Crossword Puzzle Number 2919 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. The capital and largest city of Japan.
4. An aromatic gum resin obtained from various Arabian or East African trees.
12. The compass point midway between south and southeast.
15. The upper side of the thighs of a seated person.
16. Italian violinist (1782-1840).
17. Devoid of warmth and cordiality.
18. The reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth.
20. A member of the Siouan people of the Kansas river valley in Kansas.
21. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
22. Carries luggage to air travelers.
23. Arboreal snake of central and southern Africa whose bite is often fatal.
25. Any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc..
26. A port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya.
29. A convex molding having a cross section in the form of a quarter of a circle or of an ellipse.
30. Framework for holding objects.
34. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
38. Before noon.
39. A slender double-reed instrument.
40. A nonstandard form of American English spoken by some American Black people.
42. A flexible container with a single opening.
44. The back side of the neck.
45. Intentionally so written (used after a printed word or phrase).
46. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
48. Of a dull grayish brown to brownish gray color.
49. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
52. A telephone connection.
53. An epigrammatic Japanese verse form of three short lines.
55. By bad luck.
57. A negative.
58. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
60. Very dark black.
63. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
66. Type genus of the Otariidae.
70. A large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere.
71. United States computer entrepreneur whose software company made him the youngest multi-billionaire in the history of the United States (born in 1955).
74. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
75. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
76. A diacritical mark (two dots) placed over a vowel in German to indicate a change in sound.
79. (usually followed by `to' or `for') On the point of or strongly disposed.
80. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
81. Compulsively or physiologically dependent on something habit-forming.
82. 10 hao equal 1 dong.

DOWN

1. Selected as the best.
2. Any of various hard resins from trees of the family Dipterocarpaceae and of the genus Agathis.
3. A drama set to music.
4. An addictive narcotic extracted from seed capsules of the opium poppy.
5. The sacred city of Lamaism.
6. A class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response.
7. Rich Middle Eastern cake made of thin layers of flaky pastry filled with nuts and honey.
8. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
9. (Akkadian) A goddess.
10. A transuranic element that has not been found in nature.
11. A member of the extinct Algonquian people formerly living in northern Indiana and southern Michigan.
12. Country of southeastern Asia that extends southward along the isthmus of Kra to the Malay peninsula.
13. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
14. Long-bodied long-tailed tropical American wildcat.
19. A republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea.
24. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
27. Any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Dombeya grown for their rounded clusters of exquisite often sweet-scented flowers usually hanging beneath the leaves.
28. Tree of southeastern Asia to Australia grown primarily for its sweet edible fruit resembling litchi nuts.
31. A port city in southwestern Iran.
32. An equating verb (such as `be' or `become') that links the subject with the complement of a sentence.
33. In a keen and discriminating manner.
35. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
36. Italian lawn bowling (played on a long narrow dirt court).
37. Hormone produced early in pregnancy by the placenta.
41. A state in midwestern United States.
43. Lower in esteem.
47. A desert in southwestern Africa - largely Botswana.
50. Jordan's port.
51. Harmed or injured or spoiled.
54. A landlocked republic in eastern Africa.
56. A brief (and hurriedly handwritten) note.
59. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
61. A cricket ball bowled as if to break one way that actually breaks in the opposite way.
62. Tag the base runner to get him out.
64. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
65. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
67. Imprudently incurring risk.
68. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
69. Of or being the lowest female voice.
72. A police officer who investigates crimes.
73. Standard time in the 5th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian.
77. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
78. A state in north central United States.

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