Crossword Puzzle Number 1622 (Medium Grid)

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1. God of the earth.
4. The political doctrine that supports the rights and powers of the common people in their struggle with the privileged elite.
12. An accountant certified by the state.
15. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
16. Disappear gradually.
17. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
18. A resource.
19. A state of extreme confusion and disorder.
20. With rapid movements.
22. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
24. Having a claw or claws.
25. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
26. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
28. Being nine more than ninety.
29. A family of birds coextensive with the order Rheiformes.
34. Lake in northwestern Russia near the border with Finland.
38. A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow).
39. A standard or model or pattern regarded as typical.
40. An informal term for a father.
41. Red pear-shaped tropical fruit with poisonous seeds.
45. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
47. Small slender gull having narrow wings and a forked tail.
48. The fatty flesh of eel.
50. (slang) A gangster's pistol.
51. A person who eats human flesh.
53. Enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering.
55. (astronomy) An indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels.
57. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
58. (Welsh) Corresponds to Iris Ler.
60. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
62. An association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens.
66. The univalent unsaturated organic radical C3H5.
69. A long wandering and eventful journey.
71. An adherent of any branch of Taoism.
72. A framework that supports climbing plants.
76. An upright tripod for displaying something (usually an artist's canvas).
77. The portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord.
78. A member of a North American Indian people of the Gila river valley in Arizona.
80. 100 avos equal 1 pataca.
81. A tool with a flat blade attached at right angles to a long handle.
82. Seed of amaranth plants used as a native cereal in Central and South America.
83. The force of workers available.

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1. Deciduous South African tree having large odd-pinnate leaves and profuse fragrant orange-yellow flowers.
2. Any plant of the genus Erica.
3. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
4. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
5. Do something to an excessive degree.
6. A genus of Ploceidae.
7. Untie the lashing of.
8. Lacking excess flesh.
9. A belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school.
10. A white trivalent metallic element.
11. (South African) An ear of corn.
12. A wad of something chewable as tobacco.
13. The rate of moving (especially walking or running).
14. Advanced in years.
21. (music) The speed at which a composition is to be played.
23. Relatively nontoxic South African herb smoked like tobacco.
27. The person (or bank) who is expected to pay a check or draft when it is presented for payment.
30. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
31. Quietly in concealment.
32. A wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric with pictorial designs.
33. Give expression or emotion to, in a stage or movie role.
35. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
36. One of the proteins into which actomyosin can be split.
37. Wild and menacing.
42. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
43. An inflammatory complication of leprosy that results in painful skin lesions on the arms and legs and face.
44. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
46. Produce ankylosis by surgery.
49. Having come or been brought to a conclusion.
52. (used with singular count nouns) Colloquial for `not a' or `not one' or `never a'.
54. The sacred city of Lamaism.
56. Not out.
59. An extensive grassy and nearly treeless plain (especially in Latin America).
61. A trivalent metalloid element.
63. State in northeastern India.
64. Female ruff v 1.
65. A tower for guiding pilots or marking the turning point in a race.
67. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
68. Large European dormouse.
70. Not only so, but.
73. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
74. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
75. Fiddler crabs.
79. A heavy precious metallic element.

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