Crossword Puzzle Number 5872 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
4. Genus of western North American low-growing herbs having linear woolly leaves and large pink flowers.
11. A town in north central Oklahoma.
15. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
16. French writer best known for his biographies (1885-1967).
17. A dress worn primarily by Hindu women.
18. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
20. Winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge.
21. A salt used especially in baking powder.
23. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
24. A submerged ridge of rock or coral near the surface of the water.
26. Work hard.
27. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
30. Relating to or characteristic of the Celts.
32. Any of a class of organic compounds that contain the divalent radical -CONHCO-.
34. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
35. A machine-readable version of a standard dictionary.
36. Long coarse hair growing from the crest of the animal's neck.
39. A hostel for pilgrims in Turkey.
43. A deposit of personal property as security for a debt.
44. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
46. Type genus of the Majidae.
47. (of securities) Not quoted on a stock exchange.
48. Joint capital (with Riyadh) of Saudi Arabia.
50. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
51. Syncopated music in duple time for dancing the rumba.
54. A public promotion of some product or service.
55. A particular situation.
56. A member of the Mongolian people of central Asia who invaded Russia in the 13th century.
60. The compass point that is midway between north and northeast.
61. A cushion on a throne for a prince in India.
62. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
64. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
67. An Indian tree of the family Combretaceae that is a source of timber and gum.
70. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
74. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
77. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
79. A city in the European part of Russia.
80. An informal term for a father.
81. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
83. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
84. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
85. A large estate in Spanish-speaking countries.
86. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.

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1. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
2. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
3. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
4. A unit of luminous flux equal to the amount of light given out through a solid angle of 1 steradian by a point source of 1 candela intensity radiating uniformly in all directions.
5. An upright tripod for displaying something (usually an artist's canvas).
6. A Christian Bishop who translated the Bible from Greek into Gothic (311-382).
7. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
8. Battle of World War II (1944).
9. Being one more than one.
10. (ophthalmology) Impaired eyesight resulting usually from irregular conformation of the cornea.
11. The rate at which red blood cells settle out in a tube of blood under standardized conditions.
12. Relating to or accompanying birth.
13. A native or inhabitant of Iran.
14. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
19. Worn away as by water or ice or wind.
22. Fear resulting from the awareness of danger.
25. A member of a people living in southern Benin and Togo and southeastern Ghana.
28. A print obtained from a line drawing.
29. A corporation authorized by Congress to provide a secondary market for residential mortgages.
31. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
33. A thick black tar intermediate between petroleum and asphalt.
37. Area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir.
38. A Portuguese province on the south coast of China and two islands in the South China Sea.
40. A device that, on receiving radar signals, transmits coded signals in response to help navigators determine their position.
41. German chemist who did research on high-speed chemical reactions (born in 1927).
42. One of two pieces of armor plate hanging from the fauld to protect the upper thighs.
45. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
49. A bachelor's degree in science.
52. Possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers.
53. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
57. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
58. The Indic language spoken in Bihar (and by some people in Pakistan and Bangladesh).
59. A lizard of the family Agamidae.
63. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
65. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
66. English monk and scholar (672-735).
68. American novelist (1909-1955).
69. Notify of danger, potential harm, or risk.
71. A sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure.
72. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
73. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
75. The residue that remains when something is burned.
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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