Crossword Puzzle Number 3116 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. (computer science) The smallest discrete component of an image or picture on a CRT screen (usually a colored dot).
4. Tall marsh plant with cylindrical seed heads that explode when mature shedding large quantities of down.
12. A solution containing a phosphate buffer.
15. Water frozen in the solid state.
16. A Shinto god of war.
17. The basic unit of money in Romania.
18. Annual to perennial woody herbs of temperate North America, Europe and Asia.
20. A positively charged electrode by which electrons leave an electrical device.
21. A human limb.
22. A family of languages of the Fula people of west Africa in the sub-Sahara regions from Senegal to Chad.
23. Weak-stemmed plant that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface.
25. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
26. Covered with paving material.
28. (archaic) Truly or confidentially.
31. A state in northwestern North America.
33. A New England state.
34. Fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelopes the seed.
38. Narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used for gliding over snow.
42. The pre-Mycenaean civilization on the Cyclades islands in the S Aegean sea.
45. Informal terms for a mother.
46. A couple who both have careers and no children.
47. An anagram that means the opposite of the original word or phrase.
48. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
50. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
51. Sexually transmitted urethritis (usually caused by chlamydia).
52. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
55. The act of flipping a coin.
57. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
60. A switch made from the stems of the rattan palms.
61. Being ten more than fifty.
63. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
66. Fudge made with brown sugar and butter and milk and nuts.
70. A treeless grassy plain.
74. (of tempo) Leisurely n.
77. The products of human creativity.
78. Avatar of Vishnu.
79. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
81. The first month of the year.
82. Chief port of Yemen.
83. A state in midwestern United States.
84. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.

DOWN

1. French cabaret singer (1915-1963).
2. A very light brown.
3. (archaic or Scottish) Faithful and true.
4. Of or in or relating to the nose.
5. With ease.
6. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
7. An Indian tree of the family Combretaceae that is a source of timber and gum.
8. (British) A minicar used as a taxicab.
9. A primeval personification of air and breath.
10. A military trainee (as at a military academy).
11. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
12. The protoplasm of the germ cells that contains chromosomes and genes.
13. Soviet chief of secret police under Joseph Stalin.
14. Wood of a sumac.
19. Aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium.
24. An honorary arts degree.
27. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
29. Any plant of the genus Eryngium.
30. A gaping grimace.
32. A Bantu language spoken by the Kamba people in Kenya.
35. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
36. Electronic warfare undertaken under direct control of an operational commander to locate sources of radiated electromagnetic energy for the purpose of immediate threat recognition.
37. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
39. Deciduous South African tree having large odd-pinnate leaves and profuse fragrant orange-yellow flowers.
40. Chief god of the Rig-Veda.
41. Coils of worsted yarn.
43. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
44. Flowing in drops.
49. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.
53. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
54. (New Testament) The sages who visited Jesus and Mary and Joseph shortly after Jesus was born.
56. A favorite saying of a sect or political group.
58. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
59. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
62. Being one more than ninety.
64. The brightest star in Virgo.
65. Relating to or concerned with a city or densely populated area.
67. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
68. A language unit by which a person or thing is known.
69. A member of the Shoshonean people of northeastern Arizona.
71. A Hindu prince or king in India.
72. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
73. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
75. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
76. Being two more than fifty.
80. Half the width of an em.

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