Crossword Puzzle Number 2872 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Spanish cubist painter (1887-1927).
5. A function such that for every element of one set there is a unique element of another set.
12. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
15. The activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose.
16. Someone who has hemophilia and is subject to uncontrollable bleeding.
17. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
18. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.
19. In a competent capable manner.
20. A genus of Platalea.
21. A feudal lord or baron in Scotland.
23. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
24. A three-year law degree.
26. Tag the base runner to get him out.
27. A doctor's degree in dental surgery.
28. South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow spadix.
30. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
32. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
35. Make certain of.
37. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
42. Last or greatest in an indefinitely large series.
43. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family).
44. The cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one.
45. Carnivore of Central and South America resembling a weasel with a grayish-white back and dark underparts.
47. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
49. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
50. Having hollow tubes (as for the passage of fluids).
52. A Hindu sect worshiping Shakti.
54. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
55. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
58. (Greek mythology) The supreme god of ancient mythology.
59. A group of more than 500 islands off the western coast of Scotland.
64. Before noon.
66. Having been read.
67. (used of persons or the military) Not having or using arms.
72. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
76. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
77. An inflammatory complication of leprosy that results in painful skin lesions on the arms and legs and face.
78. (football) The person who plays tailback.
80. Mythical bird of prey having enormous size and strength.
81. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
82. 100 stotinka equal 1 lev.
83. Used of a single unit or thing.

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1. Stairway in India leading down to a landing on the water.
2. The 20th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
3. A Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the siege of Troy.
4. A German machine gun.
5. A master's degree in business.
6. Wool of the alpaca.
7. An Italian poet famous for love lyrics (1304-1374).
8. (computer science) The smallest discrete component of an image or picture on a CRT screen (usually a colored dot).
9. An episode of such pastoral or romantic charm as to qualify as the subject of a poetic idyll.
10. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
11. Taken or to be taken at random.
12. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
13. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
14. Jordan's port.
22. A naturally occurring estrogenic hormone.
25. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
29. The first light of day.
31. Not according with the facts.
33. A reddish brown dye used especially on hair.
34. Indian religious leader who founded Sikhism (1469-1538).
36. (Judaism) A period of seven days of mourning after the death of close relative.
38. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
39. The lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle).
40. A province in north-central China.
41. American Revolutionary patriot.
46. Of surpassing excellence.
48. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
51. A sudden short attack.
53. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
56. A public promotion of some product or service.
57. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
60. A United States youth subculture of the 1950s.
61. The capital of Morocco.
62. A republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea.
63. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
65. United States educator who introduced reforms that significantly altered the system of public education (1796-1859).
68. The part of an organism that connects the head to the rest of the body.
69. God of death.
70. Very dark black.
71. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
73. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
74. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
75. A run that is the result of the batter's performance.
79. (Greek mythology) A maiden seduced by Zeus.

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