Crossword Puzzle Number 3990 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
4. (zoology) Lacking a tail or taillike appendage.
11. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
15. (informal) `johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War.
16. Rich Middle Eastern cake made of thin layers of flaky pastry filled with nuts and honey.
17. Any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves.
18. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
19. The total output of a writer or artist (or a substantial part of it).
20. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household.
21. (informal) Exceptionally good.
23. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
25. Swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs.
26. Bar temporarily.
29. A linear unit of measurement (equal to 6 feet) for water depth.
31. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
33. Extremely pleasing.
37. Sheet that forms a distinct (usually flat) section or component of something.
40. A sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc.
42. Land received by fee tail v 1.
45. Lower in esteem.
46. A public promotion of some product or service.
47. New World skinks.
50. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
51. Sweet liqueur made from wine and brandy flavored with plum or peach or apricot kernels and bitter almonds.
54. An accountant certified by the state.
56. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
57. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
58. God of love and erotic desire.
61. Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean.
63. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
66. (Old Testament) Wife of Isaac and mother of Jacob and Esau.
68. Of surpassing excellence.
70. Related to or concerned with alchemy.
74. Group insurance that entitles members to services of participating hospitals and clinics and physicians.
75. A department of Greece in the central Peloponnese.
78. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
79. The fatty flesh of eel.
80. A writ from a court commanding police to perform specified acts.
81. In a murderous frenzy as if possessed by a demon.
82. The compass point that is midway between north and northeast.
83. Turkish sea power was destroyed in 1571 by a league of Christian nations organized by the Pope.
84. Long coarse hair growing from the crest of the animal's neck.

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1. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
2. Massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws.
3. A substance that abrades or wears down.
4. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
5. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC).
6. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
7. Type genus of the family Ulvaceae.
8. A unit of elastance equal to the reciprocal of a farad.
9. Prevent the occurrence of.
10. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
11. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
12. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
13. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
14. Informal terms for a (young) woman.
22. Small genus of hairy herbs with yellow flowers.
24. 30 to 300 gigahertz.
27. Any cognitive content held as true.
28. (usually followed by `of') Released from something onerous (especially an obligation or duty).
30. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
32. Large black-and-white herbivorous mammal of bamboo forests of China and Tibet.
34. A small cake leavened with yeast.
35. Infusion of e.g. dried or fresh flowers or leaves.
36. Relating to the blood vessels or blood.
38. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
39. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
41. A genus of Pyralidae.
43. City in eastern Belgium.
44. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
48. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
49. Bowing in such a way that the bow bounces lightly off the strings.
52. A larval frog or toad.
53. American novelist (1909-1955).
55. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
59. A state in New England.
60. A port city in southwestern Iran.
62. Desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers.
64. The first compartment of the stomach of a ruminant.
65. An uproarious party.
67. Intelligence derived from non-communications electromagnetic radiations from foreign sources (other than radioactive sources).
69. (Scotland) A slope or hillside.
71. Informal terms for a mother.
72. A visual representation of an object or scene or person produced on a surface.
73. A block of solid substance (such as soap or wax).
76. A byproduct of inflammation.
77. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.

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