Crossword Puzzle Number 2097 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A flexible container with a single opening.
4. The quality of being alien.
12. A member of the Siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the Platte and Missouri rivers in Nebraska.
15. A Nilotic language.
16. French symbolist poet noted for his free verse (1842-1898).
17. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
18. Order by virtue of superior authority.
20. A fabric made by knitting.
22. A steep descent of the water of a river.
25. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
26. A metric unit of length equal to one ten billionth of a meter (or 0.0001 micron).
29. An inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin.
31. A member of the Uniat Church.
32. Tropical American trees with palmately compound leaves and showy bell-shaped flowers.
36. Scottish sea captain who was hired to protect British shipping in the Indian Ocean and then was accused of piracy and hanged (1645-1701).
37. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
39. United States newspaper publisher (1858-1935).
40. A metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter.
41. Half the width of an em.
43. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
44. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
46. The sound made by a gentle blow.
47. A slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water.
48. The square of a body of any size of type.
52. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
56. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
57. Fear resulting from the awareness of danger.
60. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
61. (Babylonian) A goddess of the watery deep and daughter of Ea.
62. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
66. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
69. Any of various herbaceous plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in deserts and salt marshes.
71. Advanced in years.
72. Outer membrane covering an axon.
74. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
75. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
76. A unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour.
77. (informal terms) Small and of little importance.
80. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
81. Having escaped, especially from confinement.
82. A small cake leavened with yeast.

DOWN

1. A group of countries in special alliance.
2. A sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure.
3. A sudden unexpected piece of good fortune.
4. Type genus of the Amiidae.
5. Soviet physicist who worked on low temperature physics (1908-1968).
6. Being nine more than forty.
7. Large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male.
8. (British) Your grandmother.
9. A short aria.
10. The local time at the 0 meridian passing through Greenwich, England.
11. 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.
12. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
13. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
14. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
19. Submit or yield to another's wish or opinion.
21. Engraving or carving in low relief on a stone (as in a brooch or ring).
23. The feeling of being bored by something tedious.
24. A licensed medical practitioner.
27. An ancient Egyptian city on the west bank of the Nile opposite Cairo.
28. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
30. Of or relating to cilia projecting from the surface of a cell.
33. Of or relating to a seizure or convulsion.
34. God of wealth and love.
35. 20 aspers equal 1 kuru.
38. A Bantu language spoken by the Kamba people in Kenya.
42. Large semi-evergreen tree of East India.
45. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
49. Informal terms for a mother.
50. Thin flat or tubular green algae.
51. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
53. A village of huts for native Africans in southern Africa.
54. Epithet of Siva.
55. The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm.
58. Type genus of the Annonaceae.
59. Relating to or containing gnomes.
63. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
64. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
65. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
67. The upper angle between an axis and an offshoot such as a branch or leafstalk.
68. An elaborate party (often outdoors).
70. Occupied or in the control of.
73. A form of address for a married woman.
78. The sciences concerned with gathering and manipulating and storing and retrieving and classifying recorded information.
79. A Russian river.

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