Crossword Puzzle Number 2342 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. An expression of open-mouthed astonishment.
5. (Norse mythology) The heavenly dwelling of the Norse gods (the Aesir) and slain war heroes.
11. A lyric poet.
15. Antibacterial agent (trade names Mandelamine and Urex) that is contained in many products that are used to treat urinary infections.
16. Inability to coordinate voluntary muscle movements.
17. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
18. A light springing movement upwards or forwards.
19. Silkworm moths.
20. A telegram sent abroad.
21. Cricket frogs.
23. Clean or orderly.
24. A graphical record of electrical activity of the brain.
25. (Arthurian legend) The most virtuous knight of the Round Table.
27. A girl or young woman who is unmarried.
31. A resort city in western Florida.
33. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
36. Having help.
39. (Zoroastrianism) Title for benevolent deities.
42. Fabric dyed with splotches of green and brown and black and tan.
44. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
45. (Mexican) Corn and cornmeal dough stuffed with a meat mixture then wrapped in corn husks and steamed.
47. The sound made by a cow or bull.
48. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
51. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
52. (of spatial position) In or brought into line with or into proper relative position.
54. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
57. A drug (trade names Atarax and Vistaril) used as a tranquilizer to treat anxiety and motion sickness.
59. A rechargeable battery with a nickel cathode and a cadmium anode.
60. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
61. Scottish sea captain who was hired to protect British shipping in the Indian Ocean and then was accused of piracy and hanged (1645-1701).
63. English economist noted for his studies of international trade and finance (born in 1907).
66. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
67. English essayist (1775-1834).
71. Fly a plane.
73. Capital of the state of Michigan.
74. Common black European thrush.
75. A minor match preceding the main event.
78. A small shelter for domestic animals (as sheep or pigeons).
79. (prefix) In front of or before in space.
80. The second largest continent.
81. A town in north central Oklahoma.

DOWN

1. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
2. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
3. Relating to or resembling or made of or adorned with pearls or mother-of-pearl.
4. Make amends for.
5. An associate degree in applied science.
6. Old-fashioned and out of date.
7. Willing to face danger.
8. Of or relating to or resembling an axis of rotation.
9. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
10. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
11. The cry made by sheep.
12. American dramatist (1928- ).
13. A rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders).
14. A small amount of residue.
22. Relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body.
26. Before noon.
28. Of or relating to a directionless magnitude.
29. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
30. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
32. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
34. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
35. Something whose name is either forgotten or not known.
37. An arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands).
38. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
40. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
41. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
43. Of or related to the amnion or characterized by developing an amnion.
46. Either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus having short spirally twisted horns in both sexes.
49. Breed of large wiry-coated terrier bred in Yorkshire.
50. A French marshal who distinguished himself in the War of the Austrian Succession (1696-1750).
53. Be iridescent.
55. A military trainee (as at a military academy).
56. (chemistry) Relating to or containing an alkali.
58. A highwayman who robs on foot.
62. Tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit.
64. Divisible by two.
65. Channel into a new direction.
68. Large gregarious predatory feline of Africa and India having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the male.
69. The basic unit of money in Peru.
70. Advanced in years.
72. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
76. A substance produced by the hypothalamus that is capable of accelerating the secretion of a given hormone by the anterior pituitary gland.
77. Being one more than fifty.

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