Crossword Puzzle Number 1222 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
4. A resident of Alabama.
12. The sound made by a pigeon v 1.
15. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
16. A woman's headscarf folded into a triangle and tied under the chine.
17. A humming noise.
18. Lower in esteem.
20. United States biochemist (born in Spain) who studied the biological synthesis of nucleic acids (born in 1905).
22. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
23. A public promotion of some product or service.
24. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
25. A bachelor's degree in architecture.
27. In operation or operational.
28. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
29. Absence of the pupil in an eye.
30. A Mid-Atlantic state.
32. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
34. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
36. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
37. City in central Iran.
41. A sudden and violent collapse.
46. (computer science) A measure of how densely information is packed on a storage medium.
47. Being one more than two.
49. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
50. Of or denoting or relating to the Balkan countries or their inhabitants or the Balkan peninsula or the Balkan Mountains.
52. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
53. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
54. Beyond what is natural.
55. Wood of a sumac.
57. Coffee-flavored liqueur made in Mexico.
60. Be compatible or in accordance with.
62. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
64. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
65. Syncopated music in duple time for dancing the rumba.
72. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
73. Type and sole genus of the family Albulidae.
76. Transient cessation of respiration.
77. (psychophysics) The difference between two stimuli that (under properly controlled experimental conditions) is detected as often as it is undetected.
78. False sabertoothed tigers.
80. Not in good physical or mental health.
81. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
82. Nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites.
83. A usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair.

DOWN

1. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
2. A small cake leavened with yeast.
3. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
4. In bed.
5. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
6. The address where a person lives.
7. fastener that fastens together two ends of a belt or strap.
8. A rectangular block of hewn stone used for building purposes.
9. A unit of conductance equal to the reciprocal of an ohm.
10. Jordan's port.
11. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
12. Make a vibrant sound, as of some birds.
13. A unit of apothecary weight equal to 480 grains or one twelfth of a pound.
14. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
19. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
21. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
26. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
31. A parliamentary monarchy in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.
33. One of the two main branches of orthodox Islam.
35. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
38. Make off with belongings of others.
39. Belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself).
40. A hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion.
42. Any plant of the genus Erica.
43. A hidden storage space (for money or provisions or weapons).
44. An avalanche volcanic water and mud down the slopes of a volcano.
45. Leave or strike out, as of vowels.
48. Russian physicist (1895-1971).
51. A member of a formerly tribal people now living in south central India.
56. Intelligent somewhat arboreal ape of equatorial African forests.
58. A university town in east central Illinois adjoining Champaign.
59. A port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya.
61. Having a woven pattern.
63. An Indian tree of the family Combretaceae that is a source of timber and gum.
66. A coil of rope or wool or yarn.
67. Relating to the Urdu language.
68. Speaking a Slavic language.
69. A town in north central Oklahoma.
70. Have confidence or faith in.
71. A university in Connecticut.
74. The rate at which heat is produced by an individual in a resting state.
75. Goddess of fate.
79. An ancient city of Sumer located on a former channel of the Euphrates River.

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