Crossword Puzzle Number 2219 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
5. Folded into pleats.
12. A communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia.
15. God of death.
16. Relating to physical reality rather than with thoughts or the mind.
17. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
18. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
20. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
22. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
23. With no effort to conceal.
25. An association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens.
27. Extinct tiny nocturnal lower primates that fed on fruit and insects.
31. In a cagey manner.
34. Of or relating to the corpus luteum.
37. Isolated from others.
38. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
39. The act of turning aside suddenly.
41. A projectile that is fired from a gun.
43. A South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes.
45. Made of fir or pine.
46. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
49. Being nine more than forty.
51. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
52. A state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico.
53. A monoamine neurotransmitter found in the brain and essential for the normal functioning of the central nervous system.
56. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
57. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
58. English monk and scholar (672-735).
60. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
62. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
63. An argument opposed to a proposal.
65. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
67. A Russian river.
73. By bad luck.
75. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
78. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
79. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
80. United States golfer who was first to win all four major golf tournaments (1902-1999).
82. A device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces.
83. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
84. A festival featuring African-American culture.
85. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.

DOWN

1. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
2. An informal term for a father.
3. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
4. A diagrammatic representation of the earth's surface (or part of it).
5. A radioactive metallic element that is similar to tellurium and bismuth.
6. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
7. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Lodine).
8. A pointed tool for marking surfaces or for punching small holes.
9. English inventor who published the first book illustrated with photographs (1800-1877).
10. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
11. A doctor's degree in religion.
12. Appeal or request earnestly.
13. Located in or toward the back or rear.
14. The lean flesh of a fish that is often farmed.
19. A poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States.
21. Unable to meet financial obligations.
24. One or some or every or all without specification.
26. Tropical Asiatic and Polynesian perennial plants.
28. Essential equal to suborder Myomorpha with the Dipodidae excluded.
29. Flat tableland with steep edges.
30. An erratic deflection from an intended course.
32. One of two alternative forms of a genes that can have the same locus on homologous chromosomes and are responsible for alternative traits.
33. Mild cream-colored Dutch cheese shaped in balls.
35. A new embodiment of a familiar idea.
36. Remove or make invisible.
40. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
42. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
44. A compact mass.
47. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
48. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
50. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
54. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
55. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
59. A member of the Semitic speaking people of northern Ethiopia.
61. Jordan's port.
64. Type genus of Ochnaceae.
66. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
68. Derive or receive pleasure from.
69. Empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk.
70. A state of irritation or annoyance.
71. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
72. Type genus of the Ranidae.
74. A person's brother or sister.
76. Common black-and-gray Eurasian bird noted for thievery.
77. (British) Your grandmother.
81. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.

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