Crossword Puzzle Number 3563 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
4. A man who is a stupid fool.
11. A warm tubular covering for the hands.
15. (informal) Of the highest quality.
16. Stain (furniture) black to make it look like ebony.
17. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
18. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
19. With one layer on top of another.
20. A fractional monetary unit of several countries.
21. United States tennis player (born in Czechoslovakia) who won several singles championships.
23. 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.
24. A landlocked republic in eastern Africa.
26. Made from residue of grapes or apples after pressing.
30. A small rubber ball used in the game of handball.
34. God of the earth.
35. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
36. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
38. A communist state in Indochina on the South China Sea.
42. A lyric poet.
44. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
46. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
47. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
48. A city in northeastern Ukraine.
51. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
52. Large genus of erect or climbing prickly shrubs including roses.
53. That is to say.
54. Linear with respect to each of two variables or positions.
56. A decree that prohibits something.
59. An uproarious party.
60. An abnormally large amount of this fetoprotein in the fetus can signal an abnormality of the neural tube (as spina bifida or anencephaly).
63. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
65. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
69. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
72. Lacking sufficient water or rainfall.
73. A constitutional monarchy in southeastern Asia on Borneo and the Malay Peninsula.
77. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
78. The battle in 202 BC in which Scipio decisively defeated Hannibal at the end of the second Punic War.
79. Sacred text of Zoroastrianism.
80. The basic unit of money in Iran.
81. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
82. United States general in the Union Army who was defeated at Chancellorsville by Robert E. Lee (1814-1879).
83. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.

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1. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
2. An inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin.
3. An administrator in charge of a division of a university or college.
4. A loose cloak with a hood.
5. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
6. Affectedly modest or shy especially in a playful or provocative way.
7. Hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella.
8. A river in northern England that flows southeast through West Yorkshire.
9. The compass point midway between south and southeast.
10. Induce to have sex.
11. A Portuguese province on the south coast of China and two islands in the South China Sea.
12. Continuing forever or indefinitely.
13. United States Film actress and daughter of Henry Fonda (born in 1937).
14. Bringing death.
22. A doctor's degree in dental medicine.
25. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
27. A cheese dish made with bread and egg crumbs that is baked and served in individual fireproof dishes.
28. Provide with clothes or put clothes on.
29. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
31. The mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.
32. Any of the openings to the nasal cavities that allow air to flow through the cavities to the pharynx.
33. A Russian river.
37. Found along western Atlantic coast.
39. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
40. Having the leading position or higher score in a contest.
41. (combining form) Very large in scale or scope or capability.
43. Lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise.
45. Of a pale purple color.
49. A unit of information equal to 1024 bytes.
55. Waterfall in Canada is the Horseshoe Falls.
57. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
58. Modulation of the frequency of the (radio) carrier wave.
61. The capacitance of a capacitor that has an equal and opposite charge of 1 coulomb on each plate and a voltage difference of 1 volt between the plates.
62. Indicating the most important performer or role.
64. A dark region of considerable extent on the surface of the moon.
66. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
67. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
68. Derive or receive pleasure from.
70. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
71. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
74. 100 avos equal 1 pataca.
75. A zodiacal constellation in northern hemisphere between Cancer and Virgo.
76. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.

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