Crossword Puzzle Number 1264 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers.
5. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
11. Uttering in an irritated tone.
15. Not widely known.
16. A river that rises in northern Colombia and flows generally eastward to the Orinoco in central Venezuela.
17. Scottish philosopher whose sceptical philosophy restricted human knowledge to that which can be perceived by the senses (1711-1776).
18. A member of western Finnish people formerly living in the Baltic province where Saint Petersburg was built.
20. Half the width of an em.
21. Large recently extinct long-horned European wild ox.
22. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
23. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
25. Island in West Indies.
27. Wasting of the body during a chronic disease.
29. Australian operatic soprano (1861-1931).
31. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
33. The basic unit of money on Malta.
34. South African mongoose-like viverrine having a face like a lemur and only four toes.
38. An edilbe seaweed with a mild flavor.
41. Lower in esteem.
42. A humming noise.
43. Cherokee who created a notation for writing the Cherokee language (1770-1843).
47. Acute delirium caused by alcohol poisoning.
48. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
50. Lower oneself with a double rope coiled aroound the body from a mountainside.
52. A bar of sand.
54. A Brazilian river.
56. An oily colorless liquid obtained by the condensation of two molecules of acetaldehyde.
57. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
60. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
61. Evergreen trees or shrubs of mountains of Australia and Tasmania.
66. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
69. A material effigy that is worshipped as a god.
71. A branch of the Tai languages.
72. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
76. A plant consisting of buildings with facilities for manufacturing.
77. A dispenser that produces a chemical vapor to be inhaled in order to relieve nasal congestion.
79. A light touch or stroke.
80. A Chinese breed of small short-legged dogs with a long silky coat and broad flat muzzle.
81. Wild llama.
82. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

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1. Baby bed with high sides.
2. Type genus of the Ranidae.
3. A characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves).
4. Perennial herb of North America.
5. A slight convexity (as of the surface of a road).
6. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
7. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on land.
8. A radioactive transuranic element that is similar to uranium.
9. (informal) Of the highest quality.
10. The back of a saddle seat.
11. Long pinkish sour leafstalks usually eaten cooked and sweetened.
12. A sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure.
13. Marked by excessive complacency or self-satisfaction.
14. The basic unit of money in Uruguay.
19. An acute viral disease of the nervous system of warm-blooded animals (usually transmitted by the bite of a rabid animal).
24. Before noon.
26. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
28. A town in northern Egypt.
30. A collection of pus in a body cavity (especially in the lung cavity).
32. Of or relating the leg from the knee to the foot.
35. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
36. Out of bed.
37. A unit of magnetic flux density equal to one weber per square meter.
39. Make amendments to.
40. The younger of two major political parties in the United States.
44. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
45. Being or moving higher in position or greater in some value.
46. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
49. Lovable especially in a childlike or naive way.
51. Corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality.
53. A sudden minor shock or meaningless interruption.
55. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
58. A Japanese woman trained to entertain men with conversation and singing and dancing.
59. Of or relating to or characteristic of Hades or Tartarus.
62. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
63. The main city of ancient Phoenicia.
64. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
65. Jordan's port.
67. A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York.
68. A metal cleat on the bottom front of a horseshoe to prevent slipping.
70. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
73. Above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent.
74. (Babylonian) The sky god.
75. Electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities.
78. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.

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