Crossword Puzzle Number 2554 (Medium Grid)

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1. White crystalline compound used as a food additive to enhance flavor.
4. A restless seeker after amusement or social companionship.
12. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
15. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
16. Wife of Siva and a benevolent aspect of Devi.
17. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
18. Small genus of erect balsam-scented herbs.
20. Hard red wheat grown especially in Russia and Germany.
21. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
22. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
24. A code of letters and digits added to a postal address to aid in the sorting of mail.
26. A state in New England.
29. An ordered reference standard.
30. Not out.
32. Enthusiastic approval.
34. French dramatist (born in Romania) who was a leading exponent of the theater of the absurd (1912-1994).
37. Molten rock in the earth's crust.
39. A small cake leavened with yeast.
41. A period of time equal to 1/24th of a day.
42. A shed containing a number of beehives.
45. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
49. (informal) Of the highest quality.
50. Fragrant resin obtain from trees of the family Burseraceae and used as incense.
52. Of uncertain outcome.
54. 1 species.
56. A populous province in northeastern China.
58. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
59. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
60. Genus of bracket fungi forming corky or woody perennial shelflike sporophores often of large size.
62. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
68. A rechargeable battery with a nickel cathode and a cadmium anode.
72. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
73. Greenwich Mean Time updated with leap seconds.
74. Any ameba of the genus Endamoeba.
78. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
79. A guided missile fired from shipboard against an airborne target.
80. Someone who tries to embarrass you with gibes and questions and objections.
81. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

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1. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
2. (music) A curved line spanning notes that are to be played legato.
3. Greek anatomist whose theories formed the basis of European medicine until the Renaissance (circa 130-200).
4. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
5. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
6. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
7. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
8. A lump on the body caused by a blow.
9. Genus of tropical shrubs and trees having usually odd-pinnate leaves with large leaflets and pink to reddish wood.
10. An agency of the United Nations that promotes education and communication and the arts.
11. A cloth having a crisscross design.
12. A self-governing colony of Denmark on the Faroe Islands.
13. No longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life.
14. The highest level or degree attainable.
19. An internal representation of the world.
23. Divulge information or secrets.
25. Large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals.
27. A metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter.
28. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
31. A port and tourist center in southwestern Italy.
33. Of or relating to the heart.
35. Grayish baboon of southern and eastern Africa.
36. Imaginative British writer concerned with social justice (1903-1950).
38. Tropical American tree bearing a small edible fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp.
40. An area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake.
43. Of southern United States.
44. A small piece of cloth.
46. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
47. A complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists.
48. Round-tailed muskrat.
51. A small constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere near the Southern Cross and Chamaeleon.
53. A support that consists of a horizontal surface for holding objects.
55. (British) Your grandmother.
57. The rate at which energy is drawn from a source that produces a flow of electricity in a circuit.
61. The main city of ancient Phoenicia.
63. (Middle East) Usually small round bread that can open into a pocket for filling.
64. Electronic warfare undertaken to insure effective friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum in spite of the enemy's use of electronic warfare.
65. Stable gear consisting of either of two curved supports that are attached to the collar of a draft horse and that hold the traces.
66. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
67. God of love and erotic desire.
69. A young woman making her debut into society.
70. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
71. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
75. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
76. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
77. A colorless and odorless inert gas.

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