Crossword Puzzle Number 1643 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. (Akkadian) Father of the gods and consort of Tiamat.
5. Of or relating to or characteristic of Afghanistan or its people.
11. A sudden very loud noise.
15. German chemist who was co-discoverer with Lise Meitner of nuclear fission (1879-1968).
16. In a free manner.
17. Dutch astronomer who proved that the galaxy is rotating and proposed the existence of the Oort cloud (1900-1992).
18. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
19. Ions are accelerated along a linear path by voltage differences on electrodes along the path.
21. (law) The seat for judges in a courtroom.
23. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
24. Appeal or request earnestly.
25. 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.
26. Acute delirium caused by alcohol poisoning.
29. European sedge having small edible nutlike tubers.
32. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
33. A bet that you can pick the first and second finishers in the right order.
37. United States sculptor and architect whose public works include the memorial to veterans of the Vietnam War in Washington (born in 1959).
38. A nihilistic art movement (especially in painting) that flourished in Europe early in the 20th century.
42. A human female who does housework.
43. The capital of Western Samoa.
45. Genus of herbs of southern United States.
47. A graphical record of electrical activity of the brain.
48. A German machine gun.
50. A hard green Swiss cheese made with skim-milk curd and flavored with clover.
52. Any of various herbaceous plants whose leaves or stems or flowers are cooked and used for food or seasoning.
54. A state in midwestern United States.
56. Lacking either stimulating or irritating characteristics.
60. United States writer of poems and plays about racial conflict (born in 1934).
64. Scottish writer of rustic verse (1770-1835).
65. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
68. A record in which commercial accounts are recorded.
69. (zoology) Pertaining to or characteristic of birds.
71. Acquire or gain knowledge or skills.
74. Any loose flowing garment.
75. A colloid in a more solid form than a sol.
76. The trait of lacking restraint or control.
78. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
79. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
80. A piece of soft material that protects an injured part of the body v 1.
81. A small cake leavened with yeast.

DOWN

1. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
2. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered.
3. Avoid and stay away from deliberately.
4. An agency of the United Nations responsible for programs to aid education and the health of children and mothers in developing countries.
5. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
6. Cooked by frying in fat.
7. (British) Informal term for information.
8. Any sail set forward of the foremast of a vessel.
9. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
10. A Mid-Atlantic state.
11. Of or in or belonging to the cavity of the abdomen.
12. A deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks.
13. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
14. An anxiety disorder associated with serious traumatic events and characterized by such symptoms as guilt about surviving or reliving the trauma in dreams or numbness and lack of involvement with reality or recurrent thoughts and images.
20. The highest point of something.
22. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
27. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
28. A woman sahib.
30. Massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa.
31. A member of the Uniat Church.
34. Relatively low in price or charging low prices.
35. A city in southeastern South Korea.
36. An ancient city in southeastern Greece.
39. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
40. Beat thoroughly in a competition or fight.
41. Genus including stone parsley.
44. Fish-eating bird of warm inland waters having a long flexible neck and slender sharp-pointed bill.
46. Situated at an apex.
49. No longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life.
51. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
53. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
55. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
57. Held dear.
58. Moving quickly and lightly.
59. A drug (trade names Calan and Isoptin) used as an oral or parenteral calcium blocker in cases of hypertension or congestive heart failure or angina or migraine.
61. 100 agorot equal 1 shekel.
62. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
63. A particular environment or walk of life.
66. An informal term for a father.
67. Rum cut with water.
70. Tag the base runner to get him out.
72. Either extremity of something that has length.
73. The compass point that is midway between north and northeast.
77. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.

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