Crossword Puzzle Number 3861 (Medium Grid)

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1. A farm building for housing poultry.
5. A consecrated ointment consisting of a mixture of oil and balsam.
12. An overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration.
15. The capital and largest city of Norway.
16. A member of the Caddo people who formerly lived in the Dakotas west of the Missouri river.
17. An informal term for a father.
18. The vein in the center of a leaf.
19. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
20. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
21. Biennial Eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible root.
22. Functioning correctly and ready for action.
24. A region of southern Italy (forming the toe of the Italian `boot').
26. German iris having large white flowers with lavender-tinged falls and a fragrant rhizome.
28. A large oven for firing or burning or drying such things as porcelain or bricks.
30. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
31. A New England state.
32. Used of a single unit or thing.
37. An adjective used as a noun.
41. The 17th letter of the Greek alphabet.
43. Standard time in the 7th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 105th meridian west.
44. City in the northern Dominican Republic.
47. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
50. Draw more money from than is available.
51. Small genus of shrubs and small trees of New Zealand.
52. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight.
54. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
55. A person forced to flee from home or country.
56. A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow).
61. A great raja.
65. A doctor's degree in music.
68. Either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus having short spirally twisted horns in both sexes.
69. Very attentive or observant.
72. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
73. (informal) Of the highest quality.
74. A purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness).
77. (informal) Roused to anger.
78. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
79. Diverge from the expected.
80. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

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1. A small band of jazz musicians.
2. Flexible twig of a willow tree.
3. Advanced in years.
4. A porch or entrance to a building consisting of a covered and often columned area.
5. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
6. A period of time equal to 1/24th of a day.
7. (usually followed by `of') Released from something onerous (especially an obligation or duty).
8. A pendent spear of ice formed by the freezing of dripping water.
9. Any of various thermoplastic resins used to make things.
10. Using speech rather than writing.
11. Covered with paving material.
12. The sixth month of the civil year.
13. Gully or streambed in North Africa and the Middle East that remains dry except during rainy season.
14. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
23. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
25. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
27. Lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity.
29. The process of flowing in.
33. A small foothold used in climbing.
34. (Norse mythology) Giant who lives in the roots of Yggdrasil and guards the well of wisdom.
35. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Ansaid) that is administered only orally.
36. A short sleep (usually not in bed).
38. An Indian tree of the family Combretaceae that is a source of timber and gum.
39. The fifth of the seven canonical hours.
40. German organist and contrapuntist (1685-1750).
42. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
45. Roman emperor and adoptive son of Nerva.
46. A popular island resort in the Netherlands Antilles.
48. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
49. Leave a camp.
53. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
57. Type genus of the Ardeidae.
58. 100 halers equal 1 koruna.
59. Emperor of Rome who introduced a degree of freedom after the repressive reign of Domitian.
60. Tropical tree of Central America and West Indies and Puerto Rico having spikes of white flowers.
62. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
63. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
64. Similar to the color of jade.
66. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
67. An informal term for a father.
70. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
71. A small amount (especially of a drink).
75. A soft gray ductile metallic element used in alloys.
76. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.

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