Crossword Puzzle Number 2506 (Medium Grid)

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1. European freshwater game fish with a thick spindle-shaped body.
5. A vertical pole or post decorated with streamers that can be held by dancers celebrating May Day.
12. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
15. Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment.
16. A spy who makes uninvited inquiries into the private affairs of others.
17. Mature female of mammals of which the male is called `buck'.
18. Chief port of Yemen.
19. Rich Middle Eastern cake made of thin layers of flaky pastry filled with nuts and honey.
20. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
21. (Norse mythology) God of poetry and music.
23. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
25. Somewhat late.
26. Type genus of the Nepidae.
27. A physician who is not a specialist but treats all illnesses.
29. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
30. Assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing.
34. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
36. (physics and chemistry) The smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element.
38. Of or in or relating to the nose.
40. Large bamboo having thick-walled culms.
42. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
44. An indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint.
45. The middle area of the human torso (usually in front).
47. Before noon.
49. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
50. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
51. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
55. (anatomy) Opposite to or away from the mouth.
58. A port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya.
59. A port city in southwestern Iran.
62. Someone who leads a wandering unsettled life.
64. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
65. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
66. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
70. A person's brother or sister.
71. Wear away through erosion or vaporization.
75. Relating to or containing the azo radical.
76. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
78. Payment due by the recipient on delivery.
79. Not reflecting light.
80. Herbs of Mediterranean to central Asia cultivated for their flowers.
81. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.

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1. Decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers.
2. A blind god.
3. Of or relating to the uvea of the eye.
4. A region whose eastern part is Bangladesh and western part is included in India.
5. A state-chartered savings bank owned by its depositors and managed by a board of trustees.
6. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
7. Port city on southeastern Honshu in central Japan.
8. An inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a random sample of people.
9. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
10. A heavy morocco often used in bookbinding.
11. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
12. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
13. The Hebrew patriarch who saved himself and his family and the animals by building an ark in which they survived 40 days and 40 nights of rain.
14. A three-tone Chadic language.
22. A Greek island west of Greece.
24. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
28. A cloth having a crisscross design.
31. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
32. Highly seasoned fatty sausage of pork and beef usually dried.
33. Submerged freshwater perennials.
35. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
37. (trademark) A material used to coat cooking utensils and in industrial applications where sticking is to be avoided.
39. American dwarf fan palms.
41. A large fleet.
43. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
46. At a great distance in time or space or degree.
48. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
52. The fare charged for riding a bus or streetcar.
53. Fallow deer.
54. United States film actress (born in Sweden) known for her reclusiveness (1905-1990).
56. The dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia.
57. Be about.
60. 1,000 baiza equal 1 riyal-omani.
61. The superior of an abbey of monks.
63. Sour or bitter in taste.
67. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
68. On, to, or at the top.
69. Remove with or as if with a ladle.
72. (music) The pace of music measured by the number of beats occurring in 60 seconds.
73. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
74. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
77. (Greek mythology) A maiden seduced by Zeus.

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