Crossword Puzzle Number 5089 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
4. Relating to or having the characteristics of a family.
12. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
15. An extension at the end and at right angles to the main building.
16. A musical composition for voices and orchestra based on a religious text.
17. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
18. Support resembling the rib of an animal.
19. Having a bearing on or connection with the subject at issue.
20. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
21. English actor and comedian who appeared on television and in films (born in 1935).
23. A primeval personification of air and breath.
25. (British slang) Obstreperous.
29. Hard greenish-brown wood of the lignum vitae tree and other trees of the genus Guaiacum.
35. A brittle gray crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors.
37. To make a mistake or be incorrect.
38. Having two feet.
39. A transuranic element.
41. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
42. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
44. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight.
45. Either of two saclike respiratory organs in the chest of vertebrates.
47. A rechargeable battery with a nickel cathode and a cadmium anode.
50. A proportion multiplied by 100.
51. A state in northwestern North America.
52. Before noon.
55. United States chemist (1839-1903).
58. Ash-colored or anemic looking from illness or emotion.
60. A public promotion of some product or service.
61. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
62. A state of southwestern India.
63. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
66. An oral beta blocker (trade name Tenormin) used in treating hypertension and angina.
69. Bottle that has a narrow neck.
72. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
73. Of or relating to or near the nares.
76. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
77. A decree that prohibits something.
78. Imagined as in a play.
81. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
82. Vasoconstrictor (trade names Privine and Sudafed) used in nasal sprays to treat symptoms of nasal congestion and in eyedrops to treat eye irritation.
83. A small cake leavened with yeast.

DOWN

1. Status with respect to the relations between people or groups.
2. British poet (born in the United States) who won the Nobel prize for literature (1888-1965).
3. A city and port in northern Jutland.
4. The side that is forward or prominent.
5. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
6. A constitutional monarchy in southeastern Asia on Borneo and the Malay Peninsula.
7. A distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list.
8. A strong positive emotion of regard and affection.
9. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
10. Belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself).
11. (often followed by `of') A large number or amount or extent.
12. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
13. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
14. God of death.
22. A dissolute man in fashionable society.
24. Consisting of or made of wood of the oak tree.
26. Small voraciously carnivorous freshwater fishes of South America that attack and destroy living animals.
27. Of or relating to near the ear.
28. A tight-fitting headdress.
30. Colloquial British abbreviation.
31. In bed.
32. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
33. An archaic name for Easter or Passover.
34. Having winglike extensions.
36. (Babylonian) Any of a group of powerful earth spirits or genii.
40. A colorless explosive liquid that is volatile and poisonous and foul-smelling.
43. A civil or military authority in Turkey or Egypt.
46. English historian best known for his history of the Roman Empire (1737-1794).
48. Not based on fact.
49. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
53. A proinflammatory cytokine that is produced by white blood cells (monocytes and macrophages).
54. A cosmetic preparation used by women in Egypt and Arabia to darken the edges of their eyelids.
56. Any of several tropical and subtropical treelike herbs of the genus Musa having a terminal crown of large entire leaves and usually bearing hanging clusters of elongated fruits.
57. Food that is discarded (as from a kitchen).
59. A musical composition of 3 or 4 movements of contrasting forms.
64. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
65. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
67. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
68. European twining plant whose flowers are used chiefly to flavor malt liquors.
70. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
71. God of love and erotic desire.
74. (sports) The chief official (as in boxing or American football) who is expected to ensure fair play.
75. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
79. A rare polyvalent metallic element of the platinum group.
80. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.

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