ACROSS
1. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
4. Causing abrasion.
12. An inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others.
15. The tenth month of the Hindu calendar.
16. Combatant who tries to throw opponent to the ground.
17. Used of physical heat.
18. A parliamentary monarchy in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.
20. English Romantic poet (1795-1821).
21. A run that is the result of the batter's performance.
22. The third month of the civil year.
24. After noon.
25. The dialect of Ancient Greek spoken in Thessaly and Boeotia and Aeolis.
27. An inflammatory disease of connective tissue with variable features including fever and weakness and fatigability and joint pains and skin lesions on the face or neck or arms.
28. State in northeastern India.
31. The ratio of the circumference to the diameter of a circle.
32. A state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico.
34. A mouth or mouthlike opening.
35. Of or related to the genital and urinary organs or their functions.
36. A mass of ice and snow that permanently covers a large area of land (e.g., the polar regions or a mountain peak).
40. A large number or amount.
42. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
45. United States biochemist (born in Spain) who studied the biological synthesis of nucleic acids (born in 1905).
46. A narrow way or road.
49. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
50. Standard time in the 7th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 105th meridian west.
52. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
53. A boy or man.
55. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
56. Small tropical flea.
58. (informal) Exceptionally good.
60. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
62. An easy victory.
64. A Dravidian language spoken in southern India.
66. Outstanding United States athlete (1914-1956).
70. Of or relating to the velum.
71. Having the wind against the forward side of the sails.
72. Fallow deer.
74. White crystalline compound used as a food additive to enhance flavor.
77. Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field.
78. An Indian tree of the family Combretaceae that is a source of timber and gum.
81. The United Nations agency concerned with international maritime activities.
82. Of or relating to or suggestive of dreams.
84. Using speech rather than writing.
85. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
86. Having hair on the cheeks and chin.
87. A small cake leavened with yeast.
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1. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
2. The act of applying force in order to move something away.
3. Horned vipers.
4. Lacking or having only very short awns.
5. (Scotland) A slope or hillside.
6. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
7. Inquire about.
8. A way of access consisting of a set of steps.
9. Tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit.
10. A doctor who practices veterinary medicine.
11. Any of several related languages of the Celts in Ireland and Scotland.
12. German bacteriologist who found a `magic bullet' to cure syphilis and was a pioneer in the study of immunology (1854-1915).
13. A desert in central Asia.
14. Of or relating to near the ear.
19. Having an oblique or slanted direction.
23. (neurology) Of or relating to the vagus nerve.
26. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
29. Of surpassing excellence.
30. Destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle.
33. Restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal.
37. A South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes.
38. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
39. An archaic name for Easter or Passover.
41. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
43. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
44. A state in New England.
47. Fragrant resin obtain from trees of the family Burseraceae and used as incense.
48. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
51. A knob used to release the catch when opening a door (often called `doorhandle' in Great Britain).
54. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
57. A state of sanctification by God.
59. Scandinavian liquor usually flavored with caraway seeds.
61. An inland sea in northwestern Turkey.
63. A highwayman who robs on foot.
65. The branch of information science that deals with natural language information.
67. A unit of current equal to 10 amperes.
68. Violent and needless disturbance.
69. Formerly a term of respect for important white Europeans in colonial India.
73. God of death.
75. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
76. Offering fun and gaiety.
79. (informal) Of the highest quality.
80. A numbered compartment in a post office where mail is put to be called for.
83. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
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