Crossword Puzzle Number 3787 (Medium Grid)

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1. Blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi.
4. Type genus of the Procaviidae.
12. A man who serves as a sailor.
15. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
16. The beliefs and practices of the Catholic Church based in Rome.
17. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
18. The waging of armed conflict against an enemy.
19. The state of being of noble birth.
20. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
21. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
23. The square of a body of any size of type.
24. A small flexible tube inserted into a body cavity for draining off fluid or introducing medication.
26. Showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others.
27. One of the proteins into which actomyosin can be split.
28. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
33. French royal architect who built the Tuileries Palace and Gardens in Paris for Catherine de Medicis (1515-1570).
36. A small railroad car propelled by hand or by a small motor.
38. Informal terms for a mother.
39. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
41. Sterile offspring of a male donkey and a female horse.
42. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
44. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
46. The cry made by sheep.
47. Use explosives on.
50. Elegance by virtue of being fashionable.
54. Lacking physical depth.
56. Make one's home or live in.
57. An enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of many body compounds (e.g., epinephrine and norepinephrine and serotonin).
58. Israeli statesman (born in Russia) who (as Prime Minister of Israel) negotiated a peace treaty with Anwar el-Sadat of Egypt (1913-1992).
59. (medieval legends) The nephew of King Mark of Cornwall who fell in love with his uncle's bride (Iseult) after they mistakenly drank a love potion that left them eternally in love with each other.
63. Any of numerous ornamental shrubs grown for their showy flowers of various colors.
67. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
68. A deep bow.
71. Jordan's port.
72. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
73. Direct opposite.
75. An ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to 10 baths or 10 ephahs.
76. A fixed charge for a privilege or for professional services.
77. A great raja.
78. The compass point midway between northeast and east.

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1. Make high-pitched, whiney noises.
2. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
3. Of deserts of northern Africa and southern Asia.
4. According to need (physicians use PRN in writing prescriptions).
5. (of buildings and rooms) Having ample space.
6. Fast-growing herbaceous evergreen tree of South America having a broad trunk with high water content and dark green oval leaves.
7. A genus of Caltha.
8. Used of a single unit or thing.
9. Gregarious burrowing rodent larger than the chinchillas.
10. (Old Testament) A son of Jacob and a forebear of one of the tribes of Israel.
11. A cylindrical spikelike inflorescence.
12. A republic on the west coast of Africa.
13. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
14. English monk and scholar (672-735).
22. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
25. Mild form of diabetes mellitus that develops gradually in adults.
29. A healthy state of wellbeing free from disease.
30. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
31. The basic unit of money in Gambia.
32. The front part of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen.
34. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
35. Celebes megapode that lays eggs in holes in sandy beaches.
37. Spicy fruit of the cubeb vine.
40. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
43. Deep-bodied percoid fishes of the open seas.
45. Type genus of the Schizaeaceae cosmopolitan especially in tropics.
48. By bad luck.
49. The floating wreckage of a ship.
51. Step on it.
52. Any tree or shrub of the genus Inga having pinnate leaves and showy usually white flowers.
53. Indian religious leader who founded Sikhism (1469-1538).
55. The state of being rich and affluent.
60. Not widely known.
61. Type genus of the Ranidae.
62. Type genus of the Majidae.
64. A body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land.
65. Very dark black.
66. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
69. The month following March and preceding May.
70. Extinct flightless bird of New Zealand.
74. A person who announces and plays popular recorded music.

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