Crossword Puzzle Number 2261 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A former monetary unit in Great Britain.
4. Stripped of drapery.
12. (Roman mythology) Goddess of abundance and fertility.
15. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
16. Any of two families of large herbivorous aquatic mammals with paddle-shaped tails and flipper-like forelimbs and no hind limbs.
17. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
18. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
19. A state in northwestern North America.
20. Sour or bitter in taste.
22. By bad luck.
24. A republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea.
26. Largest known toad species.
27. Petty quarrel.
30. Fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelopes the seed.
31. Imprudently incurring risk.
32. Being one more than one hundred.
34. The United Nations agency concerned with international maritime activities.
35. An archaic name for Easter or Passover.
36. Wild ginger.
38. Informal terms for a mother.
39. Free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception.
43. Type genus of the Lacertidae.
47. A linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing.
48. A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region.
50. A Mid-Atlantic state.
51. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
52. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
53. A city in central Georgia southeast of Atlanta.
55. (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious.
57. Largest crested screamer.
60. Obvious and dull.
62. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
63. A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles.
64. Any of a group of antidepressant drugs that inhibit the action of monoamine oxidase in the brain and so allow monoamines to accumulate.
66. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
69. A soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures).
75. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
76. Lean end of the neck.
78. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
79. Exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health.
82. An emotional response that has been acquired by conditioning.
83. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
84. The act or process of measuring.
85. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.

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1. English monk and scholar (672-735).
2. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
3. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel.
4. 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.
6. The phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid.
7. Shape anew or differently.
8. The capital of Turkey.
9. Performance by or technique of a pianist.
10. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
11. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
12. The ending of a series or sequence.
13. Fruit trees native to the Old World.
14. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
21. A bottle with a stopper.
23. A Japanese shrub that resembles members of the genus Spiraea.
25. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
28. An Asian river between China and Russia.
29. Any of various drums with small heads.
33. (Old Testament) The first of the major Hebrew prophets (8th century BC).
37. The capital and largest city of Ghana with a deep-water port.
40. (Assyrian) Chief god of the Assyrians.
41. Tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit.
42. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
44. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
45. An awkward stupid person.
46. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
49. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
54. (Sumerian and Akkadian) A demon personifying death.
56. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
58. The southern part of the ancient Palestine succeeding the kingdom of Judah.
59. A state in northwestern North America.
61. (South African) A camp defended by a circular formation of wagons.
65. (informal) Being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition.
67. Dearly loved.
68. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
70. A rare chronic progressive encephalitis caused by the measles virus and occurring primarily in children and young adults.
71. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.
72. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
73. In bed.
74. An aromatic ointment used in antiquity.
77. An accountant certified by the state.
80. Before noon.
81. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).

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