Crossword Puzzle Number 3594 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
4. Small tree or shrub of New Zealand having a profusion of axillary clusters of honey-scented paper-white flowers and whose bark is used for cordage.
12. An enclosed space.
15. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
16. An Old World reptile family of Sauria.
17. United States musician (born in Japan) who married John Lennon and collaborated with him on recordings (born in 1933).
18. Music in three-four time for dancing a jig.
19. A hairdresser who cuts hair and shaves beards as a trade.
20. A linguistic element added to a word to produce an inflected or derived form v 1.
21. Of or relating to alga.
23. Either of two muscles in the shoulder region that move the shoulders and arms.
25. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
26. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
28. A language unit by which a person or thing is known.
31. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
36. South African term for `boss'.
40. (Roman mythology) God of love.
41. A shaft on which a wheel rotates.
42. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
45. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
46. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
47. The lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle).
48. Moths whose larvae are cutworms.
51. On or toward the lee.
52. Having the leading position or higher score in a contest.
54. A branch of the Tai languages.
55. Consisting of or made of wood of the oak tree.
58. Divulge information or secrets.
61. The finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided.
66. One of the two branches of the Finno-Ugric family of languages.
70. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
71. The first of the Old Testament patriarchs and the father of Isaac.
74. A city in northern India.
75. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
76. The basic unit of money in Paraguay.
77. Wearing or provided with clothing.
78. The cry made by sheep.
79. A republic in northeastern Europe on the Baltic Sea.
80. The lowest brass wind instrument.

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1. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
2. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
3. Quietly in concealment.
4. 1 species.
5. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
6. A heavy open wagon usually having two wheels and drawn by an animal.
7. To fix or set securely or deeply.
8. A coffin along with its stand.
9. Of or pertaining to the adrenal glands or their secretions.
10. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
11. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
12. An upholstered seat for more than one person.
13. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
14. The ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum.
22. Lower in esteem.
24. Free from risk or danger.
27. United States writer of poems and plays about racial conflict (born in 1934).
29. 300 to 3000 kilohertz.
30. Exultantly proud and joyful.
32. A small cake leavened with yeast.
33. A hostel for pilgrims in Turkey.
34. Perennial plants resembling yucca.
35. Immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth.
37. Of or relating to or resembling an axis of rotation.
38. Having winglike extensions.
39. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
43. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
44. Experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness.
49. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
50. 1 species.
53. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
56. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
57. African antelopes.
59. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
60. A modified leaf or leaflike part just below and protecting an inflorescence.
62. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
63. Largest known toad species.
64. A social club for male undergraduates.
65. A card game in which players bet against the dealer on the cards he will draw from a dealing box.
67. An Eskimo hut.
68. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
69. A quantity of no importance.
72. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
73. Black tropical American cuckoo.

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