Crossword Puzzle Number 261 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
5. A citizen who has a legal right to vote.
12. A liquid used for printing or writing or drawing.
15. The Judeo-Christian God.
16. A Powhatan Indian woman (the daughter of Powhatan) who befriended the English at Jamestown and is said to have saved Captain John Smith's life (1595-1617).
17. Of inferior or mixed breed.
18. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
19. Relating to or resembling or made of or adorned with pearls or mother-of-pearl.
20. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
22. Orange liqueur with lemon juice and brandy.
24. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
26. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
27. Praise, glorify, or honor.
28. Relating to or included in the zodiac.
31. Unknown god.
33. American novelist (1909-1955).
34. Type genus of the Otariidae.
35. (nautical, aeronautical) Situated at or toward the stern or tail.
37. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
39. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
42. (music) A curved line spanning notes that are to be played legato.
45. Widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits.
48. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
49. A small cake leavened with yeast.
50. Having a sole or soles especially as specified.
52. The capacitance of a capacitor that has an equal and opposite charge of 1 coulomb on each plate and a voltage difference of 1 volt between the plates.
54. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
55. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
57. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
58. (Greek mythology) Ancient god of the sun.
61. A winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple.
63. A public promotion of some product or service.
64. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
65. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
67. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
70. An independent state within the British Commonwealth located on the Fiji Islands.
76. Slightly open.
78. Green with growing things.
80. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
81. A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
82. A lack of vitality.
83. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
84. A set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge.
85. A bag used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women).
86. The 17th letter of the Greek alphabet.

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1. By bad luck.
2. (Norse mythology) Trickster.
3. At surface level.
4. An accessory or adjoining anatomical parts or appendages (especially of the embryo).
5. Pierce with a sharp stake or point.
6. (Greek mythology) The father of Odysseus.
7. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
8. Any of several tropical American palms bearing corozo nuts.
9. English inventor who published the first book illustrated with photographs (1800-1877).
10. (informal) Being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition.
11. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
12. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
13. The back side of the neck.
14. A village of huts for native Africans in southern Africa.
21. A genus of Platalea.
23. Showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others.
25. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
29. The bureau of the Treasury Department responsible for tax collections.
30. A historical region of southwestern India on the west coast.
32. Streaming or flapping or spreading wide as if in a current of air.
36. Of or relating to o occurring in a tube such as e.g. the fallopian tube or eustachian tube.
38. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel.
40. Jordan's port.
41. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
43. Marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea.
44. A soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures).
46. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
47. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
51. A mouth or mouthlike opening.
53. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
56. Genus of herbs of Eurasia and the Americas.
59. An awkward stupid person.
60. (Judaism) A period of seven days of mourning after the death of close relative.
62. Disparaging terms for the common people.
66. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
68. A mythical Greek hero.
69. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
71. The battle in 1806 in which Napoleon decisively defeated the Prussians.
72. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
73. Young sheep.
74. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individually.
75. (prefix) Within.
77. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
79. A doctor's degree in education.

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