CROSSWORD No 143
Clue:
ACROSS
1. A music genre.
Vegetable dishes.
2. Enjoyment.
A diminutive suffix.
Ton.
3. The Roman numeral for 500.
Stamps.
An informal word for hello.
4. Used to refer to a person or thing that is different or distinct from one already mentioned or known about.
Asterisk.
5. They and I.
Uninhabited and desolate.
6. A thin, hard area that covers the upper side of the end of each finger and each toe.
A naturally occurring solid material from which a metal or valuable mineral can be extracted profitably.
Ton.
7. Thieve.
The nonvolatile products and residue formed when matter is burnt.
8. An edible, round, green seed, that grows with others in a pod.
Chateau.
9. The Roman numeral for 100.
A metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of water under standard conditions.
Preposition used to refer to the function or character that someone or something has.
10. Organs of sight.
A narrow strip of material, typically used to hold or fasten something.
DOWN
1. Abbreviation for penny or pence.
Used to indicate movement from a higher to a lower position.
A personal computer.
2. Preposition used after words or phrases expressing quantities.
To make jokes about someone.
In music, it is the third note in the scale of C major.
3. Exert force on someone or something in order to move them away from oneself.
The country which has its capital in Rome.
4. A pointed slender piece of metal, with a hole in it through which thread is passed for sewing.
Abbreviation for id est.
5. Symbol for second.
Form of be.
Actions.
6. Every.
Relating to or determined by the sun.
7. Not so great or important as the other or the rest.
Fix.
8. In the direction of.
Behave towards or deal with in a certain way.
The highest class of academic mark.
9. The Roman numeral for 500.
A shaped covering for the head worn for warmth, as a fashion item, or as part of a uniform.
A sharp blow or smack, as with the open hand, something flat, etc.
10. To mix a liquid or other substance by moving an object such as a spoon in a circular pattern.
Plural form of this.