Crossword Puzzle Number 3796 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
5. The activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose.
11. Area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir.
15. A low vibrating sound typical of a contented cat v 1.
16. Deer grass.
17. Rounded like an egg.
18. An unforeseen obstacle.
19. Any malignant growth or tumor caused by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division.
20. Common black European thrush.
21. A colorless volatile water-soluble liquid aldehyde used chiefly in manufacture of acetic acid and perfumes and drugs.
23. Being unoccupied.
25. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
26. Work consisting of (or resembling) lace fabric.
29. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
31. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
32. How long something has existed.
35. The sciences concerned with gathering and manipulating and storing and retrieving and classifying recorded information.
36. United States writer noted for his droll epigrams (1902-1971).
38. Sole genus of the family Naiadaceae.
40. A member of the Algonquian people formerly inhabiting the Maritime Provinces of Canada.
43. A South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes.
45. The bureau of the Treasury Department responsible for tax collections.
46. An informal term for a father.
47. Extending or lying across.
50. An excavator whose shovel bucket is attached to a hinged boom and is drawn backward to move earth.
52. Moth whose larvae are flour moths.
54. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
55. A loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion.
56. A nonmetallic largely pentavalent heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens.
57. A high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary).
60. The capital of Western Samoa.
62. Evergreen mat-forming shrub of North America and northern Eurasia having small white flowers and red berries.
64. A large number or amount.
66. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
69. A common cyst of the skin.
70. A person who is professionally engaged in the analysis and interpretation of works of art.
74. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
76. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
77. Not consciously observing.
79. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
80. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
81. A great raja.
82. Having undesirable or negative qualities.

DOWN

1. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church.
2. United States actor who performed with his wife Lynn Fontanne in many stage productions (1893-1977).
3. United States evangelical preacher famous as a mass evangelist (born in 1918).
4. Wild sheep of semidesert regions in central Asia.
5. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
6. Small evergreen shrub of Pacific coast of North America having edible dark purple grape-size berries.
7. A fractional monetary unit of Japan and Indonesia and Cambodia.
8. Being nine more than eighty.
9. A strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles.
10. National capital of Kiribati.
11. Large genus of tropical American vines having showy often spotted umbellate flowers.
12. A member of the Tungus speaking people of Mongolian race who are a nomadic people widely spread over eastern Siberia.
13. Made from residue of grapes or apples after pressing.
14. A friendly nation.
22. Waterfall in Canada is the Horseshoe Falls.
24. High quality grape brandy distilled in the Cognac district of France.
27. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
28. (computer science) A kind of computer architecture that has a large number of instructions hard coded into the cpu chip.
30. Relating to or having the characteristics of bees.
33. A loose skirt consisting of brightly colored fabric wrapped around the body.
34. A northeastern Iranian language spoken in Russia.
37. 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).
39. A holy war by Muslims against unbelievers.
41. United States baseball player and manager (1873-1934).
42. Ratio of the hypotenuse to the opposite side.
44. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
48. Echinoderms characterized by five arms extending from a central disk.
49. Having wisdom that comes with age and experience.
51. An industrial city in southern Poland on the Vistula.
53. (psychology) An urge to withdraw or avoid a situation or an object.
58. A mountain peak in central Washington.
59. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
61. A military trainee (as at a military academy).
63. A gray tetravalent metallic element that resembles zirconium chemically and is found in zirconium minerals.
65. Worthless people.
67. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
68. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
71. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
72. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
73. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
75. A light touch or stroke.
78. A Mid-Atlantic state on the Atlantic.

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