Crossword Puzzle Number 2734 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
4. A detested person.
12. Anterior pituitary hormone that stimulates the function of the thyroid gland.
15. The act of using.
16. One related on the mother's side.
17. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
18. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
19. An artificial language related to Ido.
20. A theatrical performer.
22. A yellow quartz.
24. Wild goat of mountain areas of Eurasia and North Africa having large recurved horns.
25. A game in which darts are thrown at a dartboard.
26. Reconnaissance (by shortening).
29. United States poet and critic (1916-1986).
34. Predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin.
35. A vanilla-scented resin from various trees of the genus Styrax.
37. A Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Christ.
41. Marked by keen caution and watchful prudence.
42. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
43. A narcotic that is considered a hard drug.
45. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
46. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
48. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
49. (computer science) American Standard Code for Information Interchange.
51. Lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike.
54. Regional and archaic.
56. An organ in its earliest stage of development.
59. Wife or mistress of Zeus and mother of Apollo and Artemis in ancient mythology.
60. Thorny shrub or small tree common in central Argentina having small orange or yellow flowers followed by edible berries.
63. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
64. Keep under control.
65. Advance evidence for.
70. The condition of being honored (esteemed or respected or well regarded).
71. Thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus.
74. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
75. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
76. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
78. A statement that deviates from or perverts the truth.
79. (Irish) The sea personified.
80. True fungi.
81. A hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers.

DOWN

1. A bodily passage or tube conveying a secretion or other substance.
2. A genus of European owls.
3. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
4. Filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock.
5. (British) Your grandmother.
6. Of or relating to Attica or its inhabitants or to the dialect spoken in Athens in classical times.
7. A social division of (usually preliterate) people.
8. The dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal).
9. Type and only genus of the family Esocidae.
10. Destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle.
11. A port city in southwestern Iran.
12. Brightly colored tropical freshwater fishes.
13. Spots before the eyes caused by opaque cell fragments in the vitreous humor and lens.
14. Unpleasantly stern.
21. The sepals of a flower collectively forming the outer floral envelope or layer of the perianth enclosing a developing bud.
23. An orderly arrangement.
27. (computer science) A kind of computer architecture that has a large number of instructions hard coded into the cpu chip.
28. The ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum.
30. A native or inhabitant of Iran.
31. Extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use.
32. Any of several related languages of the Celts in Ireland and Scotland.
33. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
36. Formerly included in genus Cedrela.
38. (combining form) Very large in scale or scope or capability.
39. Not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something.
40. The main city of ancient Phoenicia.
44. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
47. A member of a Kannada-speaking group of people living chiefly in Kanara in southern India.
50. Fed beyond capacity or desire.
52. An Italian poet famous for `The Divine Comedy'--a journey through hell and purgatory and paradise guided by Virgil and his idealized Beatrice (1265-1321).
53. A mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (20,870 feet high).
55. (British) An old shabby movie theater.
57. A framework of steel bars raised on side supports to bridge over or around something.
58. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
61. Swiss writer (born in Germany) whose novels and poems express his interests in Eastern spiritual values (1877-1962).
62. Any of various chiefly fall-blooming herbs of the genus Aster with showy daisylike flowers.
66. A small cake leavened with yeast.
67. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
68. (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man.
69. Any place of complete bliss and delight and peace.
72. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
73. In favor of (an action or proposal etc.).
77. Before noon.

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