Crossword Puzzle Number 1317 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
5. A mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body).
12. A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues.
15. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
16. Parasitic on the digestive epithelium of vertebrates and higher invertebrates.
17. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
18. Unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope.
19. The space between two lines or planes that intersect.
20. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
22. A large mass of ice floating at sea.
25. A pattern forming a unity within a larger structural whole.
29. (of molten metal or glass) Formed by pouring or pressing into a mold n 1.
33. Any of several short-billed Old World rails.
37. A white trivalent metallic element.
38. American politician and lawyer.
39. Lap that forms a cloth border doubled back and stitched down v 1.
40. One of the two main branches of orthodox Islam.
42. The month following March and preceding May.
43. A ballistic missile that is capable of traveling from one continent to another.
45. A radioactive transuranic element which has been synthesized.
46. Moth whose larvae are flour moths.
49. City in southwestern Colombia in a rich agricultural area.
50. Swedish oceanographer who recognized the role of the Coriolis effect on ocean currents (1874-1954).
52. A natural protective covering of the body.
53. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
55. A Russian river.
56. A written agreement between two states or sovereigns.
57. Battles in World War II in the Pacific (November 1943).
60. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
63. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
65. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
69. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
71. The basic unit of money in Sweden.
73. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
74. A container.
75. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
77. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
78. The administration of a strong electric current that passes through the brain to induce convulsions and coma.
79. A large estate in Spanish-speaking countries.
80. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).

DOWN

1. English navigator who explored the Arctic while searching for the Northwest Passage (1550-1605).
2. Order by virtue of superior authority.
3. Typical geese.
4. Salt pork from the back of a hog carcass.
5. The hair growing on the lower part of a man's face.
6. Water chestnut whose spiny fruit has two rather than 4 prongs.
7. A graphical record of electric currents associated with muscle contractions.
8. South American herb with sticky glandular foliage.
9. A strong emotion.
10. A complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists.
11. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household.
12. Radioactive iodine test that measures the amount of radioactive iodine taken up by the thyroid gland.
13. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
14. A capacity unit used for measuring fresh herring.
21. Having the wind against the forward side of the sails.
23. Half the width of an em.
24. A South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes.
26. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
27. A small tent used as a dressing room beside the sea or a swimming pool.
28. An important question that is in dispute and must be settled.
30. A state in northwestern North America.
31. Containing or resulting from disease-causing organisms.
32. A dictator or dictatorial person.
34. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
35. A leisurely walk (usually in some public place).
36. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
41. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
44. A member of the Algonquian people formerly inhabiting the Maritime Provinces of Canada.
47. A bee that is a a member of the genus Andrena.
48. Made of wood of the aspen tree n.
51. A port and the capital of Guinea.
54. A radioactive transuranic element.
58. Cause to be embarrassed.
59. Something that causes irritation and annoyance.
61. Surpassing the ordinary especially in size or scale.
62. Altered from an originally straight condition.
64. A member of an Algonquian people living in central Canada.
66. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
67. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
68. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
70. An accountant certified by the state.
72. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
76. A radioactive element of the actinide series.

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