Crossword Puzzle Number 4389 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.).
5. The capital and largest city of Georgia on the Kura river.
12. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
15. A slender double-reed instrument.
16. (used of opinions and actions) Far beyond the norm.
17. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
18. Submerged freshwater perennials.
19. An edilbe seaweed with a mild flavor.
20. (of securities) Not quoted on a stock exchange.
21. A shop selling delicatessen (as salads or cooked meats).
22. A unit of weight equivalent to 1000 kilograms.
24. Of or relating to the science of acoustics.
26. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
29. A kiln for drying hops.
30. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
31. A great raja.
33. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
35. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
36. Living in or characteristic of farming or country life.
42. The 17th letter of the Greek alphabet.
45. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality.
46. Wild or domesticated South American cud-chewing animal related to camels but smaller and lacking a hump.
47. A male relative.
50. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
52. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
53. An ancient city of Sumer located on a former channel of the Euphrates River.
54. Large genus of African trees bearing kola nuts.
55. Mexican revolutionary leader (1877-1923).
57. A bluish-white lustrous metallic element.
58. A tax toward paving streets.
61. The content of cognition.
62. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
63. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
64. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
67. The southern part of the ancient Palestine succeeding the kingdom of Judah.
71. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
75. Rig used in drilling for oil or gas.
77. Genus of tropical plants with creeping rootstocks and small umbellate flowers.
79. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
80. A metal-bearing mineral valuable enough to be mined.
81. Mended or put in working order.
83. Brief episode in which the brain gets insufficient blood supply.
84. Range of what one can know or understand.
85. Provide additional insurance for.
86. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.

DOWN

1. Having a toe or toes of a specified kind.
2. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
3. Informal terms for money.
4. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
5. A four-wheeled wagon that runs on tracks in a mine.
6. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
7. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
8. The basic unit of money on Malta.
9. Small tropical American tree bearing edible plumlike fruit.
10. Of or relating to Samoa or its people or language or culture.
11. Blockage of the intestine (especially the ileum) that prevents the contents of the intestine from passing to the lower bowel.
12. A small cave (usually with attractive features).
13. Ludicrously odd.
14. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
23. A Mexican City just south of San Diego on the Lower California peninsula.
25. An advantageous purchase.
27. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
28. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
32. Canna grown especially for its edible rootstock from which arrowroot starch is obtained.
34. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
37. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
38. An ancient region on the coast of southwest Asia Minor.
39. Large lipoproteins rich in triglycerides.
40. Affect with wonder.
41. A genus of Lamnidae.
43. In operation or operational.
44. Air pollution by a mixture of smoke and fog.
48. Of or relating to a directionless magnitude.
49. A city in northwestern Syria.
51. Not in good physical or mental health.
56. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
59. United States economist who wrote about conspicuous consumption (1857-1929).
60. A landlocked principality in the Himalayas northeast of India.
65. A republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of Ireland.
66. The basic unit of money in Ethiopia.
68. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
69. A very light brown.
70. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
72. A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
73. The lower house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
74. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
76. A unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity.
78. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
82. The ratio of the circumference to the diameter of a circle.

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