Crossword Puzzle Number 28 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A quantity of no importance.
5. Tree of the genus Catalpa with large leaves and white flowers followed by long slender pods.
12. The compass point that is one point west of due south.
15. Expel, as of gases and odors.
16. A studio especially for an artist or designer.
17. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
18. French writer and existentialist philosopher (1905-1980).
19. Wood of a sumac.
20. A magnetic tape recorder for recording (and playing back) TV programs.
21. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
22. Type genus of the Salmonidae.
24. With rapid movements.
26. A waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water.
29. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
31. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
33. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
37. A Chinese god worshipped in the form of an idol.
41. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
43. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individually.
44. (Old Testament) The wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac.
45. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
47. A large bundle bound for storage or transport.
48. Violently urging on by whipping or flogging.
53. Expressive of contempt.
55. A strong emotion.
56. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
57. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
58. A small cake leavened with yeast.
60. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
65. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
69. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
73. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
74. The act of dividing by cutting or splitting.
76. An alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991.
77. Headdress that protects the head from bad weather.
78. (of racket strokes) Made across the body with back of hand facing direction of stroke.
79. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.

DOWN

1. A structure in which animals lay eggs or give birth to their young.
2. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
3. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
4. King of the Huns.
5. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC).
6. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
7. A unit of magnetic flux density equal to one weber per square meter.
8. A white crystalline double sulfate of aluminum.
9. Large luxurious car.
10. Seed of a pea plant.
11. Requiring secret or mysterious knowledge.
12. The ninth month of the civil year.
13. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
14. Commodities offered for sale.
23. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
25. A member of the majority people of Punjab in northwestern India.
27. Profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger.
28. Inquire about.
30. A port city in southwestern Iran.
32. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family).
34. Lower in esteem.
35. Do something that one considers to be below one's dignity.
36. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
38. Any of various herbaceous plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in deserts and salt marshes.
39. Food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing.
40. Having a shell or or containing shell.
42. Be compatible or in accordance with.
46. A town in north central Oklahoma.
49. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
50. A republic in West Africa.
51. Toward the mouth or oral region.
52. God of the earth.
54. A city of northern Poland near the mouth of the Vistula River on a gulf of the Baltic Sea.
59. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring in the air.
61. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
62. Anything that serves as an enticement.
63. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
64. The 20th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
66. Any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves.
67. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
68. A mixture of mashed malt grains and hot water.
70. A state-chartered savings bank owned by its depositors and managed by a board of trustees.
71. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
72. Either extremity of something that has length.
75. In operation or operational.

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