Crossword Puzzle Number 5537 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus.
4. (archaic) Exalted emotionally especially with pride.
12. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
15. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
16. Orient once again, after a disorientation.
17. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
18. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
19. Requiring secret or mysterious knowledge.
20. The unlimited 3-dimensional expanse in which everything is located.
22. Type genus of the Lycaenidae.
24. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
26. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
27. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
29. The main city of ancient Phoenicia.
31. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
33. Having help.
34. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
37. Jordan's port.
39. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
41. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
43. The goddess of the moon.
47. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
48. Domestic swine.
49. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
50. An active volcano in southwestern Mexico.
52. A city in northwestern Syria.
54. European sedge having small edible nutlike tubers.
57. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
58. A region of southern Italy (forming the toe of the Italian `boot').
61. A member of the Siouan people formerly inhabiting the Black Hills of western South Dakota.
63. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
64. Being ten more than one hundred forty.
65. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
68. A soft oily clay used as a pigment (especially a reddish brown pigment).
71. Noisy talk.
75. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
76. A fatty deposit in the intima (inner lining) of an artery.
80. The cry made by sheep.
81. Government agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants.
82. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
83. Electronic warfare undertaken under direct control of an operational commander to locate sources of radiated electromagnetic energy for the purpose of immediate threat recognition.
84. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
85. Thin-shelled freshwater mussels.
86. A unit of length of thread or yarn.

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1. Fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period.
2. An endorsement.
3. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
4. Accumulation in the blood of nitrogen-bearing waste products (urea) that are usually excreted in the urine.
5. Anise- and licorice-flavored liqueur.
6. The scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting).
7. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
8. A productive insight.
9. The time of life between the ages of 12 and 20.
10. Half the width of an em.
11. Acute delirium caused by alcohol poisoning.
12. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
13. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
14. A facial expression of contempt or scorn.
21. A genus of Ploceidae.
23. Jordan's port.
25. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
28. The sixth month of the civil year.
30. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
32. A constellation in the Milky Way near Cygnus.
35. Being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress).
36. The capital of Turkey.
38. Spiritual being attendant upon God.
40. Cheeselike food made of curdled soybean milk.
42. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
44. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
45. A sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc.
46. A narcotic that is considered a hard drug.
51. Support column consisting of a steel cylinder filled with concrete.
53. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
55. A pike fitted with an ax head.
56. Pitiable in circumstances especially through abandonment.
59. The dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia.
60. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.
62. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
66. A city in northern India.
67. German organist and contrapuntist (1685-1750).
69. Chocolate cookie with white cream filling.
70. Expel, as of gases and odors.
72. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
73. (law) A comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy.
74. God of love and erotic desire.
77. Administration of a nutritionally adequate solution through a catheter into the vena cava.
78. 10 hao equal 1 dong.
79. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

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