Crossword Puzzle Number 1543 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A pointed tool for marking surfaces or for punching small holes.
4. Old-fashioned and out of date.
12. The seventh and last day of the week.
15. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
16. Minimal meaningful language unit.
17. (Roman mythology) Goddess of abundance and fertility.
18. Apoapsis in orbit around the moon.
20. Lack of strength or vigor esp from illness.
22. Any plant of the genus Reseda.
24. Not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances.
25. Metal or plastic sheath over the end of a shoelace or ribbon.
26. A group of Plains Indians formerly living in what is now North and South Dakota and Nebraska and Kansas and Arkansas and Louisiana and Oklahoma and Texas.
27. Avoid or try to avoid, as of duties, questions and issues.
30. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
31. A town in north central Oklahoma.
34. A mixture of gases (mostly methane) that form in coal mines and become explosive when mixed with air.
38. Free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception.
39. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
41. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
42. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
43. Oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food.
44. Affected with or marked by frenzy or mania uncontrolled by reason.
48. Hormone released by the hypothalamus that controls the release of thyroid-stimulating hormone from the anterior pituitary.
49. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
52. Animal food for browsing or grazing.
56. A promise.
58. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
59. A seat with a cushion that is used as a throne by Indian princes.
63. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
67. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
68. Type genus of the Ranidae.
71. Related on the mother's side.
72. Informal terms for a mother.
73. Sensationalist journalism.
75. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
76. A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula.
77. Rod-shaped motile bacteria that attack plants.
78. (sports) The chief official (as in boxing or American football) who is expected to ensure fair play.

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1. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
2. The act of rubbing or wiping.
3. A mountainous landlocked communist state in southeastern Asia.
4. Smeared with something that soils or stains.
5. Employing variations in pitch to distinguish meanings of otherwise similar words.
6. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
7. A radioactive transuranic metallic element.
8. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
9. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
10. The sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate.
11. Being one more than nine.
12. A human being.
13. The capital of Western Samoa.
14. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
19. The body of people who lead a group.
21. Relating to the Andes and their inhabitants.
23. The event of something ending.
28. Virility drug (trade name Viagra) used to treat erectile dysfunction in men.
29. In a correct manner.
32. Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence.
33. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
35. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
36. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
37. A flexible container with a single opening.
40. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
45. Type genus of the Nepidae.
46. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
47. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
50. Ancient city southeast of Naples that was buried by a volcanic eruption from Vesuvius.
51. A unit of magnetic flux density equal to one weber per square meter.
53. A port city in southwestern Iran.
54. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
55. A card game for 2 players.
57. Port city on Atlantic coast.
60. (KNO3) Used especially as a fertilizer and explosive.
61. Act in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief.
62. Coffee with the caffeine removed.
64. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
65. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
66. City in southwestern Colombia in a rich agricultural area.
69. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
70. The compass point that is one point west of due north.
74. In operation or operational.

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