Crossword Puzzle Number 3573 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. The compass point that is one point west of due south.
4. Has cams attached to it.
12. The syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization.
15. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
16. Having or involving three colors.
17. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
18. Fairly small terrestrial ferns of tropical America.
20. Make off with belongings of others.
21. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
22. A car that is closed and that has front and rear seats and two or four doors.
25. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
27. A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles.
29. Herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves.
31. A heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element.
32. Any object that radiates energy.
37. A genus of orb-weaving spiders including common garden spiders and barn spiders.
39. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
40. A challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy.
41. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
42. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
44. Any of various plants of the genus Sesbania having pinnate leaves and large showy pealike flowers.
47. Rhizomatous herb of India having aromatic seeds used as seasoning.
51. Spiritual being attendant upon God.
52. The quality of being alien.
53. Any of various units of capacity.
55. Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus.
56. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
57. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
59. An associate degree in applied science.
61. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
64. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
66. Wood of a sumac.
70. Unrefined brown sugar made from palm sap.
74. A unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity.
75. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered.
76. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
77. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
79. United States tennis player (born in Czechoslovakia) who won several singles championships.
80. Being one more than two.
81. An island republic on the island of Iceland.
83. The basic unit of money in Cambodia.
84. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
85. A person with great powers and abilities.
86. A small cake leavened with yeast.

DOWN

1. Sudden and unexpected death of an apparently healthy infant during sleep.
2. (Scotland) A slope or hillside.
3. A Chadic language spoken in the Mandara mountains in Cameroon.
4. Comb-plate or locomotor organ consisting of a row of strong cilia whose bases are fused.
5. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
6. Destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle.
7. Interface consisting of a standard port between a computer and its peripherals that is used in some computers.
8. A republic in Central America.
9. A state in northwestern North America.
10. A fortified military post where troops are stationed.
11. Hormone released by the hypothalamus that controls the release of thyroid-stimulating hormone from the anterior pituitary.
12. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
13. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
14. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
19. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
23. A periodic paperback publication.
24. A port city in southwestern Iran.
26. Grayish baboon of southern and eastern Africa.
28. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
30. Of or relating to or involving an area.
33. A doctor's degree in dental surgery.
34. Japanese architect (born in 1913).
35. A projecting bay window corbeled or cantilevered out from a wall.
36. A domain in which something is dominant.
38. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
43. Formerly the chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa.
45. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
46. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel.
48. Support resembling the rib of an animal.
49. Locate and correct errors in a computer program code.
50. The food served and eaten at one time.
54. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
58. A motley assortment of things.
60. Of surpassing excellence.
62. Small room on a ship or boat where people sleep.
63. A state of sanctification by God.
65. A game in which numbered balls are drawn and random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards.
67. An irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action.
68. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
69. South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow spadix.
71. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
72. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
73. (cosmology) The original matter that (according to the big bang theory) existed before the formation of the chemical elements.
78. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
82. A doctor's degree in religion.

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