Crossword Puzzle Number 2058 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Common black-and-gray Eurasian bird noted for thievery.
4. Of the dull yellowish green of the meat of an avocado n 1.
11. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
15. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
16. Minute freshwater crustacean having a round body enclosed in a transparent shell.
17. The chief solid component of mammalian urine.
18. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
20. A person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization.
21. Massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws.
22. A university town in east central Illinois adjoining Champaign.
24. A metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter.
26. The fifth day of the week.
27. A framework that holds the panes of a window in the window frame.
32. The superior of an abbey of monks.
34. A small cut of meat including part of a rib.
38. Squeeze the throat of.
43. Large whale with a large cavity in the head containing spermaceti and oil.
44. Any substance (such as an antibody) or agent that can cause lysis.
45. A reptile genus of Iguanidae.
46. Low stingless nettle of Central and South America having velvety brownish-green toothed leaves and clusters of small green flowers.
49. A former French coin of low denomination.
50. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
52. A baseball deliberately thrown at the batter's head.
54. Noisy quarrel.
57. Antihypertensive drug (trade name Aldomet) used in the treatment of high blood pressure.
58. An informal term for a father.
60. Make a prediction about.
69. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
70. Any plant of the genus Caragana having even-pinnate leaves and mostly yellow flowers followed by seeds in a linear pod.
73. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
74. Water frozen in the solid state.
75. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
76. The rate at which energy is drawn from a source that produces a flow of electricity in a circuit.
77. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
78. Any of several plants of the genus Hepatica having 3-lobed leaves and white or pinkish flowers in early spring.
79. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).

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1. The act of beginning something new.
2. The fourth month of the Hindu calendar.
3. English writer and a central member of the Fabian Society (1858-1943).
4. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
5. A state in the eastern United States.
6. (Roman mythology) Goddess of abundance and fertility.
7. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
8. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
9. A loud harsh or strident noise.
10. Annual grass of Europe and North Africa.
11. In a manner accessible to or observable by the public.
12. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
13. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
14. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
19. The quarter of many North African cities in which the citadel is located.
23. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
25. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
28. A compound in which the hydrogen atoms of a hydrocarbon have been replaced by bromine and other halogen atoms.
29. 1 species.
30. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
31. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
33. The 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
35. United States painter noted for brilliant colors and bold brushwork (1859-1935).
36. Mostly tropical songbird.
37. The next to last syllable in a word.
39. A member of the Mongolian people of central Asia who invaded Russia in the 13th century.
40. Greek mythology.
41. A small rounded gland-like structure.
42. Lacking either stimulating or irritating characteristics.
47. A unit of information equal to one million (1,048,576) bytes.
48. (electricity) Pertaining to or producing electric current by chemical action.
51. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
53. The entire physical structure of an organism (especially an animal or human being).
55. South American cavy.
56. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
59. An elongated leather strip (or or strip of similar material) for binding things together or holding something in position.
61. Any competition.
62. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
63. A strip of land projecting into a body of water.
64. Capital city of the Apulia region on the Adriatic coast.
65. A small cake leavened with yeast.
66. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
67. (computer science) A standardized language for the descriptive markup of documents.
68. The handle of a weapon or tool.
71. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
72. Come into the possession of something concrete or abstract.

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