Crossword Puzzle Number 2799 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
5. Not known.
12. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
15. Make a plat of.
16. Genus of western North American low-growing herbs having linear woolly leaves and large pink flowers.
17. A broad flat muscle on either side of the back.
18. Assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing.
19. Formulation of the plans and important details.
20. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
21. Design anew, make a new design for.
22. Something very ugly and offensive.
24. English actor noted for his portrayals of Shakespeare's great tragic characters (1789-1833).
25. A person afflicted with leprosy.
27. Of or relating to a seizure or convulsion.
28. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
30. Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc..
34. Before noon.
37. Do away with.
41. In bed.
45. (Old Testament) Wife of Isaac and mother of Jacob and Esau.
46. 1/10 gram.
48. (Arthurian legend) The most virtuous knight of the Round Table.
49. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
50. Syncopated music in duple time for dancing the rumba.
51. A sign of something about to happen.
52. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
55. A public promotion of some product or service.
56. A coarse obnoxious person.
58. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
60. Remote and separate physically or socially.
64. A network of intersecting blood vessels or intersecting nerves or intersecting lymph vessels.
66. A short labored intake of breath with the mouth open.
69. Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth.
70. Diverge from the expected.
74. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
75. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
76. Former name for the order Crocodylia.
77. A light touch or stroke.
78. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
79. Of or relating to or resembling a condyle.
80. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

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1. A momentary flash of light.
2. American dramatist (1928- ).
3. English monk and scholar (672-735).
4. Be present at (meetings, church services, university), etc..
5. A Christian Bishop who translated the Bible from Greek into Gothic (311-382).
6. (Akkadian) God ruling with his consort Ereshkigal the world of the dead.
7. A festival featuring African-American culture.
8. Game in which matchsticks are arranged in rows and players alternately remove one or more of them.
9. Flexible twig of a willow tree.
10. Having the taste of wine.
11. Small genus of Asian evergreen trees having columnar crowns and distinguished by leaves lacking a midrib.
12. American novelist noted for children's books (1832-1888).
13. The basic unit of money in Nigeria.
14. French romantic writer (1766-1817).
23. Interface consisting of a standard port between a computer and its peripherals that is used in some computers.
26. A large fleet.
29. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
31. At right angles to the length of a ship or airplane.
32. Having high moral qualities.
33. Possessing material wealth.
35. Jordan's port.
36. A member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons.
38. (horseshoes) The throw of a horseshoe so as to lean against (but not encircle) the stake.
39. A large number or amount.
40. Relating to the deepest parts of the ocean (below 6000 meters).
42. Call upon in supplication.
43. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
44. The universal time coordinated time when a transmission is sent from Earth to a spacecraft or other celestial body.
47. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
53. Exceedingly bad.
54. A genus of Bothidae.
57. Butter creamed with white wine and shallots and parsley.
59. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
61. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
62. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
63. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
65. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
67. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
68. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
71. A cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt.
72. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
73. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.

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