Crossword Puzzle Number 5123 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Syndrome resulting from a serious acute (sometimes fatal) infection associated with the presence of staphylococcus.
4. Porridge made of rolled oats.
11. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
15. Of southern Europe.
16. Without doubt or question.
17. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
18. The month following March and preceding May.
19. A tax imposed on ships that enter the US.
20. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
21. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
23. The Uralic language spoken by the Yeniseian people.
25. A decree that prohibits something.
26. Of or relating to the stomach and intestines.
27. A musical composition in several movements.
30. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
32. A metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter.
34. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
35. A fast gait of a horse.
39. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
42. (Judaism) A Jewish festival (traditionally 8 days) celebrating the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt.
45. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
46. Fiddler crabs.
47. (informal) Roused to anger.
49. Someone who walks at a leisurely pace.
51. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Clinoril).
53. (prefix) Indicating difference or variation.
54. Half the width of an em.
55. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
56. Small deciduous open-crowned tree of eastern North America having creamy white flowers and large leaves in formations like umbrellas at the ends of branches.
58. Surrealist Spanish painter (1904-1989).
60. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
62. Holding or containing nothing.
63. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
66. Jordan's port.
68. The last (12th) month of the year.
72. A Japanese cheer of enthusiasm or triumph.
76. Any compound containing the group -C=NOH.
77. Any of several weedy vetches grown for forage.
80. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
81. A local computer network for communication between computers.
82. A flat bread made of oat or barley flour.
86. A graphical record of electric currents associated with muscle contractions.
87. A secondary school (usually private).
88. Young sheep.

DOWN

1. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
2. A rare chronic progressive encephalitis caused by the measles virus and occurring primarily in children and young adults.
3. A chock or bar wedged under a wheel or between the spokes to prevent a vehicle from rolling down an incline.
4. The month following September and preceding November.
5. A purgative made from the leaves of aloe.
6. The cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one.
7. A very attractive or seductive looking woman.
8. Remove from memory or existence.
9. A gum used especially as a thickener or emulsifier.
10. A strong solution of sodium or potassium hydroxide.
11. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
12. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
13. A small cake leavened with yeast.
14. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
22. Scottish sea captain who was hired to protect British shipping in the Indian Ocean and then was accused of piracy and hanged (1645-1701).
24. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
28. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
29. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
31. A blank gap or missing part.
33. A genus of Lamnidae.
36. Walk clumsily and with a bounce.
37. Nocturnal wildcat of Central and South America having a dark-spotted buff-brown coat.
38. A composition that imitates somebody's style in a humorous way.
40. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
41. An informal term for a father.
43. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
44. An unbroken series of events.
48. (British) An open river valley (in a hilly area).
50. An officer of the law.
52. In the same place (used when citing a reference).
57. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
59. A small amount of liquor added to a food or beverage.
61. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
64. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
65. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
67. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
69. A set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge.
70. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
71. The basic unit of money in South Africa.
73. The battle in 202 BC in which Scipio decisively defeated Hannibal at the end of the second Punic War.
74. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
75. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
78. Fish eggs or egg-filled ovary.
79. Electronic warfare undertaken to prevent or reduce an enemy's effective use of the electromagnetic spectrum.
83. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
84. A state in east central United States.
85. Being nine more than forty.

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