Crossword Puzzle Number 1697 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A bachelor's degree in naval science.
4. An ancient branch of the Semitic languages.
12. A pointed tool for marking surfaces or for punching small holes.
15. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
16. Of or relating to or involved the practice of aiding the memory.
17. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
18. Not only so, but.
20. In bed.
22. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
23. Sudden sharp painful emotion.
24. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
26. A public promotion of some product or service.
27. Unknown god.
29. King of England who was renounced by Northumbria in favor of his brother Edgar (died in 959).
31. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
35. A unit of weight equivalent to 1000 kilograms.
36. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
39. Flat tableland with steep edges.
40. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
43. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
45. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
47. Hormones (estrogen and progestin) are given to postmenopausal women.
48. Hungarian choreographer who developed Labanotation (1879-1958).
50. An organic compound that contains a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which in turn is doubly bonded to another carbon atom.
51. Roman general who commanded the fleet that defeated the forces of Antony and Cleopatra at Actium (63-12 BC).
55. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
57. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
58. A conventional name for a fox used in tales following usage in the old epic "Reynard the Fox".
59. (Greek mythology) Fire-breathing she-monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail.
61. (of tempo) Leisurely n.
63. Acute lung injury characterized by coughing and rales.
64. Either extremity of something that has length.
65. A shop where a variety of goods are sold.
68. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
72. The capital and largest city of Idaho.
76. A cooperative unit.
77. (Greek mythology) A giant Boeotian hunter who pursued the Pleiades and was eventually slain by Artemis.
79. Having come or been brought to a conclusion.
80. Long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant.
81. A Chadic language spoken in the Mandara mountains in Cameroon.
83. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
84. The part of a hammerhead opposite the flat striking surface (may have various shapes).
85. Any of several tropical American trees of the genus Andira.
86. The 13th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.

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1. Common Indian weaverbird.
2. French physicist noted for research on magnetism (born in 1904).
3. A narcotic that is considered a hard drug.
4. Before noon.
5. Strike sharply.
6. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
7. A primeval personification of air and breath.
8. A small low-powered electrically powered vehicle driven on a special platform where there are many others to be dodged.
9. Not out.
10. Having help.
11. A state in southeastern United States.
12. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
13. Flightless New Zealand rail of thievish disposition having short wings each with a spur used in fighting.
14. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
19. Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers.
21. Sorting and allocating aid on the basis of need for or likely benefit from medical treatment or food.
25. An overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration.
28. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
30. Cause to be attached.
32. Formed or united into a whole.
33. Deciduous monoecious trees of Europe and Asia and America.
34. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
37. On a ship, train, plane or other vehicle.
38. Greek coloratura soprano (born in the United States) known for her dramatic intensity in operatic roles (1923-1977).
41. Wearing or provided with clothing.
42. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
44. Type genus of the Anhimidae.
46. A strong emotion.
49. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
52. A member of western Finnish people formerly living in the Baltic province where Saint Petersburg was built.
53. American Revolutionary leader and signer of the Declaration of Independence (1731-1814).
54. An early symptom that a disease is developing or that an attack is about to occur.
56. The square of a body of any size of type.
60. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
62. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
66. Relating to or of the nature of a zone.
67. At right angles to the length of a ship or airplane.
69. A Chinese breed of small short-legged dogs with a long silky coat and broad flat muzzle.
70. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
71. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
73. Severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset.
74. 100 sene equal 1 tala.
75. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
78. A lyric poem with complex stanza forms.
82. A state in New England.

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