Crossword Puzzle Number 2394 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
5. Battle in which the ruler of Afghanistan defeated the Mahrattas in 1761.
12. (slang) A gangster's pistol.
15. (Babylonian) A goddess of the watery deep and daughter of Ea.
16. Of a leaf shape.
17. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
18. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
19. Pacific newts.
20. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
21. A shrub or tree of the genus Rhus (usually limited to the non-poisonous members of the genus).
23. A state in New England.
25. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
26. Chief port of Yemen.
28. A soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures).
30. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring in the air.
31. An informal term for a father.
32. A Bantu language spoken in southern Zaire.
35. Hormone produced early in pregnancy by the placenta.
37. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
41. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
42. Of or relating to or characteristic of Ireland or its people.
44. United States musician (born in Japan) who married John Lennon and collaborated with him on recordings (born in 1933).
46. Ruined by overcooking.
48. A town in northern France on the Strait of Dover that serves as a ferry port to England.
50. Distant in either space or time.
53. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
54. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
55. The basic unit of money in Uruguay.
57. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
60. Only extant member of the order Rhynchocephalia of large spiny lizard-like diapsid reptiles of coastal islands off New Zealand.
62. An oleoresin used in varnishes and ointments.
65. Signal going into an electronic system.
66. American Revolutionary patriot.
71. An emotional response that has been acquired by conditioning.
72. Discrimination in favor of the able-bodied.
75. Belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler.
77. Inquire about.
78. Edge of a way or road or path.
80. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
81. An association of countries in the western hemisphere.
82. A great raja.
83. The cry made by sheep.

DOWN

1. Type genus of the Anatidae.
2. Tall New Zealand timber tree.
3. (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious.
4. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
5. Any of various herbaceous plants whose leaves or stems or flowers are cooked and used for food or seasoning.
6. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
7. Conforming with or constituting a norm or standard or level or type or social norm.
8. Overgrown with ivy.
9. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
10. The capital and largest city of Greece.
11. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
12. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
13. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
14. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
22. Affectedly trendy.
24. A chain of more than 200 islands about 400 miles long in the western central Pacific Ocean.
27. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
29. Disposed of as useless.
33. A town in east central Maine on the Penobscot River.
34. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
36. A river that rises in western New Mexico and flows westward through southern Arizona to become a tributary of the Colorado River.
38. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
39. United States feminist who was active in the women's suffrage movement (1819-1910).
40. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
43. A deep bow.
45. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
47. The capital of Morocco.
49. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
51. (ophthalmology) Impaired eyesight resulting usually from irregular conformation of the cornea.
52. (used of living things especially persons) In an early period of life or development or growth.
56. A short composition for a solo instrument.
58. Remove offensive capability from.
59. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
61. South American cavy.
63. A port city of south central Ukraine on an arm of the Black Sea.
64. United States civil rights leader who refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man in Montgomery (Alabama) and so triggered the national civil rights movement (born in 1913).
67. The capital and chief port of Qatar.
68. A former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia.
69. A small cake leavened with yeast.
70. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
73. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
74. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
76. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
79. A person who announces and plays popular recorded music.

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