Crossword Puzzle Number 3029 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
4. A Christian sacrament signifying spiritual cleansing and rebirth.
11. On, to, or at the top.
15. The cry made by sheep.
16. A genus of sea anemone common in rock pools.
17. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
18. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
19. Made of fir or pine.
20. Resembling a rhombus.
21. Jordan's port.
23. Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers.
25. Fiddler crabs.
26. A port city and resort in Andalusia in southern Spain on the Mediterranean.
28. Any of the large anthropoid apes of the family Pongidae.
30. An angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions.
31. A state in midwestern United States.
32. A small island.
36. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
41. A barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports.
42. Relating to or lying near the palate.
45. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
47. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
49. Run away.
51. A belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school.
52. Avatar of Vishnu.
53. A chronic skin disease occurring primarily in women between the ages of 20 and 40.
54. Towards the side away from the wind.
55. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
57. A bachelor's degree in science.
59. A graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph.
61. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
62. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
63. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
64. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
66. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
70. A flask that holds spirits.
75. Gather, as of as crops.
76. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household.
79. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
80. Fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelopes the seed.
81. The god who fathered the islands and gods of Japan with his sister Izanami.
83. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
84. A round shape formed by a series of concentric circles.
85. A river in the east central United States.
86. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

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1. At right angles to the length of a ship or airplane.
2. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
3. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
4. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
5. (informal) Of the highest quality.
6. A major god.
7. A genus of Cichlidae.
8. Not out.
9. A sea nymph (part woman and part bird) supposed to lure sailors to destruction on the rocks where the nymphs lived.
10. Shrubby tree widely distributed along tropical shores.
11. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
12. Forbidden to profane use especially in South Pacific islands.
13. Of or relating to near the ear.
14. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
22. A shop where a variety of goods are sold.
24. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
27. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
29. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
33. A white powder with a pleasant taste and odor.
34. A painter or drawer of portraits.
35. Submerged freshwater perennials.
37. A mistake resulting from inattention.
38. Burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud.
39. Being of delicate or slender build.
40. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
43. Indian nun and missionary (born in Albania) dedicated to helping the poor in India (1910-1997).
44. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
46. One thousandth of a second.
48. A small cake leavened with yeast.
50. A short high tone produced as a signal or warning.
56. A small contrasting part of something.
58. (Greek mythology) One of the three Gorgons.
60. Offering fun and gaiety.
65. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
67. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality.
68. The habitation of wild animals.
69. A small fragment of something broken off from the whole.
71. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
72. A federally sponsored corporation that insures accounts in national banks and other qualified institutions.
73. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
74. God of love and erotic desire.
77. Relating to or containing the azo radical.
78. Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse.
82. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.

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