Crossword Puzzle Number 2824 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Stalk of a moss capsule.
5. Attack with teargas.
12. An informal term for a father.
15. The rate of moving (especially walking or running).
16. French racing cyclist who won the Tour de France five times (born in 1954).
17. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
18. The persistence of a sound after its source has stopped.
19. Any place of complete bliss and delight and peace.
20. United States economist who wrote about conspicuous consumption (1857-1929).
22. A bowl-shaped drinking vessel.
24. A river in southeastern France.
26. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
27. Remove offensive capability from.
29. Employing variations in pitch to distinguish meanings of otherwise similar words.
31. A small digital computer based on a microprocessor and designed to be used by one person at a time.
33. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
34. Absent without permission.
35. A quantity of no importance.
38. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
40. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
41. Arranged in or consisting of laminae.
42. An informal word (abstracted from words with this ending) for some unidentified branch of knowledge.
46. At or constituting a border or edge.
47. The capital and chief port of Qatar.
49. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
50. (of mines and mining) Worked from the exposed surface.
54. (slang) A batch of things that go together.
55. A measuring instrument for measuring angles to a celestial body.
58. In a stable solid fixed manner.
59. One of the six playing periods into which the game of polo is divided.
63. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
65. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
66. Dressed in trousers.
68. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
70. A tenant who holds a lease.
73. Jordan's port.
74. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
75. Beyond or deviating from the usual or expected.
77. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
78. The cry made by sheep.
79. A bee that is a a member of the genus Andrena.
80. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

DOWN

1. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
2. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individually.
3. A landlocked desert republic in north-central Africa.
4. Ancient name for the coastal region of northwestern Asia Minor (including Lesbos).
5. A case or sheath especially a pollen sac or moss capsule.
6. Duck of the northern hemisphere much valued for the fine soft down of the females.
7. Used of a single unit or thing.
8. (the feminine of raja) A Hindu princess or the wife of a raja.
9. Of or related to the genital and urinary organs or their functions.
10. Pertaining to the tiny air sacs of the lungs.
11. Of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor.
12. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
13. On or toward the lee.
14. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
21. A small skullcap.
23. California evergreen wild plum with spiny leathery leaves and white flowers.
25. Taken dishonestly.
28. A diuretic (trade name Osmitrol) used to promote the excretion of urine.
30. Soviet physicist who worked on low temperature physics (1908-1968).
32. The civil and religious leader of a Muslim state.
36. Relatively nontoxic South African herb smoked like tobacco.
37. Of or relating to or involving an area.
39. (from a combination of MOdulate and DEModulate) Electronic equipment consisting of a device used to connect computers by a telephone line.
43. God of wisdom or prophesy.
44. An associate degree in applied science.
45. A soft silver-white or yellowish metallic element of the alkali metal group.
48. Dark purple edible seaweed of the Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America.
51. Tree of the genus Catalpa with large leaves and white flowers followed by long slender pods.
52. Not necessarily inaudible but not heard.
53. Caught or fixed.
56. Great nature goddess of ancient Phrygia in Asia Minor.
57. (informal) Of the highest quality.
60. Botswanan statesman who was the first president of Botswana (1921-1980).
61. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
62. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
64. A small cake leavened with yeast.
67. One of a pair of long straps (usually connected to the bit or the headpiece) used to control a horse.
69. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
71. An honorary degree in science.
72. A port in southern Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea.
76. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.

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