Crossword Puzzle Number 2826 (Medium Grid)

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1. Thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus.
5. Inability to walk.
11. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
15. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
16. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
17. The battle in 202 BC in which Scipio decisively defeated Hannibal at the end of the second Punic War.
18. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
19. Sole genus of the family Naiadaceae.
20. A native American tent.
21. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
23. An enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of many body compounds (e.g., epinephrine and norepinephrine and serotonin).
25. In the same place (used when citing a reference).
28. A deep bow.
31. Earlier a god.
33. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
35. A mountain range in China.
39. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
43. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
44. Cause to be more favorably inclined.
46. Expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth.
48. An important or influential (and often overbearing) person.
49. Any orchid of the genus Aerides.
50. Historical and literary materials relating to Judaism.
52. A daughter of your brother or sister.
54. A person forced to flee from home or country.
55. A headline with the top line flush left and succeeding lines indented to the right.
63. Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers.
64. A fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade.
67. Offering fun and gaiety.
68. Rate of revolution of a motor.
69. A hostel for pilgrims in Turkey.
72. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
73. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
74. Get off an airplane.
76. A male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work.
77. (of light) Lacking in intensity or brightness.
78. Of or pertaining to the adrenal glands or their secretions.
79. A Hindu theistic philosophy.

DOWN

1. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
2. Someone who copies the words or behavior of another.
3. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
4. A peninsula between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf.
5. Before noon.
6. A decree that prohibits something.
7. An edilbe seaweed with a mild flavor.
8. A mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (21,391 feet high).
9. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
10. An associate degree in applied science.
11. The Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Aztec people.
12. A member of a North American Indian people living east of the Sacramento river in California.
13. Urge or force (a person) to an action.
14. The amount a salary is increased.
22. Game in which matchsticks are arranged in rows and players alternately remove one or more of them.
24. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
26. A narrative song with a recurrent refrain.
27. A woman's loose unbelted dress.
29. Lower in esteem.
30. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
32. Capital of modern Macedonia.
34. Deciduous round-headed Asiatic tree widely grown in mild climates as an ornamental for its heart-shaped leaves and fragrant yellow-green flowers followed by hanging clusters of fleshy orange-red berries.
36. (New Testament) Disciple of Jesus.
37. In or relating to or obtained from urine.
38. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
40. A piece of starched cloth covering the shoulders of a nun's habit.
41. A yellow pungent volatile oil (trade name Agene) formerly used for bleaching and aging flour.
42. A chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers.
45. A soft silver-white or yellowish metallic element of the alkali metal group.
47. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
51. (botany) Development of an embryo without fertilization.
53. United States swimmer who in 1926 became the first woman to swim the English Channel (1903- ).
56. Thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus.
57. Swedish oceanographer who recognized the role of the Coriolis effect on ocean currents (1874-1954).
58. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
59. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
60. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
61. With a forward motion.
62. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
65. A hymn of praise (especially one sung in ancient Greece to invoke or thank a deity).
66. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
70. A master's degree in education.
71. The month following March and preceding May.
75. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).

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