Crossword Puzzle Number 5641 (Medium Grid)

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1. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
4. A cherished desire.
12. Someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault.
15. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
16. A manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language.
17. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
18. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
19. A genus of herbs and shrubs belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae.
20. A master's degree in business.
21. A sudden and violent collapse.
23. Not having rhyme.
25. Widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits.
27. A city in southeastern South Korea.
28. The local time at the 0 meridian passing through Greenwich, England.
30. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
32. A state in New England.
35. An American doctorate usually based on at least 3 years graduate study and a dissertation.
40. Cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems.
42. Seed of a pea plant.
43. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
44. Reprehensible acquisitiveness.
47. Reason by deduction.
49. A hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers.
50. A state in New England.
51. Syndrome resulting from a serious acute (sometimes fatal) infection associated with the presence of staphylococcus.
52. Strike with a flat object.
54. Supply with notes.
57. Perceive sound.
58. Fairly small terrestrial ferns of tropical America.
61. Toward the mouth or oral region.
62. Wild or domesticated South American cud-chewing animal related to camels but smaller and lacking a hump.
64. A bachelor's degree in religion.
65. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
68. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
71. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
75. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
77. 100 agorot equal 1 shekel.
79. An associate degree in applied science.
80. Any of various coarse shrubby plants of the genus Iva with small greenish flowers.
81. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
83. Government agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants.
84. An informal term for a father.
85. A large estate in Spanish-speaking countries.
86. A doctor's degree in preventive medicine.

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1. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
2. A strong wind moving 45-90 knots.
3. Jordan's port.
4. With rapid movements.
5. East Asian perennial herbs.
6. (Scotland) A slope or hillside.
7. Not in good physical or mental health.
8. A branch of the Tai languages.
9. Signal going into an electronic system.
10. Type genus of Ochnaceae.
11. (comparative of `near') Being the one of two that is less distant in space.
12. (Sumerian) Goddess personifying the primeval sea.
13. A French abbot.
14. A pointed instrument used to prod into motion.
22. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
24. Any of a group of heavenly spirits under the god Anu.
26. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
29. From that place or from there.
31. A form of magnetic resonance imaging of the brain that registers blood flow to functioning areas of the brain.
33. Bristlelike process near the tip of the antenna of certain flies.
34. Favoring one person or side over another.
36. Little known Kamarupan languages.
37. (Middle East) An ornamental metal cup-shaped holder for a hot coffee cup.
38. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
39. A unit of energy equal to the work done by an electron accelerated through a potential difference of 1 volt.
41. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
45. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
46. The 17th letter of the Greek alphabet.
48. One of two flaps attached to a cap to keep the ears warm.
53. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
55. Recently borne.
56. A member of a pastoral people living in the Nilgiri hills of southern India.
59. Before noon.
60. A syllabic script used in writing Sanskrit and Hindi.
63. Restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal.
66. Rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos.
67. Showing or causing joy and pleasure.
69. American novelist (1909-1955).
70. Lacking sufficient water or rainfall.
72. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on land.
73. The lean flesh of a fish that is often farmed.
74. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
76. An accountant certified by the state.
78. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
82. A radioactive element of the actinide series.

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