Crossword Puzzle Number 2991 (Medium Grid)

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1. United States musician (born in Japan) who married John Lennon and collaborated with him on recordings (born in 1933).
4. Tropical American vine having roots that hang like cords and cylindrical fruit with a pineapple and banana flavor.
11. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church.
15. A label made of cardboard or plastic or metal.
16. The act of drawing or hauling something.
17. The part of a hammerhead opposite the flat striking surface (may have various shapes).
18. A small tasty bit of food.
20. Being one more than one.
21. Covered with growing trees and bushes etc.
22. Of or relating to or involving an area.
25. (British) A check given by the British government to someone who is unemployed.
26. (Christianity) Saved from the bondage of sin.
28. Ratio of the hypotenuse to the opposite side.
31. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
32. Release or vent, as of emotions and reactions.
35. A rare chronic progressive encephalitis caused by the measles virus and occurring primarily in children and young adults.
38. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo.
41. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
42. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
43. An implement used to propel or steer a boat.
46. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
48. A metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter.
49. A coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating current.
51. A republic in northeastern Africa known as the United Arab Republic until 1971.
53. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
55. Make lively.
56. On or toward the lee.
57. A long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river.
58. A nonstandard form of American English spoken by some American Black people.
61. The academic world.
63. Not only so, but.
64. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
65. A small cake leavened with yeast.
68. Type genus of the family Mimidae.
72. Greek mythology.
76. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
78. Squash bugs.
79. Of flax, hemp, or jute, so as to promote loosening of the fibers form the woody tissue.
80. A man of great strength or bravery.
82. Any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue.
83. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
84. A great raja.
85. The quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength.

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1. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
2. The basic unit of money in Nigeria.
3. English psychologist who collaborated with I. A. Richards in designing Basic English (1889-1957).
4. The largest Chilean island and the only one to be settled.
5. Take in solid food.
6. A rare polyvalent metallic element of the platinum group.
7. A Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the siege of Troy.
8. The bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service.
9. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
10. Not of long duration.
11. A final climactic stage.
12. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
13. A person with unusual powers of foresight.
14. (prefix) Within.
19. A city in northwestern Switzerland.
23. Overcome esp. with astonishment or disbelief.
24. A hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care.
27. Type genus of the Majidae.
29. Used of a single unit or thing.
30. Block consisting of a thick piece of something.
33. Of or relating to the African republic of Somalia or its people or their language and culture.
34. Ground snakes.
36. Formerly a term of respect for important white Europeans in colonial India.
37. A town in north central Utah settled by Mormons.
39. Prolific Spanish playwright (1562-1635).
40. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
44. A spirit believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals.
45. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
47. Someone who dwells in a cave.
50. A republic in eastern Africa.
52. A bluish shade of green.
54. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
59. Photographic equipment consisting of a lightproof box with a lens at one end and light-sensitive film at the other.
60. The second great battle of the American Civil War (1862).
62. Fairly small terrestrial ferns of tropical America.
66. In bed.
67. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
69. Tropical Asian starlings.
70. A former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia.
71. One of the two main branches of orthodox Islam.
73. A course of conduct.
74. (Old Testament) The eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the Covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac.
75. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
77. The shape of a raised edge of a more or less circular object.
81. A person who announces and plays popular recorded music.

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