Crossword Puzzle Number 2650 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
4. Taken before a meal as an appetizer.
12. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
15. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
16. A light brown raw cane sugar from Guyana.
17. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
18. A full skirt with a gathered waistband.
20. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
21. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
22. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
23. A mountainous landlocked communist state in southeastern Asia.
25. Before noon.
27. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
28. Title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran.
30. Of or relating to or supporting Hinduism.
33. A genus of the cactus family with scarlet flowers.
36. An eyelike marking (as on the wings of some butterflies).
40. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
41. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
43. A harp used by ancient Greeks for accompaniment.
44. Any admirable quality or attribute.
46. An order in the subclass Telosporidia.
50. The range within which a voice can be heard.
53. Mountain goats.
54. Lacking self-confidence.
55. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
56. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
57. Used of a single unit or thing.
60. A rich soil consisting of a mixture of sand and clay and decaying organic materials.
62. The ordinal number of fifty in counting order.
65. The 3 goddesses of fate or destiny.
69. The large trunk artery that carries blood from the left ventricle of the heart to branch arteries.
70. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
73. Any of a group of Indic languages spoken in Kashmir and eastern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan.
74. Type genus of the family Unionidae.
77. A woman who has recently been married.
78. A person who has lied or who lies repeatedly.
79. An embroidered rug made from a coarse Indian felt.
81. A distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list.
82. A mountain lake (especially one formed by glaciers).
83. Liqueur poured over shaved ice.
84. A small cake leavened with yeast.

DOWN

1. An informal term for a father.
2. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
3. Made from residue of grapes or apples after pressing.
4. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
5. Genus of chiefly small rock-loving ferns.
6. The square of a body of any size of type.
7. Make anew.
8. Of or relating to or characteristic of Ireland or its people.
9. Any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue.
10. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
11. The face or front of a building.
12. Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus.
13. Common Indian weaverbird.
14. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
19. Proboscis monkeys.
24. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
26. Of or relating to or supporting Islamism.
29. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 100 liters.
31. That is to say.
32. A Mid-Atlantic state.
34. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
35. United States philosopher (1876-1957).
37. A major victory by the Romans over the Macedonians in 168 BC.
38. (Greek mythology) A giant Boeotian hunter who pursued the Pleiades and was eventually slain by Artemis.
39. Someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity).
42. A native or inhabitant of Scotland.
45. (Greek mythology) The Muse of comedy and pastoral poetry.
47. Using speech rather than writing.
48. A cavity in the mesoderm of an embryo that gives rise in humans to the pleural cavity and pericardial cavity and peritoneal cavity.
49. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
51. A slender double-reed instrument.
52. Pulled or drawn tight.
58. Acknowledge a new land owner as one's landlord, of tenants.
59. Basic principles of the cosmos.
61. The vein in the center of a leaf.
63. Region of western Asia Minor colonized by Ancient Greeks.
64. A male religious of an order of mendicant preachers of the gospel.
66. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
67. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
68. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
71. An inclined surface or roadway that moves traffic from one level to another.
72. A boy or man.
75. A proinflammatory cytokine that is produced by white blood cells (monocytes and macrophages).
76. An implement used to propel or steer a boat.
80. A Mid-Atlantic state.

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