Crossword Puzzle Number 2398 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
5. A city in southeastern Spain.
12. An audiotape recording of sound.
15. The sixth month of the civil year.
16. A white wax extracted from ozokerite.
17. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
18. United States writer of poems and plays about racial conflict (born in 1934).
20. A farm where dairy products are produced.
21. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
22. Love intensely.
23. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
25. A port city in southwestern Iran.
27. Thorny shrub or small tree common in central Argentina having small orange or yellow flowers followed by edible berries.
29. An oral cephalosporin (trade names Keflex and Keflin and Keftab) commonly prescribe for mild to moderately severe infections of the skin or ears or throat or lungs or urinary tract.
32. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
34. A public promotion of some product or service.
35. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
36. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
38. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
42. A socially awkward or tactless act.
45. A bachelor's degree in science.
48. Used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time.
51. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
52. Towards the shore from the water.
55. Of or relating to the spleen.
57. Of or at or relating to an anode.
58. Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean.
61. A soft cotton or worsted fabric with an open mesh.
63. South African term for `boss'.
65. A village in eastern Ireland (northwest of Dublin).
69. A male human offspring.
72. The longest and thickest bone of the human skeleton.
73. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
74. A member of one of the four divisions of the prehistoric Greeks.
76. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
77. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
78. Flatter in an obsequious manner.
79. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.

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1. A small cake leavened with yeast.
2. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
3. Edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants.
4. The mountain peak that Noah's ark landed on as the waters of the great flood receded.
5. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
6. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
7. Type genus of the Ardeidae.
8. The state of being neat and smart and trim.
9. The seventh month of the Hindu calendar.
10. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
11. One or some or every or all without specification.
12. (Mesopotamia) God of agriculture and earth.
13. Jordan's port.
14. Of or relating to o occurring in a tube such as e.g. the fallopian tube or eustachian tube.
19. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
24. A cushion on a throne for a prince in India.
26. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
28. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
30. The principal evil jinni in Islamic mythology.
31. A strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny.
33. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
37. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
39. A hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair.
40. A republic on the island of Malta in the Mediterranean.
41. A woman who tells fortunes.
43. Type genus of the family Pholadidae.
44. A wicker basket used by anglers to hold fish.
46. Title used for a married Frenchwoman.
47. Of or relating to Oman or its people.
49. A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York.
50. A ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element.
53. Any of various plants of the genus Althaea.
54. Maintain or assert.
56. Of or belonging to an aecium.
59. A river in eastern France.
60. (the feminine of raja) A Hindu princess or the wife of a raja.
62. A Buddhist who has attained nirvana.
64. An island of central Hawaii (between Molokai and Kauai).
66. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
67. (anatomy) A fold or wrinkle or crease.
68. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
70. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
71. An honorary degree in science.
75. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.

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