Crossword Puzzle Number 2614 (Medium Grid)

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1. A state-chartered savings bank owned by its depositors and managed by a board of trustees.
4. Of an organism's environment.
12. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
15. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
16. Furthest or highest in degree or order.
17. Support resembling the rib of an animal.
18. Having leadership guidance.
19. Involving two dimensions.
20. Affect with wonder.
22. A fraudulent business scheme.
24. Tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit.
25. A member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons.
26. A public promotion of some product or service.
28. (Sumerian) Goddess personifying earth.
29. A ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element.
31. A narrative song with a recurrent refrain.
35. Malayan tree bearing spiny red fruit.
40. A short pithy instructive saying.
42. Indian nun and missionary (born in Albania) dedicated to helping the poor in India (1910-1997).
43. Reverse the winding or twisting of.
45. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
46. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
48. A group of islands off the west coast of Sicily in the Mediterranean.
49. Water chestnut whose spiny fruit has two rather than 4 prongs.
51. Desire strongly or persistently.
53. Large genus of erect or climbing prickly shrubs including roses.
54. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
55. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
57. A recognizable kind.
58. Inflammation of the urethra of unknown cause.
61. A mountain range in western Russia extending from the arctic to the Caspian Sea.
65. A disorder of the lips marked by scaling and fissures at the corners of the mouth.
68. Atlantic coast round clams with hard shells.
72. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
73. Cereal made of especially rolled oats with dried fruits and nuts and honey or brown sugar.
76. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
77. Mythical bird of prey having enormous size and strength.
78. (British) A minicar used as a taxicab.
79. On or toward the lee.
80. Used of a single unit or thing.
81. The great hall in ancient Persian palaces.
82. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.

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1. A master's degree in library science.
2. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
3. English monk and scholar (672-735).
4. Young of any of various canines such as a dog or wolf.
5. (Norse mythology) Goddess of old age who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
6. Material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds.
7. A mountain peak in the southern Sinai Peninsula (7,500 feet high).
8. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
9. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
10. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
11. Lacking excess flesh.
12. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
13. An ancient Egyptian city on the west bank of the Nile opposite Cairo.
14. In bed.
21. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
23. A member of the Dravidian people living in northern Bengal in eastern India.
27. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
30. Innumerable but many.
32. Of or relating to apnea.
33. Italian film actress (born in 1934).
34. A shop selling delicatessen (as salads or cooked meats).
36. A large mass of ice floating at sea.
37. Someone (especially a German) who speaks a Germanic language.
38. Place a value on.
39. The capital of the Bahamas.
41. (Greek mythology) A princess of Colchis who aided Jason in taking the Golden Fleece from her father.
44. A manicurist who trims the fingernails.
47. A meet at which riders and horses display a range of skills and aptitudes.
50. A correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence).
52. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
56. The craniometric point at the junction of the sagittal and coronal sutures at the top of the cranium.
59. A just detectable amount.
60. A certificate whose value is recognized by the payer and payee.
62. Jordan's port.
63. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
64. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
66. Very dark black.
67. A town in north central Oklahoma.
69. An interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open.
70. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
71. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
74. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
75. A local computer network for communication between computers.

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