Crossword Puzzle Number 2070 (Medium Grid)

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1. An inhabitant of Lappland.
5. Member of a Jewish sect that observes a form of strict Orthodox Judaism.
11. A deep orange-red variety of chalcedony.
15. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
16. The capital and largest city of Zimbabwe.
17. English essayist (1775-1834).
18. A language unit by which a person or thing is known.
19. A hostel for pilgrims in Turkey.
20. Dignified manner or conduct.
21. An ancient musical horn made from the horn of a ram.
23. Not suitable for food.
25. The capital of Croatia.
26. A native or inhabitant of Iran.
27. The German state.
30. An uproarious party.
33. A severe or trying experience.
36. One thousandth of a second.
38. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
39. Liquid excretory product.
41. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
45. Black tropical American cuckoo.
46. A city of southeastern Mexico.
48. The basic unit of money in Bhutan.
50. A inexpensive showy collectibles.
53. Making great mental demands.
54. A small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle).
56. Of or relating to or characteristic of Ireland or its people.
57. (Greek mythology) A maiden seduced by Zeus.
58. The forest trees growing in a country or region.
60. Filled with fear or apprehension.
65. The act of escaping physically.
67. Resin of the kauri trees of N Zealand.
70. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
71. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
72. The character flaw or error of a tragic hero that leads to his downfall.
74. The shape of a raised edge of a more or less circular object.
75. Take in solid food.
76. A fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true.
77. The compass point midway between east and southeast.

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1. A transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images.
2. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
3. The most commonly used diphenylbutyl piperidine.
4. A short introductory essay preceding the text of a book.
5. Make a vibrant noise, of grasshoppers or cicadas.
6. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
7. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
8. A dress worn primarily by Hindu women.
9. A family of birds of the suborder Oscines.
10. Try to prevent.
11. Malignant tumor of the testis.
12. (law) A defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question.
13. The basic unit of money in Cambodia.
14. A native or inhabitant of Denmark.
22. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
24. An informal term for a father.
28. Any plant of the genus Erica.
29. A city in Tamil Nadu on the Bay of Bengal.
31. Of little importance or influence or power.
32. Dirty and disgusting.
34. Of a pale purple color.
35. An accountant certified by the state.
37. The beginning of anything.
40. A large oven for firing or burning or drying such things as porcelain or bricks.
42. The dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia.
43. A genus of herbs and shrubs belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae.
44. Russian Bolshevik leader who advocated gradual collectivism of the farms.
47. Being one more than ninety.
49. A unit of pressure equal to 0.001316 atmosphere.
51. The virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS).
52. An industrial city in southern Poland on the Vistula.
55. A minor Hebrew prophet (8th century BC).
59. British artist and writer of nonsense verse (1812-1888).
61. A legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge).
62. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
63. Wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills.
64. Informal terms for a (young) woman.
66. A sheath worn to protect a finger.
68. A human limb.
69. A member of the Shoshonean people of Utah and Colorado and New Mexico.
73. 1/1000 gram.

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