Crossword Puzzle Number 2687 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
5. A inexpensive showy collectibles.
12. Of southern Europe.
15. Chevrotain somewhat larger than the kanchil.
16. Tending to reserve or introspection.
17. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
18. A disease of cattle and sheep attributed to a dietary deficiency.
19. (Old Testament) The minister of the Persian emperor who hated the Jews and was hanged for plotting to massacre them.
20. An implement used to propel or steer a boat.
21. A plant lacking a permanent woody stem.
22. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
24. The second nearest planet to the sun.
26. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
27. Look at with amorous intentions.
29. (informal terms) "gave me a cockamamie reason for not going".
30. (computer science) A kind of computer architecture that has a large number of instructions hard coded into the cpu chip.
33. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
37. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
39. Largest known toad species.
41. A vessel in which something is immersed to maintain it at a constant temperature or to process or lubricate it.
43. Of textiles.
47. The cry made by sheep.
48. Alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae.
49. A city in southern Japan on Kyushu.
52. Related on the mother's side.
53. Squeeze together.
54. Fan palms of the southern United States and the Caribbean region.
57. Lacking external ears.
58. A radioactive transuranic element.
59. Any fungus of the family Hygrophoraceae having gills that are more or less waxy in appearance.
65. Noisy quarrel.
70. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
71. A river in central Brazil that flows generally northward (with many falls) to join the Tocantins River.
74. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
75. A master's degree in business.
76. Capital of Tuvalu.
77. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
78. (in Scotland or Ireland) A mountain or tall hill.
79. Aromatic perennial of southeastern Russia.
80. (slang) A gangster's pistol.

DOWN

1. A unit of length (in United States and Britain) equal to one twelfth of a foot.
2. Not widely known.
3. Someone who copies the words or behavior of another.
4. The French-speaking capital of the province of Quebec.
5. Cold-water fish caught in Lake Superior and northward.
6. A colorless explosive liquid that is volatile and poisonous and foul-smelling.
7. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
8. Have a craving, appetite, or great desire for.
9. Stable gear consisting of either of two curved supports that are attached to the collar of a draft horse and that hold the traces.
10. A festival featuring African-American culture.
11. Occurring or payable every year.
12. Gone by.
13. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
14. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered.
23. How long something has existed.
25. Unusually short.
28. A light springing movement upwards or forwards.
31. Large herbivorous tropical American arboreal lizards with a spiny crest along the back.
32. A midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and sorcery.
34. A member of the Mayan people of the Yucatan peninsula in Mexico.
35. The money risked on a gamble.
36. Metal shackles.
38. (Greek mythology) The god of marriage.
40. Family based on male descent.
42. Make less active or intense.
44. The branch of biology that studies plants.
45. A reason for wanting something done.
46. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
50. A rude decoration inscribed on rocks or walls.
51. The forest trees growing in a country or region.
55. (Greek mythology) Son of Daedalus.
56. A substance produced by the hypothalamus that is capable of accelerating the secretion of a given hormone by the anterior pituitary gland.
60. A French abbot.
61. A city of central China.
62. A small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold.
63. The noise made by a short puff of steam (as from an engine).
64. A soft porous rock consisting of calcium carbonate deposited from springs rich in lime.
66. Water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere.
67. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
68. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
69. The universal time coordinated time on board the spacecraft.
72. Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth.
73. The month following July and preceding September.

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