Crossword Puzzle Number 2546 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
4. Stand still.
12. (computer science) A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest.
15. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
16. In an aerial manner.
17. In or of the month preceding the present one.
18. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
19. Scorpion shells of shallow tropical waters of the eastern hemisphere.
20. An analytic or interpretive literary composition.
22. A short introductory essay preceding the text of a book.
25. A French abbot.
26. The basic unit of money in Thailand.
27. In a wicked evil manner.
30. Make difficult to perceive by sight.
33. East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient.
36. An edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle.
37. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
40. (Sumerian and Akkadian) A demon personifying death.
42. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
45. (physics and chemistry) The smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element.
48. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
49. Pertaining to or resembling amoebae.
51. Beard grown down the side of a man's face in front of the ears (especially when the rest of the beard is shaved off).
55. Genus of South African or Asiatic herbs.
56. Small South American spiny tree with dark crimson and scarlet flowers solitary or clustered.
57. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
58. Reports of the work of a society or learned body etc.
61. An associate degree in nursing.
62. A master's degree in religion.
65. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
71. United States tennis player (born in Czechoslovakia) who won several singles championships.
72. The address where a person lives.
74. A small piece of cloth.
75. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
76. (historically) A member of the nomadic people of the Syrian and Arabian deserts at the time of the Roman Empire.
79. (used especially of commodities) In the natural unprocessed condition.
80. Aromatic Eurasian perennial.
81. Broken husks of the seeds of cereal grains that are separated from the flour by sifting.

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1. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
2. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
3. Female equine animal.
4. A deep bow.
5. An English pirate who operated in the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of North America (died in 1718).
6. A medieval helmet with a visor and a neck guard.
7. A castrated tomcat.
8. A worker who attaches something by nailing it.
9. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
10. A soft gray malleable metallic element that resembles tin but discolors on exposure to air.
11. The organ of sight (`peeper' is an informal term for `eye').
12. Tall hat.
13. Divulge information or secrets.
14. An infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid.
21. Capital of the state of Oregon in the northwestern part of the state on the Willamette River.
23. The law enforcement agency in the Justice Department.
24. Used of the language of the deaf.
28. A state in the eastern United States.
29. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
31. Examination of conscience (as done daily by Jesuits).
32. Prevent the growth of horns.
34. A high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary).
35. United States writer (1871-1900).
38. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
39. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
41. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
43. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
44. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
46. An Oscan-speaking member of an ancient people of Campania.
47. Dignified manner or conduct.
50. Malicious burning to destroy property.
52. A member of a North American Indian people of southern California.
53. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
54. German mystic and theosophist who founded modern theosophy.
59. Talks a great deal about uninteresting topics.
60. Someone who admires a young woman.
63. Tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit.
64. Someone who eats no animal products at all.
66. English monk and scholar (672-735).
67. Again but in a new or different way.
68. In addition.
69. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
70. Chief port of Yemen.
73. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
77. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
78. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.

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