Crossword Puzzle Number 2556 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
4. A dress crepe.
12. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
15. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
16. Generalized edema with accumulation of serum in subcutaneous connective tissue.
17. The residue that remains when something is burned.
18. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
19. Willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed.
20. A civil or military authority in Turkey or Egypt.
22. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
24. A morel whose fertile portion resembles a bell and is attached to the stipe only at the top.
25. Distinguish oneself.
26. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
28. A state in midwestern United States.
30. Complacently or inanely foolish.
33. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
35. A syntactic string that forms a part of some larger syntactic unit.
38. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
43. A local computer network for communication between computers.
44. Acquire or gain knowledge or skills.
47. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the practice of Yoga).
49. By bad luck.
51. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
52. Smaller of two tall fast-running flightless birds similar to ostriches but three-toed.
53. Informal terms for a mother.
54. A full skirt with a gathered waistband.
56. North African gerbils.
59. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
60. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
62. A yellow pungent volatile oil (trade name Agene) formerly used for bleaching and aging flour.
64. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
66. A Dravidian language spoken in southern India.
69. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
73. A person with albinism.
76. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
77. Anything that serves as an enticement.
78. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
80. (Irish) The sea personified.
81. (prefix) In front of or before in space.
82. A state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico.
83. The compass point midway between south and southeast.

DOWN

1. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
2. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
3. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
4. (informal) Roused to anger.
5. A statistical method for making simultaneous comparisons between two or more means.
6. Any competition.
7. God of the underworld and judge of the dead.
8. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
9. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
10. Being nine more than ninety.
11. Greek mythology.
12. United States anarchist (born in Italy) who with Bartolomeo Vanzetti was convicted of murder and in spite of world-wide protest was executed (1891-1927).
13. Ash-colored or anemic looking from illness or emotion.
14. A very large person.
21. A shaft on which a wheel rotates.
23. A specific size and style of type within a type family.
27. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
29. A master's degree in business.
31. City in Sudan.
32. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
34. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
36. Showing or causing joy and pleasure.
37. A genus of Old World mints of the family Labiatae.
39. A decree that prohibits something.
40. An overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety.
41. Large short-tailed lemur of Madagascar having thick silky fur in black and white and fawn.
42. Any taillike structure.
45. Be in accord.
46. Type genus of the Ranidae.
48. A mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (21,391 feet high).
50. A dark gray mineral with a metallic luster that is a source of tin.
55. A boy or man.
57. Eurasian plant having toothed leaves and small two-lipped white or purplish-red flowers.
58. Wild or seedling sweet cherry used as stock for grafting.
61. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
63. A mountain peak in the Andes in Argentina (21,654 feet high).
65. Annual to perennial herbs of the Mediterranean region.
67. Amino acid that is formed in the liver and converted into dopamine in the brain.
68. Baby bed with high sides.
70. A master's degree in library science.
71. Wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills.
72. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
74. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
75. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
79. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).

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