Crossword Puzzle Number 3178 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A loud utterance.
4. Japanese filmmaker noted for blending Japanese folklore with Western styles of acting (1910-1998).
12. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
15. Step on it.
16. Inflexibly entrenched and unchangeable.
17. Towards the side away from the wind.
18. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
19. Himalayish language spoken in the Kathmandu Valley of Nepal.
20. A design fixed to some surface or a paper bearing the design to be transferred to the surface.
22. A whimsical idea.
24. A brittle gray crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors.
26. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
27. A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region.
30. French poet (born in Romania) who was one of the cofounders of the Dada movement (1896-1963).
33. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
34. A body of poetry that conveys the traditions of a society by treating some epic theme.
38. A cloud of solid or liquid particles in a gas.
40. A public toilet in a military area.
42. Hard yellowish to brownish wax from leaves of the carnauba palm used especially in floor waxes and polishes.
44. The basic unit of money in Bulgaria.
45. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
46. A genus of delicate ferns belonging to the family Osmundaceae.
48. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
50. Dance the slam dance.
52. Rip off.
54. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
55. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
56. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
58. Bark in a high-pitched tone.
62. A skullcap worn by religious Jews (especially at prayer).
67. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
70. A grass of the genus Sporobolus.
71. The month following February and preceding April.
74. A master's degree in business.
75. A rapid bustling commotion.
76. Any physiologically active internal secretion especially one of uncertain classification.
77. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
78. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
79. The act of giving a false appearance.
80. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

DOWN

1. A wad of something chewable as tobacco.
2. Possessing material wealth.
3. Large hairy humanoid creature said to live in the Himalayas.
4. The capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the Congo river opposite Brazzaville.
5. United States chemist who discovered deuterium (1893-1981).
6. An arrangement of objects or people side by side in a line.
7. Medieval artillery used during sieges.
8. A long monotonous harangue.
9. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
10. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
11. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
12. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
13. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
14. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
21. Hard red wheat grown especially in Russia and Germany.
23. A person of subnormal intelligence.
25. A small cake leavened with yeast.
28. The basic unit of money in Panama.
29. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
31. A fervent and even militant proponent of something.
32. A wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric with pictorial designs.
35. Of or relating to a hair.
36. Lake in northwestern Russia near the border with Finland.
37. Being one more than six.
39. Money paid out.
41. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
43. An edge tool used to cut and shape wood.
47. (Greek mythology) The wife of Orpheus.
49. Type genus of the Dipodidae.
51. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
53. A painful burning sensation in the chest caused by gastroesophageal reflux (backflow from the stomach irritating the esophagus).
57. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
59. Be a hindrance or obstacle to.
60. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
61. Fried quickly in a little fat.
63. Malicious burning to destroy property.
64. A subsidiary proposition that is assumed to be true in order to prove another proposition.
65. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
66. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
68. An informal term for a father.
69. Stubbornly unyielding.
72. A tight-fitting headdress.
73. A broad flat muscle on either side of the back.

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