Crossword Puzzle Number 2847 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
4. Small sparrow-like songbird of mountainous regions of Eurasia.
12. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
15. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
16. A workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it.
17. An ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to 10 baths or 10 ephahs.
18. Resonance of protons to radiation in a magnetic field.
19. Tall marsh plant with cylindrical seed heads that explode when mature shedding large quantities of down.
20. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
21. Cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over.
24. Draw in by breathing.
25. A member of the Indian people of northern California and southern Oregon.
28. A young woman making her debut into society.
29. With the mouth wide open as in wonder or awe.
33. Of or relating to the heart.
39. A major European river carrying more traffic than any other river in the world.
40. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
42. Any of several tropical American palms bearing corozo nuts.
43. Not in.
46. Used in combination to denote the middle.
47. (Greek mythology) Greek god of war.
49. The younger brother of Edwy who became king of Northumbria when it renounced Edwy.
50. Affect with wonder.
52. Small buffalo of Mindoro in the Philippines.
54. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
56. A public promotion of some product or service.
57. European freshwater fish resembling the roach.
58. A person who keeps watch over something or someone.
61. A lack of politeness.
67. The 12th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
69. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
70. (Irish) The sea personified.
71. The literary intelligentsia.
73. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
74. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
75. A group of bracts simulating a calyx as in a carnation or hibiscus.
76. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

DOWN

1. Of or relating to or supporting Hinduism.
2. German hero.
3. Low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation.
4. A pungent colorless unsaturated liquid aldehyde made from propene.
5. Type genus of the Coerebidae.
6. Large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals.
7. First in order of birth.
8. Game in which matchsticks are arranged in rows and players alternately remove one or more of them.
9. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
10. God of the underworld.
11. The seed of the cereal grass.
12. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
13. United States physiologist (born in Germany) who did research on parthenogenesis (1859-1924).
14. (informal) Exceptionally good.
22. A cushion on a throne for a prince in India.
23. An athlete who plays basketball.
26. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
27. A city in central Tanzania.
30. Any property detected by the olfactory system.
31. Type genus of the Pezizaceae.
32. Worn away as by water or ice or wind.
34. (Zoroastrianism) Title for benevolent deities.
35. Desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers.
36. A flattened stem resembling and functioning as a leaf.
37. (Old Testament) Jonah did not wish to become a prophet so God caused a great storm to throw him overboard from a ship.
38. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
41. The month following July and preceding September.
44. (British) The position of headmaster or headmistress.
45. Very sad.
48. A dress worn primarily by Hindu women.
51. Common black European thrush.
53. One of the crosspieces that form the steps of a ladder.
55. A tall Brazilian feather palm with a terminal crown of very large leathery pinnatisect leaves rising from long strong stems used for structural purposes.
59. A linguistic element added to a word to produce an inflected or derived form v 1.
60. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
62. Fail to do something.
63. A form of magnetic resonance imaging of the brain that registers blood flow to functioning areas of the brain.
64. Queen of the Olympian gods in ancient Greek mythology.
65. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
66. God of love and erotic desire.
68. The last (12th) month of the year.
72. A light strong gray lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong light-weight alloys (as for airplane parts).

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