Crossword Puzzle Number 1688 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
4. Without a flaw.
12. A small piece of cloth.
15. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
16. Any of a large class of compounds that have alternate silicon and oxygen atoms.
17. A slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water.
18. Meat that has been barbecued or grilled in a highly seasoned sauce.
21. A covered passageway.
22. Enlarged prostate.
25. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
26. 16 ounces.
28. Annual to perennial woody herbs of temperate North America, Europe and Asia.
30. Strabismus in which one or both eyes are directed outward.
33. Disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet.
36. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
37. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
38. Italian histologist noted for work on the structure of the nervous system and for his discovery of Golgi bodies (1844-1926).
40. A United Nations agency created by a multinational treaty to promote trade by the reduction of tariffs and import quotas.
41. A three-year law degree.
43. A unit of luminous flux equal to the amount of light given out through a solid angle of 1 steradian by a point source of 1 candela intensity radiating uniformly in all directions.
45. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
46. Make certain of.
48. Of or relating to Laos or its people.
51. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
53. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
54. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
55. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
56. The Palestinian uprising (beginning in 1987) against the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
60. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
61. Make circular welds.
63. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
64. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
65. A genus of Mustelidae.
68. A city in east central Texas.
73. A brace that extends from the rear of the keel to support the rudderpost.
75. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
79. The smallest multiple that is exactly divisible by every member of a set of numbers.
80. In a vertical position.
82. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
83. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
84. Left desolate or empty.
85. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

DOWN

1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
2. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
3. Make a marcel in a woman's hair.
4. Employed in accomplishing something.
5. In a nice way.
6. An acute febrile highly contagious viral disease.
7. United States physiologist (born in Germany) who did research on parthenogenesis (1859-1924).
8. An edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle.
9. Bath linen consisting of a piece of cloth used to wash the face and body.
10. Half the width of an em.
11. A Mid-Atlantic state.
12. French philosopher and writer born in Switzerland.
13. A river in northern England that flows southeast through West Yorkshire.
14. Showing or causing joy and pleasure.
19. A city in northwestern Switzerland.
20. Manner of acting or conducting yourself.
23. Italian architect (1508-1580).
24. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
27. Call upon in supplication.
29. Type genus of the Amiidae.
31. (Greek mythology) One of the three Graces.
32. (Norse mythology) Goddess of old age who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
34. A violin made by Antonio Stradivari or a member of his family.
35. An ancient upright stone slab bearing markings.
39. A Russian river.
42. indicate by signs.
44. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
47. Someone who skis.
49. (music) The speed at which a composition is to be played.
50. Having no nose.
52. (prefix) In front of or before in space.
57. Small branch or division of a branch.
58. Bottle that has a narrow neck.
59. A public promotion of some product or service.
62. Eurasian primrose with yellow flowers clustered in a one-sided umbel.
66. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
67. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
69. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
70. Fabric dyed with splotches of green and brown and black and tan.
71. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
72. (Roman mythology) God of love.
74. God of love and erotic desire.
76. A partially opened flower.
77. (usually followed by `to') Naturally disposed toward.
78. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
81. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.

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