Crossword Puzzle Number 3437 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. An informal term for a father.
5. (used especially of glances) Directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy.
12. The compass point midway between south and southeast.
15. An elaborate song for solo voice.
16. Attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery.
17. Devoid of warmth and cordiality.
18. The basic unit of money in Ethiopia.
19. A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula.
20. A long wooden bench with a back.
22. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
25. An area that includes seats for several people.
26. Long-legged spotted cat of Africa and southwestern Asia having nonretractile claws.
28. The table in Christian churches where communion is given.
30. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
32. An associate degree in nursing.
33. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
37. Usually large hard-shelled seed.
39. A city in the European part of Russia.
42. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
45. On or toward the lee.
46. Sound recording consisting of a disc with continuous grooves.
49. Fleshy folds of tissue as those surrounding the mouth.
50. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
51. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
53. 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.
54. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
58. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
60. A quantity of no importance.
61. Wearing footgear.
63. (computer science) A kind of computer architecture that has a large number of instructions hard coded into the cpu chip.
65. An abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances.
68. Tending to cure or restore to health.
72. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
73. Physicist honored for advances in solid state electronics (born in Japan in 1925).
76. Not ever.
77. Soft white semisolid fat obtained by rendering the fatty tissue of the hog v 1.
78. Loggerhead turtles.
80. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
81. A flat mass of ice (smaller than an ice field) floating at sea.
82. A festival featuring African-American culture.
83. Experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness.

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1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
2. Fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelopes the seed.
3. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
4. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
5. Traveling by foot.
6. Large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds.
7. The basic unit of money in Zambia.
8. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
9. A hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion.
10. The portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord.
11. Eliminate from the body.
12. A stringed instrument of India.
13. The universal time coordinated time on board the spacecraft.
14. Opinion or judgment.
21. Any of several herbs of the genus Dipsacus native to the Old World having flower heads surrounded by spiny bracts.
23. A list of dishes available at a restaurant.
24. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
27. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
29. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
31. Eurasian perennial bulbous herbs.
34. Cereal grass widely cultivated for its grain.
35. Humorously vulgar.
36. The French-speaking part of the Canadian Maritime Provinces.
38. A native American tent.
40. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
41. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
43. Informal terms for a mother.
44. Relatively nontoxic South African herb smoked like tobacco.
47. (literary) Spirited horse for state or war.
48. Tropical American thorny shrub or small tree.
52. United States sculptor (born in Lithuania) who pioneered cubist sculpture (1891-1973).
55. A steep descent of the water of a river.
56. Fine-toothed power saw with a narrow blade.
57. The brother of your father or mother.
59. 100 kopecks equal 1 ruble.
62. A very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses.
64. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
66. Using speech rather than writing.
67. Roman Emperor notorious for his monstrous vice and fantastic luxury (was said to have started a fire that destroyed much of Rome in 64) but the Empire remained prosperous during his rule (37-68).
69. United States composer noted for his innovative use of polytonality (1874-1954).
70. Type genus of the Nepidae.
71. One-hundredth of a right angle.
74. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
75. Range of what one can know or understand.
79. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.

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