Crossword Puzzle Number 5437 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
5. A sudden forceful flow.
12. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
15. Using speech rather than writing.
16. Be earlier in time.
17. Support resembling the rib of an animal.
18. Close-fitting pants of heavy denim for casual wear (usually in the plural).
20. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
22. Experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness.
23. (informal) Of the highest quality.
26. Not equal in amount.
28. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
31. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
32. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household.
34. One of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof.
36. Any of various aromatic resinous substances used for healing and soothing.
39. Jordan's port.
42. A state in midwestern United States.
43. Predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin.
47. A polyvalent metallic element that resembles chromium and tungsten in its properties.
48. (Babylonian) Father of the gods.
51. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
54. Flat tableland with steep edges.
55. Extremely robust.
56. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
60. Talks a great deal about uninteresting topics.
62. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
64. A river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River.
67. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
68. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
70. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
71. Brazilian tree with handsomely marked wood.
76. Large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean.
79. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
80. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
84. Take in solid food.
85. An inflammatory disease of connective tissue with variable features including fever and weakness and fatigability and joint pains and skin lesions on the face or neck or arms.
86. The state of being inactive.
87. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.

DOWN

1. A youth subculture that began in London in the early 1960s.
2. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
3. Durable fragrant wood.
4. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
5. Being or moving higher in position or greater in some value.
6. A soft yellowish-white trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
7. The month following August and preceding October.
8. Fiddler crabs.
9. Build again.
10. A city of northern Poland near the mouth of the Vistula River on a gulf of the Baltic Sea.
11. 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.
12. A river that rises in northern Colombia and flows generally eastward to the Orinoco in central Venezuela.
13. The basic unit of money on Malta.
14. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
19. Informal terms for a mother.
21. Jordan's port.
24. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
25. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
27. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
29. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
30. Discrimination in favor of the able-bodied.
33. A city in northeastern Ohio.
35. A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders.
37. Capital and largest city and economic and cultural center of Portugal.
38. Philippine tree similar to the breadfruit tree bearing edible fruit.
40. Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc..
41. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
44. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
45. (informal) Exceptionally good.
46. Clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion.
49. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
50. Remove offensive capability from.
52. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
53. A master's degree in business.
57. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
58. Unknown god.
59. Type genus of the Alaudidae.
61. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
63. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
65. The principles of right and wrong that are accepted by an individual or a social group.
66. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
69. Freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort.
72. Law intended to eradicate organized crime by establishing strong sanctions and forfeiture provisions.
73. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
74. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
75. Studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills).
77. A decree that prohibits something.
78. A broad flat muscle on either side of the back.
81. A state in New England.
82. A hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion.
83. Half the width of an em.

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