Crossword Puzzle Number 2291 (Medium Grid)

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1. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
4. City in central Iran.
12. Alsatian artist and poet who was cofounder of Dadaism in Zurich.
15. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
16. Reduced in size as by squeezing together.
17. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
18. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
19. Medieval artillery used during sieges.
20. (geology) Before the appearance of life.
22. Italian architect (1508-1580).
24. A three-tone Chadic language.
26. A genus of European owls.
27. A decree that prohibits something.
28. The food served and eaten at one time.
29. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
33. A person who knows or apprehends.
36. A bivalent and trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
37. A member of a Finnish people of Russia.
41. The lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle).
43. Type genus of the Schizaeaceae cosmopolitan especially in tropics.
45. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
46. The residue that remains when something is burned.
48. (psychology) Characterized by acceptance or approach.
49. A city in northwestern Syria.
51. German composer.
52. Used of a single unit or thing.
53. When dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls.
56. Haddock usually baked but sometimes broiled with lots of butter.
59. United States industrialist and aviation pioneer (1878-1930).
62. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
63. Obvious and dull.
66. Type genus of the Apidae.
67. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
71. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
72. Old World genus of annual to perennial herbs.
75. Designating a solution containing 1 mole of solute per 1000 grams of solvent.
76. Having leadership guidance.
77. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
79. United States newspaper publisher (1858-1935).
80. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
81. Genus of beetles whose grubs feed mainly on roots of plants.
82. The officer below the master on a commercial ship.

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1. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
2. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel.
3. (Mexican) Ground beef and chili peppers or chili powder often with tomatoes and kidney beans.
4. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
5. A bar of sand.
6. The capital of Cape Verde on Sao Tiago Island.
7. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
8. Mature female of mammals of which the male is called `buck'.
9. Turned or twisted toward one side.
10. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
11. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
12. Eaten as mush or as a thin gruel.
13. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
14. A unit of weight used in some parts of Asia.
21. An African river.
23. United States pharmacologist (born in Germany) who was the first to show that acetylcholine is produced at the junction between a parasympathetic nerve and a muscle (1873-1961).
25. (Babylonian) The sky god.
30. A secret look.
31. (Japanese) Rice (with raw fish) wrapped in seaweed.
32. (often followed by `for') Ardently or excessively desirous.
34. City in Sudan.
35. A projecting bay window corbeled or cantilevered out from a wall.
38. A formal expression of praise.
39. Any of various plants of the genus Senna having pinnately compound leaves and showy usually yellow flowers.
40. Having been taken into the mouth for consumption.
42. Common black-and-gray Eurasian bird noted for thievery.
44. Consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity.
47. In a series.
50. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
54. Eurasian perennial bulbous herbs.
55. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
57. Being nine more than ninety.
58. Small tree of dry open parts of southern Africa having erect angled branches suggesting candelabra.
60. The brightest star in Virgo.
61. A plant fiber used for making rope.
64. In bed.
65. A quantity of no importance.
68. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
69. The basic unit of money in Thailand.
70. Other than what is under consideration or implied.
73. A fractional monetary unit of Japan and Indonesia and Cambodia.
74. A rapid bustling commotion.
78. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.

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