Crossword Puzzle Number 2196 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
4. Lean dried meat pounded fine and mixed with melted fat.
12. (computer science) A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest.
15. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
16. A salt or ester of propenoic acid.
17. Made warm or hot.
18. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
20. Any cone-shaped artifact.
22. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
23. 100 thebe equal 1 pula.
25. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
26. A city in northern India.
27. Club consisting of a heavy stick (often bamboo) bound with iron.
29. The space between two lines or planes that intersect.
31. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
32. An associate degree in applied science.
33. An implement used to propel or steer a boat.
34. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
35. The Oceanic language spoken by the Maori people in New Zealand.
37. Cattle that are reared for their meat.
39. Narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used for gliding over snow.
43. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
44. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
45. English writer and a central member of the Fabian Society (1858-1943).
48. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
49. One of two pieces of armor plate hanging from the fauld to protect the upper thighs.
52. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
54. 1 species.
56. The capital and largest city of Jordan.
57. A city in east central Texas.
59. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
60. (Greek mythology) A maiden seduced by Zeus.
61. By chance.
64. Of heavy boots.
67. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
68. Deciduous South African tree having large odd-pinnate leaves and profuse fragrant orange-yellow flowers.
71. (Phoenician and Philistine) God of agriculture and the earth.
75. An ester of adenosine that is converted to ATP for energy storage.
76. United States writer of hard-boiled detective fiction (1894-1961).
80. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
81. Japanese ornamental tree with fragrant white or pink blossoms and small yellow fruits.
82. (of time) Having passed or slipped by.
83. A condition requiring relief.
84. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
85. French architect who introduced the mansard roof (1598-1666).
86. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.

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1. Relating to the deepest parts of the ocean (below 6000 meters).
2. Any plant of the genus Erica.
3. (Irish) The sea personified.
4. An ancient board game resembling backgammon.
5. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
6. A form of address for a man.
7. An ancient city is southern Greece.
8. The United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labor.
9. (astronomy) An indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels.
10. Spider monkeys.
11. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
12. God of wealth and love.
13. United States baseball player (born 1925).
14. An advantageous purchase.
19. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
21. Wasting of the body during a chronic disease.
24. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
28. Chinese Taoist sect claiming to follow the teaching of Lao-tzu but also incorporating pantheism and sorcery.
30. A genus of tropical and subtropical Old World climbers or shrubs or trees.
36. The mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.
38. A heavy ductile magnetic metallic element.
40. The Mongol people living the the central and eastern parts of Outer Mongolia.
41. Of or relating to Iraq or its people or culture.
42. American dwarf fan palms.
46. The fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped by the heart.
47. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
50. Silkworm moths.
51. Eruption on a mucous membrane (as the inside of the mouth) occurring as a symptom of a disease.
53. Inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence.
55. Large and brightly colored handkerchief.
58. Reed pipe with finger holes on which the melody is played.
62. A soft silvery metallic element.
63. A salesman who travels to call on customers.
65. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
66. Anthropologist and linguist.
69. The content of cognition.
70. Flat tableland with steep edges.
72. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
73. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
74. A quantity of no importance.
77. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
78. A widely distributed system of free and fixed macrophages derived from bone marrow.
79. (astronomy) A measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion.

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