Crossword Puzzle Number 2731 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. The basic unit of money in Iran.
5. A heavy gray-white metallic element.
12. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
15. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
16. Reprehensible acquisitiveness.
17. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
18. A hymn of praise (especially one sung in ancient Greece to invoke or thank a deity).
19. Mother goddess.
20. Of or relating to a geological eon (longer than an era).
22. A genus of Ploceidae.
24. A Hindu prince or king in India.
26. A midwestern state in north central United States.
27. Unknown god.
28. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
30. Not divisible by two.
32. Language of the people of Cebu in the Philippines.
35. A large number or amount.
39. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
40. Any of various aromatic resinous substances used for healing and soothing.
42. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
43. The mother-in-law of Ruth whose story is told in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament.
45. An informal term for a father.
48. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
49. Pleasantly (even unrealistically) optimistic.
51. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
54. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
55. A material effigy that is worshipped as a god.
56. Edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants.
57. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
60. Before noon.
61. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
64. Of southern Europe.
67. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
72. Electronic warfare undertaken under direct control of an operational commander to locate sources of radiated electromagnetic energy for the purpose of immediate threat recognition.
75. The basic unit of money in Finland.
76. The highest point of something.
77. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
78. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
79. Of or relating to or befitting eremites or their practices of hermitic living.
82. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
83. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
84. Sometimes classified as member of order Taxales.
85. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

DOWN

1. A fabric with prominent rounded crosswise ribs.
2. The content of cognition.
3. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
4. Soviet physicist who worked on low temperature physics (1908-1968).
5. (often followed by `of') A large number or amount or extent.
6. Improperly forward or bold.
7. Rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos.
8. The common bean plant grown for the beans rather than the pods (especially a variety with large red kidney-shaped beans).
9. A state in New England.
10. (informal) Of the highest quality.
11. The sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this).
12. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
13. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
14. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
21. (Sumerian and Babylonian) A solar deity.
23. A peninsula between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf.
25. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
29. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
31. An honorary degree in science.
33. North American rat snakes.
34. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
36. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
37. Supernatural half-man and half-bird vehicle or bearer of Vishnu.
38. A downhill race over a winding course defined by upright poles.
41. A crime syndicate in the United States.
44. An award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event.
46. (Roman mythology) A princess of Tyre who was the founder and queen of Carthage.
47. A large bundle bound for storage or transport.
50. A metallic element of the rare earth group.
52. Capable of being perceived by the senses.
53. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
58. A container that is usually woven and has handles.
59. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
62. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
63. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
65. An narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family.
66. Capital and largest city of the Czech Republic.
68. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered.
69. Avatar of Vishnu.
70. Surpassing the ordinary especially in size or scale.
71. A monocotyledonous genus of the family Iridaceae.
73. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
74. Type genus of the Majidae.
80. (combining form) Former.
81. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.

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