| ACROSS
1. (Australian and New Zealand) A disparaging term for English immigrants to Australia or New Zealand.
4. Having eight units or components.
11. A person who is physically weak and ineffectual.
15. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
16. An artist who paints.
17. On or toward the lee.
18. A town in southeastern New Mexico on the Pecos River near the Mexican border.
20. (trademark) An alloy of iron and nickel having a low coefficient of thermal expansion.
21. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
22. (Greek mythology) Greek god of war.
24. A language unit by which a person or thing is known.
25. Big-eyed scad.
28. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
31. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
33. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
37. A bluish shade of green.
39. Not fake or counterfeit.
40. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
43. Any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue.
44. (Judaism) Not conforming to dietary laws.
46. A heavy ductile magnetic metallic element.
47. Botswanan statesman who was the first president of Botswana (1921-1980).
49. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
50. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
53. A soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures).
55. Disposed to venture or take risks.
59. By bad luck.
63. An innocuous or inert medication.
68. A unit of weight used in some Moslem countries near the Mediterranean.
69. Affect with wonder.
72. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
73. American novelist (1909-1955).
74. Gradually narrowed toward a point.
76. The month following August and preceding October.
77. A youth subculture that began in London in the early 1960s.
78. (biochemistry) Purine base found in DNA and RNA.
79. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
|
DOWN
1. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
2. Using speech rather than writing.
3. Made from residue of grapes or apples after pressing.
4. (Roman mythology) Goddess of abundance and fertility.
5. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
6. A crown-like jewelled headdress worn by women on formal occasions.
7. Beneath the surface of the sea.
8. A heavy precious metallic element.
9. Having leadership guidance.
10. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
11. An ambitious and aspiring young person.
12. Type genus of the family Ulvaceae.
13. Joint consisting of a line formed by joining two pieces.
14. (used especially of vegetation) Having lost all moisture.
19. French explorer who claimed Louisiana for France (1643-1687).
23. A small cake leavened with yeast.
26. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
27. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
29. A mythical Greek warrior who was a leader on the Trojan side of the Trojan War.
30. The basic unit of money in Nigeria.
32. Young of domestic cattle.
34. The cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one.
35. A painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt.
36. A violin made by Antonio Stradivari or a member of his family.
38. A demon who swallows the sun causing eclipses.
41. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
42. German naturalist whose speculations that plants and animals are made up of tiny living `infusoria' led to the cell theory (1779-1851).
45. A deliberately false or improbable account.
48. British writer noted for romantic adventure novels (1856-1925).
51. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
52. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
54. Imperial moths.
56. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
57. Marked by features of the immediate and usually discounted past.
58. A member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons.
60. Any of various perennial South American plants of the genus Loasa having stinging hairs and showy white or yellow or reddish-orange flowers.
61. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
62. Any spatial attribute (especially as defined by outline).
64. A company emblem or device.
65. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
66. A beautiful and graceful girl.
67. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
70. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
71. School of Mahayana Buddhism asserting that enlightenment can come through meditation and intuition rather than faith.
75. Half the width of an em.
|
