Crossword Puzzle Number 2000 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A container.
4. A woman sahib.
12. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
15. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
16. Produce immunity in by inoculation.
17. An easy return of a tennis ball in a high arc.
18. A loose skirt consisting of brightly colored fabric wrapped around the body.
20. A metric unit of capacity equal to the volume of 1 kilogram of pure water at 4 degrees centigrade and 760 mm of mercury (or approximately 1.76 pints).
21. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
22. Any spherical or nearly spherical bacteria.
24. Keenly excited (especially sexually) or indicating excitement.
26. Austrian composer who influenced the classical form of the symphony (1732-1809).
28. United States playwright (born in 1947).
31. The lower house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
35. Of a deep somewhat purplish blue color similar to that of a clear October sky.
39. A local computer network for communication between computers.
41. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
43. (of spatial position) In or brought into line with or into proper relative position.
46. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
48. A sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure.
49. A change downward.
51. An authoritative rule of conduct or procedure.
52. Not very intelligent or interested in culture.
53. The lowest brass wind instrument.
55. Strong woody fibers obtained especially from the phloem of from various plants.
56. The rate at which words are produced (as in speaking or typing).
58. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
61. Pertaining to filberts or hazelnuts.
65. A deep bow.
69. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
70. A kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term).
73. A Bantu language spoken by the Kamba people in Kenya.
74. (usually followed by `of') Released from something onerous (especially an obligation or duty).
75. A headlong rush of people on a common impulse.
77. Japanese ornamental tree with fragrant white or pink blossoms and small yellow fruits.
78. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
79. A great raja.
80. Not divisible by two.

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1. Greenish-yellow pear.
2. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
3. A lawman concerned with narcotics violations.
4. Paint with red lead or vermilion.
5. A graphical record of electric currents associated with muscle contractions.
6. A metric unit of length equal to one thousandth of a meter.
7. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Clinoril).
8. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
9. A successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball).
10. Of or relating to or characteristic of Israel or its people.
11. Muscular and heavily built.
12. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
13. A rich soil consisting of a mixture of sand and clay and decaying organic materials.
14. A French abbot.
19. Of a moderate orange-yellow color.
23. A public promotion of some product or service.
25. Your general store of remembered information.
27. Any oily organic compound insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents.
29. Any of numerous ornamental shrubs grown for their showy flowers of various colors.
30. The capital and largest city of Bavaria in southeastern Germany.
32. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
33. Large genus of terrestrial ferns of tropics and subtropics.
34. Someone who puts text into appropriate form for publication.
36. The location of something surrounded by other things.
37. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
38. Frogs, toads, tree toads.
40. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
42. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
44. The sound of growling (as made by animals).
45. An abnormal new mass of tissue that serves no purpose.
47. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
50. A genus of Vespertilionidae.
54. Before noon.
57. A blanket that is used as a cloak or shawl.
59. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
60. Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers.
62. Characteristic of false pride.
63. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
64. The Hebrew patriarch who saved himself and his family and the animals by building an ark in which they survived 40 days and 40 nights of rain.
66. Projectiles to be fired from a gun.
67. In bed.
68. A female domestic.
71. The month following March and preceding May.
72. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
76. A person who announces and plays popular recorded music.

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