Crossword Puzzle Number 3768 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Tag the base runner to get him out.
4. British dramatist (born in Czechoslovakia in 1937).
12. The sign language used in the United States.
15. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
16. Any of various butterflies of the family Lycaenidae.
17. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
18. A flexible container with a single opening.
19. Not starry.
20. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
21. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
23. Holding device consisting of one or both of the opposing parts of a tool that close to hold an object.
25. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
27. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
31. Tropical tree of Central America and West Indies and Puerto Rico having spikes of white flowers.
35. Agile long-tailed nocturnal African lemur with dense woolly fur and large eyes and ears.
39. An indistinct shapeless form.
40. Genus of erect herbs of the Middle East having showy flowers.
41. The basic unit of money in Thailand.
43. A woody climbing usually tropical plant.
44. A unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit at one atmosphere pressure.
46. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
47. The state of being behind in payments.
50. The sound made by a horse.
54. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
55. A flat float (usually made of logs or planks) that can be used for transport or as a platform for swimmers.
57. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
59. A city in the European part of Russia.
61. The template for protein synthesis.
62. Tropical American tree with large peltate leaves and hollow stems.
68. A young woman indulged by rich and powerful older men.
71. The cry made by sheep.
72. Consistent with or based on or using reason.
75. Consisting of or made of wood of the oak tree.
76. Support resembling the rib of an animal.
77. Capable of being raised to an upright position.
78. The compass point that is midway between north and northeast.
79. A chronic skin disease occurring primarily in women between the ages of 20 and 40.
80. (of persons) Seized and detained unlawfully, often for ransom.
81. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.

DOWN

1. A wealthy man (who made his fortune in the Orient).
2. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
3. Make children.
4. A caustic detergent useful for removing grease.
5. Type and only genus of the family Tytonidae.
6. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
7. God of rain.
8. Growth of hair or wool or fur covering the body of an animal.
9. Again but in a new or different way.
10. A genus of Laridae.
11. A doctor's degree in dental surgery.
12. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
13. A fraudulent business scheme.
14. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
22. A hidden storage space (for money or provisions or weapons).
24. Malodorous tropical plant having a spathe that resembles the corolla of a morning glory and attains a diameter of several feet.
26. English materialist and political philosopher who advocated absolute sovereignty as the only kind of government that could resolve problems caused by the selfishness of human beings (1588-1679).
28. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
29. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
30. An insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans.
32. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
33. A constitutional monarchy in a tiny enclave on the French Riviera.
34. A port city in southwestern Iran.
36. (used of opinions and actions) Far beyond the norm.
37. (botany) A covering that resembles scales or bran that covers some plant parts.
38. A small cake leavened with yeast.
42. Located at or near the back of an animal.
45. Of or relating to the stomach and intestines.
48. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
49. Long pinkish sour leafstalks usually eaten cooked and sweetened.
51. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
52. Lacking orderly continuity.
53. A Loloish language.
56. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
58. Shrubby plant with aromatic grayish-green leaves used as a cooking herb.
60. (usually followed by `to') Determined by tragic fate.
63. The bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service.
64. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
65. The chief solid component of mammalian urine.
66. A training program to prepare college students to be commissioned officers.
67. Any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange.
69. An unofficial association of people or groups.
70. An endorsement.
73. A hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care.
74. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.

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