Crossword Puzzle Number 3343 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities.
4. (surgery) The act of puncturing a body cavity or organ with a hollow needle in order to draw out fluid.
12. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
15. An accidental happening.
16. Without law or control.
17. Common black-and-gray Eurasian bird noted for thievery.
18. (informal) Of the highest quality.
19. Go into retirement.
20. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
22. The process of gradually becoming inferior.
24. A journey or route all the way around a particular place or area.
25. An island of central Hawaii.
26. A small cake leavened with yeast.
27. A genus of Ploceidae.
29. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
36. By bad luck.
39. In the shape of a coil.
42. Author of satirical attacks on medieval scholasticism (1494-1553).
45. Inquire about.
46. An actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech.
47. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
48. 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.
51. 1 species.
54. Relating to or denoting or characteristic of Catalonia or its inhabitants.
55. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
56. A state of agitated irritation.
58. A small island.
62. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
64. A member of a formerly tribal people now living in south central India.
65. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
69. A long plume (especially one of egret feathers) worn on a hat or a piece of jewelry in the shape of a plume.
72. Disposed of as useless.
74. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
75. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
76. A musical composition consisting of a series of songs or other musical pieces from various sources.
78. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
79. (Greek mythology) The winged goddess of the dawn in ancient mythology.
80. The condition of having no arms.
81. A young woman making her debut into society.

DOWN

1. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
2. Any competition.
3. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
4. Genus of large deciduous nut-bearing trees.
5. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
6. Italian chemist noted for work on polymers (1903-1979).
7. The cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one.
8. A very light brown.
9. A member of the Himalayan people living in Nepal and Tibet who are famous for their skill as mountaineers.
10. Being one more than one.
11. A burn cause by hot liquid or steam.
12. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
13. Avatar of Vishnu.
14. The basic unit of money in China.
21. A cushion on a throne for a prince in India.
23. Lower in esteem.
28. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
30. Type genus of the Alaudidae.
31. A confusion of voices and other sounds.
32. Greenish-yellow pear.
33. An associate degree in nursing.
34. A unit of pressure equal to one newton per square meter.
35. A non-aromatic saturated hydrocarbon with the general formula CnH(2n+2).
37. A state in midwestern United States.
38. Deciduous South African tree having large odd-pinnate leaves and profuse fragrant orange-yellow flowers.
40. A writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry).
41. A bar or bars of rolled steel making a track along which vehicles can roll.
43. Minute aquatic herbs floating on or below the water surface of still water consisting of a leaflike frond or plant body and single root.
44. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
49. The lean flesh of a saltwater fish found it warm waters (especially Hawaii).
50. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
52. Irish prelate who deduced from the Bible that Creation occurred in the year 4004 BC (1581-1656).
53. Being one more than two.
57. Derived from or containing calcium or lime.
59. A European river.
60. A riblike part of a plant or animal (such as a middle rib of a leaf or a thickened vein of an insect wing).
61. Wood of a larch tree.
63. The dynasty that ruled much of Manchuria and northeastern China from 947 to 1125.
66. Set down according to a plan.
67. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
68. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
70. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
71. The bill in a restaurant.
73. Seed of a pea plant.
77. A soft silver-white or yellowish metallic element of the alkali metal group.

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