion or style.
49. A heavy precious metallic element.
50. (Akkadian) Father of the gods and consort of Tiamat.
52. Soup cooked in a large pot.
59. Tested and proved useful or correct.
60. Earnest or urgent request.
62. The light noise like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind.
63. The process of gradually becoming inferior.
65. Of or belonging to an aecium.
69. A public promotion of some product or service.
70. Horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits.
74. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
75. Tag the base runner to get him out.
77. A public register showing the details of ownership and value of land.
79. The administration of a strong electric current that passes through the brain to induce convulsions and coma.
80. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
81. A trinket or piece of jewelry thought to be a protection against evil.
82. The residue that remains when something is burned.
|
DOWN
1. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
2. The capital of Western Samoa.
3. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
4. Perversely irritable.
5. A small smooth rounded rock.
6. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
7. A large gathering of people intended to arouse enthusiasm.
8. A Polynesian rain dance performed by a woman.
9. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
10. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
11. A genus of Sterninae.
12. Done or occurring in a brief period of time.
13. Affording unobstructed entrance and exit.
14. (informal) Exceptionally good.
22. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
25. Membrane of the young sporophore of various mushrooms extending from the margin of the cap to the stem and is ruptured by growth.
27. Propriety in manners and conduct.
28. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
30. Expel from one's property.
31. Acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly.
33. Be a sign or indication of.
34. Softened by the addition of cushions or padding.
37. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
38. (of securities) Not quoted on a stock exchange.
40. The act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court).
42. A city in northern Iraq on the River Tigris across from the ruins of Nineveh.
43. A unit of electrical resistance equal to the resistance between two points on a conductor when a potential difference of one volt between them produces a current of one ampere.
46. Of or relating to or characteristic of Hades or Tartarus.
51. Perform on a stage or theater.
53. Unarmed feather palms of central and northern South America.
54. Learn something again, as after having forgotten or neglected it.
55. One thousandth of a second.
56. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
57. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
58. A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element.
61. Of or relating to the feet.
64. Large lipoproteins rich in triglycerides.
66. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
67. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
68. A narrow thin strip of wood used as backing for plaster or to make latticework.
71. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
72. Syndrome resulting from a serious acute (sometimes fatal) infection associated with the presence of staphylococcus.
73. A unit of pressure.
76. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
78. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
|
