Crossword Puzzle Number 1815 (Medium Grid)

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1. A French abbot.
5. English natural scientist whose `On the Origin of Species' formulated a theory of evolution by natural selection (1809-1882).
11. part of the peritoneum attached to the stomach and to the colon and covering the intestines.
15. A sudden short attack.
16. (Old Testament) The first of the major Hebrew prophets (8th century BC).
17. A river in central Italy rising in the Apennines and flowing through Florence and Pisa to the Ligurian Sea.
18. In bed.
19. An area in which something acts or operates or has power or control.
21. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
23. (of non-living objects) The state of being free of pathogenic organisms.
27. A disease of cattle and sheep attributed to a dietary deficiency.
28. American Revolutionary patriot.
31. At or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane.
33. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
35. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
39. A large Yoruba city in southwestern Nigeria.
40. Be unsuccessful.
42. Relating to or resembling a cone.
45. A step in walking or running.
46. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
47. The upper side of the thighs of a seated person.
49. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
52. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
55. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
58. Having come or been brought to a conclusion.
60. Straggling shrub with narrow leaves and conspicuous red flowers in dense globular racemes.
62. The English physicist nd chemist who discovered electromagnetic induction (1791-1867).
66. An edilbe seaweed with a mild flavor.
67. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
70. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
71. A long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head.
72. An exceptional interest in and admiration for yourself.
76. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
77. A short aria.
78. (Scottish) A long dagger with a straight blade.

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1. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
2. A small cake leavened with yeast.
3. A coffin along with its stand.
4. A doctor's degree in education.
5. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
6. The fourth month of the Hindu calendar.
7. (the feminine of raja) A Hindu princess or the wife of a raja.
8. Hairpiece covering the head and made of human or synthetic hair.
9. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
10. A state in New England.
11. Floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile).
12. Come into existence.
13. Open the zipper of.
14. A fine-grained unstratified accumulation of clay and silt deposited by the wind.
20. A bet that you can pick the first and second finishers in the right order.
22. A unit of pressure equal to one newton per square meter.
24. A large number or amount.
25. Any organic compound containing the group -CONH2.
26. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
29. Remove the bones from (an animal).
30. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
32. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
34. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
36. Of or relating to or involving an area.
37. An ancient city in northern Portugal.
38. Alcoholic drink from fermented cider (`cider' and `cyder' are European (especially British) usage for the fermented beverage).
41. A large fleet.
43. A desert in southwestern Africa - largely Botswana.
44. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
48. An informal term for a father.
50. Adopted in order to deceive.
51. A chain of connected ideas or passages or objects so arranged that each member is closely related to the preceding and following members (especially a series of patristic comments elucidating Christian dogma).
53. A state in New England.
54. Invade in great numbers, as of pests.
56. Infestation of the pubic hair by crab lice.
57. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
59. A cgs unit of work or energy.
61. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
63. Surrealist Spanish painter (1904-1989).
64. Little known Kamarupan languages.
65. Noisy talk.
68. Water frozen in the solid state.
69. The shorter of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
73. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
74. Informal terms for a mother.
75. A bachelor's degree in religion.

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