Crossword Puzzle Number 3266 (Medium Grid)

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1. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
4. An Old World reptile family of Sauria.
12. A syndrome that occurs in many women from 2 to 14 days before the onset of menstruation.
15. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
16. A mild comatose state.
17. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
18. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
19. The longest river in England.
20. Comb-plate or locomotor organ consisting of a row of strong cilia whose bases are fused.
22. Sink below the surface.
24. Property that is leased or rented out or let.
25. Reverent petition to a deity.
28. The act of ceding.
31. Lower in esteem.
33. A person who makes use of a thing.
34. (neurology) Of or relating to the vagus nerve.
36. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
40. Minute blackish gregarious flies destructive to mushrooms and seedlings.
43. A rechargeable battery with a nickel cathode and a cadmium anode.
45. Term of address for a man.
46. A large estate in Spanish-speaking countries.
47. Complacently or inanely foolish.
49. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
50. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
53. A brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur.
56. Used in an attack.
59. (informal) Informed about the latest trends.
61. (botany) Outer tissue of bark.
63. (Old Testament) Wife of Isaac and mother of Jacob and Esau.
68. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
69. A small tropical cephalopod of the genus Spirula having prominent eyes and short arms and a many-chambered shell coiled in a flat spiral.
72. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
73. Large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals.
74. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
75. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
76. A Chadic language spoken in Chad.
77. Low spreading tropical American shrub with long slender leaves used to make a mildly stimulating drink resembling tea.
78. A young woman making her debut into society.

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1. By bad luck.
2. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
3. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
4. Stern foremost or backward.
5. Baseball player with the New York Yankees.
6. Collect or gather.
7. A rotary duplicator that uses a stencil through which ink is pressed (trade mark Roneo).
8. Water frozen in the solid state.
9. Sleep in a convenient place.
10. Before noon.
11. Imperial moths.
12. Appeal or request earnestly.
13. A large and imposing house.
14. Complete and without restriction or qualification.
21. A religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof.
23. The 3 goddesses of fate or destiny.
26. Medium-sized tree having glossy lanceolate leaves.
27. Offering fun and gaiety.
29. The act of escaping physically.
30. Make or become free of frost or ice.
32. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
35. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
37. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the practice of Yoga).
38. Ions are accelerated along a linear path by voltage differences on electrodes along the path.
39. A natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river).
41. The process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort).
42. Used of a single unit or thing.
44. Interchangeable with `means' in the expression `by dint of'.
48. (KNO3) Used especially as a fertilizer and explosive.
51. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
52. Very small northern fish.
54. Small genus of Eurasian herbs.
55. Roman general and statesman who quarrelled with Caesar and fled to Egypt where he was murdered (106-48 BC).
57. A West African language closely related to Fula.
58. Type genus of the Vespidae.
60. Annual to perennial herbs of the Mediterranean region.
62. Exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health.
64. A small cake leavened with yeast.
65. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
66. A stick that people can lean on to help them walk.
67. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
70. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
71. A dissolute man in fashionable society.

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