Crossword Puzzle Number 2750 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball).
4. An enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal.
11. Material used to daub walls.
15. An associate degree in applied science.
16. Capable of being tamed.
17. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
18. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
20. Cooking by direct exposure to radiant heat (as over a fire or under a grill).
21. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
22. A flourish added after or under your signature (originally to protect against forgery).
24. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
26. Give a benediction to.
28. The lean flesh of a fish similar to cod.
30. Relating to or befitting athletics or athletes.
33. Stain (furniture) black to make it look like ebony.
37. A special lineage.
38. Australian clover fern.
40. A passage with access only at one end.
41. The basic unit of money in Papua New Guinea.
44. (Judaism) An eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem.
49. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
50. A quantity of no importance.
51. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
52. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
53. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
55. An accountant certified by the state.
57. Situated in or facing or moving toward the east.
60. A state in midwestern United States.
62. Make less active or intense.
66. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
69. A small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold.
72. A local computer network for communication between computers.
73. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
74. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
75. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
76. (Old Testament) The eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the Covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac.
77. Genus of New Zealand mat-forming herbs or subshrubs.
78. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.

DOWN

1. A chordophone that has a triangular frame consisting of a sounding board and a pillar and a curved neck.
2. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
3. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
4. Fastened with a pin or staple.
5. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
6. The executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget.
7. Small bitter fruit of the marasca cherry tree from whose juice maraschino liqueur is made.
8. Little known Kamarupan languages.
9. Repeated regularly without thought or originality.
10. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
11. A clay pipe with a short stem.
12. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
13. The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm.
14. Slanting diagonally across the grain of a fabric.
19. A group of people attractively arranged (as if in a painting).
23. Made warm or hot.
25. A knockout declared by the referee who judges one boxer unable to continue.
27. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
29. Away from the mouth or oral region.
31. Sorting and allocating aid on the basis of need for or likely benefit from medical treatment or food.
32. A reddish brown dye used especially on hair.
34. (computer science) A graphic symbol (usually a simple picture) that denotes a program or a command or a data file or a concept in a graphical user interface.
35. (anatomy) Any of the narrow grooves in an organ or tissue especially those that mark the convolutions on the surface of the brain.
36. First in order of birth.
39. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.
42. Jordan's port.
43. Of or relating to or characteristic of Hades or Tartarus.
45. A deceitful and unreliable scoundrel.
46. A large estate in Spanish-speaking countries.
47. The cry made by sheep.
48. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
54. Any of various rich and elaborate cakes.
56. Similar to absinthe but containing no wormwood.
58. A port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya.
59. A port in western Israel on the Mediterranean.
61. An island of central Hawaii.
63. South African term for `boss'.
64. 100 toea equal 1 kina.
65. Consideration in dealing with others and avoiding giving offence.
67. Tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants.
68. Relatively small fast-moving sloth.
70. The ratio of the distance traveled (in miles) to the time spent traveling (in hours).
71. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

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