Crossword Puzzle Number 1761 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces.
4. A language spoken by the Atakapa people of the Gulf coast of Louisiana and Texas.
12. A state of southwestern India.
15. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
16. A restricted computer network.
17. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
18. Of or concerning this.
20. Become ground down or deteriorate.
21. A crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry.
22. A design fixed to some surface or a paper bearing the design to be transferred to the surface.
25. A river that rises in western New Mexico and flows westward through southern Arizona to become a tributary of the Colorado River.
26. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
27. Any character from an ancient Germanic alphabet used in Scandinavia from the 3rd century to the Middle Ages.
30. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
33. By bad luck.
37. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
38. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
39. Antibacterial drug (trade name Nydrazid) used to treat tuberculosis.
40. Horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits.
41. Remove with or as if with a ladle.
43. A form of Japanese poetry.
45. African mahogany trees.
47. Having the wind against the forward side of the sails.
49. An administrator in charge of a division of a university or college.
50. A local computer network for communication between computers.
51. A New England state.
53. On a ship, train, plane or other vehicle.
55. (prefix) Within.
57. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
59. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
61. An orderly arrangement.
62. Take control of.
65. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
67. Make less active or intense.
70. Very dark black.
72. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
76. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
78. The capital and largest city of Afghanistan.
80. A small piece of cloth.
81. The basic unit of money in Peru.
82. A member of the Siouan people formerly inhabiting the Black Hills of western South Dakota.
84. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
85. A condition requiring relief.
86. A bag used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women).
87. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.

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1. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
2. American novelist (1909-1955).
3. A lawman concerned with narcotics violations.
4. Garlic mayonnaise.
5. A proinflammatory cytokine that is produced by white blood cells (monocytes and macrophages).
6. (astronomy) A measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion.
7. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
8. The lean flesh of a fish that is often farmed.
9. A kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term).
10. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
11. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
12. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
13. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
14. The highest level or degree attainable.
19. With eagerness.
23. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
24. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
28. A resident of Utah.
29. (heraldry) Applied to a fish depicted horizontally.
31. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
32. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
34. (mathematics) Directly proportional.
35. The capital of Turkey.
36. A drink made of beer and lemonade.
42. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
44. Regarded with deep or rapturous love (especially as if for a god).
46. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
48. Unknown god.
52. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
54. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
56. Bid over an opponent's bid when one's partner has not bid or doubled, in Bridge.
58. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
60. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
63. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
64. Large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal.
66. Any plant of the genus Inula.
68. European twining plant whose flowers are used chiefly to flavor malt liquors.
69. (prefix) In front of or before in space.
71. With no effort to conceal.
73. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
74. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
75. A city in northern India.
77. The syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization.
79. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
83. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.

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