Crossword Puzzle Number 1525 (Medium Grid)

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1. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
5. Tranquilizer (trade name Dalmane) used to treat insomnia.
12. An internationally recognized distress signal in radio code.
15. A city in western Nevada at the foot of the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
16. New World lizards.
17. A rapid bustling commotion.
18. The cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one.
19. A switch made from the stems of the rattan palms.
20. Marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea.
22. A white or colorless vitreous insoluble solid (SiO2).
24. (Greek mythology) God of love.
26. Type genus of the Ranidae.
27. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
29. The sound made by a horse.
30. Fabric dyed with splotches of green and brown and black and tan.
33. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
37. Of or pertaining to the Avesta (sacred text of Zoroastrianism).
40. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
42. A serve that strikes the net before falling into the receiver's court.
43. In operation or operational.
46. A number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge.
47. Antacid (trade name Prilosec) that suppresses acid secretion in the stomach.
49. An ambitious and aspiring young person.
52. An association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia.
53. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
55. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
56. Made of grain or relating to grain or the plants that produce it.
58. A Japanese cheer of enthusiasm or triumph.
60. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
62. 1/10 gram.
63. The Mongol people living the the central and eastern parts of Outer Mongolia.
67. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Clinoril).
73. A branch of the Tai languages.
74. Adorned by inlays.
75. Viscera and trimmings of a butchered animal often considered inedible by humans.
79. A master's degree in business.
80. A negative.
81. Genus of shrubs or small trees having indehiscent pods with black seeds.
83. Tag the base runner to get him out.
84. A group of Niger-Congo languages spoken primarily in southeastern Mali and northern Ghana.
85. Someone who operates an aircraft.
86. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

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1. Studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills).
2. A beautiful and graceful girl.
3. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
4. South African shrub having flat acuminate leaves and yellow flowers.
5. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
6. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
7. Of or relating to the corpus luteum.
8. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
9. Type genus of the Annonaceae.
10. A hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion.
11. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
12. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
13. (Norse mythology) Ruler of the Aesir.
14. A sodium salt of carbonic acid.
21. Formerly a large constellation in the southern hemisphere between Canis Major and the Southern Cross.
23. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
25. A small hard fruit.
28. Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc..
31. (usually followed by `to') Strongly opposed.
32. An asset of special worth or utility.
34. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
35. Any of numerous low-growing cushion-forming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems.
36. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
38. Formerly included in genus Cedrela.
39. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
41. Large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean.
44. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
45. A sharp vibrating sound (as of a plucked string).
48. Any of various spectacular plants of the genus Laelia having showy flowers in many colors.
50. An edge tool used to cut and shape wood.
51. Sole genus of the family Naiadaceae.
54. An informal term for a father.
57. A male child (a familiar term of address to a boy).
59. A state in northwestern North America.
61. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
64. A genus of Lamnidae.
65. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
66. Jordan's port.
68. Relatively small fast-moving sloth.
69. (Welsh) Corresponds to Iris Ler.
70. Monotypic genus of palms of Australasia.
71. Tall palm tree bearing coconuts as fruits.
72. Radioactive iodine test that measures the amount of radioactive iodine taken up by the thyroid gland.
76. The cardinal number that is the sum of four and one.
77. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
78. A broad flat muscle on either side of the back.
82. A soft silver-white or yellowish metallic element of the alkali metal group.

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