Crossword Puzzle Number 3896 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
5. Type genus of the Alaudidae.
11. United States virologist who developed the Salk vaccine that is injected against poliomyelitis (born 1914).
15. Assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing.
16. (Arthurian legend) The battlefield where King Arthur was mortally wounded.
17. American novelist (1909-1955).
18. English actress (1847-1928).
19. A general conscious awareness.
20. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
21. At or constituting a border or edge.
24. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
28. Of or relating to the Quechua people or their language.
31. Being one more than ninety.
35. Having winglike extensions.
36. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
39. A port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya.
41. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
42. Any place of complete bliss and delight and peace.
43. A fastener for a door or lid.
44. A state in the western United States.
46. Being three more than fifty.
47. Ragout of game in a rich sauce.
48. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
49. Either of two large muscles of the chest.
52. Slanting diagonally across the grain of a fabric.
53. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
57. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
58. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
60. At a previous time.
62. Regional and archaic.
69. High quality grape brandy distilled in the Cognac district of France.
71. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
72. A cgs unit of work or energy.
73. (formal) Ordinary and not refined.
75. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
76. A widely distributed system consisting of all the cells able to ingest bacteria or colloidal particles etc, except for certain white blood cells.
77. Mildly laxative n.
78. Large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male.

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1. Moderate or restrain.
2. In bed.
3. A large mass of ice floating at sea.
4. A city in the central Netherlands.
5. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
6. Baked dish of layers of lasagna pasta with sauce and cheese and meat or vegetables.
7. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
8. The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm.
9. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
10. Used of a single unit or thing.
11. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
12. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
13. Wife or mistress of Zeus and mother of Apollo and Artemis in ancient mythology.
14. English actor noted for his portrayals of Shakespeare's great tragic characters (1789-1833).
22. The cry made by sheep.
23. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
25. Used in combination.
26. An edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle.
27. The act of scanning.
29. Exultantly proud and joyful.
30. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
32. Paralysis of the vocal cords resulting in an inability to speak.
33. Depressing in character or appearance.
34. Of or relating to or supporting Romanism.
37. Australian moundbird.
38. A farewell remark.
40. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
45. Of or relating to or characteristic of Hades or Tartarus.
50. Clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing.
51. The portion of the loin (especially of beef) just in front of the rump.
54. (British) A member of the military police.
55. Before noon.
56. A distinct feature or element in a problem.
59. Any of numerous low-growing cushion-forming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems.
61. A light strong gray lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong light-weight alloys (as for airplane parts).
63. (nautical) Situated at or toward the bow of a vessel.
64. Oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food.
65. The second largest of the Hawaiian Islands.
66. An expression of open-mouthed astonishment.
67. Precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents.
68. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
70. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
74. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.

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