Crossword Puzzle Number 7725 (Medium Grid)

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1. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
4. Covered with paving material.
11. A vigorous blow.
15. Towards the side away from the wind.
16. An exaggerated opinion of your own importance.
17. On or toward the lee.
18. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
19. A waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow.
21. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
23. (usually followed by `to') Naturally disposed toward.
25. A small cake leavened with yeast.
27. Jordan's port.
29. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
31. Noisy talk.
33. Related to or located at the back.
37. Device for resetting instruments or controls v 1.
41. Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth.
42. A rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders).
43. A Loloish language.
47. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
49. A member of the Nahuatl people who established an empire in Mexico that was overthrown by Cortes in 1519.
51. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
52. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
54. The state of being contaminated.
55. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
56. American novelist (1909-1955).
59. A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element.
60. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
61. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
64. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
68. A game in which darts are thrown at a dartboard.
71. A short labored intake of breath with the mouth open.
74. Small depression under the shoulder joint where the arm joins the shoulder.
76. United States naval officer and historian (1840-1914).
78. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
79. The longest division of geological time.
80. A gene that causes normal cells to change into cancerous tumor cells.
82. A light touch or stroke.
83. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
84. An iron-clad vessel built by the Confederate forces in the hope of breaking the blockade imposed by the North.
85. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

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1. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
2. Having been read.
3. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
4. Large Old World bat of warm and tropical regions that feeds on fruit.
5. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
6. Large genus of African trees bearing kola nuts.
7. On, to, or at the top.
8. (anatomy) Situated farthest from point of attachment or origin, as of a limb or bone.
9. The residue that remains when something is burned.
10. A metric unit of length equal to one thousandth of a meter.
11. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
12. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
13. Fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm.
14. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
20. Extremely pleasing.
22. A person to whom money is paid.
24. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
26. A state in northwestern North America.
28. The quantity contained in a keg.
30. A cylindrical drawstring bag used by sailors to hold their clothing and other gear.
32. French novelist.
34. 100 agorot equal 1 shekel.
35. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
36. An industrial city in southern Poland on the Vistula.
38. A share of something.
39. Having a small pointed chin beard.
40. Minor or subordinate.
44. Of or relating to near the ear.
45. A proportion multiplied by 100.
46. A motley assortment of things.
48. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
50. Eruption on a mucous membrane (as the inside of the mouth) occurring as a symptom of a disease.
53. Of or like a cecum.
57. A unit of information equal to one million (1,048,576) bytes.
58. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
62. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the practice of Yoga).
63. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
65. (legal terminology) The Latin word for wife.
66. A formation of people or things one beside another.
67. Take by theft.
69. (Roman mythology) God of love.
70. East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient.
72. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
73. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
75. Used of a single unit or thing.
77. An acute inflammatory disease occurring in the intestines of premature infants.
81. A hard brittle blue-white multivalent metallic element.

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