Crossword Puzzle Number 2255 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A state of irritation or annoyance.
5. Portable bulletproof shelter.
12. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
15. An organic compound that contains a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which in turn is doubly bonded to another carbon atom.
16. Mites and ticks.
17. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
18. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
19. A meeting for boat races.
20. Being one more than two.
21. Shrubby plant with aromatic grayish-green leaves used as a cooking herb.
23. Relating to or characterized by chelation.
25. A state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune.
28. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight.
29. A collection of excerpts from a literary work.
32. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
34. Former name for the order Crocodylia.
39. Idle or foolish and irrelevant talk.
40. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
41. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
43. To make a mistake or be incorrect.
46. Waterfall in Canada is the Horseshoe Falls.
50. Out of bed.
51. Food prepared by cooking and straining or processed in a blender.
54. A state in New England.
55. A particular environment or walk of life.
56. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
60. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
64. Troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances.
66. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
67. Any of several eruptive skin diseases characterized by hard thick lesions grouped together and resembling lichens growing on rocks.
70. Jordan's port.
71. Flowing in drops.
73. Orange liqueur with lemon juice and brandy.
75. (British) Your grandmother.
76. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individually.
77. The body of faculty and students of a college.
78. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

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1. Israeli statesman (born in Russia) (1898-1978).
2. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family).
3. A mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid.
4. Illuminated by means of floodlights.
5. Small bitter fruit of the marasca cherry tree from whose juice maraschino liqueur is made.
6. (informal) Of the highest quality.
7. Someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault.
8. An extended area of land.
9. Gracefully slender.
10. Of or relating to the enteron.
11. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
12. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
13. A small zodiacal constellation in the northern hemisphere.
14. The main city of ancient Phoenicia.
22. A daughter of your brother or sister.
24. (Babylonian) The sky god.
26. A language spoken by the Atakapa people of the Gulf coast of Louisiana and Texas.
27. A river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River.
30. United States writer (1870-1902).
31. The mountain peak that Noah's ark landed on as the waters of the great flood receded.
33. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
35. Being nine more than ninety.
36. A piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred.
37. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
38. French physicist noted for research on magnetism (born in 1904).
42. An industrial city in the Donets Basin.
44. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
45. Clear to the mind.
47. Disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet.
48. Of or relating to or involving an area.
49. Remorse for your past conduct.
52. An ancient city of Sumer located on a former channel of the Euphrates River.
53. Put a new heel on.
57. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the practice of Yoga).
58. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
59. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
61. A city in northern India.
62. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
63. (computer science) A kind of computer architecture that has a large number of instructions hard coded into the cpu chip.
65. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
68. A federation of North American industrial unions that merged with the American Federation of Labor in 1955.
69. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
72. (chemistry) P(otential of) H(ydrogen).
74. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.

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