Crossword Puzzle Number 2364 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A brace that extends from the rear of the keel to support the rudderpost.
5. A transparent piece of diamond that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem.
12. Sandwich filled with slices of bacon and tomato with lettuce.
15. Type genus of the Pipidae.
16. An exclusive circle of people with a common purpose.
17. An edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle.
18. The distinctive spirit of a people or an era.
20. Obstruction of the sweat ducts during high heat and humidity.
22. Basal part of a plant ovule opposite the micropyle.
24. An ACE inhibiting drug (trade names Prinivil or Zestril) administered as an antihypertensive and after heart attacks.
25. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
28. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
29. A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles.
31. A small piece of cloth.
32. A small cake leavened with yeast.
34. Tree bearing large brown nuts containing e.g. caffeine.
37. Domestic swine.
39. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
41. A genus of Ploceidae.
43. Before noon.
44. The edible flesh of any of various crabs.
47. (possibly Roman) Goddess of horses and mules and asses.
49. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.
50. The sound of sheep or goats (or any sound resembling this) v 1.
53. The capital and largest city of Liechtenstein.
54. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
55. The habitation of wild animals.
56. An inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others.
57. The fifth day of the week.
58. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
61. An airfoil that controls lateral motion.
64. A message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence.
65. (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man.
66. Preserve a dead body.
73. The cry made by sheep.
74. Large family of bark-boring or wood-boring short-beaked beetles.
77. Detected or perceived by the sense of hearing.
78. The executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget.
79. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
81. Pass gradually or leak through or as if through small openings.
82. A negative.
83. Genus of beetles whose grubs feed mainly on roots of plants.
84. United States lawyer and politician who formulated a production code that prescribed the moral content of United states films from 1930 to 1966 (1879-1954).

DOWN

1. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
2. Your friends and acquaintances.
3. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
4. Someone who guards prisoners.
5. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
6. A tiny or scarcely detectable amount.
7. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
8. The 13th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
9. A city of east central Mexico (west of Veracruz).
10. World's longest river (4187 miles).
11. A person who believes that God created the universe and then abandoned it.
12. A Spanish-speaking quarter in a town or city (especially in the United States).
13. Being two more than sixty.
14. A bluish shade of green.
19. A deep bow.
21. A member of an Indian people formerly living along the Gulf coast of Louisiana and Texas.
23. The capital of Croatia.
26. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
27. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
30. From fermented juice of black morello cherries.
33. A public promotion of some product or service.
35. The fine downy hair covering a human fetus.
36. A large strong and aggressive woman.
38. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
40. Greek coloratura soprano (born in the United States) known for her dramatic intensity in operatic roles (1923-1977).
42. Showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil.
45. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
46. The process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds).
48. A European river.
51. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
52. Relating to or resembling or functioning like a trachea.
59. Eurasian perennial bulbous herbs.
60. Having or resembling fibers especially fibers used in making cordage such as those of jute.
62. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
63. Entangle or catch in in or as if in a mesh.
67. Informal terms for a mother.
68. Being or befitting or characteristic of an infant.
69. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
70. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
71. The nest of a squirrel.
72. A system of one or more computers and associated software with common storage.
75. An artificial language that is a revision and simplification of Esperanto.
76. Lacking in light.
80. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.

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