Crossword Puzzle Number 3318 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. An arithmetic operation performed on floating-point numbers.
5. Resembling a berry.
12. The residue that remains when something is burned.
15. Tall New Zealand timber tree.
16. Scandinavian liquor usually flavored with caraway seeds.
17. Bright and pleasant.
18. An area of low mountains in northwestern Arkansas and southeastern Missouri and northeastern Oklahoma.
20. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
21. Electronic warfare undertaken to prevent or reduce an enemy's effective use of the electromagnetic spectrum.
22. Daughter of Nehru who served as Prime Minister of India from 1966 to 1977 (1917-1984).
23. Resoluteness by virtue of being unyielding and inflexible.
25. A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders.
27. Wild and domesticated birds having a heavy body and short legs.
28. (informal) Not as expected.
31. Small low-growing annual or perennial herbs of temperate and cool regions.
33. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
34. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
37. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
41. The part of the eye that contains the iris and ciliary body and choroid.
43. Any plant of the genus Erica.
47. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
49. The large trunk artery that carries blood from the left ventricle of the heart to branch arteries.
51. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
52. A port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya.
53. A composer of sacred songs.
55. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
56. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
58. A civil or military authority in Turkey or Egypt.
61. Speaking a Slavic language.
64. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
68. Genus of South and Central American heathlike evergreen shrubs.
73. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
74. Shrubby lichens of the family Usneaceae having a flattened thallus.
77. A light touch or stroke.
78. (computer science) A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest.
79. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
80. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
81. A unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity.
82. Something transitory.
83. Type genus of the Muridae.

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1. Any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping.
2. Similar to the striped mullet and takes its place in the Caribbean region.
3. A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula.
4. A state of social isolation.
5. Pertaining to or constituting a base or basis.
6. A state in northwestern North America.
7. A sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain.
8. A small tent used as a dressing room beside the sea or a swimming pool.
9. (often followed by `for') Ardently or excessively desirous.
10. A genus of Cichlidae.
11. A soft cotton or worsted fabric with an open mesh.
12. A yellow pungent volatile oil (trade name Agene) formerly used for bleaching and aging flour.
13. United States anarchist (born in Italy) who with Bartolomeo Vanzetti was convicted of murder and in spite of world-wide protest was executed (1891-1927).
14. (Greek mythology) The god of marriage.
19. African mahogany trees.
24. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
26. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
29. March aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation.
30. An ancient upright stone slab bearing markings.
32. Wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed.
35. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
36. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
38. Having three dimensions.
39. Cause to be embarrassed.
40. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
42. Great coolness and composure under strain.
44. A state in midwestern United States.
45. A brittle aromatic resin used in varnishes.
46. Minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end.
48. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
50. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
54. (New Testament) The sages who visited Jesus and Mary and Joseph shortly after Jesus was born.
57. A bachelor's degree in science.
59. Lower in esteem.
60. Analyze syntactically by assigning a constituent structure to (a sentence).
62. Lighted up by or as by fire or flame.
63. (Norse mythology) Race of ancient gods sometimes in conflict with the Aesir.
65. A French abbot.
66. An inhabitant of Lappland.
67. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
69. A small cake leavened with yeast.
70. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
71. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
72. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
75. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
76. A spacecraft that carries astronauts from the command module to the surface of the moon and back.

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