Across
- 4. scottish word meaning stark raving mad
- 6. chiefly Scottish variant of a word that pertains to an oblong or pear-shaped syconium fruit of a tree (genus Ficus) of the mulberry family
- 8. a number of small charges arranged so as to form a border within the edge of the field
- 10. variant spelling of a word that pertains to an asian alcoholic beverage like rum that is distilled from a fermented mash of malted rice with toddy or molasses
- 11. plural form of sty
- 15. variant form of a scotish/irish word meaning a party with music, dancing, and often storytelling
- 17. a monetary subunit of the rufiyaa
- 19. any of numerous spiny-finned fishes (family Gobiidae) that usually have the pelvic fins united to form a ventral sucking disk
- 21. having an adhesive quality
- 23. abreviation of drill instructor
- 24. often used in addressing a person, synonym: sweetheart,dear
- 26. a nomadic Arab of the Arabian, Syrian, or northern African deserts
- 27. the letter z
Down
- 1. legal abbreviation of rehearing
- 2. alternative name for piccolo
- 3. symbol for the element neon
- 5. animals- in taxa
- 6. variant form of a word that means brimless cylindrical or somewhat cone-shaped hat with a flat top that usually has a tassel, is typically made of red felt and is worn especially by men in eastern Mediterranean countries
- 7. a Japanese system of syllabic writing having characters that can be used exclusively for writing foreign words or in combination with kanji
- 9. abbreviation of electrical engineer
- 12. the seventh tone of the major scale in solfège
- 13. a small rounded portion of horn tissue attached to the skin of the horn pit of a polled animal
- 14. a disease especially of sheep caused by the larva of a tapeworm (Multiceps multiceps) in the brain
- 16. variant spelling of a word pertaining to a strong-scented mint (Nepeta cataria) that has small pale flowers in terminal spikes and contains a substance attractive to cats
- 18. a maiden loved by Zeus and changed by him into a heifer so that she might escape the jealous rage of Hera
- 19. of, relating to, or characteristic of U.S. military personnel
- 20. medical abbreviation of opportunistic infection
- 21. abbreviation for virgin islands
- 22. archaic spelling of a transitive verb which means to clean with or as if with a swab
- 25. the glossy fiber of either of two Asian plants (Corchorus olitorius and C. capsularis) of the linden family used chiefly for sacking, burlap, and twine