Crossword Puzzle Number 2256 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A recognizable kind.
5. A small hole (usually round and finished around the edges) in cloth or leather for the passage of a cord.
11. Round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games.
15. A city in northwestern Syria.
16. The mistake of not following suit when able to do so.
17. A fee charged for exchanging currencies.
18. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
20. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
21. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
22. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
23. A colorless odorless gas used as fuel.
26. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
28. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
30. A radioactive element of the alkali-metal group discovered as a disintegration product of actinium.
32. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
34. The cry made by sheep.
37. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
39. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
42. A state in the western United States.
44. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
45. A public promotion of some product or service.
48. A characteristic state or mode of living.
52. Mar or spoil the appearance of.
54. The character flaw or error of a tragic hero that leads to his downfall.
55. A cadenced trot executed by the horse in one spot.
57. Make a more or less disguised reference to.
58. Cut the head of.
61. The fatty flesh of eel.
63. Being one more than one.
64. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
67. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
71. (Irish) The sea personified.
75. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
76. A doctor's degree in dental medicine.
77. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
78. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
79. A column of light (as from a beacon).
80. Any plant of the genus Gerardia.
81. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).

DOWN

1. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
2. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
3. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
4. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
5. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
6. Not only so, but.
7. Any ameba of the genus Endamoeba.
8. Lacking excess flesh.
9. Moth having nonfunctional mouthparts as adults.
10. The starting place for each hole on a golf course.
11. When dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls.
12. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
13. Large luxurious car.
14. The provision of money temporarily (usually at interest).
19. Heal or recover.
24. A city in southeastern South Korea.
25. The face of a timepiece.
27. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
29. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
31. Tie again or anew.
33. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
35. A true bug.
36. Large family of bark-boring or wood-boring short-beaked beetles.
38. (British slang) Cafe.
40. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
41. Of or relating to the African people who speak one of the Bantoid languages or to their culture.
43. Thrown together in a pile.
46. Fallow deer.
47. Capital of Germany located in eastern Germany.
49. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
50. Someone who tries to persuade by blandishment and coaxing.
51. Bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves.
53. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
56. Felt hat with a creased crown.
59. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
60. Having rugged physical strength.
62. (Scotland) A landowner.
65. Slightly open.
66. Being two more than ninety.
68. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
69. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
70. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
72. White crystalline compound used as a food additive to enhance flavor.
73. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
74. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

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