Crossword Puzzle Number 2568 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
4. Be iridescent.
12. A bachelor's degree in theology.
15. A period of time spent sleeping.
16. Being one more than eighteen.
17. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
18. Marked by repeated turns and bends.
20. (used as intensives reflecting the speaker's attitude) It is sincerely the case that.
22. A volcanic island (part of Campania) in the Tyrrhenian Sea at the north end of the Bay of Naples.
24. Stalk of a moss capsule.
25. Excited in anticipation.
26. A native-born Israeli.
29. The capital and largest city of Japan.
30. A small inlet.
34. Originally Old World rats now distributed worldwide.
37. An isogram connecting points having equal barometric pressure at a given time.
39. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
40. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
41. In an ardent manner.
43. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
45. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
46. Belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself).
47. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
50. Half the width of an em.
51. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
53. A rotary duplicator that uses a stencil through which ink is pressed (trade mark Roneo).
57. A village of huts for native Africans in southern Africa.
61. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
65. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
66. Small dry indehiscent fruit with the seed distinct from the fruit wall.
70. Either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye.
71. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
73. A hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers.
74. The capital and largest city of Japan.
75. Low stingless nettle of Central and South America having velvety brownish-green toothed leaves and clusters of small green flowers.
76. A unit of length of thread or yarn.

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1. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
2. The first of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures comprising the first five books of the Old Testament considered as a unit.
3. Surpassing the ordinary especially in size or scale.
4. The Palestinian uprising (beginning in 1987) against the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
5. The basic unit of money in Saudi Arabia.
6. Not out.
7. A Mid-Atlantic state.
8. More of the same adv.
9. (of persons) Having the torso erect and legs bent with the body supported on the buttocks.
10. Point representing the mean position of the matter in a body.
11. Either extremity of something that has length.
12. The periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon.
13. Disabled in the feet or legs.
14. Common Indian weaverbird.
19. An African river that flows northwest into Lake Chad.
21. A religious sect founded in the United States in 1966.
23. An infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid.
27. Extremely dirty and corrupt.
28. Food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked.
31. Come into possession of.
32. An essential amino acid found in proteins.
33. Any plant of the genus Eryngium.
35. A member of the Semitic speaking people of northern Ethiopia.
36. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
38. A person employed to watch for something to happen.
42. Fertility goddess in ancient Greek mythology.
44. A sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc.
48. United States feminist (born in 1934).
49. Any of various perennial South American plants of the genus Loasa having stinging hairs and showy white or yellow or reddish-orange flowers.
52. A public promotion of some product or service.
54. Australian clover fern.
55. A fastener (as a buckle or hook) that is used to hold two things together.
56. Destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle.
58. A sudden short attack.
59. A three-tone Chadic language.
60. A beautiful and graceful girl.
62. Fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelopes the seed.
63. Consisting of or made up of bone.
64. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
67. An accountant certified by the state.
68. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
69. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
72. Being nine more than ninety.

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