Crossword Puzzle Number 1712 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. (computer science) The rate at which data is transferred (as by a modem).
4. Reprehensible acquisitiveness.
11. A unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains.
15. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
16. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
17. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
18. Speak unfavorably about.
20. Pierced with with a pointed weapon.
22. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
23. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
25. Strips of potato fried in deep fat.
26. A weekday on which no feast is celebrated.
29. United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993).
32. The basic monetary unit in many countries.
36. Show a response or a reaction to something.
38. Of or relating to yoga.
39. German chemist who was co-discoverer with Lise Meitner of nuclear fission (1879-1968).
41. Agile slender-bodied arboreal mustelids somewhat larger than weasels.
43. A central point or locus of an infection in an organism.
45. A group of Niger-Congo languages spoken primarily in southeastern Mali and northern Ghana.
46. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
47. (Brit) A tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing Edwardian style clothes.
49. A naturally occurring weak estrogenic hormone secreted by the mammalian ovary.
51. Absent-minded dreaming while awake.
54. Come out into view, as from concealment.
55. An associate degree in nursing.
56. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
57. An independent state within the British Commonwealth located on the Fiji Islands.
60. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
62. Related on the mother's side.
64. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
66. United States playwright (1906-1963).
68. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
72. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
75. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
77. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
78. The cry made by sheep.
79. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
81. A master's degree in fine arts.
82. Standard time in the 5th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian.
83. An island comprising the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.
84. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.

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1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
2. A beautiful and graceful girl.
3. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
4. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
5. A Roman Catholic priest who acts for another higher-ranking clergyman.
6. Make sour or more sour.
7. A blood group antigen possessed by Rh-positive people.
8. A state in midwestern United States.
9. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
10. Take in solid food.
11. A metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed syllables.
12. Marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea.
13. American novelist (1909-1955).
14. A youth subculture that began in London in the early 1960s.
19. An imperfection in a bodily system.
21. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
24. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
27. Expressive of contempt.
28. Bring an accusation against.
30. A man who serves as a sailor.
31. A malicious fierce-tempered woman.
33. A fee charged for exchanging currencies.
34. Argentinian cariama.
35. Unwind from or as if from a reel.
37. Type genus of the Tetraonidae.
40. 100 agorot equal 1 shekel.
42. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
44. What you can repeat immediately after perceiving it.
48. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
50. Used by northerners of Confederate soldiers.
52. A person of unquestioning obedience.
53. Destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle.
58. Someone who jeers or mocks or treats something with contempt or calls out in derision.
59. An advanced student or graduate in medicine gaining supervised practical experience (`houseman' is a British term).
61. The time interval between the deposit of a check in a bank and its payment.
63. (computer science) American Standard Code for Information Interchange.
65. South African term for `boss'.
67. A challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy.
69. The highest level or degree attainable.
70. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
71. The sixth month of the civil year.
73. The residue that remains when something is burned.
74. (computer science) A measure of how densely information is packed on a storage medium.
76. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
80. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.

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