Crossword Puzzle Number 4969 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. The federal department responsible for safeguarding national security.
4. A republic in northeastern Europe on the Baltic Sea.
12. The compass point midway between south and southeast.
15. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
16. Clouding of the natural lens of the eye.
17. Devoid of warmth and cordiality.
18. Leave a camp.
20. Infections of the skin or nails caused by fungi and appearing as itching circular patches.
21. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
22. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
23. Newspaper writers and photographers.
25. A Bantu language spoken by the Kamba people in Kenya.
27. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
28. An early form of streetcar that was drawn by horses.
30. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
32. A Russian river.
33. Wife of Siva and a benevolent aspect of Devi.
37. Having corresponding sounds especially terminal sounds.
40. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
42. Of or relating to the lips of the mouth.
43. An inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others.
44. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
46. The content of cognition.
48. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.
49. Fleshy tawny or reddish saprophytic herb resembling the Indian pipe and growing in woodland humus of eastern North America.
52. The compass point that is one point north of due east.
54. The seventh and last day of the week.
55. Without law or control.
57. A covered passageway.
59. A quantity of no importance.
60. Designated paved area beside a main road where cars can stop temporarily.
63. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
64. A married German woman.
65. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
69. German mathematician (1804-1851).
74. Of the color of black ink.
75. A branch of the Tai languages.
76. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
77. A faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near Hydra and Vela.
80. A unit of electrical power in an AC circuit equal to the power dissipated when 1 volt produces a current of 1 ampere.
81. White Southerner supporting Reconstruction policies after the Civil War usually for self-interest.
83. A light touch or stroke.
84. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
85. A mountain peak in south central Sri Lanka (7,360 feet high).
86. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

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1. An informal term for a father.
2. An endorsement.
3. Of or belonging to or suitable for a duke.
4. Electronic warfare undertaken to prevent or reduce an enemy's effective use of the electromagnetic spectrum.
5. The Greek lyric poet of Lesbos.
6. (astronomy) A measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion.
7. A person who hates.
8. State in eastern India on the Bay of Bengal.
9. Norwegian explorer of the Arctic and director of the League of Nations relief program for refugees of World War I (1861-1930).
10. Water frozen in the solid state.
11. A member of an Indian people formerly living along the Gulf coast of Louisiana and Texas.
12. Country of southeastern Asia that extends southward along the isthmus of Kra to the Malay peninsula.
13. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
14. Long-bodied long-tailed tropical American wildcat.
19. Lower in esteem.
24. Any loose flowing garment.
26. A popular island resort in the Netherlands Antilles.
29. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
31. An island in the Aegean Sea in the Saronic Gulf.
34. A genus of Laridae.
35. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
36. Having winglike extensions.
38. An atom having a valence of one.
39. Sound recording consisting of a disc with continuous grooves.
41. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
45. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
47. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
50. (Greek mythology) The Muse of lyric and love poetry.
51. French cabaret singer (1915-1963).
53. Agency of the United States government charged with mediating disputes between management and labor.
56. Shrub or small tree of southeastern United States to West Indies and Brazil.
58. A deep opening in the earth's surface.
61. East Indian tree that puts out aerial shoots that grow down into the soil forming additional trunks.
62. Japanese mathematical physicist who proposed that nuclear forces are mediated by massive particles called mesons which are analogous to the photon in mediating electromagnetic forces (1907-1981).
66. English monk and scholar (672-735).
67. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
68. Jordan's port.
70. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
71. Large edible mackerel of temperate United States coastal Atlantic waters.
72. Having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range.
73. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family).
78. A woolen cap of Scottish origin.
79. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
82. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.

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