Crossword Puzzle Number 3284 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. The top edge of a vessel.
5. Scandinavian liquor usually flavored with caraway seeds.
12. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
15. A Loloish language.
16. Wild llama.
17. A nucleotide derived from adenosine that occurs in muscle tissue.
18. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
20. A secret society of white Southerners to resist Black emancipation.
21. (Greek mythology) A river in Hades.
22. A group of mostly extinct primitive bony fishes characterized by armor-like bony scales.
24. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
25. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring in the air.
26. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
27. A republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia.
29. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
31. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
33. A master's degree in business.
36. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
38. (botany) Of some seeds.
41. Profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger.
43. A unit of conductance equal to the reciprocal of an ohm.
45. Something causes misery or death.
46. A roundabout road (especially one that is used temporarily while a main route is blocked).
49. A tax on various goods brought into a town.
51. A soft gray malleable metallic element that resembles tin but discolors on exposure to air.
52. A city in northwestern Turkey.
53. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
55. Covered with paving material.
57. Any of various plants of the genus Sesbania having pinnate leaves and large showy pealike flowers.
60. Large edible mackerel of temperate United States coastal Atlantic waters.
61. A person who has lied or who lies repeatedly.
62. Someone who bakes commercially.
65. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
68. The sixth month of the Hindu calendar.
72. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
73. A final climactic stage.
76. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
77. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
78. English literary critic who collaborated with C. K. Ogden and contributed to the development of Basic English (1893-1979).
80. A widely distributed system consisting of all the cells able to ingest bacteria or colloidal particles etc, except for certain white blood cells.
81. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
82. A great raja.
83. Take in solid food.

DOWN

1. God of wealth and love.
2. Measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects.
3. Complacently or inanely foolish.
4. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Bronze Age culture of Crete.
5. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
6. A famous waterfall in Venezuela.
7. Well grounded in logic or truth or having legal force.
8. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
9. Any of numerous showy orchids of the genus Vanda having many large flowers in loose racemes.
10. Being nine more than ninety.
11. A gate or bar across a toll bridge or toll road which is lifted when the toll is paid.
12. Moths whose larvae are cutworms.
13. The principles of right and wrong that are accepted by an individual or a social group.
14. A drama set to music.
19. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
23. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
28. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
30. (law) A defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question.
32. One related on the mother's side.
34. English monk and scholar (672-735).
35. Of or relating to Attica or its inhabitants or to the dialect spoken in Athens in classical times.
37. A unit of illumination equal to 1 lumen per square centimeter.
39. The Uralic language spoken by the Yeniseian people.
40. A low triangular area where a river divides before entering a larger body of water.
42. Roman lyric poet said to have influenced English poetry (65-8 BC).
44. United States newspaper publisher (1858-1935).
47. (sports) With hand brought forward and up from below shoulder level.
48. Located in or toward the back or rear.
50. A unit of weight used in east Asia approximately equal to 1.3 ounces.
54. Half the width of an em.
56. A tyrannical power to be propitiated by human subservience or sacrifice.
58. The dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia.
59. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
63. A French abbot.
64. God of love and erotic desire.
66. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
67. Massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws.
69. Fraught with extreme danger.
70. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
71. American political cartoonist (1840-1902).
74. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
75. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
79. A person who announces and plays popular recorded music.

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