Crossword Puzzle Number 2409 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
4. A member of an Indian people formerly living along the Gulf coast of Louisiana and Texas.
11. Flat blade-like projection on the arm of an anchor.
15. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
16. A member of a North American people formerly living in the Colorado river valley in Arizona.
17. Open to or abounding in fresh air.
18. (informal) Uncomplimentary terms for a policeman.
19. The square of a body of any size of type.
20. Cause to go somewhere.
21. Remove with or as if with a ladle.
22. Malevolent aspect of Devi.
24. Showing extreme cupidity.
26. Type genus of the Amiidae.
27. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
30. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
31. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.
32. Formerly a term of respect for important white Europeans in colonial India.
33. Wild or domesticated South American cud-chewing animal related to camels but smaller and lacking a hump.
37. (Greek mythology) The brother of Jocasta and uncle of Antigone who became king of Thebes after the fall of Oedipus.
40. Ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside).
42. An Indian unit of length having different values in different localities.
43. Small shrubby tree of eastern North America similar to the Judas tree having usually pink flowers.
45. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
46. The commonest type of solidified lava.
48. A state in midwestern United States.
49. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
51. Deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious.
53. A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles.
56. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
57. The habitation of wild animals.
58. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
59. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
62. Half the width of an em.
63. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
65. An acute febrile highly contagious viral disease.
68. A lawman concerned with narcotics violations.
73. A member of the Uniat Church.
75. City in Sudan.
77. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
78. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
79. Durable fragrant wood.
81. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
82. A device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces.
83. Like or suggestive of a sheep in docility or stupidity or meekness or timidity.
84. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

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1. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
2. A unit of resistance equal to a billionth of an ohm.
3. Diminished in strength, quality, or utility.
4. Inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence.
5. Chipmunks of eastern North America.
6. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
7. The quarter of many North African cities in which the citadel is located.
8. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
9. A member of the majority people of Punjab in northwestern India.
10. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
11. Cheap showy jewelry or ornament or clothing.
12. The dynasty that ruled much of Manchuria and northeastern China from 947 to 1125.
13. Relating to the Urdu language.
14. Opinion or judgment.
23. A wealthy man (who made his fortune in the Orient).
25. Bright with a steady but subdued shining.
28. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
29. French revolutionary who was prominent in the early days of the French Revolution (1749-1791).
34. Jordan's port.
35. Popular aquarium fish.
36. Stern foremost or backward.
38. Located in or toward the back or rear.
39. Ctenophores lacking tentacles.
41. A master's degree in business.
44. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
47. A deep bow.
50. Snarled or stalled in complete confusion.
52. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
54. Of or relating to the Iberian peninsula or its inhabitants.
55. Genus of tropical plants with creeping rootstocks and small umbellate flowers.
60. An ore that is the chief source of zinc.
61. (Judaism) A Jewish festival (traditionally 8 days) celebrating the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt.
64. Large black-and-white herbivorous mammal of bamboo forests of China and Tibet.
66. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel.
67. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
69. Not only so, but.
70. Cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems.
71. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
72. God of love and erotic desire.
74. Syndrome resulting from a serious acute (sometimes fatal) infection associated with the presence of staphylococcus.
76. Informal terms for the mouth.
80. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.

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