Crossword Puzzle Number 3279 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A spacecraft that carries astronauts from the command module to the surface of the moon and back.
4. Taken before a meal as an appetizer.
12. The month following August and preceding October.
15. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
16. Giant treelike plant having edible nuts and leafstalks that yield a refreshing drink of clear watery sap.
17. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
18. An ancient musical horn made from the horn of a ram.
20. A man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs.
21. A boy or man.
22. Emotionally affected.
24. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
25. Any of various organs that synthesize substances needed by the body and release it through ducts or directly into the bloodstream.
27. Electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds.
30. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
31. A manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer.
34. A minor match preceding the main event.
36. Prevent from being included or considered or accepted.
39. Tranquilizer (trade name Dalmane) used to treat insomnia.
43. A one-piece cloak worn by men in ancient Rome.
44. Being five more than one hundred forty.
46. (comparative of `near') Being the one of two that is less distant in space.
47. A Russian river.
48. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
49. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
50. Left-hand page.
55. Unknown god.
58. Plant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping dark green leaves.
59. (British) An open river valley (in a hilly area).
63. A port city of south central Ukraine on an arm of the Black Sea.
65. Small voraciously carnivorous freshwater fishes of South America that attack and destroy living animals.
67. Low spreading tropical American shrub with long slender leaves used to make a mildly stimulating drink resembling tea.
71. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
72. Male hawk especially male peregrine or gyrfalcon.
75. Greek mythology.
76. The bureau of the Treasury Department responsible for tax collections.
77. Oldest known reptiles.
79. The month following March and preceding May.
80. A doctor's degree in dental surgery.
81. A great raja.
82. A reproach for some lapse or misdeed.

DOWN

1. The act of losing.
2. Not fake or counterfeit.
3. Any of a group of antidepressant drugs that inhibit the action of monoamine oxidase in the brain and so allow monoamines to accumulate.
4. The mountain peak that Noah's ark landed on as the waters of the great flood receded.
5. A manicurist who trims the fingernails.
6. A unit of energy equal to the work done by an electron accelerated through a potential difference of 1 volt.
7. A widely distributed system consisting of all the cells able to ingest bacteria or colloidal particles etc, except for certain white blood cells.
8. A drug (trade name Inocor) used intravenously in heart failure.
9. Of animals.
10. The United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labor.
11. A Bantu language spoken in Cameroon.
12. Food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing.
13. Either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus having short spirally twisted horns in both sexes.
14. A genus of Ploceidae.
19. Small swift bat with leathery ears and a long tail.
23. A person forced to flee from home or country.
26. A subsidiary proposition that is assumed to be true in order to prove another proposition.
28. A unit of power equal to 746 watts.
29. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
32. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
33. A linear unit (1/40 inch) used to measure diameter of buttons.
35. A large genus of dicotyledonous trees and shrubs of the family Aquifoliaceae that have small flowers and berries (including hollies).
37. (informal) Of the highest quality.
38. Being four more than sixty.
40. A particular environment or walk of life.
41. A small Asian country high in the Himalayas between India and Tibet.
42. Remove from memory or existence.
45. Any of various small insectivorous American birds chiefly olive-gray in color.
51. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
52. A town in east central Missouri.
53. An endorsement.
54. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
56. Very small.
57. (Greek mythology) Goddess of wisdom and useful arts and prudent warfare.
60. An alloy of copper and zinc.
61. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
62. (Old Testament) The wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac.
64. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
66. A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments.
68. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
69. Type genus of the Nepidae.
70. An association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens.
73. An accountant certified by the state.
74. The rate at which red blood cells settle out in a tube of blood under standardized conditions.
78. A person who announces and plays popular recorded music.

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