| ACROSS
1. Syndrome resulting from a serious acute (sometimes fatal) infection associated with the presence of staphylococcus.
4. The capital and largest city of Jordan.
9. A place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone).
13. A tool with a flat blade attached at right angles to a long handle.
14. Wild ox of the Malay Archipelago.
15. The capital of Western Samoa.
16. A doctor's degree in education.
17. A fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes.
18. Capital city of the Apulia region on the Adriatic coast.
19. High quality grape brandy distilled in the Cognac district of France.
21. Excellent and delightful in all respects.
23. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
25. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
29. (Old Testament) Wife of Isaac and mother of Jacob and Esau.
35. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
36. On a ship, train, plane or other vehicle.
38. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
39. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
41. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
42. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
43. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
45. (British) Diesel oil used in cars and lorries with diesel engines (from d(iesel) e(ngine) r(oad) v(ehicle)).
47. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
49. By bad luck.
51. Very close in friendship or affection.
55. Jordan's port.
58. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
61. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
62. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
63. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
64. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
|
DOWN
1. A case or sheath especially a pollen sac or moss capsule.
2. Any location known for vice and corruption.
3. Grasslike or rushlike plant growing in wet places having solid stems, narrow grasslike leaves and spikelets of inconspicuous flowers.
4. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
5. One thousandth of a second.
6. Used in combination to denote the middle.
7. Any disease of the throat or fauces marked by spasmodic attacks of intense suffocative pain.
8. In such a manner as could not be otherwise.
9. A set of data arranged in rows and columns.
10. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
11. Little known Kamarupan languages.
12. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
20. A desert in southern Israel.
22. The dialect of Chinese spoken in Canton and neighboring provinces and in Hong Kong and elsewhere outside China.
24. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
26. The process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid).
27. A unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries.
28. An informal term for a father.
30. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
31. An island in Indonesia east of Java.
32. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
33. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
34. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
37. Found along western Atlantic coast.
40. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
44. A telegram sent abroad.
46. A Russian river.
47. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
48. A Loloish language.
49. A brittle gray crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors.
50. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
52. The granite-like rocks that form the outermost layer of the earth's crust.
53. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
54. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
56. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
57. The bill in a restaurant.
59. A bachelor's degree in science.
60. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
|
