Crossword Puzzle Number 3463 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
5. Age or bleach flour with Agene (nitrogen trichloride).
12. Worthless or oversimplified ideas.
15. Decrease gradually or bit by bit.
16. Of or relating to or functioning as a clause.
17. A pointed tool for marking surfaces or for punching small holes.
18. Make off with belongings of others.
20. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
21. Only the bowfins.
23. (trademark) An alloy of iron and nickel having a low coefficient of thermal expansion.
25. A river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River.
26. A blow from a flat object (as an open hand).
28. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
29. Coffee with the caffeine removed.
31. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
34. A unit of pain intensity.
37. An informal term for a father.
39. French revolutionary leader (born in Switzerland) who was a leader in overthrowing the Girondists and was stabbed to death in his bath by Charlotte Corday (1743-1793).
43. One of two or more atoms with the same atomic number but with different numbers of neutrons.
45. A cap with a flat circular top and a visor.
47. The United Nations agency concerned with international maritime activities.
48. Usually elongate cluster of flowers along the main stem in which the flowers at the base open first.
50. Large cylindrical or flattened mostly tropical insects with long strong legs that feed on plants.
52. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
53. The head of a branch of an organized crime syndicate.
55. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
56. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
59. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
61. The basic unit of money in Panama.
62. United States writer of poems and plays about racial conflict (born in 1934).
66. Drought-resistant Asiatic treelike shrub bearing pleasantly acid small red edible fruits commonly used in sherbets.
69. Being of the age 13 through 19.
71. A populous province in northeastern China.
74. A small cake leavened with yeast.
75. A strong emotion.
76. The state of being split or cleft.
80. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
81. The 26th letter of the Roman alphabet.
82. Blood poisoning caused by putrefactive bacteria.
83. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

DOWN

1. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church.
2. Hardened sugary exudation of various trees.
3. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
4. (formal) A person who announces important news.
5. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
6. A gliding or sliding step in ballet.
7. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
8. The 13th letter of the Greek alphabet.
9. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
10. The 15th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
11. English essayist (1775-1834).
12. A genus of Ploceidae.
13. A grant made by a law court.
14. Appeal or request earnestly.
19. The condition of being free.
22. Not out.
24. Informal terms for a mother.
27. A master's degree in fine arts.
30. A strip of land projecting into a body of water.
32. Type genus of the Amiidae.
33. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
35. Port city on southern Honshu on Osaka Bay.
36. Relating to or applicable to or concerned with the administration of a city or town or district rather than a larger area.
38. United States comedian.
40. A narrow elongated opening or fissure between two symmetrical parts.
41. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
42. Scottish chemist noted for his research into the structure of nucleic acids (born in 1907).
44. Based on sound reasoning or evidence.
46. The cardinal number that is the sum of four and one.
49. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
51. Scarabaeid beetle considered divine by ancient Egyptians.
54. Inclined toward or displaying love.
57. A statement of fundamental facts or principles.
58. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
60. A decree that prohibits something.
63. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
64. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
65. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
67. Being here now.
68. In bed.
70. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
72. Liveliness and energy.
73. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
77. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
78. Of or relating to the stomach and intestines.
79. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.

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