Crossword Puzzle Number 3914 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A shape that sags.
4. Tiny marine and freshwater crustaceans with a shrimp-like body enclosed in a bivalve shell.
12. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
15. Sexually transmitted urethritis (usually caused by chlamydia).
16. Sing with one vowel.
17. 10 grams.
18. Run faster than.
20. A vessel (usually cylindrical) with a wide mouth and without handles.
21. A river in southeastern France.
23. The commonest type of solidified lava.
24. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
25. Sports equipment that is worn on the feet to enable the wearer to glide along on wheels and to be propelled by the alternate actions of the legs.
26. The event of dying or departure from life.
27. Being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time.
29. The reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth.
36. A large genus of dicotyledonous trees and shrubs of the family Aquifoliaceae that have small flowers and berries (including hollies).
39. Any organic compound formed by adding alcohol molecules to aldehyde molecules.
40. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
42. An account describing incidents or events.
43. Any plant of the genus Filago having capitate clusters of small woolly flower heads.
46. A public promotion of some product or service.
48. A blank leaf in the front of back of a book.
52. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
53. Steps consisting of two parallel members connected by rungs.
55. How long something has existed.
58. Tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit.
60. French romantic writer (1766-1817).
63. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
67. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
68. Submit or yield to another's wish or opinion.
72. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
73. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
75. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
76. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
77. Low stingless nettle of Central and South America having velvety brownish-green toothed leaves and clusters of small green flowers.
78. An associate degree in applied science.

DOWN

1. A person regarded as arrogant and annoying.
2. Largest known toad species.
3. (informal) Fortitude and determination.
4. Trade name for an oral contraceptive containing mestranol and a progestin compound.
5. United States writer (born in 1933).
6. A crystalline metallic element not found in nature.
7. A Hindu prince or king in India.
8. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
9. Ellipse in which the two axes are of equal length.
10. A mouth or mouthlike opening.
11. Of or relating to theism.
12. The content of cognition.
13. A small narrow pointed missile that is thrown or shot.
14. American novelist (1909-1955).
19. (in a digital numeration system) The positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place.
22. Of or relating to or forming or attached to a skeleton.
28. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
30. A Christian Bishop who translated the Bible from Greek into Gothic (311-382).
31. United States circus clown (1898-1979).
32. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
33. Type genus of the Otariidae.
34. Losing color.
35. A vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs.
37. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
38. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
41. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
44. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
45. A brittle gray crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors.
47. A radioactive transuranic element synthesized from californium.
49. The United Nations agency concerned with the international organization of food and agriculture.
50. Freshwater fish of Central America having a long swordlike tail.
51. Using speech rather than writing.
54. An ornamental jewelled headdress signifying sovereignty.
56. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
57. A fastener (as a buckle or hook) that is used to hold two things together.
59. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
61. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
62. Queen of the Olympian gods in ancient Greek mythology.
64. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
65. A wine bottle made of leather.
66. Type genus of the Anatidae.
69. An accountant certified by the state.
70. Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc..
71. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
74. Being nine more than ninety.

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