Across 1 — In your hands 2 — A childish expression meaning astonishment — a name given to books of poetry 3 — A song sung by Fairouz — woman loves it 4 — A bird that adores the moon 5 — A name 6 — Dried up — music impels us to it 7 — Gave 8 — Meaning fields — tire out (reversed) 9 — No house is without it (reversed) 10 — Music by Abdel Wahab
Down 1 — The adornment of woman's femininity 2
— Parting 3 — She won (reversed) — the first-person pronoun 4 — A machine that records consumption — it accompanies love 5 — A youth 6 — Civilization 7 — Watering — a name whose letters are scrambled, whose adventures are published by the newspaper al-Hayat 8 — A water bird — vanquished 9 — Was lost — maidens 10 — The Persians invented it for gambling.
Solution to last issue's puzzle
• Two peasants boarded the train, and after a few hours' journey the first said to his companion: – Amazing! How is it the train never loses its way? – You donkey, don't you see it stops every hour to ask for directions?
• Because he's a donkey The teacher – If we set two vessels before a donkey, one holding water and the other wine, from which would he drink? The pupil – From the vessel holding water. The teacher – And why? The pupil – Why? Because he's a donkey!
• A clever boy The boy – Mama, I heard you tell Papa, when you were quarreling with him, that you bought him with your own money — isn't that so? The mother – Of course! The boy – Well then... why didn't you pay a little extra and get a better one?
• Between two boys The first – Come on, let's ride the tram for a franc instead of walking. The second – No, I want to save. The first – But you'll wear out your shoes — five francs' worth! The second – The francs are on me, but the shoes are on Papa.
