Crossword Puzzle Number 2005 (Medium Grid)

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1. A caustic detergent useful for removing grease.
4. Having existed from the beginning.
12. The state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by.
15. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
16. Italian violinist (1782-1840).
17. (used especially of commodities) In the natural unprocessed condition.
18. The capital and largest city of Rwanda.
20. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
21. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
22. French writer who generalized surrealism to literature (1897-1982).
23. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
24. English poet (1880-1958).
26. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
28. Highly offensive.
29. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
32. A state in New England.
33. A person forced to flee from home or country.
35. Spherical gram-positive parasitic bacteria that tend to form irregular colonies.
38. Inflammation of the hands and feet caused by exposure to cold and moisture.
41. An ache localized in the middle or inner ear.
43. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
44. A radioactive transuranic metallic element.
45. Fertility goddess in ancient Greek mythology.
46. A Mid-Atlantic state.
47. Gymnastic apparatus consisting of a pair of heavy metal circles (usually covered with leather) suspended by ropes.
51. A low dam built across a stream to raise its level or divert its flow.
53. (of pop groups) Not affiliated with a major recording company n.
54. State in northeastern India.
55. Hawaiian dish of taro root pounded to a paste and often allowed to ferment.
56. A planet (usually Venus) seen just before sunrise in the eastern sky.
58. Not openly expressed.
61. A bachelor's degree in religion.
62. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
63. The last (12th) month of the year.
64. An early form of modern jazz (originating around 1940).
68. The waging of armed conflict against an enemy.
73. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
74. An ardent early supporter of a cause or reform.
77. Great in vertical dimension.
79. Brief episode in which the brain gets insufficient blood supply.
80. Provide physical relief, as from pain.
81. A slender double-reed instrument.
82. An associate degree in applied science.
83. An antibacterial drug (trade names Rifadin and Rimactane) used to treat tuberculosis.
84. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.

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1. Small deer of Japan with slightly forked antlers.
2. The habitation of wild animals.
3. An narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family.
4. Antibiotic-resistant mycoplasma causing a kind of pneumonia in humans.
5. A drop of rain.
6. A class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response.
7. Possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers.
8. Made tough by habitual exposure.
9. Capital of Vanuatu.
10. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
11. A category in some early taxonomies.
12. Common gray wild goose of Europe.
13. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
14. The compass point that is one point south of southwest.
19. The ninth month of the Hindu calendar.
25. Contrary to or forbidden by law.
27. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
30. An island in the Aegean Sea in the Saronic Gulf.
31. Distilled from wine or fermented fruit juice.
34. Spotted crakes.
36. A gear with a small number of teeth designed to mesh with a larger wheel or rack.
37. A frame attached to a wagon to increase the amount of hay it can carry.
39. A small picture inserted within the bounds or a larger one.
40. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
42. The subject matter of a conversation or discussion.
48. Something whose name is either forgotten or not known.
49. Striped hyena of southeast Africa that feeds chiefly on insects.
50. Confidently declared to be so.
52. Surpassing the ordinary especially in size or scale.
57. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
59. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
60. United States comedian and actor in silent films noted for his acrobatic skills and deadpan face (1895-1966).
65. English essayist (1775-1834).
66. South African term for `boss'.
67. Queen of England as the 6th wife of Henry VIII (1512-1548).
69. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.
70. Having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions.
71. An indistinct shapeless form.
72. Cheese containing a blue mold.
75. United States architect (born in China in 1917).
76. Being six more than fifty.
78. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

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