Crossword Puzzle Number 3948 (Medium Grid)

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1. Tag the base runner to get him out.
4. Small plains antelope of southeastern Africa.
12. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
15. An extension at the end and at right angles to the main building.
16. The range within which a voice can be heard.
17. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
18. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
19. A long plume (especially one of egret feathers) worn on a hat or a piece of jewelry in the shape of a plume.
20. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
21. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
23. Representation of the cross on which Jesus died.
24. The unlimited 3-dimensional expanse in which everything is located.
26. People descended from a common ancestor.
29. Conforming to truth.
31. A state in midwestern United States.
33. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
36. Tall marsh plant with cylindrical seed heads that explode when mature shedding large quantities of down.
40. Small striped semiterrestrial eastern American squirrel with cheek pouches.
42. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
43. A zodiacal constellation in northern hemisphere between Cancer and Virgo.
44. Mix up or confuse.
47. Make larger.
50. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
52. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
53. A genus of Ploceidae.
54. Any of various herbaceous plants whose leaves or stems or flowers are cooked and used for food or seasoning.
58. A unit of weight used in some Spanish speaking countries.
60. A landlocked republic in central Africa.
64. Be a signal for or a symptom of.
68. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
69. A Mid-Atlantic state.
71. Gone by.
74. On or toward the lee.
75. The compass point midway between south and southeast.
76. The stipend assigned by a cathedral to a canon.
77. A small cake leavened with yeast.

DOWN

1. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
2. A city in northwestern Syria.
3. A short high tone produced as a signal or warning.
4. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
5. Long-tailed arboreal mustelid of Central and South America.
6. Relating to or produced by ergot.
7. A wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention.
8. Poor enough to need help from others.
9. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
10. The month following September and preceding November.
11. European annual grown for forage.
12. Of or relating to alga.
13. The state prevailing during the absence of war.
14. A military trainee (as at a military academy).
22. Make a shrill creaking, squeaking, or noise, as of a door, mouse, or bird.
25. Small active cicada-like insect with hind legs adapted for leaping.
27. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
28. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
30. A chronic disease of the nose characterized by a foul-smelling nasal discharge and atrophy of nasal structures.
32. Entangle or catch in in or as if in a mesh.
34. (archaic) Of persons.
35. Small beads made from polished shells and formerly used as money by native Americans.
37. An extravagantly enthusiastic review.
38. A sign of something about to happen.
39. (British) An open river valley (in a hilly area).
41. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
45. Anticonvulsant (trade name Depokene) used to prevent some kinds of seizures.
46. A noun formed from a verb (such as the `-ing' form of an English verb when used as a noun).
48. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
49. Not widely known.
51. French physiologist noted for research on secretions of the alimentary canal and the glycogenic function of the liver (1813-1878).
55. A Russian river.
56. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
57. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
59. Measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects.
61. City in Sudan.
62. The brightest star in Cygnus.
63. Type genus of the Ardeidae.
65. Oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food.
66. Footwear shaped to fit the foot (below the ankle) with a flexible upper of leather or plastic and a sole and heel of heavier material.
67. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
70. The quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength.
72. A long-playing phonograph record.
73. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.

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