Crossword Puzzle Number 2818 (Medium Grid)

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1. A United Nations agency to promote trade by increasing the exchange stability of the major currencies.
4. An awl for making small holes for brads or small screws.
11. (classical architecture) A molding for a cornice.
15. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
16. A member of a North American people formerly living in the Colorado river valley in Arizona.
17. A deep prolonged loud noise.
18. Water frozen in the solid state.
19. Unwind from or as if from a reel.
21. A Buddhist who has attained nirvana.
23. Kauri pine.
25. An industrial region in the Ukraine.
27. Any of several ornamental shrubs with shiny mostly evergreen leaves and clusters of small bell-shaped flowers.
29. Black tropical American cuckoo.
30. Harass with persistent criticism or carping.
34. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
37. A Nilotic language.
40. Italian violin maker in Cremona.
42. A small pocketknife.
44. The sign language used in the United States.
45. A state in northwestern North America.
48. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
49. Large highly venomous snake of northeastern Australia.
52. Of or relating to a caduceus.
53. Walk or tramp about.
55. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
56. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
58. Sole genus of the family Naiadaceae.
61. Aromatic bark used as a spice.
65. A river in southeastern Australia that flows generally northwest to join the Darling River.
69. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
70. Largest anthropoid ape.
74. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
75. A republic in central Europe.
76. Of or relating to Iran or its people or language or culture.
77. On or toward the lee.
78. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
79. State capital and largest city of Georgia.
80. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.

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1. A Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the siege of Troy.
2. (combining form) Very large in scale or scope or capability.
3. A warm dry wind that blows down the northern slopes of the Alps.
4. A landlocked principality in the Himalayas northeast of India.
5. A score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely.
6. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
7. A chronic skin disease occurring primarily in women between the ages of 20 and 40.
8. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
9. A member of a North American people formerly living in the Colorado river valley in Arizona.
10. Being one more than fifty.
11. A rugged box (usually made of wood).
12. The 10th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
13. (New Testament) The sages who visited Jesus and Mary and Joseph shortly after Jesus was born.
14. (Greek mythology) Greek god of war.
20. A Japanese cheer of enthusiasm or triumph.
22. Having the wind against the forward side of the sails.
24. 1,000,000,000 periods per second.
26. Relating to or resembling an ape.
28. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
31. A movable iron plate that regulates the draft in a stove or chimney or furnace.
32. A resident of Utah.
33. A Spanish female Gypsy.
35. (Judaism) A Jewish festival (traditionally 8 days) celebrating the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt.
36. (Sumerian) God of the air and king of the Sumerian gods.
38. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
39. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
41. One thousandth of a second.
43. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
46. The act of scanning.
47. God of love and erotic desire.
50. A hymn of praise (especially one sung in ancient Greece to invoke or thank a deity).
51. Loss of the ability to swallow.
54. (anatomy) Opposite to or away from the mouth.
57. (archaic) Utterly cast down.
59. An associate degree in nursing.
60. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
62. A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments.
63. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
64. (Babylonian) A goddess of the watery deep and daughter of Ea.
66. A public area set aside as a pedestrian walk.
67. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
68. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
71. United States sculptor and architect whose public works include the memorial to veterans of the Vietnam War in Washington (born in 1959).
72. A broad flat muscle on either side of the back.
73. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.

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