Crossword Puzzle Number 2848 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
4. Former name for the order Crocodylia.
12. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
15. An ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to 10 baths or 10 ephahs.
16. Widely distributed genus of herbs or shrubs with glandular compound leaves and spicate or racemose purple or white flowers.
17. A toilet in England.
18. All of the inhabitants of the earth.
20. Collect or gather.
21. The bureau of the Treasury Department responsible for tax collections.
22. Sweet pulpy tropical fruit with thick scaly rind and shiny black seeds.
23. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
25. The products of human creativity.
27. A genus of Nymphalidae.
29. (chemistry) Being or containing an acid.
31. Any of several cultivated sour cherry trees bearing fruit with dark skin and juice.
34. Showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience.
36. Concentrated on or clustered around a central point or purpose.
40. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
41. (Greek mythology) A maiden seduced by Zeus.
44. Canna grown especially for its edible rootstock from which arrowroot starch is obtained.
45. A loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral.
49. Of inferior or mixed breed.
50. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
52. A plant that reproduces or is reproduced by apomixis.
55. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
58. A genus of tropical American plants have sword-shaped leaves and a fleshy compound fruits composed of the fruits of several flowers (such as pineapples).
59. Destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle.
61. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
62. Large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean.
63. City in central Iran.
66. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
70. Wild ox of mountainous areas of eastern India.
71. Firmly fastened or secured against opening.
75. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
76. A vertical spar for supporting sails.
77. A tricyclic antidepressant (trade names Imavate and Tofranil) used to treat clinical depression.
78. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
79. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
80. (of a liquid) Treated by having air passed or bubbled through it for purification.
81. A young woman making her debut into society.

DOWN

1. A Loloish language.
2. A word that can be used to refer to a person or place or thing.
3. A large wardrobe or cabinet.
4. A nurse who has enough training to be licensed by a state to provide routine care for the sick.
5. A small bone.
6. An artificial language for international use that rejects rejects all existing words and is based instead on an abstract analysis of ideas.
7. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
8. Any of several plants of the genus Camassia.
9. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
10. Testacean rhizopods.
11. An associate degree in applied science.
12. A Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the siege of Troy.
13. Either of two Welsh breeds of long-bodied short-legged dogs with erect ears and a fox-like head.
14. Ratio of the hypotenuse to the opposite side.
19. (zoology) Relating to or belonging to or characteristic of any worms of the phylum Annelida.
24. The 17th letter of the Greek alphabet.
26. The extent of something from side to side.
28. Of or being the lowest female voice.
30. Any of several trees of the genus Cinchona.
32. Trade name for an oral contraceptive containing estradiol and norgestrel.
33. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
35. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
37. A toxic protein extracted from castor beans.
38. Annual to perennial herbs of the Mediterranean region.
39. A game in which darts are thrown at a dartboard.
42. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
43. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
46. A period of time spent sleeping.
47. Taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals.
48. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
51. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
53. The capital of French Polynesia on the northwestern coast of Tahiti.
54. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
56. A card game for 2 players.
57. A new embodiment of a familiar idea.
60. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
64. The act of applying force in order to move something away.
65. A language unit by which a person or thing is known.
67. Set down according to a plan.
68. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
69. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
72. A sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain.
73. Headdress that protects the head from bad weather.
74. A doctor's degree in education.

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