Crossword Puzzle Number 1232 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. The United Nations agency concerned with the international collection of meteorological data.
4. The wife or widow of a czar.
12. The chance to speak.
15. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
16. Having or showing valor.
17. In favor of (an action or proposal etc.).
18. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
19. Bright with a steady but subdued shining.
20. The function or position properly or customarily occupied or served by another.
22. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
24. An artificial language for international use that rejects rejects all existing words and is based instead on an abstract analysis of ideas.
25. The second month of the Hindu calendar.
27. (Mexican) Corn and cornmeal dough stuffed with a meat mixture then wrapped in corn husks and steamed.
30. American author of inspirational adventure stories for boys.
31. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
33. Having the slant of a bevel.
36. Having lost your job.
39. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
41. Flesh of fish found in colder waters of northern Atlantic coast of the United States.
43. (of a liquid) Agitated vigorously.
44. An easy victory.
47. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
49. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
51. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
52. A name under which Ninkhursag was worshipped.
55. A genus of Malayan tree.
57. Inflammation of the nose and throat with increased production of mucus.
60. Black honeycreepers with yellow feathers around the tail.
61. A state in northwestern North America.
65. Something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency.
68. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
70. A branch of the Tai languages.
71. Any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue.
72. Wool of the alpaca.
75. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
76. Obstruction of the sweat ducts during high heat and humidity.
78. A light touch or stroke.
79. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
80. Lacking professional skill or expertise.
81. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

DOWN

1. The narrowing of the body between the ribs and hips.
2. Joint capital (with Riyadh) of Saudi Arabia.
3. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
4. A sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain.
5. The capital of Croatia.
6. (prefix) Indicating difference or variation.
7. Fish eggs or egg-filled ovary.
8. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
9. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
10. (Sumerian) Evil storm god represented as a black bird.
11. Give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person).
12. A long pointed rod used as a weapon.
13. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
14. The 10th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
21. Blood-sucking African fly.
23. A confusion of voices and other sounds.
26. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
28. A polite name for any woman.
29. German mathematician (1804-1851).
32. A Chadic language spoken in Chad.
34. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
35. A drama set to music.
37. Region of western Asia Minor colonized by Ancient Greeks.
38. Showing or feeling mirth or pleasure or happiness.
40. A metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter.
42. Group of people related by blood or marriage.
45. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
46. Obvious and dull.
48. A 10% solution of formaldehyde in water.
50. A Hindu prince or king in India.
53. A tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.).
54. The Japanese art of folding paper into shapes representing objects (e.g., flowers or birds).
56. Lower in esteem.
58. strap the foreleg and hind leg together on each side (of a horse) in order to keep the like-sided legs moving in unison.
59. (British) A member of the military police.
62. The main city of ancient Phoenicia.
63. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
64. Jordan's port.
66. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
67. Toward the mouth or oral region.
69. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
73. Wood duck and mandarin duck.
74. Feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and being unable to roar.
77. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.

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