Crossword Puzzle Number 3978 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Having only superficial plausibility.
4. Tuberous or rhizomatous perennial herbs.
12. The syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization.
15. Antibacterial drug (trade name Nydrazid) used to treat tuberculosis.
16. Capable of being perceived by the senses.
17. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
18. Large silvery game fish of warm Atlantic coastal waters especially off Florida.
20. Member of a Jewish sect that observes a form of strict Orthodox Judaism.
21. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
22. Flexible twig of a willow tree.
23. A tort consisting of false and malicious publication printed for the purpose of defaming a living person.
25. 1 species.
27. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
29. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
30. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
32. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
35. Being one more than three.
37. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
39. A ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element.
41. A chronic drinker.
43. English economist noted for his studies of international trade and finance (born in 1907).
45. Resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy.
47. Relating to or characteristic of the state or people of Alaska.
50. A mining town in southern Wales.
52. Continuing forever or indefinitely.
53. Of or relating to or in the manner of the playwright Henrik Ibsen.
54. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
56. The sciences concerned with gathering and manipulating and storing and retrieving and classifying recorded information.
57. A nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine.
58. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
59. Someone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car that is owned by someone else.
61. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
65. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
69. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
71. A Russian river.
73. An associate degree in applied science.
74. Ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure = 1.5 gallons.
77. A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues.
78. A doctor's degree in education.
79. Filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock.
80. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.

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1. A metal spike with a hole for a rope.
2. Squash bugs.
3. Any of various small to minute sucking insects with narrow feathery wings if any.
4. Absence of the pupil in an eye.
5. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
6. Not out.
7. Type genus of the Schizaeaceae cosmopolitan especially in tropics.
8. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
9. A net or mesh foundation for lace.
10. Being of use or service.
11. A master's degree in education.
12. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
13. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
14. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
19. The state prevailing during the absence of war.
24. Used of a single unit or thing.
26. Relating to the abomasum (the fourth compartment of the stomach of ruminants).
28. The total output of a writer or artist (or a substantial part of it).
31. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
33. The 3 goddesses of fate or destiny.
34. An upward slope or grade (as in a road).
36. A Russian river.
38. A transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images.
40. Characterized by dignity and propriety.
42. A unit of weight used in east Asia approximately equal to 1.3 ounces.
44. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
46. (biology) Of unlike parts or organs.
48. The scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals.
49. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
51. Brown sauce with tomatoes and a caramelized mixture of minced carrots and onions and celery seasoned with madeira.
55. (electronics) Designating sound transmission from two sources through two channels.
60. German chemist who did research on high-speed chemical reactions (born in 1927).
62. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
63. The basic unit of money in South Africa.
64. Quick and skillful in movement.
66. Any of a group of Indic languages spoken in Kashmir and eastern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan.
67. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
68. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
70. A bachelor's degree in naval science.
72. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
75. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
76. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically).

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