Crossword Puzzle Number 2279 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
5. A distinct feature or element in a problem.
11. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
15. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
16. A genus of Sterninae.
17. A verbalization that encourages you to attempt something.
18. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
19. The feeling of being bored by something tedious.
20. French filmmaker (1908-1982).
21. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
22. In favor of (an action or proposal etc.).
23. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians living in southern Alaska.
25. Of or in or relating to the nose.
28. Half the width of an em.
29. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
30. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
31. The cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one.
34. (used especially of vegetation) Having lost all moisture.
38. Separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument.
41. (Greek mythology) The winged goddess of the dawn in ancient mythology.
42. Interface consisting of a standard port between a computer and its peripherals that is used in some computers.
43. A board game in which players try to move their pieces into their opponent's bases.
46. A bachelor's degree in theology.
47. Of or relating to or characteristic of Asia or the peoples of Asia or their languages or culture.
49. (nautical) Of an anchor.
52. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
53. Having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies.
54. Electronic warfare undertaken to prevent or reduce an enemy's effective use of the electromagnetic spectrum.
55. Relating to or included in the zodiac.
57. Depressing in character or appearance.
59. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
61. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
62. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
63. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
64. A metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter.
66. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
68. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
71. The rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land.
74. The hair growing on the lower part of a man's face.
78. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
79. A record in which commercial accounts are recorded.
81. On or toward the lee.
82. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
85. Make reference to.
86. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
87. United States comedian remembered for his large nose and hoarse voice (1893-1980).
88. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.

DOWN

1. Large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal.
2. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
3. Wild ox.
4. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
5. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
6. (electronics) Designating sound transmission from two sources through two channels.
7. A small pennant borne on a lance.
8. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
9. King of Denmark and Norway who forced Edmund II to divide England with him.
10. Having a tail.
11. A disposition to behave in a certain way.
12. (informal) Exceptionally good.
13. The basic unit of money in Lesotho.
14. Make editorial changes (in a text).
24. Not out.
26. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
27. Widespread genus or herbs or soft-wooded arborescent shrubs cultivated for their showy flowers.
32. A yellow quartz.
33. British choreographer (1906-1988).
35. The administration of a strong electric current that passes through the brain to induce convulsions and coma.
36. A rectangular block of hewn stone used for building purposes.
37. Humorously vulgar.
39. (Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation) Optical device that produces an intense monochromatic beam of coherent light.
40. Leave or strike out, as of vowels.
44. The highest level or degree attainable.
45. Type genus of the Ardeidae.
48. Being nine more than ninety.
50. Being one more than one.
51. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
56. Genus of tall smooth herbs of forested mountains of Europe and Asia minor.
58. In bed.
60. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
65. A mountain peak in the Saint Elias Range in the southwestern Yukon Territory in Canada (19,850 feet high).
67. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
69. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
70. A barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports.
72. (Welsh) Corresponds to Iris Ler.
73. The state of owing money.
75. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individually.
76. A network of intersecting blood vessels or intersecting nerves or intersecting lymph vessels.
77. Keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view.
80. The seed of the cereal grass.
83. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
84. A rare polyvalent metallic element of the platinum group.

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