Crossword Puzzle Number 2426 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. 3 to 30 gigahertz.
4. An official residence provided by a church for its parson or vicar or rector.
12. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
15. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
16. Covered with or as if with a glossy and usually brightly colored coating.
17. A long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head.
18. A unit of potential equal to one-hundred-millionth of a volt.
20. A soft silvery metallic element.
21. Accumulate on the surface.
23. United States theoretical physicist (born in 1933).
26. Stable gear consisting of either of two curved supports that are attached to the collar of a draft horse and that hold the traces.
27. Having the surface burned quickly with intense heat.
29. A country on the island of Dominica.
31. Acquire by preemption.
36. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
37. A master's degree in library science.
39. Be fully aware or cognizant of.
40. Of a pale purple color.
42. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
44. Rate of revolution of a motor.
45. The local time at the 0 meridian passing through Greenwich, England.
46. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
48. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
51. The police sergeant on duty in a police station.
55. A blunt needle for threading ribbon through loops.
56. Having an illustrious reputation.
58. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
59. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
60. On a ship, train, plane or other vehicle.
61. A female domestic.
64. Largest known toad species.
66. A yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
71. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
74. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
75. A United Nations agency that invest directly in companies and guarantees loans to private investors.
76. Semisoft pale-yellow cheese.
78. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
79. Last or greatest in an indefinitely large series.
80. Fortification consisting of a strong fence made of stakes driven into the ground.
81. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

DOWN

1. Basically shredded cabbage.
2. (Greek mythology) The goddess of youth and spring.
3. Anemia resulting from eating fava beans.
4. Periwinkle plant derivative used as an antineoplastic drug (trade name Velban) that disrupts cell division.
5. Serving during an intermediate interval of time.
6. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
7. An almond-shaped neural structure in the anterior part of the temporal lobe of the cerebrum.
8. (informal) `johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War.
9. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
10. Wild or seedling sweet cherry used as stock for grafting.
11. A doctor's degree in education.
12. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
13. Anything that provides inspiration for later work.
14. A French abbot.
19. A member of the Iroquoian people formerly living east of Lake Ontario.
22. The visual property of something that shines with reflected light.
24. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
25. An abnormally large amount of this fetoprotein in the fetus can signal an abnormality of the neural tube (as spina bifida or anencephaly).
28. Popular music originating in the West Indies.
30. Small genus of Australian shrubs or trees.
32. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
33. A variety of leaf bug.
34. A genus of Stromateidae.
35. A river of central Italy.
38. Singing jazz.
41. Engraving or carving in low relief on a stone (as in a brooch or ring).
43. United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993).
47. Small toothless anteater with prehensile tale and four-clawed forelimbs.
49. Crushed or broken by being stepped upon heavily.
50. Of or relating to a speaker of the Tamil language or the language itself.
52. Firm and dependable especially in loyalty.
53. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
54. A student who studies excessively.
57. A doctor's degree in religion.
62. Lighted up by or as by fire or flame.
63. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
65. Something acquired without compensation.
67. A fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval).
68. A tiny or scarcely detectable amount.
69. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
70. God of love and erotic desire.
72. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
73. Black tropical American cuckoo.
77. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).

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