Crossword Puzzle Number 2551 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A widely distributed system of free and fixed macrophages derived from bone marrow.
4. Poor handwriting.
12. Not reflecting light.
15. The residue that remains when something is burned.
16. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Clinoril).
17. Gone by.
18. Hard strong durable yellowish-brown wood of teak trees.
20. An encroachment or intrusion.
22. Any of numerous perennial bulbous herbs having linear or broadly lanceolate leaves and usually a single showy flower.
24. A sudden rapid flow (as of water).
25. Toward the mouth or oral region.
26. United States swimmer who in 1926 became the first woman to swim the English Channel (1903- ).
27. A plaster now made mostly from Portland cement and sand and lime.
29. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
30. A person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another.
31. An open receptacle for holding or displaying or serving articles or food.
35. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
39. Sheet glass cut in shapes for windows or doors.
40. Filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock.
41. Any of various plants of the genus Sabbatia having usually pink cymose flowers.
44. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
45. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
48. American Revolutionary patriot.
49. A linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing.
51. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
54. Remaining after all deductions.
55. Type genus of the Alaudidae.
58. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
60. The 4th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
62. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
66. Loss of the ability to swallow.
70. A genus of Ploceidae.
71. Avatar of Vishnu.
74. A long narrow inlet of the sea in Scotland (especially when it is nearly landlocked).
75. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
76. A white fatty substance that forms a medullary sheath around the axis cylinder of some nerve fibers.
79. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
80. Rate of revolution of a motor.
81. Of visual imagery of almost photographic accuracy.
82. Someone whose job is to dye cloth.

DOWN

1. Not reflecting light.
2. A person who makes deceitful pretenses.
3. A sedimentary rock formed by the deposition of successive layers of clay.
4. A white trivalent metallic element.
5. A user interface in which you type commands instead of choosing them from a menu or selecting an icon.
6. A characteristic sound.
7. An inflow.
8. An amplifier for restoring the strength of a transmitted signal.
9. A member of a Dravidian people living in Pakistan.
10. Either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye.
11. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
12. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
13. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
14. Scottish chemist noted for his research into the structure of nucleic acids (born in 1907).
19. A member of a people of Turkic speech and Mongolian race inhabiting vast regions of central Siberia.
21. A highwayman who robs on foot.
23. Situated in a particular spot or position.
28. Baby bed with high sides.
32. A switch made from the stems of the rattan palms.
33. A hard copal derived from an African tree.
34. A commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells.
36. (computer science) A system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that is generated at the recipient's terminal when he logs in.
37. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
38. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
42. A public promotion of some product or service.
43. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
46. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
47. A piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred.
50. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
52. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
53. Fallow deer.
56. Source of a tough elastic wood.
57. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
59. (botany) Of some seeds.
61. Worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down.
63. An allergic reaction that becomes apparent in a sensitized person only minutes after contact.
64. A hidden storage space (for money or provisions or weapons).
65. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
67. The rate of moving (especially walking or running).
68. A television system that has more than the usual number of lines per frame so its pictures show more detail.
69. A Loloish language.
72. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
73. An engineering university in Cambridge.
77. A Loloish language.
78. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.

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