Crossword Puzzle Number 4026 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. An artificial language that is a revision and simplification of Esperanto.
4. Type genus of Crassulaceae.
12. An operating system that is on a disk.
15. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
16. A major Mexican port on the Gulf of Mexico in the state of Veracruz.
17. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
18. (informal) Exceptionally good.
20. A quantity of no importance.
21. Spiritual being attendant upon God.
23. (British) A minicar used as a taxicab.
24. 1/1000 gram.
26. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
27. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
28. Wild or domesticated South American cud-chewing animal related to camels but smaller and lacking a hump.
30. Either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus having short spirally twisted horns in both sexes.
31. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
33. Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy.
35. Remove from its packing.
39. A steep rugged rock or cliff.
40. A member of a North American Indian people speaking one of the Hokan language.
44. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.
47. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
48. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
51. Jordan's port.
52. A large piece of fabric (as canvas) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel.
54. Port city in the United Arab Emirates on the Persian Gulf.
56. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
57. An associate degree in applied science.
59. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
62. A very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses.
64. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
65. The sound like water splashing.
67. An annual award by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for achievements in motion picture production and performance.
70. (South African) A camp defended by a circular formation of wagons.
74. A Dravidian language spoken in southern India.
76. (Greek mythology) One of the three Graces.
77. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
78. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
81. A category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality.
82. A luminance unit equal to 1 candle per square meter measured perpendicular to the rays from the source.
83. Type genus of the Sciaenidae.
84. On or toward the lee.

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1. A ballistic missile that is capable of traveling from one continent to another.
2. An Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan.
3. Large long-armed ape of Borneo and Sumatra having arboreal habits.
4. Being five more than one hundred.
5. Of or relating to the kidneys.
6. (of farmland) Capable of being farmed productively.
7. Experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness.
8. A person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud.
9. An ancient city of Sumer located on a former channel of the Euphrates River.
10. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
11. Any of numerous ornamental shrubs grown for their showy flowers of various colors.
12. A religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof.
13. A naturally occuring glyceride of oleic acid that is found in fats and oils.
14. Food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing.
19. United States writer (born in Lebanon) (1883-1931).
22. A city in southwestern Russia in a valley of the Caucasus Mountains.
25. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
29. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
32. Squash bugs.
34. A class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response.
36. The capital of Cape Verde on Sao Tiago Island.
37. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
38. Scottish sea captain who was hired to protect British shipping in the Indian Ocean and then was accused of piracy and hanged (1645-1701).
41. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
42. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
43. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
45. (computer science) A data transmission rate (bits/second) for modems.
46. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
49. Electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds.
50. The basic unit of money in Iran.
53. Hungarian choreographer who developed Labanotation (1879-1958).
55. A dry cold north wind in SE France.
58. Food that is discarded (as from a kitchen).
60. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
61. Drought-resistant Asiatic treelike shrub bearing pleasantly acid small red edible fruits commonly used in sherbets.
63. Physicist honored for advances in solid state electronics (born in Japan in 1925).
66. A shape that sags.
68. King of Denmark and Norway who forced Edmund II to divide England with him.
69. Gully or streambed in North Africa and the Middle East that remains dry except during rainy season.
71. A correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence).
72. A republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of Ireland.
73. Amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis.
75. The last (12th) month of the year.
79. A state in midwestern United States.
80. An associate degree in nursing.

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