Crossword Puzzle Number 4729 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Hard strong durable yellowish-brown wood of teak trees.
5. One of the paired abdominal appendages of certain aquatic crustaceans that function primarily for carrying the eggs in females and are usually adapted for swimming.
12. A bachelor's degree in naval science.
15. Edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants.
16. Low spreading tropical American shrub with long slender leaves used to make a mildly stimulating drink resembling tea.
17. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
18. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
19. Asian pepper plant whose dried leaves are chewed with betel nut (seed of the betel palm) by southeast Asians.
20. Irish chemist who established that air has weight and whose definitions of chemical elements and chemical reactions helped to dissociate chemistry from alchemy (1627-1691).
22. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
24. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
26. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
27. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
29. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
30. Of inferior or mixed breed.
33. (used of persons or the military) Characterized by having or bearing arms.
36. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
40. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
41. A radioactive transuranic element.
43. A state in midwestern United States.
44. Feel admiration for.
46. An associate degree in nursing.
49. Belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself).
50. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
52. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
55. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
56. A historical region of Croatia on the Adriatic Sea.
58. The act of catching an object with the hands.
59. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
61. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
62. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
63. A state in New England.
64. A state in southeastern India on the Bay of Bengal (south of Andhra Pradesh).
67. Reprehensible acquisitiveness.
72. An anxiety disorder associated with serious traumatic events and characterized by such symptoms as guilt about surviving or reliving the trauma in dreams or numbness and lack of involvement with reality or recurrent thoughts and images.
75. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
76. Admission to a group (especially a college or university).
80. Not in good physical or mental health.
81. Relating to or like or divided into areolae.
83. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
84. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
85. A woman lunatic.
86. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

DOWN

1. A cooperative unit.
2. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
3. The sixth month of the civil year.
4. A member of an aboriginal people living in the hills in southeastern India.
5. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
6. A strong solution of sodium or potassium hydroxide.
7. Informal terms for a meal.
8. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
9. The upper surface of the mouth that separates the oral and nasal cavities.
10. In operation or operational.
11. A light touch or stroke.
12. Common Indian weaverbird.
13. Agency of the United States government charged with mediating disputes between management and labor.
14. A brace that extends from the rear of the keel to support the rudderpost.
21. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
23. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
25. An informal term for a father.
28. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
31. An ancient country is southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean.
32. A blood group antigen possessed by Rh-positive people.
34. A public act of violence by an unruly mob.
35. Covered with paving material.
37. Deciduous South African tree having large odd-pinnate leaves and profuse fragrant orange-yellow flowers.
38. Any small branched yellow-flowered North American herb of the genus Krigia.
39. A mythical Greek warrior who was a leader on the Trojan side of the Trojan War.
42. A special way of doing something.
45. A Mid-Atlantic state.
47. A clerk who marks data on a chart.
48. Jordan's port.
51. Deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious.
53. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
54. A flourish added after or under your signature (originally to protect against forgery).
57. The month following February and preceding April.
60. Improved or corrected by critical editing.
65. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
66. An ancient upright stone slab bearing markings.
68. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir and avenger of Balder.
69. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
70. A village in eastern Ireland (northwest of Dublin).
71. Beside one another in a row or rank.
73. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
74. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
77. The United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labor.
78. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
79. Being one more than nine.
82. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.

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