Crossword Puzzle Number 2812 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
4. A long-acting crystalline barbiturate (trade name Mebaral) used as a sedative and as an anticonvulsant in the treatment of epilepsy.
11. Disabled in the feet or legs.
15. Black tropical American cuckoo.
16. A member of the Siouan people formerly inhabiting the Black Hills of western South Dakota.
17. (Roman mythology) God of love.
18. 100 fen equal 1 yuan.
19. An instrumental version of the blues (especially for piano).
20. Related on the mother's side.
21. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
23. Held back.
25. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
26. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
28. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
30. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
35. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
40. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
41. God of fire.
42. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
43. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels.
44. A doctor's degree in education.
45. A Hindu religious teacher.
47. An agency of the United Nations responsible for programs to aid education and the health of children and mothers in developing countries.
51. Ancient name for the coastal region of northwestern Asia Minor (including Lesbos).
53. Somewhat steep.
57. A metal or leather projection (as from the sole of a shoe).
58. A long pointed rod used as a weapon.
59. British writer of short stories (1870-1916).
61. One species.
64. A receptacle for the ash from smokers' cigars or cigarettes.
68. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
69. Mollusk with a low conical shell.
72. (Zoroastrianism) Title for benevolent deities.
73. A spacecraft that carries astronauts from the command module to the surface of the moon and back.
74. A trellis on which ornamental shrub or fruit tree is trained to grow flat.
76. The last (12th) month of the year.
77. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
78. Heavy and compact in form or stature.
79. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.

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1. Little known Kamarupan languages.
2. Supporting yourself on your knees.
3. Ions are accelerated along a linear path by voltage differences on electrodes along the path.
4. Characteristic of a mob.
5. An inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others.
6. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
7. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
8. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
9. On or toward the lee.
10. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
11. A bag used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women).
12. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
13. A globular water bottle used in Asia.
14. (South African) A journey by ox wagon (especially an organized migration by a group of settlers).
22. A river of southwestern Africa that rises in central Angola and flows east and then north (forming part of the border between Angola and Congo) and continuing northwest through Congo to empty into the Congo River on the border between Congo and Republic of the Congo.
24. Minute freshwater crustacean having a round body enclosed in a transparent shell.
27. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
29. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
31. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
32. Rapid and indistinct speech.
33. A peninsula in southwestern Europe.
34. A town in central Belgium.
36. An active and efficient cause.
37. (of pop groups) Not affiliated with a major recording company n.
38. An erratic deflection from an intended course.
39. (informal) Being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition.
46. A crude stone artifact (as a chipped flint).
48. Any small compartment.
49. Adornment consisting of an ornamental cloth pad worn on the shoulder.
50. Of or relating to or characteristic of Finland or the people of Finland.
52. German theologian and mystic (1260-1327).
54. Large shrimp sauteed in oil or butter and garlic.
55. A very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses.
56. Old World genus of annual to perennial herbs.
60. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
62. In bed.
63. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
65. European freshwater fish resembling the roach.
66. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
67. Noisy talk.
70. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
71. Large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male.
75. 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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