Crossword Puzzle Number 2782 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Scottish chemist noted for his research into the structure of nucleic acids (born in 1907).
5. Prince Consort of Queen Victoria of England (1819-1861).
11. A piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred.
15. A genus of European owls.
16. Included seven times in every 19 years.
17. A Loloish language.
18. Having the characteristics of pitch or tar.
20. Showing great reverence for god.
21. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
22. An edict of the Russian tsar.
23. Make amends for.
25. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
26. (an Irish term of address expressing affection) Darling.
27. Small tropical shrubby tree bearing small yellowish fruit.
30. The basic unit of money in Thailand.
34. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
39. Of or relating to a nail or claw or hoof.
41. Joint capital (with Riyadh) of Saudi Arabia.
43. (linguistics) Of speech sounds.
46. An elaborate song for solo voice.
47. Capital city of the Apulia region on the Adriatic coast.
48. A portable rocket launcher used by infantrymen as an anti-tank weapon.
51. (usually followed by `to') Naturally disposed toward.
52. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
53. 16 ounces.
54. Beaten eggs or an egg mixture cooked until just set.
56. Hard white substance covering the crown of a tooth.
60. Inability to walk.
61. A city in central southwestern Iran.
64. Someone who guards prisoners.
66. A member of a North American Indian people living around the mouth of the Colorado river.
67. 1 species.
71. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
72. A region of northeastern France famous for its wines.
75. God of wealth and love.
76. An acute inflammatory disease occurring in the intestines of premature infants.
77. Italian painter and sculptor and engineer and scientist and architect.
79. An extension at the end and at right angles to the main building.
80. A branch of the Tai languages.
81. A great raja.
82. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.

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1. United States biochemist who discovered how genes act by regulating definite chemical events (1909-1975).
2. Port city on southern Honshu on Osaka Bay.
3. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
4. The posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine.
5. The eleventh month of the civil year.
6. Established by or founded upon law or official or accepted rules.
7. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
8. Founder of Christian Science in 1866 (1821-1910).
9. English courtier (a favorite of Elizabeth I) who tried to colonize Virginia.
10. Earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something.
11. Extremely pleasing.
12. Jordan's port.
13. A human female who does housework.
14. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
19. An affirmative.
24. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
28. (Sumerian) Sun god.
29. Prolific Spanish playwright (1562-1635).
31. A rounded thickly curled hairdo.
32. The capital of Nationalist China.
33. Type genus of the Blattidae.
35. A light springing movement upwards or forwards.
36. A unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries.
37. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
38. One of the 150 lyrical poems and prayers that comprise the Book of Psalms in the Old Testament.
40. A mountain range in western Russia extending from the arctic to the Caspian Sea.
42. A linear unit of the size of type slightly larger than an em.
44. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
45. An uproarious party.
49. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
50. Herbs of Mediterranean to central Asia cultivated for their flowers.
55. The 3rd planet from the sun.
57. Gasoline jelled with aluminum soaps.
58. Any of numerous ornamental shrubs grown for their showy flowers of various colors.
59. An East Indian sailor.
62. A populous province in northeastern China.
63. Small tropical American tree bearing edible plumlike fruit.
65. A drama set to music.
68. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
69. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
70. A public area set aside as a pedestrian walk.
73. The syllable naming the fifth (dominant) note of any musical scale in solmization.
74. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
78. A person who announces and plays popular recorded music.

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