Crossword puzzle for April 8, 2000 |
ACROSS 1. The former ruler of Afghanistan 5. Copycats 9. Japanese beverage 13. Whale ship captain 17. Wished 18. Anglo-Saxon theologian, c.700 19. The extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary 20. Having low density 21. Augury 22. Sanskrit 23. Thin syrup made from pomegranate juice 25. Rajah's wife 27. Spanish warship 29. Edible lily bulbs 30. Rates 32. The compass point midway between west and southwest 33. Complex body part 34. Obeah 36. Burns wood, abbr. 37. Coal-black 38. Make angry 39. Angle, abbr. 42. Purplish brown 44. African tribe 46. Disobedient to the law 48. Small genus of Eurasian aquatic perennial herbs 50. Urge a dog to attack someone 51. Annual grass of Europe and N Africa 52. A closed litter for one passenger 53. Secretion 55. Skip along the surface 58. Determine or distinguish the nature of an illness through a diagnostic analysis 59. Grave 61. What part of, abbr. 62. Used when two or more things are under consideration 64. For indicating speed of rotation 67. Beverage 70. Spinal 74. Fencing swords 76. American time 77. The ratio of the distance traveled (in miles) to the time spent traveling (in hours) 79. The venerable __, British theologian 80. Most distant 82. Yemen capital 84. A field of cultivated and mowed grass 85. Away, back 86. Express pleasure 87. West Chadic 88. Former OSS 90. An interest followed with exaggerated zeal 91. Stray 92. Score 93. Mineral 95. Put up with something or somebody unpleasant 98. Share 100. Gnawing animals 103. Algorithmic 105. The act of rending or ripping or splitting something 107. Endless loop of flexible material between two rotating shafts or pulleys 108. Big man on campus 109. Meat from an adult domestic bovine 110. James __, American steam engineer 111. Predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin 112. Capable of thinking and expressing oneself clearly 113. A way to flow 114. Record on photographic film 115. Czar |
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1. Mirish 2. Mother 3. Absolutely alike 4. __ Dubos, French naturalist 5. __ Dhabi, Arabian capital 6. Arbours 7. Icelandic poems 8. First king of Israel 9. Most wise 10. A mark to indicate a direction or relation 11. Lament 12. 007's creator 13. Cubic measure 14. Alexander __, former Secretary of State 15. River in Florence 16. Equals 24. Digressions 26. Voltage 28. Monetary unit 31. Printing speed measurement 33. Prevailed 34. Selects 35. Port city in Equatorial Guinea 37. Large prize 38. Distributes 39. Male parent |
40. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls 41. A self-replicating protein molecule that occupies a fixed place on a chromosome 43. Descriptive word or phrase 45. Female sibling 46. Tell on 47. Applying to all or most members of a category or group 49. Monetary unit 51. Thick cushion used as a seat 54. Doctors' group 56. I (German) 57. Radioactivity unit 60. Bloom 63. An association of criminals 64. Bay grass 65. South American armadillo 66. Medium-sized mackerel of temperate U.S. coastal Atlantic waters 68. Time of the 90th meridian, used in the central U.S. 69. Licensed practical nurse 71. Mariners 72. Ethiopian town |
73. The territory occupied by a nation 75. Someone who takes a part or a share 78. Spanish estate 81. ___ of corn 82. An operation that segregates items into groups 83. Cause bodily suffering to 87. Weaken the consistency of something, in chemistry 89. The direction along which something moves or lies 91. Derive 92. Covered with a firm surface 93. Dagger 94. Henry __ Lodge, American politician 95. Businesswomen 96. Contains alter and seats for the clergy and choir 97. Image 98. Piebald 99. Area units 101. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the ravorbill 102. An actor who plays a principal role 104. The compass point that is one point east of due south 106. Tea spoonful, abbr. |
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