Crossword Puzzle Number 646 (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. A short labored intake of breath with the mouth open.
5. A statement of fundamental facts or principles.
11. Singing jazz.
15. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
16. King of the Huns.
17. A man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength.
18. English economist noted for his studies of international trade and finance (born in 1907).
20. Relating to or having the characteristics of bees.
21. Made agreeably cold (especially by ice).
22. The principal bullfighter who is appointed to make the final passes and kill the bull.
24. A town in northern Egypt.
26. A sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury.
28. A soft wool fabric with a colorful swirled pattern of curved shapes.
29. About three feet long exclusive of tail.
31. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
32. Gully or streambed in North Africa and the Middle East that remains dry except during rainy season.
35. European freshwater fish resembling the roach.
40. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
41. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
42. A contorted facial expression.
44. A nurse who has enough training to be licensed by a state to provide routine care for the sick.
45. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
46. Any of numerous ornamental shrubs grown for their showy flowers of various colors.
47. Fail to do something.
48. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
51. Any of a group of Indic languages spoken in Kashmir and eastern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan.
52. Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus.
55. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
59. The Mongol people living the the central and eastern parts of Outer Mongolia.
63. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
66. Of or pertaining to the branch of Shinto recognized as the state religion of Japan.
68. A branch of the Tai languages.
69. Expletives used informally as intensifiers.
71. American Revolutionary patriot.
73. A master's degree in business.
74. An edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter).
75. Someone who escapes.
77. Tag the base runner to get him out.
78. Stalk of a moss capsule.
79. German physiologist and histologist who in 1839 identified the cell as the basic structure of plant and animal tissue (1810-1882).
80. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

DOWN

1. The 3rd letter of the Greek alphabet.
2. At right angles to the length of a ship or airplane.
3. (formerly) A writing tablet made of slate.
4. Marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects.
5. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
6. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
7. Standard temperature and pressure.
8. Being one more than two.
9. A fastener (as a buckle or hook) that is used to hold two things together.
10. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
11. A derogatory term used by Jews to refer to non-Jewish women.
12. Of or like a cecum.
13. Large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds.
14. The present time or age.
19. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
23. Type genus of the family Ostreidae.
25. A member of a people of Turkic speech and Mongolian race inhabiting vast regions of central Siberia.
27. The southern part of the ancient Palestine succeeding the kingdom of Judah.
30. A sudden violent spontaneous occurrence of an undesirable condition.
33. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
34. Close-fitting pants of heavy denim for casual wear (usually in the plural).
36. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
37. Offering fun and gaiety.
38. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
39. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
43. A state in southeastern India on the Bay of Bengal (south of Andhra Pradesh).
49. Common black-and-gray Eurasian bird noted for thievery.
50. A member of an Indian people formerly living along the Gulf coast of Louisiana and Texas.
53. A state in midwestern United States.
54. Being ten more than one hundred forty.
56. A state in northwestern North America.
57. Arboreal snake of central and southern Africa whose bite is often fatal.
58. (sports) Someone in charge of training an athlete or a team.
60. A genus of Lamnidae.
61. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
62. Jordan's port.
64. Cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive.
65. United States playwright who collaborated with George S. Kaufman (1904-1961).
67. A primeval personification of air and breath.
70. A potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry.
72. A fractional monetary unit of Japan and Indonesia and Cambodia.
76. A white trivalent metallic element.

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