Crossword Puzzle Number 3003 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Extremely pleasing.
4. Stocky shaggy-coated North American carnivorous mammal.
12. The local time at the 0 meridian passing through Greenwich, England.
15. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
16. Having no odor.
17. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
18. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
19. A medieval hood of mail suspended from a basinet to protect the head and neck.
20. Lower in esteem.
22. Brilliantly colored Asian pheasant having wattles and two fleshy processes on the head.
24. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
26. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
27. The act of despoiling a country in warfare.
28. Make amends for.
30. A unit of energy equal to the work done by an electron accelerated through a potential difference of 1 volt.
32. Gully or streambed in North Africa and the Middle East that remains dry except during rainy season.
33. An unofficial association of people or groups.
36. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
38. Large antelope with lightly spiraled horns of desert regions of North Africa.
40. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
42. Any of several East Indian birds.
45. Distant but within sight.
46. The syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization.
47. A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles.
50. The back side of the neck.
51. Related on the mother's side.
53. Gymnastic apparatus consisting of two parallel wooden bars supported on uprights.
55. Type genus of the Anatidae.
56. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
58. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
59. A member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons.
60. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
62. An association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia.
65. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
67. God of love and erotic desire.
71. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
74. English Cavalier poet whose lyric poetry was favored by Charles I (1595-1639).
75. The rate at which heat is produced by an individual in a resting state.
78. Denuded of leaves.
79. The fatty flesh of eel.
80. Having a systematic arrangement.
81. In bed.

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1. A piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred.
2. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
3. An imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children.
4. A member of a North American Indian people living around the mouth of the Colorado river.
5. Extinct small mostly diurnal lower primates that fed on leaves and fruit.
6. Of or relating to or characteristic of the country of Romania or its people or languages.
7. United States writer (1871-1900).
8. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
9. A loose cloak with a hood.
10. A mouth or mouthlike opening.
11. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
12. A tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area.
13. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
14. Having a toe or toes of a specified kind.
21. Large and brightly colored handkerchief.
23. Lacking grace in movement or posture.
25. Inability to coordinate voluntary muscle movements.
29. In operation or operational.
31. A city in Veneto on the River Adige.
34. A surgical instrument used to remove sections of bone from the skull.
35. Indian nun and missionary (born in Albania) dedicated to helping the poor in India (1910-1997).
37. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
39. Bar temporarily.
41. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
43. Small slender African monkey having long hind limbs and tail and long hair around the face.
44. A state in northwestern North America.
48. Acting according to certain accepted standards.
49. A member of a North American Plains people (now living in Oklahoma and Wyoming).
52. Employing variations in pitch to distinguish meanings of otherwise similar words.
54. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
57. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
61. Jordan's port.
63. Same in identity.
64. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
66. Dense growth of hairs covering the body or parts of it (as on the human head).
68. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
69. Being nothing more than specified.
70. Inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence.
72. A vessel (usually cylindrical) with a wide mouth and without handles.
73. (used especially of persons) Having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age.
76. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
77. A yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.

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