Crossword Puzzle Number 4249 (Medium Grid)

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1. Taken or to be taken at random.
5. Eurasian perennial bulbous herbs.
11. (of molten metal or glass) Formed by pouring or pressing into a mold n 1.
15. A characteristic state or mode of living.
16. A genus of Scolopacidae.
17. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
18. Large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean.
19. A river in Germany.
20. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
21. United States civil rights leader whose college registration caused riots in traditionally segregated Mississippi (born in 1933).
24. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
27. Toward the mouth or oral region.
30. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
32. A large mountain system in south-central Europe.
36. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
37. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
39. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
41. Standard time in the 5th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian.
42. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
44. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
46. Transient cessation of respiration.
48. The wood of the sabicu which resembles mahogany.
50. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
53. Memorization by repetition.
54. Place in a grave or tomb.
57. Thorny shrub or small tree common in central Argentina having small orange or yellow flowers followed by edible berries.
59. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
62. A quantity of no importance.
64. A liquid preparation used on wet hair to it a tint.
66. Soft white semisolid fat obtained by rendering the fatty tissue of the hog v 1.
68. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
72. Using speech rather than writing.
76. An associate degree in applied science.
77. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight.
78. Mites and ticks.
79. Government agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants.
80. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
81. A reminder of past events.
82. A doctor's degree in preventive medicine.

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1. Take by theft.
2. Fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used.
3. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
4. Cut the head of.
5. A narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband.
6. An ester of carbamic acid.
7. A long narrow inlet of the sea in Scotland (especially when it is nearly landlocked).
8. A kind of person.
9. A cadenced trot executed by the horse in one spot.
10. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
11. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
12. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
13. Stalk of a moss capsule.
14. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
22. Diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria.
23. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
25. In operation or operational.
26. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
28. Measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects.
29. Jordan's port.
31. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
33. English rock star and guitarist and songwriter who with Paul McCartney wrote most of the music for the Beatles (1940-1980).
34. A genus of Bothidae.
35. A person or other animal having powers of endurance or perseverance.
38. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
40. The cry made by sheep.
43. Device for converting sound waves into electrical energy.
45. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
47. Small voraciously carnivorous freshwater fishes of South America that attack and destroy living animals.
49. Someone who is no longer alive.
51. Surface layer of ground containing a matt of grass and grass roots.
52. An alloy of mercury with another metal (usually silver) used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth.
55. The compass point that is midway between north and northeast.
56. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
58. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
60. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
61. Squash bugs.
63. German hero.
65. Block consisting of a thick piece of something.
67. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
69. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on land.
70. The lean flesh of a fish that is often farmed.
71. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
73. A woolen cap of Scottish origin.
74. (informal) Of the highest quality.
75. An adherent of any branch of Taoism.

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