Crossword Puzzle Number 2711 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. An easy return of a tennis ball in a high arc.
4. A performer who provides erotic entertainment by undressing to music.
12. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
15. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
16. Small genus of tropical evergreen trees or shrubs having pods like those of the acacia.
17. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
18. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
19. Free or relieve (someone) of a burden.
20. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
21. A mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (20,870 feet high).
23. One of the three sections of the hipbone.
25. Type genus of the Apidae.
27. Trade name for an oral contraceptive containing mestranol and a progestin compound.
30. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
31. Implement consisting of a small piece of cotton that is used to apply medication or cleanse a wound or obtain a specimen of a secretion.
35. French biochemist who (with Francois Jacob) explained how genes are activated and suggested the existence of messenger RNA (1910-1976).
39. A large mountain system in south-central Europe.
42. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
43. Pale yellow seedless grape used for raisins and wine.
45. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
48. A large bottle with a narrow mouth.
49. (Sumerian) Sun god.
50. A castrated tomcat.
51. An early Christian church designed like a Roman basilica.
53. A unit of resistance equal to one million ohms.
56. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 100 liters.
57. The cry made by sheep.
58. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
60. Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field.
66. An informal term for a father.
69. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
72. A negative.
73. The 11th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
74. An annually elected magistrate of the ancient Roman Republic.
75. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
76. Any of several related languages of the Celts in Ireland and Scotland.
77. Undergo necrosis.
78. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.

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1. Being three more than fifty.
2. Using speech rather than writing.
3. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
4. With shoulders drooping.
5. One of the bottle-shaped pins used in bowling.
6. Large genus of brambles bearing berries.
7. A hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care.
8. (in golf) The standard number of strokes set for each hole on a golf course, or for the entire course.
9. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
10. Romanian violinist and composer (1881-1955).
11. Farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle).
12. The basic unit of money in Ghana.
13. Hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella.
14. A fraudulent business scheme.
22. A town in central Belgium.
24. A minor Hebrew prophet (8th century BC).
26. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
28. In the shape of a coil.
29. Of electrical appliances.
32. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
33. Admit openly and bluntly.
34. A region whose eastern part is Bangladesh and western part is included in India.
36. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
37. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically).
38. Gully or streambed in North Africa and the Middle East that remains dry except during rainy season.
40. (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious.
41. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
44. The ninth month of the Hindu calendar.
46. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
47. A fibrous amphibole.
52. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
54. The wood of an African obeche tree.
55. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
59. Small wildcat of the mountains of Siberia Tibet and Mongolia.
61. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
62. A member of a Finnish people of Russia.
63. (comparative of `much' used with mass nouns) Quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree.
64. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
65. An international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security.
67. Fallow deer.
68. An Indian nursemaid who looks after children.
70. Administration of a nutritionally adequate solution through a catheter into the vena cava.
71. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.

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