PUZZLES AND JOKES
Clues Down: 1. The tenth month of the calendar year. 2. The Eastern state of U.S. Capital: Richmond.
By Kirit Shukla
3. Formerly Adrianople, a city, in extreme western Turkey. 4. Father, Pappa. 5. The Beehive state. Capital: Salt Lake City. 6. To date again or anew. 7. Gas Chromatography. (*) 8. The name applied in the Hebrew Bible to three rulers and to a Babylonian official in the Book of Tobi . 9. An Indo-Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan. 11. Cast Iron. (*) 12. United States of America. (*) 14. Free from dirt & disorder; habitually clean & orderly. 18. A 9 night Hindu festival of Durga pooja. (10/6-14, 2021) 20. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. (*) 23. Dorchester. (Postal Code, UK) 24. Insulated-Gate Bipolar Transistor. (*) 27. Nuclear. 30. Persons who make untrue statements. 31. The bones on the little-finger side of the human arm. 32. One who escorts persons to their seats. 33. Damn; (used euphemistically).
Note: * denotes abbreviation of the word or phrase
36. The inner room of a 2-room cottage. (Scotland) 38. The insect, who feed on nectar and stores honey.
Clues Across:
39. Extensive Background Investigation. (*)
1. A sequence of 6 balls in Cricket; move above. 4. “The Inaccessible”, (Sanskrit); The Hindu Goddess Shakti. 10. Crime Investigation Department. (*) 11. Resinous astringent substances of tropical plants of Asia. 13. Largest island of SE West Indies; Capital: Port of Spain. 15. Fine particles of mineral from a volcanic vent. 16. A dreaded person or object. 17. A Parsi dish made by cooking goat meat with lentils and vegetables, served with caramelized white rice. 19. A number system based only on the numerals 0 and 1. 21. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet. 22. European Neuroendocrine Tumor Society. (*) 23. To remove the dark dorsal vein from (shrimp). 25. Rhode Island. (*) 26. Precise; Systematic (Math) 28. Alternate reality game. (*) 29. Watchful and prompt to meet danger or emergency. 31. A black vulture. 34. Present tense third-person singular of ‘BE’. 35. Political subdivisions of Imperial Russia or U.S.S.R.
42. Idaho. (*) 43. Zero Emission. (*) (solution on page 88)
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Doctor: “What reward will you give me if I make you perfectly well?” Patient: “I am a poor man, but I do work in a graveyard. I can dig a grave absolutely free for you, sir.” ********* Prosecutor: “Sir, this crime was carried out in a very clever and skillful manner by a master thief.” Booddhoo: “Flattery will get you nowhere, but I’m still not going to confess.” ********* Teacher: “Which of these two runs faster: heat or cold?” Student: “Heat.” Teacher: “What makes you think that?” Student: “Because we can catch a cold.”
37. The act of making someone seem less important. 40. National Equipment Register. (*) 41.To create a binary image by replacing all values with 1 & 0. 44. Consisting of bodily movements as means of expressions. 45. A large northern sea duck having fine soft down. Saathee.com
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