Crossword Puzzle Number 2200 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Rare (usually fatal) brain disease (usually in middle age) caused by an unidentified slow virus.
4. Frivolous banter.
12. An intricate network suggesting something that was formed by weaving or interweaving.
15. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
16. A genus of herbs of the family Cruciferae.
17. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
18. Evergreen Indian shrub with vivid yellow flowers whose bark is used in tanning.
20. An ancient country in central Italy.
22. Surrealist Spanish painter (1904-1989).
23. A state in northwestern North America.
25. Not starry.
26. (of an arrow) Equipped with feathers.
28. The Uralic language spoken by the Yeniseian people.
29. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
32. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
35. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
36. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
38. A telegram sent abroad.
40. Of or relating to or characteristic of Asia or the peoples of Asia or their languages or culture.
44. An associate degree in applied science.
45. The unit of frequency.
46. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
49. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
51. (prefix) Outside or outer.
52. A set of rules or principles or laws especially written ones.
53. A period of time containing 365 (or 366) days.
54. The use of bacteria or viruses of toxins to destroy men and animals or food.
56. Taking place over public roads.
59. Small deciduous Asiatic tree bearing large red or orange edible astringent fruit.
62. The upper house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
65. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
69. Small wooden bat with a flat surface.
72. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
73. A genus of European owls.
74. A usually malignant tumor arising from connective tissue (bone or muscle etc.).
76. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
77. (statistics) Approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value.
78. The slender spear of the Bantu-speaking people of Africa.
79. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.

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1. Wearing or provided with clothing.
2. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo.
3. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
4. The cry made by sheep.
5. An annual publication including weather forecasts and other miscellaneous information arranged according to the calendar of a given year.
6. A metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter.
7. Being one more than two.
8. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
9. A sharp narrow ridge found in rugged mountains.
10. A Spanish female Gypsy.
11. The range within which a voice can be heard.
12. Commodities offered for sale.
13. Armor plate that protects the chest.
14. South African term for `boss'.
19. Small genus of erect perennial shrubby herbs.
21. (used of opinions and actions) Far beyond the norm.
24. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
27. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
30. Antineoplastic drug (trade name Elspar) sometimes used to treat lymphoblastic leukemia.
31. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
33. Type genus of the Alaudidae.
34. Defeated in a competition.
37. An investment trust that owns and manages a pool of commercial properties and mortgages and other real estate asssets.
39. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
41. Small arctic whale the male having a long spiral ivory tusk.
42. Noisy talk.
43. A rapid bustling commotion.
47. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
48. Strong and sharp.
50. The trait of lacking restraint or control.
55. A Mid-Atlantic state.
57. Genus of sticky herbs with yellow flowers open in morning or evening but closed in bright light.
58. A port city of south central Ukraine on an arm of the Black Sea.
60. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
61. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
63. Freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort.
64. A South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes.
66. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
67. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
68. A city in northern India.
70. A form of address for a married woman.
71. A wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface.
75. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.

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