CROSSWORD 1716
ACROSS
1. The muscular back part of the shank. 5. A mural done with watercolors on wet plaster. 11. A bachelor's degree in library science. 15. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917). 16. Of or involving the rectum. 17. A barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports. 18. A notice of someone's death. 19. Convert ordinary language into code. 20. Avatar of Vishnu. 21. Not reflecting light. 23. Antihypertensive drug (trade name Minipress). 25. Jordan's port. 27. Mentally or physically infirm with age. 29. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens. 30. (astronomy) A measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion. 31. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively. 32. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event. 35. An extinct ancient language of unknown affinities. 39. French cabaret singer (1915-1963). 41. An awkward stupid person. 44. Antibacterial drug (trade name Nydrazid) used to treat tuberculosis. 45. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular. 49. Petty quarrel. 51. A package of several things tied together for carrying or storing. 53. The sixth month of the civil year. 54. A thick sweet sticky liquid. 56. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element. 57. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart. 59. A state in midwestern United States. 60. An agency of the United Nations responsible for programs to aid education and the health of children and mothers in developing countries. 62. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread. 64. A public promotion of some product or service. 65. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived. 66. (Akkadian) God of wisdom. 67. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind. 69. United States writer of thrillers (born in 1925). 73. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood. 75. A short labored intake of breath with the mouth open. 78. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill. 79. (Old Testament) The guardian archangel of the Jews. 82. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar. 83. A hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland that controls the degree of pigmentation in melanocytes. 84. A white trivalent metallic element. 85. A light touch or stroke. 86. The foot of a human being. 87. Made clean. 88. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A minute epidermal pore in a leaf or stem. 2. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas. 3. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices. 4. The products of human creativity. 5. Able to act at will. 6. The mistake of not following suit when able to do so. 7. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors. 8. Something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency. 9. A genus of Pyralidae. 10. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits. 11. A unit of weight used in some Spanish speaking countries. 12. South African term for `boss'. 13. The greatest possible degree of something. 14. A biased way of looking at or presenting something. 22. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers. 24. (Middle East) An ornamental metal cupshaped holder for a hot coffee cup. 26. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan. 28. A colorless and odorless inert gas. 33. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group. 34. A pointed instrument used to prod into motion. 36. Remove the pins from. 37. An African river that flows northwest into Lake Chad. 38. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group. 40. Small tropical American tree bearing edible plumlike fruit. 42. A genus of Platalea. 43. The capacitance of a capacitor that has an equal and opposite charge of 1 coulomb on each plate and a voltage difference of 1 volt between the plates. 46. A federally chartered savings bank. 47. 100 thebe equal 1 pula. 48. A motley assortment of things. 50. A large faint constellation in the southern hemisphere containing most of the Small Magellanic Cloud. 52. A large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods. 55. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates. 58. Having undesirable or negative qualities. 61. A 10% solution of formaldehyde in water. 63. A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders. 68. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann. 70. Other than what is under consideration or implied. 71. United States newspaper publisher (1858-1935). 72. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces. 74. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular. 76. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike. 77. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells. 80. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest. 81. An honorary law degree.