Crossword Puzzle Number 3909 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A port in southern Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea.
4. Relating to or located near the organ that produces tears.
12. Term of address for a man.
15. A metal-bearing mineral valuable enough to be mined.
16. Speak or write in aphorisms.
17. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
18. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
19. Thorny shrub or small tree common in central Argentina having small orange or yellow flowers followed by edible berries.
20. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
22. Of or relating to the Quechua people or their language.
24. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
26. The battle in 202 BC in which Scipio decisively defeated Hannibal at the end of the second Punic War.
27. The shaved crown of a monk's or priest's head.
29. Of or relating to the lips of the mouth.
31. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
33. A Dravidian language spoken in south central India.
34. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
35. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
37. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
39. A rounded projection or protuberance.
43. A negatively charged atom.
45. A city in the Saxony region of Germany on the Saale River.
47. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
48. Range of what one can know or understand.
49. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
50. Towards the side away from the wind.
51. Having come or been brought to a conclusion.
53. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
55. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
57. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
60. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
62. God of wealth and love.
64. A bachelor's degree in science.
66. The Mongol people living the the central and eastern parts of Outer Mongolia.
70. Set down according to a plan.
71. A drama set to music.
75. A branch of the Tai languages.
76. Wear away through erosion or vaporization.
79. Any property detected by the olfactory system.
81. A master's degree in business.
82. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
83. Taken before a meal as an appetizer.
85. Tag the base runner to get him out.
86. Free from liquid or moisture.
87. Display excessive cordiality (towards).
88. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

DOWN

1. The process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid).
2. An instinctive motive.
3. Show a response or a reaction to something.
4. A blank gap or missing part.
5. Related to or affected by aphasia.
6. (Judaism) An eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem.
7. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
8. Feeling or showing extreme anger.
9. A unit of length equal to 1760 yards.
10. The azimuth of a celestial body is the angle between the vertical plane containing it and the plane of the meridian.
11. A human limb.
12. East Indian tree yielding a resin used medicinally and burned as incense.
13. Tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit.
14. Belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler.
21. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
23. The largest of the four main islands of Japan.
25. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
28. Humorously vulgar.
30. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
32. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
36. Belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself).
38. Fleshy spore-bearing inner mass of e.g. a puffball or stinkhorn.
40. A quantity of no importance.
41. A European river.
42. English monk and scholar (672-735).
44. Greek mythology.
46. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
52. Sole genus of the family Naiadaceae.
54. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
56. A public promotion of some product or service.
58. American singer (1918-1990).
59. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
61. A state in northwestern North America.
63. German chemist noted for the synthetic production of ammonia (1868-1934).
65. A momentary flash of light.
67. A genus of Lamnidae.
68. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
69. Jordan's port.
72. (Greek mythology) Goddess of discord.
73. A unit of weight used in some Moslem countries near the Mediterranean.
74. Type genus of the Amiidae.
77. The bill in a restaurant.
78. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
80. An abnormally large amount of this fetoprotein in the fetus can signal an abnormality of the neural tube (as spina bifida or anencephaly).
84. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.

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