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ACROSS
1. (informal) Roused to anger. 4. Something considered choice to eat. 12. A federation of North American industrial unions that merged with the American Federation of Labor in 1955. 15. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square
meters. 16. A town in west central Florida on the Gulf
of Mexico. 17. A river in north central Switzerland that
runs northeast into the Rhine. 18. The activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose. 20. The act of deciding to do something. 21. Indigo bush. 23. A dull persistent (usually moderately
intense) pain. 24. Seed vessel having hooks or prickles. 27. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow
leaves and small flowers. 29. A genus of temperate and arctic evergreen
trees (see spruce). 31. An official prosecutor for a judicial district. 32. A white metallic element that burns with a
brilliant light. 33. The Uralic language spoken by the
Yeniseian people. 34. Electronic warfare undertaken to insure effective friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum in spite of the enemy's use of electronic warfare. 37. Add to the very end. 41. In bed. 43. An expression of greeting. 44. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities. 45. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to
0.7958 ampere-turns. 46. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali
earth group. 48. A colorless and odorless inert gas. 50. Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence. 53. A great raja. 56. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan
River. 57. Small beads made from polished shells and formerly used as money by native Americans. 59. Type genus of the Anatidae. 60. A quantity of no importance. 62. An ancient country in west central Asia
Minor. 64. Lacking self-confidence. 66. A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent
and univalent) metallic element. 67. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh. 70. An ancient country is southwestern Asia on
the east coast of the Mediterranean. 73. (Akkadian) God of wisdom. 75. A vinyl polymer used especially in paints or
adhesives. 77. The atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element. 78. Title for a civil or military leader (especially
in Turkey). 79. Membranous tube with cartilaginous rings that conveys inhaled air from the larynx to the bronchi. 83. The 21st letter of the Greek alphabet. 84. Deciduous perennial herbs of South Africa. 85. Extremely pleasing. 86. An awkward stupid person. 87. Eurasian perennial herb having pale pink
flowers and curved pods. 88. A loose sleeveless outer garment made
from aba cloth.
DOWN
1. United States naval officer and historian
(1840-1914). 2. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts. 3. A city in north-central India. 4. A state in midwestern United States. 5. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables. 6. The part of a quadruped that corresponds to
the human buttocks. 7. An alkaloid medicine (trade name Kavrin)
obtained from opium. 8. The compass point midway between south
and southeast. 9. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth
group. 10. A highly unstable radioactive element (the
heaviest of the halogen series). 11. Gully or streambed in North Africa and the Middle East that remains dry except during rainy season. 12. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus. 13. The United Nations agency concerned with
atomic energy. 14. A port city in northwestern Algeria and the
country's 2nd largest city. 19. The state prevailing during the absence of
war. 22. Combined or joined to increase in size or
quantity or scope. 25. Stalk of a moss capsule. 26. The quarter of many North African cities in
which the citadel is located. 28. A Chadic language spoken in Chad. 30. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series. 35. Largest crested screamer. 36. (Greek legend) The greedy king of Phrygia who Dionysus gave the power to turn everything he touched into gold. 38. A genus of Ploceidae. 39. Appeal or request earnestly. 40. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity. 42. A period marked by distinctive character or
reckoned from a fixed point or event. 47. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else. 49. The capital and largest city of Yemen. 51. Squash bugs. 52. A person forced to flee from home or country. 54. A city in northern India. 55. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped
cucumbers and spices. 58. Jointed and nearly leafless desert shrub having reduced scalelike leaves and reddish fleshy seeds. 61. Type genus of the Cynipidae. 63. A young upwardly mobile professional person. 65. The hole that an anchor rope passes
through. 68. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a
skewer usually with vegetables. 69. Jordan's port. 71. Title for a civil or military leader (especially
in Turkey). 72. Marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience. 74. South American armadillo with three
bands of bony plates. 76. A man's sleeveless garment worn underneath a coat. 80. A period of time spent sleeping. 81. Being nine more than eighty. 82. A master's degree in fine arts.