Crossword Puzzle Number 1390 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A depression in an otherwise level surface.
4. (of non-living objects) The state of being free of pathogenic organisms.
11. A small constellation near the South Pole between Tucana and Ara.
15. An inflammatory complication of leprosy that results in painful skin lesions on the arms and legs and face.
16. A small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint.
17. An open vessel with a handle and a spout for pouring.
18. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
19. Popular music originating in the West Indies.
21. South American shrub having edible greenish plumlike fruit.
23. Shrubby lichens of the family Usneaceae having a flattened thallus.
25. The quantity contained in (or the capacity of) a tank or tanks.
28. Exultantly proud and joyful.
29. Informal terms for a mother.
31. A binary compound of carbon with a more electropositive element.
33. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
36. A state in midwestern United States.
37. Covered with a firm surface.
41. Measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects.
43. Common Indian weaverbird.
45. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
46. A port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya.
49. A feeling of dissatisfaction that results when your expectations are not realized.
51. A race between candidates for elective office.
52. The dialect of Ancient Greek spoken in Thessaly and Boeotia and Aeolis.
53. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
54. A bachelor's degree in religion.
55. Pretentious or silly talk or writing.
57. Something causes misery or death.
59. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
60. Something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares.
63. A Bantu language spoken in Cameroon.
66. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
70. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
73. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
74. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
75. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
77. A city in north central Morocco.
78. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
79. The great hall in ancient Persian palaces.
80. The capital and largest city of Japan.

DOWN

1. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
2. English prelate noted for his pessimistic sermons and articles (1860-1954).
3. A hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair.
4. A city in northeastern Ohio.
5. Marked by quiet and caution and secrecy.
6. A graphical record of electrical activity of the brain.
7. A wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface.
8. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
9. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
10. A silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion.
11. Genus of chiefly small rock-loving ferns.
12. Look forward to the probably occurrence of.
13. French writer who is considered the father of science fiction (1828-1905).
14. (Greek mythology) One of the mountain nymphs.
20. A person whose head is bald.
22. Immense East Indian fruit resembling breadfruit of.
24. Japanese ornamental tree with fragrant white or pink blossoms and small yellow fruits.
26. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
27. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
30. A port city in southwestern Iran.
32. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
34. American Revolutionary patriot.
35. Easily broken into small fragments or reduced to powder.
38. Any of the numerous plants of the genus Viola.
39. King of Northumbria who was converted to Christianity (585-633).
40. An artistic form of nonverbal communication.
42. Any high mountain.
44. Not only so, but.
47. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
48. The Palestinian uprising (beginning in 1987) against the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
50. A quiet plodding workhorse.
56. Roman statesman and philosopher who was and advisor to Nero (circa 4 BC - 65 AD).
58. Any plant of the genus Erica.
61. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
62. Assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing.
64. Lacking sufficient water or rainfall.
65. The mother of your father or mother.
67. A small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold.
68. In bed.
69. Anise-flavored Greek liquor.
71. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
72. (informal) Informed about the latest trends.
76. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.

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