Crossword Puzzle Number 2247 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A French abbot.
5. An irregularly shaped spot.
12. The syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization.
15. A sudden short attack.
16. make ready or suitable in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc.
17. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
18. In bed.
19. Of or related to the pain of angina pectoris.
20. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
21. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
23. Any of several large turkey-like game birds of the family Cracidae.
26. The square of a body of any size of type.
27. A young woman making her debut into society.
28. A city in central Tanzania.
32. A Scottish word.
36. (anatomy) Occurring singly.
39. Indicating the most important performer or role.
40. Tree bearing large brown nuts containing e.g. caffeine.
41. A small nail.
43. The basic monetary unit of most members of the European Union (introduced in 1999).
44. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
47. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
49. Long and light rowing boat.
50. A state in the United States in the central Pacific on the Hawaiian Islands.
52. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
55. A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element.
56. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
57. A republic in eastern Africa.
62. Tree (as opposed to shrub).
63. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
65. The fifth day of the week.
69. An associate degree in applied science.
72. Arm again.
73. A luminance unit equal to 1 candle per square meter measured perpendicular to the rays from the source.
74. The state capital of South Australia.
76. Tag the base runner to get him out.
77. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
78. A great raja.
79. A knockout declared by the referee who judges one boxer unable to continue.

DOWN

1. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
2. A small cake leavened with yeast.
3. A coffin along with its stand.
4. A doctor's degree in education.
5. A German machine gun.
6. According to need (physicians use PRN in writing prescriptions).
7. Having legs of a specified kind or number.
8. An addictive narcotic extracted from seed capsules of the opium poppy.
9. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
10. The father of your father or mother.
11. The fatty flesh of eel.
12. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
13. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
14. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
22. Edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants.
24. Lower in esteem.
25. A one-piece cloak worn by men in ancient Rome.
29. Not divided into zones.
30. A rule made by a local authority to regulate its own affairs.
31. An informal term for a father.
33. (Sumerian) Sun god.
34. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
35. A funnel-shaped device towed as a target by an airplane.
37. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
38. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
42. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
45. A German art song of the 19th century for voice and piano.
46. Pearl oysters.
48. Biennial or perennial herbs of north temperate regions.
51. Widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits.
53. Queen of England as the 6th wife of Henry VIII (1512-1548).
54. Language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense.
58. A name for the Old Testament God as transliterated from the Hebrew YHVH.
59. Small genus of Asian evergreen trees having columnar crowns and distinguished by leaves lacking a midrib.
60. A Buddhist who has attained nirvana.
61. Follower of Rastafarianism.
64. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
66. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
67. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
68. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
70. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
71. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
75. A person who announces and plays popular recorded music.

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