Crossword Puzzle Number 2487 (Medium Grid)

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1. A hand with the fingers clenched in the palm (as for hitting).
5. A mountainous island in western Indonesia.
12. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
15. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
16. The act of arousing.
17. Electronic warfare undertaken to prevent or reduce an enemy's effective use of the electromagnetic spectrum.
18. Large semi-evergreen tree of East India.
19. A discussion intended to produce an agreement.
20. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
22. An exercising weight.
24. Type genus of the Amiidae.
25. The length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference.
27. (used with singular count nouns) Colloquial for `not a' or `not one' or `never a'.
28. A state in southeastern United States.
29. An intersection or crossing of two tracts in the form of the letter X.
33. A flexible container with a single opening.
35. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
37. A language spoken by the Atakapa people of the Gulf coast of Louisiana and Texas.
39. A public promotion of some product or service.
41. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
43. A branch of the Tai languages.
44. Range of what one can know or understand.
45. A bachelor's degree in religion.
46. Depressing in character or appearance.
49. God of love and erotic desire.
51. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
52. A slender double-reed instrument.
53. (botany) Relating to or attached to the axis.
57. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
58. (British) Your grandmother.
59. A tricyclic antidepressant (trade names Imavate and Tofranil) used to treat clinical depression.
63. A person who has lied or who lies repeatedly.
66. Army unit smaller than a division v 1.
70. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
73. The cry made by sheep.
74. The starting place for each hole on a golf course.
75. An ornamental but poisonous flowering shrub having narrow evergreen leaves and clusters of fragrant white to pink or red flowers.
76. Select as an alternative.
77. Take in solid food.
78. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.
79. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.

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1. United States Film actress and daughter of Henry Fonda (born in 1937).
2. The part of the small intestine between the jejunum and the cecum.
3. Appearing as such but not necessarily so.
4. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
5. Fed beyond capacity or desire.
6. A family of Ural-Altaic languages.
7. A Muslim trained in the doctrine and law of Islam.
8. Black-and-white short-necked web-footed diving bird of northern seas.
9. Syndrome resulting from a serious acute (sometimes fatal) infection associated with the presence of staphylococcus.
10. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
11. A resident of Alabama.
12. Small and round and shiny like a shiny bead or button.
13. An inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin.
14. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
21. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
23. Set up for use.
26. An unwholesome atmosphere.
30. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
31. A segment of DNA containing adjacent genes including structural genes and an operator gene and a regulatory gene.
32. Fairly small terrestrial ferns of tropical America.
34. Large antelope with lightly spiraled horns of desert regions of North Africa.
36. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
38. Jordan's port.
40. Of or relating to a directionless magnitude.
42. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically).
47. A fraudulent business scheme.
48. (from a combination of MOdulate and DEModulate) Electronic equipment consisting of a device used to connect computers by a telephone line.
50. Slender tower with balconies.
54. Half the width of an em.
55. United States mathematician and founder of cybernetics (1894-1964).
56. The capital of Croatia.
60. A particular environment or walk of life.
61. Italian operatic composer (1813-1901).
62. A crown-like jewelled headdress worn by women on formal occasions.
64. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
65. Offering fun and gaiety.
67. Very dark black.
68. The back side of the neck.
69. United States poet and critic (1899-1979).
71. (informal) Uncomplimentary terms for a policeman.
72. A decree that prohibits something.

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