Crossword Puzzle Number 2550 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A reproach for some lapse or misdeed.
4. A metal helmet worn by common soldiers in the 16th century.
12. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
15. An extension at the end and at right angles to the main building.
16. A unit of current equal to 10 amperes.
17. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
18. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
19. Gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby.
20. Lighted up by or as by fire or flame.
22. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
24. Someone regarded as eccentric or crazy and standing out from a group.
25. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
26. A white fatty substance that forms a medullary sheath around the axis cylinder of some nerve fibers.
30. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
31. The vertical triangular wall between the sloping ends of gable roof.
35. A member of the Shoshonean people of northeastern Arizona.
39. A challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy.
41. (of time) Having passed or slipped by.
43. A federation of North American industrial unions that merged with the American Federation of Labor in 1955.
44. A human limb.
45. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
46. The ninth month of the Hindu calendar.
49. The cry made by sheep.
50. Any tree or shrub of the genus Inga having pinnate leaves and showy usually white flowers.
51. A Spanish female Gypsy.
53. Very dark black.
56. At a specific prior time.
57. The mountain peak that Noah's ark landed on as the waters of the great flood receded.
61. Any of various deciduous or evergreen ornamental shrubs of the genus Abelia having opposite simple leaves and cymes of small white or pink or purplish flowers.
64. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
65. An owner or proprietor of an inn in Italy.
69. An absence of emotion or enthusiasm.
72. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
73. A stick that people can lean on to help them walk.
74. Genus of low-growing mat-forming New Zealand plants.
76. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
77. An unfledged or nestling hawk.
78. Situated away from the axis of any body or part.
79. An actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech.

DOWN

1. Arm again.
2. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
3. A cloth having a crisscross design.
4. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
5. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
6. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
7. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
8. An irregularly shaped spot.
9. (computer science) The movement of a read/write head to a specific data track on a disk v 1.
10. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
11. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
12. One of the two main branches of orthodox Islam.
13. Queen of England as the 6th wife of Henry VIII (1512-1548).
14. American novelist (1909-1955).
21. Having a face or facing especially of a specified kind or number.
23. Eurasian perennial bulbous herbs.
27. 16 ounces.
28. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
29. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
32. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
33. English Catholic novelist (1904-1991).
34. Of or relating to or characteristic of the prehistoric Aegean civilization.
36. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
37. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
38. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
40. Muslim name for God.
42. Southwestern Asian plant widely cultivated for its succulent edible dark green leaves.
47. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
48. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
52. Small genus of Australian shrubs or trees.
54. A Russian river.
55. Of or pertaining to or characteristic of Nepal or its people or language or culture.
58. Pay back.
59. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
60. Long-tailed arboreal mustelid of Central and South America.
62. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
63. Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence.
66. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
67. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
68. A river in central Europe that arises in northwestern Czechoslovakia and flows northward through Germany to empty into the North Sea.
70. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
71. A unit of illumination equal to 1 lumen per square meter.
75. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.

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