Crossword Puzzle Number 3316 (Medium Grid)

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1. Informal terms for the mouth.
4. Pygmy marmosets.
12. A sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain.
15. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
16. Relating to of containing or affecting blood.
17. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
18. A midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and sorcery.
20. A medieval helmet with a visor and a neck guard.
21. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
22. Tree (as opposed to shrub).
24. In a nice way.
26. Worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down.
29. Make an etching of.
32. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
33. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
36. Stem of plants of the Gramineae.
39. A material effigy that is worshipped as a god.
41. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
42. The cry made by sheep.
43. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
45. Perennial mountain rice native to Mediterranean region and introduced into North America.
46. Sudden and unexpected death of an apparently healthy infant during sleep.
50. (usually followed by `of') Released from something onerous (especially an obligation or duty).
51. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
54. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
55. Type genus of the Anatidae.
62. Italian brandy made from residue of grapes after pressing.
64. Uttered in a shrill scream as of pain or terror.
69. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
70. A region of northeastern France famous for its wines.
73. Botswanan statesman who was the first president of Botswana (1921-1980).
74. Large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male.
75. Italian painter and sculptor and engineer and scientist and architect.
77. Used in combination to denote the middle.
78. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
79. A great raja.
80. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.

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1. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
2. The sixth month of the civil year.
3. English writer and a central member of the Fabian Society (1858-1943).
4. Green algae common in freshwater lakes of limestone districts.
5. Take in solid food.
6. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
7. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
8. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
9. Your general store of remembered information.
10. Of or relating to the spleen.
11. Serving temporarily especially as a substitute.
12. Showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others.
13. A small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle).
14. A friendly nation.
19. German mystic and theosophist who founded modern theosophy.
23. (Greek mythology) A princess of Colchis who aided Jason in taking the Golden Fleece from her father.
25. An assertion of a right (as to money or property).
27. A light touch or stroke.
28. Informal terms for a mother.
30. Eurasian perennial bulbous herbs.
31. A group of biological taxa or species that share features inherited from a common ancestor.
34. A crude stone artifact (as a chipped flint).
35. Submerged freshwater perennials.
37. An informal term for a father.
38. A carriage consisting of two wheels and calash top.
40. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
44. Cook and make edible by putting in a hot oven.
47. The skin that covers the top of the head.
48. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
49. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
52. 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.
53. A populous province in northeastern China.
56. Gasoline jelled with aluminum soaps.
57. Any of numerous ornamental shrubs grown for their showy flowers of various colors.
58. South American plant cultivated for its large fragrant trumpet-shaped flowers.
59. A kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term).
60. An annual award by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for achievements in motion picture production and performance.
61. A nonmetallic largely pentavalent heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens.
63. A rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders).
65. Queen of the Olympian gods in ancient Greek mythology.
66. God of love and erotic desire.
67. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
68. An informal term for a father.
71. The syllable naming the fifth (dominant) note of any musical scale in solmization.
72. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
76. A person who announces and plays popular recorded music.

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