Crossword Puzzle Number 3802 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. (folklore) Fairies that are somewhat mischievous.
4. A state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico.
11. Employed in accomplishing something.
16. An analgesic for mild pain.
17. A member of the South American Indian people living in Brazil and Paraguay.
18. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
19. Showing characteristics of age, especially having gray or white hair.
20. A metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter.
21. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
22. Axis of a compound leaf or compound inflorescence.
24. Flesh of any of various freshwater fishes of the families Centrarchidae of North America or Cyprinidae of Europe.
27. Feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and being unable to roar.
28. Having the leading position or higher score in a contest.
31. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
32. Optical instrument consisting of a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision.
35. Botswanan statesman who was the first president of Botswana (1921-1980).
39. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
42. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
43. An arrangement of objects or people side by side in a line.
44. A inexpensive showy collectibles.
48. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
49. Similar to the giraffe but smaller with much shorter neck and stripe on the legs.
51. Forced to turn and face attackers.
52. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
54. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
55. Tropical American trees with palmately compound leaves and showy bell-shaped flowers.
56. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
57. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
59. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
61. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
62. A carriage consisting of two wheels and calash top.
64. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
66. A deep bow.
74. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
75. A native or inhabitant of Maldives.
78. Government agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants.
79. The 13th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
80. A colorless explosive liquid that is volatile and poisonous and foul-smelling.
81. The fatty flesh of eel.
82. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
83. Any new participant in some activity.
84. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.

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1. Chief god of the Rig-Veda.
2. Tropical Asian starlings.
3. A point located with respect to surface features of some region.
4. Any of various small plant-sucking insects.
5. A mountainous landlocked communist state in southeastern Asia.
6. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
7. Found along western Atlantic coast.
8. A public promotion of some product or service.
9. Marked by simplicity.
10. Muslim name for God.
11. A reptile genus of Iguanidae.
12. Attain success or reach a goal.
13. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
14. Having relatively few calories.
23. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
25. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
26. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
29. Causing abrasion.
30. A person forced to flee from home or country.
33. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
34. Someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information.
36. A family of Amerindian languages spoken in California.
37. Look forward to the probably occurrence of.
38. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
40. A unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries.
41. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
45. A person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another.
46. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
47. A mountain in south central Alaska.
50. A fractional monetary unit in Bangladesh and India and Nepal and Pakistan.
53. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
58. Relating to the Lamaze method of childbirth.
60. A small British coin worth six pennies.
63. (Old Testament) The minister of the Persian emperor who hated the Jews and was hanged for plotting to massacre them.
65. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
67. In bed.
68. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
69. A federally sponsored corporation that insures accounts in national banks and other qualified institutions.
70. Large luxurious car.
71. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
72. The chief solid component of mammalian urine.
73. The clock time given by a clock carried on board a spacecraft.
76. Less than normal in degree or intensity or amount.
77. A healthy capacity for vigorous activity.

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