Crossword Puzzle Number 7888 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Standard time in the 8th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 120th meridian west.
4. The mountain range in Caucasia between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea that forms part of the traditional border between Europe and Asia.
12. Game in which matchsticks are arranged in rows and players alternately remove one or more of them.
15. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
16. Of or relating to or in the manner of the playwright Henrik Ibsen.
17. Used of a single unit or thing.
18. Romanian violinist and composer (1881-1955).
20. A Nilotic language.
21. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
22. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
24. Soviet cosmonaut who in 1961 was the first person to travel in space (1934-1968).
26. A city and port in northern Jutland.
28. South African term for `boss'.
29. A sliver-white metallic element of the platinum group that resembles platinum.
31. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
32. An intensive care unit designed with special equipment to care for premature or low-birth-weight or seriously ill newborn.
34. An association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens.
36. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
38. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in Missouri in the valleys of the Missouri and Osage rivers.
42. Freshwater or marine or terrestrial gastropod mollusk usually having an external enclosing spiral shell.
44. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
46. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
47. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
50. A city in southern Texas on the Rio Grande.
51. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
53. A resort city in southern Ukraine on the Black Sea.
56. Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc..
57. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
59. Of or relating to or located at the base.
62. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
64. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
65. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
68. (sometimes followed by `to') Causing harm or injury.
73. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
76. Genus of low-growing mat-forming New Zealand plants.
77. Extremely pleasing.
78. Small arctic whale the male having a long spiral ivory tusk.
81. A structure in which animals lay eggs or give birth to their young.
82. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
83. Most common species in Africa.
84. An opening that permits escape or release.

DOWN

1. One of the common people.
2. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
3. A case or sheath especially a pollen sac or moss capsule.
4. Stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings.
5. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
6. 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.
7. Any of numerous trees of the family Cupressaceae that resemble cedars.
8. Black tropical American cuckoo.
9. Deliver by singing.
10. Medium-sized tree-dwelling monkey of the Amazon basin.
11. An unforeseen obstacle.
12. The basic unit of money in Nigeria.
13. A republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia.
14. How a result is obtained or an end is achieved.
19. Large shrimp sauteed in oil or butter and garlic.
23. Meat from a domestic hog or pig.
25. Someone who abuses.
27. The cry made by sheep.
30. Fairly small terrestrial ferns of tropical America.
33. (Greek mythology) Daughter of Zeus and Demeter.
35. Measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects.
37. An honorary degree in science.
39. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
40. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
41. Very dark black.
43. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
45. By bad luck.
48. Type genus of the Hylidae.
49. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
52. Large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal.
54. 16 ounces.
55. Small buffalo of Mindoro in the Philippines.
58. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
60. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
61. A body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral.
63. Either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus having short spirally twisted horns in both sexes.
66. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
67. A small cake leavened with yeast.
69. A master's degree in library science.
70. A large genus of dicotyledonous trees and shrubs of the family Aquifoliaceae that have small flowers and berries (including hollies).
71. Not final or absolute.
72. A United Nations agency created by a multinational treaty to promote trade by the reduction of tariffs and import quotas.
74. Government agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants.
75. An overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration.
79. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
80. A period of time equal to 1/24th of a day.

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