Crossword Puzzle

Across:

1 - A great Phoenician leader
2 - Frightening — the first name of a contemporary Arab woman of letters.
3 - That he may attain (letters separated) — vile and contemptible
4 - For drinking (in the colloquial) — a Syrian kingdom
5 - A particle of negation — an Arab country
6 - A large Syrian city
7 - Slumber — bliss
8 - The provision of modern civilization — the sound of the sea
9 - The finest quality in a man — the beginning of old age

Down:

1 - Passionate love — a moisturizer for the body
2 - A great river in an Arab country — entered
3 - One of the industrious insects — the sound of the cat
4 - Flows, pours — a particle meaning assent
5 - Husband — easy
6 - Chest — a storm
7 - Reversed, a large capital in South America — a former Lebanese president
8 - One who excels at singing — a place where a hermit takes refuge
9 - An Indian philosopher — one of the Seven Wonders.