Crossword Puzzle Number 3320 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
4. Mostly tropical stinging herbs or trees.
12. A master's degree in fine arts.
15. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
16. Of or relating to Aram or to its inhabitants or their culture or their language.
17. The address of a web page on the world wide web.
18. A light touch or stroke.
19. Any of various long-legged carrion-eating hawks of South and Central America.
20. (of roads) Made of logs laid down crosswise.
21. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
23. Weak-stemmed plant that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface.
25. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel.
27. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
30. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
32. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
35. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
38. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
39. The scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals.
43. A white or colorless vitreous insoluble solid (SiO2).
44. A public promotion of some product or service.
45. Put a new heel on.
47. Great in vertical dimension.
48. Being ten more than one hundred thirty.
51. A strong emotion.
52. Black tropical American cuckoo.
54. Loss of the ability to swallow.
60. A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders.
61. English aristocrat who was the first wife of Prince Charles.
64. Hang loosely or laxly.
65. Dry brandy distilled in the Armagnac district of France.
68. Advance evidence for.
73. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
74. African antelopes.
77. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
78. Type genus of the family Unionidae.
79. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
80. A statement that deviates from or perverts the truth.
81. The imperial dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644.
82. Genus of beetles whose grubs feed mainly on roots of plants.
83. A hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers.

DOWN

1. An informal term for a father.
2. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
3. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
4. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
5. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
6. The capital and largest city of France.
7. A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula.
8. A program for a race meeting.
9. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
10. Earn on some commercial or business transaction.
11. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
12. A Muslim trained in the doctrine and law of Islam.
13. A decorative loop of braid or cord.
14. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
22. A penicillinase-resistant form of penicillin (trade name Nafcil) used (usually in the form of its sodium salt) to treat infections caused by penicillin-resistant strains of staphylococci.
24. Cause to be embarrassed.
26. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
28. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
29. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
31. Relating to or having the characteristics of bees.
33. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
34. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
36. (Norse mythology) Goddess of old age who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
37. A Portuguese province on the south coast of China and two islands in the South China Sea.
40. English film actress (1913-1967).
41. The lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle).
42. Gather, as of as crops.
46. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
49. Being ten more than one hundred eighty.
50. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
53. A narcotic that is considered a hard drug.
55. Relating to or lying near the palate.
56. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
57. (electronics) Of a circuit or device having an output that is proportional to the input.
58. Type genus of the Alcedinidae.
59. An artificial language for international use that rejects rejects all existing words and is based instead on an abstract analysis of ideas.
62. A native or inhabitant of Iran.
63. At full speed.
66. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
67. Chief port of Yemen.
69. A small cake leavened with yeast.
70. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
71. (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man.
72. Any place of complete bliss and delight and peace.
75. Game in which matchsticks are arranged in rows and players alternately remove one or more of them.
76. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.

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