Crossword Puzzle Number 1462 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. (computer science) The rate at which data is transferred (as by a modem).
4. An examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease.
12. A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow).
15. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
16. The condition of having no arms.
17. Fiddler crabs.
18. Reach a destination.
20. The act of carrying something v 1.
21. The shorter of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
22. The shattering or crushing effect of a sudden release of energy as in an explosion.
24. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
26. Fabric made with yarn made from the silky hair of the Angora goat.
27. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
29. A state in north central United States.
31. A discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder.
32. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
35. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
37. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
40. A state in southeastern India on the Bay of Bengal (south of Andhra Pradesh).
45. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
48. A visual representation of an object or scene or person produced on a surface.
49. A republic in southwestern Africa on the south Atlantic coast (formerly called South West Africa).
52. The Magadhan language spoken by the Assamese people.
54. Covered with beads of liquid.
57. Produced by inbreeding.
58. Small genus of erect balsam-scented herbs.
61. A penicillinase-resistant form of penicillin (trade name Nafcil) used (usually in the form of its sodium salt) to treat infections caused by penicillin-resistant strains of staphylococci.
63. American novelist (1909-1955).
65. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
69. Metal shackles.
71. A connecting point at which several lines come together.
73. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
74. A loud harsh or strident noise.
75. Acting according to certain accepted standards.
78. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
79. (informal) Of the highest quality.
80. A machine that smoothes or glazes paper or cloth by pressing it between plates or passing it through rollers.
81. A person's brother or sister.

DOWN

1. Divulge information or secrets.
2. Queen of England as the 6th wife of Henry VIII (1512-1548).
3. A firm open-weave fabric used for a curtain in the theater.
4. A member of an Athapaskan people that migrated to Arizona and New Mexico and Utah.
5. Trees or shrubs of the families Ebenaceae or Sapotaceae or Styracaceae or Symplocaceae.
6. A hard brittle blue-white multivalent metallic element.
7. Someone who drives racing cars at high speeds.
8. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
9. Of or relating to or functioning as a phrase.
10. Formerly a contemptuous term of address to an inferior man or boy.
11. A branch of the Tai languages.
12. (Old Testament) The fourth son of Jacob who was forebear of one of the tribes of Israel.
13. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
14. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
19. An isogram connecting points having equal barometric pressure at a given time.
23. Make reference to.
25. A light touch or stroke.
28. A small cake leavened with yeast.
30. Any of numerous low-growing cushion-forming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems.
33. Japanese statesman who set Japan's expansionist policies and formed an alliance with Germany and Italy (1891-1945).
34. The upper house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
36. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
38. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
39. A Muslim or Hindu mendicant monk who is regarded as a holy man.
41. American dramatist (1928- ).
42. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
43. A statement of fundamental facts or principles.
44. Moving quickly and lightly.
46. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
47. Unknown god.
50. Realistic Norwegian author who wrote plays on social and political themes (1828-1906).
51. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
53. Black tropical American cuckoo.
55. Convert ordinary language into code.
56. A native of ancient Troy.
59. One of the two branches of the Finno-Ugric family of languages.
60. The basic unit of money in Sierra Leone.
62. A cruel wicked and inhuman person.
64. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
66. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
67. An Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan.
68. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
70. An enclosed space.
72. An emotional response that has been acquired by conditioning.
76. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
77. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.

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