Crossword Puzzle Number 949 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Noisy talk.
4. Being in focus or brought into focus.
12. Not divisible by two.
15. How long something has existed.
16. Characterized by often poignant difference or incongruity between what is expected and what actually is.
17. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
18. An intricate network suggesting something that was formed by weaving or interweaving.
19. The Jewish rite of circumcision performed on a male child on the eighth day of his life.
20. Either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus having short spirally twisted horns in both sexes.
22. The state prevailing during the absence of war.
24. The mother-in-law of Ruth whose story is told in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament.
26. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
27. Of or relating to or containing barium.
28. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
30. Being one more than one hundred.
32. Using speech rather than writing.
35. A promotional statement (as found on the dust jackets of books).
39. Port city on southern Honshu on Osaka Bay.
42. Of or relating to the African people who speak one of the Bantoid languages or to their culture.
44. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
45. A sign of assent or salutation or command.
46. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
48. Empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk.
49. With no effort to conceal.
50. Basal part of a plant ovule opposite the micropyle.
53. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
55. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
56. A polysaccharide produced in basophils (especially in the lung and liver) and that inhibit the activity of thrombin in coagulation of the blood.
59. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
60. A public promotion of some product or service.
63. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
66. Being ten more than one hundred forty.
67. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
70. Genus of East Indian trees or shrubs.
72. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
76. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
79. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
80. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
81. Considerate and solicitous care.
82. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
85. Tag the base runner to get him out.
86. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
87. A large estate in Spanish-speaking countries.
88. Free from liquid or moisture.

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1. Make a raucous noise.
2. American novelist (1909-1955).
3. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
4. A slender and greatly elongated solid substance.
5. A metal-bearing mineral valuable enough to be mined.
6. The hard cylindrical core that bears the kernels of an ear of corn.
7. Type genus of the family Unionidae.
8. The piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located).
9. (informal) Excessive sentimentality.
10. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
11. A chronic skin disease occurring primarily in women between the ages of 20 and 40.
12. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
13. Go "ding dong", like a bell.
14. An informal term for a father.
21. 1 species.
23. A metal cleat on the bottom front of a horseshoe to prevent slipping.
25. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
29. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
31. An isogram connecting points receiving equal amounts of sunshine.
33. British dominion over India (1757-1947).
34. Type genus of the Anatidae.
36. A nitrogen-containing base found in RNA (but not in DNA) and derived from pyrimidine.
37. Provide with a new lining.
38. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
40. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
41. A drug (trade names Atarax and Vistaril) used as a tranquilizer to treat anxiety and motion sickness.
43. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
47. (chemistry) Relating to or containing the azido group N3.
51. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
52. An associate degree in nursing.
54. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
57. Learn something again, as after having forgotten or neglected it.
58. A member of a formerly tribal people now living in south central India.
61. Large South American evergreen tree trifoliate leaves and drupes with nutlike seeds used as food and a source of cooking oil.
62. British statesman and leader of the Labour party who instituted the welfare state in England (1883-1967).
64. An ester of adenosine that is converted to ATP for energy storage.
65. 16 ounces.
68. (British) An open river valley (in a hilly area).
69. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
71. Lacking sufficient water or rainfall.
73. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
74. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
75. Being or befitting or characteristic of an infant.
77. The residue that remains when something is burned.
78. An accountant certified by the state.
83. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
84. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.

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