Crossword Puzzle Number 944 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. 10 hao equal 1 dong.
4. (Judaism) An eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem.
12. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
15. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
16. The strength of a electrical current measured in amperes.
17. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
18. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
19. In 1214 the French under King Philip Augustus defeated a coalition formed against him in one of the greatest battles of the middle ages.
20. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
21. Relating to or resembling or made of or adorned with pearls or mother-of-pearl.
23. A city of central China.
24. A native-born Israeli.
26. An unabridged dictionary constructed on historical principles.
27. Block consisting of a thick piece of something.
29. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
30. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
34. An informal term for a father.
38. Sheet glass cut in shapes for windows or doors.
43. Of or being the lowest female voice.
44. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
45. A support that steadies or strengthens something else.
47. An index of the cost of all goods and services to a typical consumer.
50. Or or relating to or caused by tides.
51. (Old Testament) The minister of the Persian emperor who hated the Jews and was hanged for plotting to massacre them.
53. A small cut of meat including part of a rib.
56. City in southwestern Colombia in a rich agricultural area.
57. A card game for 2 players.
59. (Teutonic and Norse mythology) A Valkyrie or a queen in the Nibelungenlied who loved the hero Siegfried.
61. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
64. A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York.
65. A French abbot.
68. An Indian tree of the family Combretaceae that is a source of timber and gum.
70. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
74. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
77. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
79. An associate degree in applied science.
80. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
81. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
83. Government agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants.
84. A widely distributed system consisting of all the cells able to ingest bacteria or colloidal particles etc, except for certain white blood cells.
85. A large estate in Spanish-speaking countries.
86. A doctor's degree in preventive medicine.

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1. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
2. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
3. Predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin.
4. A telegram sent abroad.
5. Group insurance that entitles members to services of participating hospitals and clinics and physicians.
6. A constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere near Octans.
7. One of the islands of Saint Christopher-Nevis.
8. Bearded reddish sheep of southern Asia.
9. A Dravidian language spoken in southern India.
10. How long something has existed.
11. English pianist (1890-1965).
12. Jordan's port.
13. Massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws.
14. God of death.
22. An exhibition of cowboy skills.
25. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
28. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
31. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
32. The innermost membrane of an organ (especially the inner lining of an artery or vein or lymphatic vessel).
33. Using speech rather than writing.
35. The state of owing money.
36. The process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort).
37. Either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye.
39. A bachelor's degree in naval science.
40. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
41. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
42. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
46. Evergreen trees or shrubs of mountains of Australia and Tasmania.
48. The basic unit of money in Peru.
49. Warn in advance or beforehand.
52. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
54. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
55. A polyhedron having a polygonal base and triangular sides with a common vertex.
58. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
60. A hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion.
62. A public promotion of some product or service.
63. An African river that flows northwest into Lake Chad.
66. Cook and make edible by putting in a hot oven.
67. A bachelor's degree in music.
69. American novelist (1909-1955).
71. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on land.
72. The lean flesh of a fish that is often farmed.
73. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
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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