Crossword Puzzle Number 2896 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue.
4. Any of various religions other than Christianity or Judaism or Islamism.
12. The compass point midway between south and southwest.
15. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
16. (statistics) Having a single mode.
17. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
18. British dominion over India (1757-1947).
19. The state of being unclothed and exposed (especially of a part of the body).
20. (prefix) Reverse of or absence of.
21. A thrusting blow with a knife.
23. Cause to be embarrassed.
25. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
26. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
30. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
35. A member of a Turkic people of Chinese Turkestan and neighboring areas (formerly of Mongolia and eastern Turkestan).
39. A bottle with a stopper.
41. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
42. Queen of the Olympian gods in ancient Greek mythology.
43. A user interface in which you type commands instead of choosing them from a menu or selecting an icon.
44. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
45. An uproarious party.
47. An edge tool used to cut and shape wood.
48. Genus of erect herbs of the Middle East having showy flowers.
50. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
52. The capital and largest city of Liechtenstein.
54. A mountainous republic in southeastern Asia on the Bay of Bengal.
57. An intuitive awareness.
59. A member of a South American Indian people in Peru who were formerly the ruling class of the Inca empire.
61. Neckwear worn in a slipknot with long ends overlapping vertically in front.
65. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
68. Maneuvers of a horse in response to body signals by the rider.
70. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
74. Of a light yellowish-brown color n 1.
75. Vietnamese New Year.
76. Taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals.
77. The United Nations agency concerned with international maritime activities.
78. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
79. Partial or complete loss of hearing.
80. Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc..

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1. Large edible marine fish of northern coastal waters.
2. Having winglike extensions.
3. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
4. (British) Tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms.
5. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
6. Type genus of the Giraffidae.
7. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
8. The Fate who spins the thread of life.
9. 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.
10. A framework that holds the panes of a window in the window frame.
11. A master's degree in library science.
12. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
13. Seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain.
14. Informal terms for a (young) woman.
22. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
24. English film actress (1913-1967).
27. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
28. The Mongol people living the the central and eastern parts of Outer Mongolia.
29. Two items of the same kind.
31. (used colloquially) Having the relationship of friends or pals.
32. Any plant of the genus Erica.
33. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
34. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
36. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
37. Relating to the Urdu language.
38. Harass with persistent criticism or carping.
40. The process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke.
46. In a foreign country.
49. (Sumerian) Water god and god of wisdom.
51. A radioactive transuranic element.
53. By bad luck.
55. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
56. Deer grass.
58. (ecology) The process by which a plant or animal becomes established in a new habitat.
60. Someone whose business is advertising.
62. Resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy.
63. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
64. A projection at the end of a piece of wood that is shaped to fit into a mortise and form a mortise joint.
66. In bed.
67. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
69. Cause annoyance in.
71. (informal) Roused to anger.
72. Used of a single unit or thing.
73. A United Nations agency to promote trade by increasing the exchange stability of the major currencies.

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