Crossword Puzzle Number 3590 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Tear down so as to make flat with the ground.
5. Someone who works underwater.
12. A syndrome that occurs in many women from 2 to 14 days before the onset of menstruation.
15. By bad luck.
16. A rope used in towing.
17. Mythical bird of prey having enormous size and strength.
18. Large high frilly cap with a full crown.
20. Of a pale purple color.
21. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
22. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
25. A nonflammable liquid (trade name Ethrane) used as an inhalation general anesthetic.
27. United States evangelical preacher famous as a mass evangelist (born in 1918).
29. Large American feline resembling a lion.
30. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
33. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
39. Type genus of the Majidae.
41. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
44. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
45. A selective-serotonin reuptake inhibitor commonly prescribed as an antidepressant (trade name Paxil).
46. In former classifications a major division of Mammalia comprising all hoofed mammals.
48. A person who announces and plays popular recorded music.
50. City in northern Austria on the Danube.
51. An administrator in charge of a division of a university or college.
52. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
53. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
55. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
56. Any plant of the genus Lithops native to Africa having solitary yellow or white flowers and thick leaves that resemble stones.
60. Relating to or characteristic of the Celts.
62. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
64. An actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech.
65. Of or relating to or characteristic of religious rituals.
67. Obvious and dull.
69. English essayist (1775-1834).
70. The content of cognition.
74. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
75. Characterized by slanting characters.
78. A long narrow inlet of the sea between steep cliffs.
79. Experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness.
80. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
82. Type genus of the Amiidae.
83. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
84. Genus of beetles whose grubs feed mainly on roots of plants.
85. Paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people).

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1. Tall perennial herb of tropical Asia with dark green leaves.
2. A town in central Belgium.
3. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
4. A steep artificial slope in front of a fortification.
5. (computer science) Protocol that allows users to copy files between their local system and any system they can reach on the network.
6. An artificial language for international use that rejects rejects all existing words and is based instead on an abstract analysis of ideas.
7. The elapsed time it takes for light (or radio signals) to travel between the Earth and a celestial object.
8. Norwegian composer whose work was often inspired by Norwegian folk music (1843-1907).
9. Designating a solution containing 1 mole of solute per 1000 grams of solvent.
10. The great hall in ancient Persian palaces.
11. An acute inflammatory disease occurring in the intestines of premature infants.
12. (Greek mythology) The last king of Troy.
13. An utterance expressing pain or disapproval.
14. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
19. (zoology) Lacking a tail or taillike appendage.
23. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
24. Relating to the blood vessels or blood.
26. A metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter.
28. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
31. A spirit believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals.
32. French novelist.
34. Sheet glass cut in shapes for windows or doors.
35. Of or relating to alga.
36. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
37. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
38. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
40. Of or relating to or resembling an axis of rotation.
42. Coextensive with the family Punicaceae.
43. A hidden storage space (for money or provisions or weapons).
47. An adherent of any branch of Taoism.
49. Tree of the West Indies and northern South America bearing succulent edible orange-sized fruit.
54. The cry made by sheep.
57. Eurasian perennial bulbous herbs.
58. A minor match preceding the main event.
59. A white or colorless vitreous insoluble solid (SiO2).
61. A Hebrew prophet in the Old Testament who opposed the worship of idols.
63. The capital of Morocco.
66. The basic unit of money in Thailand.
68. A quantity of no importance.
71. Informal terms for a human head.
72. A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York.
73. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
76. Being one more than nine.
77. A rapid bustling commotion.
81. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.

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