Crossword Puzzle Number 2765 (Medium Grid)

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1. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
4. A palace and fortress built in Granada by the Moslems in the Middle Ages.
12. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
15. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
16. Someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose).
17. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
18. A Dravidian language spoken in south central India.
20. A person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage.
21. A knockout declared by the referee who judges one boxer unable to continue.
22. Being eight more than forty.
23. Make or become coarse or coarser.
25. Alloy of copper and tin and zinc.
27. (music) Brought to correct pitch.
28. (astronomy) A measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion.
30. A diagrammatic representation of the earth's surface (or part of it).
34. The capital of Morocco.
37. Someone who attacks.
41. A hostel for pilgrims in Turkey.
44. A domain in which something is dominant.
45. Haunt like a ghost.
46. Being ten more than one hundred eighty.
47. Brief episode in which the brain gets insufficient blood supply.
48. (in golf) The standard number of strokes set for each hole on a golf course, or for the entire course.
49. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
50. A band worn around or over the head.
53. Singing jazz.
55. A Hindu prince or king in India.
58. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
59. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
61. A nonmetallic largely pentavalent heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens.
64. Relating to or characteristic of a tribe.
72. A city of southeastern Mexico.
74. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
75. A disorderly outburst or tumult.
76. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
78. The molecular weight of a substance expressed in grams.
79. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
80. Genus of chiefly small rock-loving ferns.
81. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.

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1. Type and only genus of the family Esocidae.
2. A hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck.
3. An outburst resembling the discharge of firearms or the release of bombs.
4. The lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle).
5. Being three more than sixty.
6. A unit of power equal to 746 watts.
7. Any of various plants of the genus Althaea.
8. The sound made by a cow or bull.
9. A modified leaf or leaflike part just below and protecting an inflorescence.
10. A forbidding stronghold.
11. Of or relating to the former Indo-European people.
12. An honorary arts degree.
13. A body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land.
14. A primeval personification of air and breath.
19. The fare charged for traveling by airplane.
24. Reconnaissance (by shortening).
26. A doctor's degree in dental medicine.
29. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
31. An archaic name for Easter or Passover.
32. Of or relating to cats.
33. A large fleet.
35. An oil port in southern Iraq.
36. Of the nature of or undergoing an experiment.
38. An account describing incidents or events.
39. Lacking sufficient water or rainfall.
40. An Arab country on the peninsula of Qatar.
42. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
43. (legal terminology) The Latin word for wife.
51. Web-footed diving seabirds of northern seas.
52. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
54. A short sleeveless outer tunic emblazoned with a coat of arms.
56. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
57. A son who has the same first name as his father.
60. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
62. The brightest star in Virgo.
63. Jordan's port.
65. Amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis.
66. A monocotyledonous genus of the family Iridaceae.
67. An inhabitant of Lappland.
68. A large piece of fabric (as canvas) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel.
69. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
70. Very dark black.
71. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
73. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
77. 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.

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