Crossword Puzzle Number 2266 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Showing or causing joy and pleasure.
5. Sharing equally with another or others.
12. Not reflecting light.
15. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
16. A republic in southeastern Europe on the Adriatic coast of the Balkan Peninsula.
17. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
18. (Old Testament) The second wife of Jacob and mother of Joseph and Benjamin.
20. Rate of revolution of a motor.
21. A British doctorate.
23. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
24. Straggling shrub with narrow leaves and conspicuous red flowers in dense globular racemes.
27. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
29. A great rani.
31. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
32. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
35. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
36. Empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk.
38. Being of use or service.
40. Before noon.
42. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
45. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
49. The chief solid component of mammalian urine.
50. A blind god.
53. The 18th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
54. A lawman concerned with narcotics violations.
55. (botany) Relating to a plant of the family Araceae.
56. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
57. An edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle.
59. A serviceman who is drafted.
64. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
67. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.
70. Bundle of rods containing an axe with the blade protruding.
73. Appeal or request earnestly.
76. A girl or young woman who is unmarried.
79. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
80. A law passed by US Congress to prevent employees from being injured or contracting diseases in the course of their employment.
81. Included seven times in every 19 years.
82. A small cake leavened with yeast.

DOWN

1. A releasing factor that accelerates the secretion of growth hormone by the anterior pituitary body.
2. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
3. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
4. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
5. Highly seasoned fatty sausage of pork and beef usually dried.
6. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 100 liters.
7. The first of the Old Testament patriarchs and the father of Isaac.
8. Desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers.
9. (trademark) An alloy of iron and nickel having a low coefficient of thermal expansion.
10. A hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion.
11. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
12. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
13. Place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel.
14. A diacritical mark (~) placed over the letter n in Spanish to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel in Portuguese to indicate nasalization.
19. Military action involving the use of electromagnetic energy to determine or exploit or reduce or prevent hostile use of the electromagnetic spectrum.
22. English illustrator of several of Dickens' novels (1815-1882).
25. Avatar of Vishnu.
26. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
28. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
30. Verbal abuse.
33. A drug (trade names Atarax and Vistaril) used as a tranquilizer to treat anxiety and motion sickness.
34. A party who files a notice with a law court.
37. A family of fish in the order Zeomorphi.
39. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
41. A state of social isolation.
43. A Loloish language.
44. A roll of photographic film holding a series of frames to be projected by a movie projector.
46. Malevolent aspect of Devi.
47. A sharp sound made by small birds or insects v 1.
48. Being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time.
51. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
52. A genus of delicate ferns belonging to the family Osmundaceae.
58. Bony flesh of herring-like fish usually caught during their migration to fresh water for spawning.
60. (Norse mythology) The Norse dragon that guarded a treasure and was slain by Sigurd.
61. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
62. Not stale or old.
63. Squash bugs.
65. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
66. Port city on southern Honshu on Osaka Bay.
68. By bad luck.
69. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
71. A thrusting blow with a knife.
72. (Greek mythology) Daughter of Zeus and Demeter.
74. Relating to a recently developed fashion or style.
75. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
77. A college or university team that competes at a level below the varsity team.
78. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.

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