Crossword Puzzle Number 3090 (Medium Grid)

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1. A committee in the executive branch of government that advises the president on foreign and military and national security.
4. City in central Iran.
12. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
15. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
16. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
17. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
18. Type genus of the Blattidae.
20. Fleshy spore-bearing inner mass of e.g. a puffball or stinkhorn.
21. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
22. An annual award by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for achievements in motion picture production and performance.
24. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
26. Rich Middle Eastern cake made of thin layers of flaky pastry filled with nuts and honey.
28. Affect with wonder.
30. An upward slope or grade (as in a road).
32. The innermost membrane of an organ (especially the inner lining of an artery or vein or lymphatic vessel).
35. (Akkadian) Father of the gods and consort of Tiamat.
38. An honorary arts degree.
40. (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.
41. Squirrel monkeys.
43. An ancient city of Sumer located on a former channel of the Euphrates River.
44. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
45. Estrangement from god.
46. Of or related to a musical scale.
50. Being one more than one hundred.
51. Earlier a god.
53. A gate or bar across a toll bridge or toll road which is lifted when the toll is paid.
55. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
56. The capital of Lesotho.
58. Fiddler crabs.
59. Not in action or at work.
61. Informal terms for a mother.
64. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
68. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
72. Any of several compounds of barium.
74. Any of numerous low-growing cushion-forming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems.
76. European strong-scented perennial herb with gray-green bitter-tasting leaves.
77. An association of countries in the western hemisphere.
78. An employee of a railroad.
80. The ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye.
81. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
82. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.
83. Negation of a word or group of words.

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1. A wealthy man (who made his fortune in the Orient).
2. Spicy sauce of tomatoes and onions and chili peppers to accompany Mexican foods.
3. (informal) Of the highest quality.
4. Being or relating to or resembling or emanating from stars.
5. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
6. An informal term for a father.
7. Formerly a large constellation in the southern hemisphere between Canis Major and the Southern Cross.
8. A shop selling delicatessen (as salads or cooked meats).
9. A particular environment or walk of life.
10. Horny projecting mouth of a bird.
11. A port city in southwestern Iran.
12. A city in northwestern Somalia.
13. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
14. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
19. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
23. An adherent of Lamaism (Tibetan Buddhism).
25. A member of the Nahuatl people who established an empire in Mexico that was overthrown by Cortes in 1519.
27. Denoting a quantity consisting of six items or units.
29. The vein in the center of a leaf.
31. A nonmetallic largely pentavalent heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens.
33. Make a marcel in a woman's hair.
34. Of or relating to the process of hearing.
36. A fractional monetary unit in Bangladesh and India and Nepal and Pakistan.
37. An abnormal passage leading from a suppurating cavity to the body surface.
39. Perennial of southern Europe cultivated for forage and for its nectar-rich pink flowers that make it an important honey crop.
42. The eighth month of the civil year.
47. An anticoagulant (trade name Coumadin) use to prevent and treat a thrombus or embolus.
48. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
49. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
52. The act of relaying something.
54. Tall New Zealand timber tree.
57. A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles.
60. A kind of polyester fabric.
62. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
63. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
65. South African term for `boss'.
66. Any of several related languages of the Celts in Ireland and Scotland.
67. A protocol (utilizing TCP) to transfer hypertext requests and information between servers and browsers.
69. The language of the nomadic Lapp people in northern Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula.
70. The basic monetary unit of most members of the European Union (introduced in 1999).
71. The state of owing money.
73. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
75. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
79. A colorless and odorless inert gas.

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