Crossword Puzzle Number 5848 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. The ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye.
4. Uneaten and saved for eating later.
12. Any of various units of capacity.
15. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
16. (of mines and mining) Worked from the exposed surface.
17. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
18. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
19. Any of several herbs of the genus Dipsacus native to the Old World having flower heads surrounded by spiny bracts.
20. Sports equipment that is worn on the feet to enable the wearer to glide along on wheels and to be propelled by the alternate actions of the legs.
22. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
24. A person responsible for the editorial aspects of publication.
26. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
27. (Norse mythology) Wife of Thor and guardian of the home.
29. Shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception.
31. Modulation of the frequency of the (radio) carrier wave.
33. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
34. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
35. The world's largest desert (3,500,000 square miles) in North Africa.
39. A partly sheltered anchorage.
42. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
43. The compass point that is one point north of due east.
44. Pig-sized tailless South American amphibious rodent with partly webbed feet.
49. A lyric poem with complex stanza forms.
50. A large number or amount.
52. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
53. One of two flaps attached to a cap to keep the ears warm.
55. A woman's large folded hooped hood.
56. Swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs.
58. Channel into a new direction.
59. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
61. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
63. Acute lung injury characterized by coughing and rales.
64. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
68. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
72. Dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight.
74. Someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war).
77. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
78. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
79. The compass point midway between south and southeast.
80. (informal) Foolish.
83. A decree that prohibits something.
84. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
85. Of or relating to the fibula or the outer part of the leg below the knee.
86. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

DOWN

1. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
2. Encountered generally especially at the present time.
3. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel.
4. Decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor.
5. A fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade.
6. (British) The position of headmaster or headmistress.
7. Store in a silo, as of fodder.
8. The organic group of acetic acid (CH3CO-).
9. A sharp hooked claw especially on a bird of prey.
10. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
11. Acute delirium caused by alcohol poisoning.
12. Pompous or pretentious talk or writing.
13. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
14. United States physiologist (born in Germany) who did research on parthenogenesis (1859-1924).
21. Boiled or baked buckwheat.
23. Scottish sea captain who was hired to protect British shipping in the Indian Ocean and then was accused of piracy and hanged (1645-1701).
25. A widely distributed system consisting of all the cells able to ingest bacteria or colloidal particles etc, except for certain white blood cells.
28. Bundle of rods containing an axe with the blade protruding.
30. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
32. Large high frilly cap with a full crown.
36. Garlic mayonnaise.
37. Measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects.
38. Having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude.
40. Small arboreal tropical American insectivorous lizards with the ability to change skin color.
41. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
45. The residue that remains when something is burned.
46. (Greek mythology) The rarified fluid said to flow in the veins of the Gods.
47. The boarding that surrounds an ice hockey rink.
48. A roll of photographic film holding a series of frames to be projected by a movie projector.
51. (Old Testament) The second wife of Jacob and mother of Joseph and Benjamin.
54. Disparaging terms for the common people.
57. Rise again.
60. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
62. A unit of current equal to 10 amperes.
65. Jordan's port.
66. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
67. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
69. A thin fog with condensation near the ground v 1.
70. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
71. American novelist (1909-1955).
73. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
75. The rate at which red blood cells settle out in a tube of blood under standardized conditions.
76. The 17th letter of the Greek alphabet.
81. An organization of independent states to promote international peace and security.
82. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).

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