Crossword Puzzle Number 1591 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A police officer who investigates crimes.
4. A mass of undifferentiated cells from with an organ or body part develops.
12. A diagrammatic representation of the earth's surface (or part of it).
15. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
16. 15th President of the United States (1791-1868).
17. A strong emotion.
18. The rate at which energy is drawn from a source that produces a flow of electricity in a circuit.
19. The world's largest desert (3,500,000 square miles) in North Africa.
20. Type genus of the Gadidae.
22. A spar rising aft from a mast to support the head of a quadrilateral fore-and-aft sail.
24. Not of long duration.
25. The mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.
26. (used of certain religious orders) Barefoot or wearing only sandals.
28. Drooping of the upper eyelid caused by muscle paralysis and weakness.
30. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
32. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
35. Gear (including necessary machinery) for a particular enterprise.
38. Red pear-shaped tropical fruit with poisonous seeds.
40. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
42. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
44. An almond-shaped neural structure in the anterior part of the temporal lobe of the cerebrum.
46. Distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers.
48. (British) Your grandmother.
49. The father of your father or mother.
51. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
55. 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.
56. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
59. Swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs.
60. The friend of Phintias who pledged his life that Phintias would return (4th century BC).
62. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
64. A skilled worker who can live in underwater installations and participate in scientific research.
67. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
71. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
72. Accuse formally of a crime.
75. A Bantu language spoken by the Kamba people in Kenya.
76. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
77. A headlong rush of people on a common impulse.
79. In or of the month preceding the present one.
80. Sexually transmitted urethritis (usually caused by chlamydia).
81. A great raja.
82. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.

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1. A city in southeastern South Korea.
2. Swedish oceanographer who recognized the role of the Coriolis effect on ocean currents (1874-1954).
3. Shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist.
4. (computer science) A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest.
5. Port city on Atlantic coast.
6. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
7. United States humorist who wrote about rural life (1818-1885).
8. Any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue.
9. Eruption on a mucous membrane (as the inside of the mouth) occurring as a symptom of a disease.
10. Informal terms for a mother.
11. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria and closely related to Hausa.
12. (Greek legend) The greedy king of Phrygia who Dionysus gave the power to turn everything he touched into gold.
13. Starch resembling sago that is obtained from cuckoopint root.
14. The basic unit of money in Uruguay.
21. Surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments.
23. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
27. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
29. Be obedient to.
31. A sudden short attack.
33. Oblong cream puff.
34. Occurring or appearing or singled out by chance.
36. A river in southeastern France.
37. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
39. A small canoe consisting of a light frame made watertight with animal skins.
41. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
43. A large fleet.
45. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
47. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
50. Performance by or technique of a pianist.
52. A crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry.
53. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
54. God of wealth and love.
57. A (usually canopied) seat for riding on the back of a camel or elephant.
58. The innermost membrane of an organ (especially the inner lining of an artery or vein or lymphatic vessel).
61. A blanket that is used as a cloak or shawl.
63. Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers.
65. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
66. (Old Testament) The eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the Covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac.
68. A doctor's degree in music.
69. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
70. A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
73. An emergency procedure consisting of external cardiac massage and artificial respiration.
74. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
78. A person who announces and plays popular recorded music.

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