Crossword Puzzle Number 1994 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Annual grass of Europe and North Africa.
4. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
12. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
15. 100 pyas equal 1 kyat.
16. Freetail bats.
17. A tool with a flat blade attached at right angles to a long handle.
18. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
19. Lacking vigor or energy.
20. An anti-inflammatory drug that does not contain steroids.
22. Strong feelings of embarrassment.
24. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
26. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
27. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
28. The battle in 202 BC in which Scipio decisively defeated Hannibal at the end of the second Punic War.
30. A state in southwestern Germany famous for its beer.
35. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
38. A yellow pungent volatile oil (trade name Agene) formerly used for bleaching and aging flour.
39. United States physician who specialized in diseases of the intestines.
42. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
44. Or family Polypodiaceae.
45. An awkward stupid person.
46. A container.
47. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
48. (computer science) A read-only memory chip that can be erased by ultraviolet light and programmed again with new data.
51. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
53. A group of bracts simulating a calyx as in a carnation or hibiscus.
55. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
58. Squash bugs.
59. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
62. The large trunk artery that carries blood from the left ventricle of the heart to branch arteries.
64. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
66. To make a mistake or be incorrect.
67. A landlocked principality in the Himalayas northeast of India.
71. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
73. Of or relating to or characteristic of Yemen or its inhabitants.
77. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the practice of Yoga).
78. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
79. Subject to change or variation especially in behavior.
81. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
82. The cry made by sheep.
83. A great raja.
84. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.

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1. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
2. An Indian nursemaid who looks after children.
3. A village in eastern Ireland (northwest of Dublin).
4. Indicating the most important performer or role.
5. Indian grammarian whose grammatical rules for Sanskrit are the first known example of descriptive linguistics (circa 400 BC).
6. Chief port of Yemen.
7. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
8. Any plant of the genus Erica.
9. Possessing material wealth.
10. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
11. A decree that prohibits something.
12. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
13. A painful sore with a hard pus-filled core.
14. The basic unit of money in Ghana.
21. Wood of a sumac.
23. A republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea.
25. Sister and consort of Izanami.
29. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
31. (Greek mythology) One of the three Graces.
32. Turn sharply.
33. Income from capital investment paid in a series of regular payments.
34. A unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries.
36. Shrubs and trees of southern hemisphere having aromatic foliage.
37. An accessory or adjoining anatomical parts or appendages (especially of the embryo).
40. A reproach for some lapse or misdeed.
41. Any of several crested Old World birds with a slender down-curving bill.
43. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
49. A fee charged in advance to retain the services of someone.
50. Type genus of the Danaidae.
52. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
54. Chinese evergreen conifer discovered in 1955.
56. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
57. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
60. Type genus of the Bryaceae.
61. A particular environment or walk of life.
63. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.
65. A small cake leavened with yeast.
68. Forbidden to profane use especially in South Pacific islands.
69. Type genus of the Anatidae.
70. A quantity of no importance.
72. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
74. A hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland that controls the degree of pigmentation in melanocytes.
75. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
76. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
80. A person who announces and plays popular recorded music.

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