Crossword Puzzle Number 2563 (Medium Grid)

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1. An internationally recognized distress signal in radio code.
4. The absolute unit of pressure equal to one dyne per square centimeter.
12. Inflammation of the urethra of unknown cause.
15. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
16. A horse of light tan or golden color with cream or white mane and tail.
17. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring in the air.
18. A unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains.
20. Of or relating to the African people who speak one of the Bantoid languages or to their culture.
21. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
22. Greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount.
23. Very close and convivial.
25. A republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea.
27. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
28. Start abruptly.
33. In an idle manner.
36. Italian violin maker in Cremona.
38. European freshwater game fish with a thick spindle-shaped body.
41. French revolutionary leader (born in Switzerland) who was a leader in overthrowing the Girondists and was stabbed to death in his bath by Charlotte Corday (1743-1793).
42. A curved piece above the wheel of a bicycle or motorcycle to protect the rider from water or mud thrown up by the wheels.
44. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
47. Thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus.
48. Of flax, hemp, or jute, so as to promote loosening of the fibers form the woody tissue.
52. (astronomy) A measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion.
55. A shrub or tree of the genus Rhus (usually limited to the non-poisonous members of the genus).
60. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
64. Dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative.
67. Dyed with henna.
69. The capital and largest city of Zambia.
72. A master's degree in business.
73. Toward the mouth or oral region.
74. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
76. A decree that prohibits something.
77. Fallow deer.
78. Small buffalo of Mindoro in the Philippines.
79. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

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1. The 18th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
2. German iris having large white flowers with lavender-tinged falls and a fragrant rhizome.
3. A narcotic that is considered a hard drug.
4. The ratio of the distance traveled (in miles) to the time spent traveling (in hours).
5. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
6. Being ten more than one hundred forty.
7. A mechanism that can move automatically.
8. A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula.
9. A container.
10. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
11. Large hawk of the northern hemisphere that feeds chiefly on small rodents and is beneficial to farmers.
12. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
13. Used of the language of the deaf.
14. The chief solid component of mammalian urine.
19. Long-legged spotted cat of Africa and southwestern Asia having nonretractile claws.
24. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
26. Grass mowed and cured for use as fodder.
29. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
30. A town twenty miles east of Rome (Tibur is the ancient name).
31. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
32. A unit of weight for precious stones = 200 mg.
34. United States comedian.
35. Large antelope with lightly spiraled horns of desert regions of North Africa.
37. United States playwright (born in 1947).
39. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
40. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
43. A resident of Utah.
45. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
46. The basic unit of money in Uruguay.
49. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
50. A Brazilian river.
51. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
53. Stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings.
54. A slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer.
56. An organization of independent states to promote international peace and security.
57. Austrian composer (1860-1911).
58. State in northeastern India.
59. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
61. A Bantu language spoken by the Kamba people in Kenya.
62. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
63. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
65. A sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure.
66. Deeply moved.
68. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
70. Contemptuous name for a Black man who is abjectly servile and deferential to Whites.
71. Any of various coarse shrubby plants of the genus Iva with small greenish flowers.
75. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.

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