Crossword Puzzle Number 1129 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
5. Of or relating an apse.
12. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
15. The right to take another's property if an obligation is not discharged.
16. Argentine guerrilla leader who played an important role in the Cuban revolution under Fidel Castro (1928-1967).
17. Gear (including necessary machinery) for a particular enterprise.
18. An important seaport on the Island of Cebu in the Philippines.
19. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
20. Slightly dark.
22. Evergreen Indian shrub with vivid yellow flowers whose bark is used in tanning.
24. Tropical evergreen subshrubs (some climbers) to trees of Asia and Australasia to Americas.
25. A small cake leavened with yeast.
26. A fee charged for exchanging currencies.
28. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
29. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
31. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
32. Talks a great deal about uninteresting topics.
36. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
38. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
41. Coextensive with the order Pholidota.
43. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
44. The dialect of Albanian spoken in northern Albania and Yugoslavia.
46. (Middle East) An ornamental metal cup-shaped holder for a hot coffee cup.
47. An enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of many body compounds (e.g., epinephrine and norepinephrine and serotonin).
49. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
53. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
54. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
56. Linear distance between the extremities of an airfoil.
60. Large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal.
62. Large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals.
63. A way of access consisting of a set of steps.
65. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
66. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
68. A civil or military authority in Turkey or Egypt.
69. Government agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants.
71. An honorary arts degree.
74. Very dark black.
76. Any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids.
79. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
80. (Norse mythology) Trickster.
81. Characteristic of the classical artistic and literary traditions.
84. Take in solid food.
85. 100 toea equal 1 kina.
86. The capital of French Polynesia on the northwestern coast of Tahiti.
87. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

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1. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
2. Capital and largest city of the Ukraine.
3. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
4. (zoology) Relating to frogs and toads.
5. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
6. Small compact smooth-coated breed of Asiatic origin having a tightly curled tail and broad flat wrinkled muzzle.
7. A cylindrical drawstring bag used by sailors to hold their clothing and other gear.
8. Being one more than three.
9. A nihilistic art movement (especially in painting) that flourished in Europe early in the 20th century.
10. A bitter yellow powder used to treat skin diseases.
11. Soft white semisolid fat obtained by rendering the fatty tissue of the hog v 1.
12. Come into existence.
13. Not final or absolute.
14. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
21. A member of a people of Turkic speech and Mongolian race inhabiting vast regions of central Siberia.
23. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
27. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
30. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
33. An associate degree in nursing.
34. The 3 goddesses of fate or destiny.
35. Remove the fangs from (canines, snakes, etc.).
37. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
39. Advanced in years.
40. Lower the grade of something.
42. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
45. An awkward stupid person.
48. Strong lightweight wood of the balsa tree used especially for floats.
50. Portuguese explorer who in 1488 was the first European to get round the Cape of Good Hope (thus establishing a sea route from the Atlantic to Asia) (1450-1500).
51. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
52. 1/10 gram.
55. Minute freshwater crustacean having a round body enclosed in a transparent shell.
57. A long steep slope or cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge.
58. A defeat of the Persian army by the Greeks in 479 BC.
59. Remove carbon from (an engine).
61. One of two flaps attached to a cap to keep the ears warm.
64. Excluded from use or mention.
67. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
70. (law) A comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy.
72. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
73. A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
75. A protocol developed for the internet to get data from one network device to another.
77. The compass point midway between south and southeast.
78. A successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball).
82. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
83. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.

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