| ACROSS
1. Black tropical American cuckoo.
4. A disease of cattle and sheep attributed to a dietary deficiency.
10. The compass point that is one point west of due south.
13. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
14. The second great battle of the American Civil War (1862).
15. A tool with a flat blade attached at right angles to a long handle.
16. Remote and separate physically or socially.
18. Have confidence or faith in.
19. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
20. Fallow deer.
23. (Greek mythology) The rarified fluid said to flow in the veins of the Gods.
24. The elapsed time it takes for light (or radio signals) to travel between the Earth and a celestial object.
27. A state in northwestern North America.
28. Family based on male descent.
31. A package of several things tied together for carrying or storing.
35. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
36. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
38. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
39. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
40. The great hall in ancient Persian palaces.
43. Jordan's port.
46. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
49. Greek mythology.
53. Obvious and dull.
57. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
58. The longest division of geological time.
59. A genus of tropical American plants have sword-shaped leaves and a fleshy compound fruits composed of the fruits of several flowers (such as pineapples).
61. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
62. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
63. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
64. Used of a single unit or thing.
|
DOWN
1. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
2. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
3. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
4. Standard time in the 6th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 90th meridian.
5. A blood group antigen possessed by Rh-positive people.
6. A genus of Mustelidae.
7. Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy.
8. A person of Polish descent.
9. Lacking self-confidence.
10. Scottish ballet dancer and actress (born in 1926).
11. Greenish-yellow pear.
12. Any period of seven consecutive days.
17. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
21. God of the earth.
22. United States baseball player (born 1925).
25. Hit hard.
26. A Russian river.
29. Medium-sized tree having glossy lanceolate leaves.
30. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
32. A slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer.
33. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
34. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
37. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
41. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
42. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
44. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
45. Squash bugs.
47. An unstable meson produced as the result of a high-energy particle collision.
48. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
50. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
51. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
52. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
54. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
55. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
56. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
60. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
|
