Crossword Puzzle Number 2917 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
5. (Greek mythology) The supreme god until Zeus dethroned him.
11. A notice of someone's death.
15. English essayist (1775-1834).
16. A father or mother.
17. Avatar of Vishnu.
18. A wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface.
20. Of or in or relating to the nose.
21. An Eskimo hut.
23. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
25. The battle in 202 BC in which Scipio decisively defeated Hannibal at the end of the second Punic War.
26. Lasting through all time.
28. Relating to the veins of plants.
30. Flightless New Zealand birds similar to gallinules.
32. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
35. The sciences concerned with gathering and manipulating and storing and retrieving and classifying recorded information.
37. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
40. United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993).
42. Informal terms for a mother.
47. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
49. The month following July and preceding September.
50. Important European leguminous forage plant with trifoliate leaves and blue-violet flowers grown widely as a pasture and hay crop.
51. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
52. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
54. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
55. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
56. British writer of short stories (1870-1916).
57. Small genus of herbs of warm regions of southern North America to northern South America.
61. An associate degree in nursing.
63. Large edible mackerel of temperate United States coastal Atlantic waters.
64. A New England state.
66. Port city that is the capital and largest city of Estonia.
73. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
74. An island in the southern Mariana Islands that is the administrative center of the United States Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.
77. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
78. (sports) The chief official (as in boxing or American football) who is expected to ensure fair play.
79. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Clinoril).
81. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
82. An awkward stupid person.
83. Dependent on chance.
84. A member of a people living in southern Benin and Togo and southeastern Ghana.

DOWN

1. A shade of brown with a tinge of red.
2. Large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals.
3. Metal or plastic sheath over the end of a shoelace or ribbon.
4. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
5. (computer science) The part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing.
6. English courtier (a favorite of Elizabeth I) who tried to colonize Virginia.
7. Toward the mouth or oral region.
8. A desert in southern Israel.
9. An organization of independent states to promote international peace and security.
10. Successive (without a break).
11. A city of east central Mexico (west of Veracruz).
12. Obvious and dull.
13. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
14. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
19. Any thick messy substance.
22. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
24. A state in New England.
27. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
29. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
31. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
33. One of the six playing periods into which the game of polo is divided.
34. Get or find back.
36. A republic in the western central Pacific Ocean in association with the United States.
38. A midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and sorcery.
39. Of or relating to or characteristic of Cuba or the people of Cuba.
41. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
43. 300 to 3000 kilohertz.
44. Shelf that projects from wall above fireplace.
45. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
46. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
48. A Russian river.
53. (Norse mythology) The heavenly dwelling of the Norse gods (the Aesir) and slain war heroes.
58. Strike with a flat object.
59. State in eastern India on the Bay of Bengal.
60. Brilliantly colored south Asian pheasant.
62. The jurisdiction or office of an abbot.
65. Before noon.
67. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
68. World's longest river (4187 miles).
69. Cancel, annul, or reverse an action or its effect.
70. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
71. Bite or chew on with the teeth.
72. Freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort.
75. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
76. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
80. A colorless and odorless inert gas.

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