Crossword Puzzle Number 5883 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A flexible container with a single opening.
4. A shrub of the genus Carissa having fragrant white flowers and plumlike red to purple-black fruits.
11. Fallow deer.
15. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
16. A function word that is used in place of a noun or noun phrase.
17. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
18. Popular music originating in the West Indies.
20. A Polynesian rain dance performed by a woman.
21. (Babylonian) Goddess of healing and consort of Ninurta.
22. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
23. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.
25. Of or relating to or located on the banks of a river or stream.
27. A package of several things tied together for carrying or storing.
30. Ctenophores lacking tentacles.
31. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
34. A blind god.
35. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered.
39. The sixth month of the civil year.
42. A highly infectious animal disease (especially cattle and sheep).
44. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
45. A tiny or scarcely detectable amount.
48. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
49. Lacking in strength or firmness or resilience.
51. Arboreal snake of central and southern Africa whose bite is often fatal.
53. Being one more than two.
54. Having a toe or toes of a specified kind.
57. Port city of Denmark in eastern Jutland.
61. First or beginning.
62. The Mongol people living the the central and eastern parts of Outer Mongolia.
66. Exceptionally bad or displeasing.
69. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
71. A branch of the Tai languages.
72. (of panes of glass) Fixed in place by means of thin strips of lead.
74. An industrial city in northern France near the Belgian border.
76. A master's degree in business.
77. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
78. Liquorice-flavored seeds or oil used in cookies or cakes or pickles.
80. Tag the base runner to get him out.
81. An endorsement.
82. Colored with or as if with bister.
83. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

DOWN

1. A large mass of ice floating at sea.
2. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
3. A measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity or for testing conformity with a standard.
4. An accountant certified by the state.
5. Large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds.
6. An artificial language for international use that rejects rejects all existing words and is based instead on an abstract analysis of ideas.
7. Antibacterial drug (trade name Nydrazid) used to treat tuberculosis.
8. Smelling of fermentation or staleness.
9. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Clinoril).
10. Wife of Siva and a benevolent aspect of Devi.
12. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
13. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
14. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
19. Relating to or involving the stomach.
24. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
26. A public promotion of some product or service.
28. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
29. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
32. A port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya.
33. A state in midwestern United States.
36. Any property detected by the olfactory system.
37. Spiritual leader of a Jewish congregation.
38. Of or relating to or resembling an axis of rotation.
40. Serving no useful purpose.
41. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
43. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
46. Having eight units or components.
47. Being nine more than ninety.
50. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring in the air.
52. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria and closely related to Hausa.
55. An intense bargainer.
56. A Russian river.
58. A (usually canopied) seat for riding on the back of a camel or elephant.
59. Type genus of the Sialidae.
60. Join the military.
63. A genus of Lamnidae.
64. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
65. Jordan's port.
67. Having little physical or spiritual strength.
68. The state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed.
70. On or toward the lee.
73. A light touch or stroke.
75. A doctor's degree in education.
79. A hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion.

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