Crossword Puzzle Number 2557 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A tumor virus transmitted by leafhoppers.
4. Formed like a bacillus.
12. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
15. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
16. Having no fever.
17. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
18. Lace again.
20. A brittle aromatic resin used in varnishes.
21. A master's degree in business.
22. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
23. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
25. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
26. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
30. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
32. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
33. A stick that people can lean on to help them walk.
36. Tropical prawns.
42. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
43. A state in east central United States.
45. Beside one another in a row or rank.
49. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
50. Type genus of the Lacertidae.
51. At a previous time.
53. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
55. The handle of a sword or dagger.
57. Short-tailed rough-haired South American rodent.
60. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
62. The mother-in-law of Ruth whose story is told in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament.
65. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
68. A homeless child who has been abandoned and roams the streets.
69. French biochemist who (with Francois Jacob) explained how genes are activated and suggested the existence of messenger RNA (1910-1976).
70. Loose temporary stitches.
72. (Babylonian) A goddess of the watery deep and daughter of Ea.
73. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
74. German painter and engraver noted for his portraits.
76. A program under which employees regularly accumulate shares and may ultimately assume control of the company.
77. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
78. Causing fear or dread or terror.
79. Something left after other parts have been taken away.

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1. A twist or aberration.
2. A tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown.
3. Elevated open grassland in southern Africa.
4. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
5. Regional and archaic.
6. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
7. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
8. (of linens or clothes) Smoothed with a hot iron.
9. Fleshy folds of tissue as those surrounding the mouth.
10. The mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.
11. Become less tense.
12. Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus.
13. A small cake leavened with yeast.
14. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
19. A long narrow passage (as in a cave or woods).
24. Stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings.
27. Dignified manner or conduct.
28. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
29. A quantity of no importance.
31. Tropical American trees with palmately compound leaves and showy bell-shaped flowers.
34. Indian religious leader who founded Sikhism (1469-1538).
35. Related on the mother's side.
37. A lawman concerned with narcotics violations.
38. The eighth month of the civil year.
39. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
40. Being or given to servile imitation.
41. (in baseball) The batter's attempt to get on base.
44. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
46. Suggestive of the supernatural.
47. Characterized by dignity and propriety.
48. Successfully completed or brought to an end.
52. Specify individually.
54. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
56. Someone who lends money or gives credit in business matters.
58. The address where a person lives.
59. Any of numerous showy orchids of the genus Vanda having many large flowers in loose racemes.
61. French composer noted for his experimentalism and rejection of romanticism (1866-1925).
63. Son of Zeus and Europa.
64. Not elegant or graceful in expression.
66. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
67. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
71. Either extremity of something that has length.
75. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.

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