Crossword Puzzle Number 3551 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
5. The wife of a sheik.
12. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
15. Little known Kamarupan languages.
16. A region of Malaysia on northwestern Borneo.
17. An enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of many body compounds (e.g., epinephrine and norepinephrine and serotonin).
18. Hypothyroidism marked by dry skin and swellings around lips and nose as well as mental deterioration.
20. An associate degree in nursing.
22. A state in New England.
23. A state in the eastern United States.
26. Top part of an apron.
28. Before noon.
30. A block of solid substance (such as soap or wax).
32. Perennial northern temperate plant with toothed leaves and heads of small purplish-white flowers.
36. A body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land.
38. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
42. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
43. A unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 foot/sec/sec to a mass of 1 pound.
45. (pathology) Tending to become more severe or wider in scope.
47. Bristlelike process near the tip of the antenna of certain flies.
49. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
50. Functioning correctly and ready for action.
51. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
52. A race between candidates for elective office.
53. Be a hindrance or obstacle to.
55. Out of bed.
57. Having help.
60. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
64. Having no fever.
69. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
70. African antelope with ridged curved horns.
73. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
74. A serve that strikes the net before falling into the receiver's court.
75. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
77. Black tropical American cuckoo.
78. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
79. Low stingless nettle of Central and South America having velvety brownish-green toothed leaves and clusters of small green flowers.
80. A relativistic quantum theory of the electromagnetic interactions of photons and electrons and muons.

DOWN

1. Russian physicist (1895-1971).
2. Make amends for.
3. A bluish transparent magnetic liquid obtained by compressing gaseous oxygen.
4. A long narrow depression in a surface.
5. The compass point midway between south and southeast.
6. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
7. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
8. A state in midwestern United States.
9. City in southwestern South Korea.
10. The capital city of Vietnam.
11. A state in northwestern North America.
12. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
13. Radioactive iodine test that measures the amount of radioactive iodine taken up by the thyroid gland.
14. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
19. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
21. A hostel for pilgrims in Turkey.
24. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
25. The 17th letter of the Greek alphabet.
27. (British) Diesel oil used in cars and lorries with diesel engines (from d(iesel) e(ngine) r(oad) v(ehicle)).
29. A state in southeastern India on the Bay of Bengal (south of Andhra Pradesh).
31. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
33. Having a price assigned or having a price as specified.
34. March aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation.
35. Necessary for relief or supply.
37. Austrian painter influenced by art nouveau (1862-1918).
39. A full skirt with a gathered waistband.
40. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
41. East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient.
44. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
46. A state of deep and often prolonged unconsciousness.
48. The brightest star in Virgo.
54. Type genus of the Pipridae containing the typical manakins.
56. An overland journey by hunters (especially in Africa).
58. A resort city in western Florida.
59. Capital of the state of Oregon in the northwestern part of the state on the Willamette River.
61. In bed.
62. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
63. A speech defect that involves pronouncing s like voiceless th and z like voiced th.
65. A small cake leavened with yeast.
66. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
67. Lacking companions or companionship.
68. A town in north central Oklahoma.
71. Cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel.
72. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
76. Being nine more than ninety.

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