Crossword Puzzle Number 1229 (Medium Grid)

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1. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
4. Deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious.
12. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
15. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
16. A skirt consisting of a rectangle of calico or printed cotton.
17. An enclosed space.
18. Soviet physicist who worked on low temperature physics (1908-1968).
19. An affirmative.
21. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
22. Half the width of an em.
23. A person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another.
24. A narrow thin strip of wood used as backing for plaster or to make latticework.
26. An accountant certified by the state.
29. Resembling or similar.
32. A common large finch of Eurasia.
35. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
37. (informal) Of the highest quality.
38. Unusually short.
42. Spread or daub over.
45. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
46. At full speed.
48. Cooked in hot water.
51. Long-tailed arboreal mustelid of Central and South America.
52. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
53. Genus of North American herbs.
54. An associate degree in nursing.
56. An organic compound that contains a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which in turn is doubly bonded to another carbon atom.
58. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
62. Type genus of the Anhimidae.
65. Material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds.
68. A loose cloak with a hood.
70. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
71. Jordan's port.
72. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
73. (Judaism) An eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem.
76. Extremely pleasing.
77. Mythical bird of prey having enormous size and strength.
78. Youthful appearance in an old person.
79. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

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1. Offering fun and gaiety.
2. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
3. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
4. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
5. A motorboat with an open deck or a half deck.
6. The eleventh month of the civil year.
7. Hawthorn of southern United States bearing juicy acid scarlet fruit often used in jellies or preserves.
8. On or toward the lee.
9. An early Christian church designed like a Roman basilica.
10. Being five more than fifty.
11. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
12. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
13. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
14. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
20. (informal usage) A general feeling of boredom and dissatisfaction.
25. A brittle gray crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors.
27. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
28. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
30. Someone who cuts and delivers ice.
31. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
33. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
34. A short film and commentary about current events.
36. Tropical American flat-jointed prickly pear.
39. The post at the top or bottom of a flight of stairs.
40. A person who makes use of a thing.
41. English monk and scholar (672-735).
43. Letters and packages that are transported by aircraft.
44. Greek coloratura soprano (born in the United States) known for her dramatic intensity in operatic roles (1923-1977).
47. A light springing movement upwards or forwards.
49. Medium tall celery pine of New Zealand.
50. A program under which employees regularly accumulate shares and may ultimately assume control of the company.
55. A cylindrical drawstring bag used by sailors to hold their clothing and other gear.
57. A corporation authorized by Congress to provide a secondary market for residential mortgages.
59. Plaything consisting of small 6-pointed metal pieces that are used (along with a ball) to play the game of jacks.
60. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
61. Jordan's port.
63. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
64. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
66. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
67. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
69. Used of a single unit or thing.
74. An ancient city of Sumer located on a former channel of the Euphrates River.
75. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.

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