Crossword Puzzle Number 4260 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Type genus of the Anatidae.
5. Verse in the meter used in Greek and Latin poetry consisting of strophes of 4 tetrametric lines.
11. Uttering in an irritated tone.
15. A long narrow inlet of the sea in Scotland (especially when it is nearly landlocked).
16. Any of several ornamental shrubs with shiny mostly evergreen leaves and clusters of small bell-shaped flowers.
17. English essayist (1775-1834).
18. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
19. A member of the Uniat Church.
20. Moth having nonfunctional mouthparts as adults.
21. Informal terms for money.
23. Above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent.
25. Offering fun and gaiety.
26. Learns from a tutor.
28. A family of languages of the Fula people of west Africa in the sub-Sahara regions from Senegal to Chad.
29. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
32. Relating to the blood vessels or blood.
34. A body of poetry that conveys the traditions of a society by treating some epic theme.
38. A writing implement with a point from which ink flows.
40. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
42. An edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle.
43. The distinctive spirit of a people or an era.
47. A strong solution of sodium or potassium hydroxide.
48. A disorderly crowd of people.
50. The posterior part of the mandible that is more or less vertical.
52. East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient.
54. Waterfall in Canada is the Horseshoe Falls.
56. A cephalosporin antibiotic (trade name Ultracef).
58. United States baseball player and manager (1873-1934).
59. Feeling or showing extreme anger.
61. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
64. Formerly the chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa.
66. Long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant.
70. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
71. Coelenterate genus of order Madreporaria, including staghorn corals.
75. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
76. A caustic detergent useful for removing grease.
77. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
78. A master's degree in fine arts.
79. The quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength.
80. A mountain peak in south central Sri Lanka (7,360 feet high).
81. A unit of pressure.

DOWN

1. Voluntary contributions to aid the poor.
2. The Hebrew patriarch who saved himself and his family and the animals by building an ark in which they survived 40 days and 40 nights of rain.
3. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
4. The female or generative principle.
5. (of animals) Fully developed.
6. East Indian tart yellow berrylike fruit.
7. An index of the cost of all goods and services to a typical consumer.
8. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
9. The Palestinian uprising (beginning in 1987) against the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
10. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
11. Popular music originating in the West Indies.
12. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
13. The granite-like rocks that form the outermost layer of the earth's crust.
14. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered.
22. A bivalent and trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
24. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
27. 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.
30. Revise or reorganize, esp. for the purpose of updating and improving.
31. Wholly unharmed.
33. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
35. Of or relating to the palm of the hand.
36. Ruddy duck.
37. A plaything that is ridden up and down by children at either end.
39. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
41. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
44. Type genus of the Otariidae.
45. French painter whose work influenced the impressionists (1832-1883).
46. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
49. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
51. (informal British usage) Aggravation or aggression.
53. The dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food.
55. Pose a threat to.
57. Felt hat with a creased crown.
60. 100 agorot equal 1 shekel.
62. An Eskimo hut.
63. Tear down so as to make flat with the ground.
65. Affording unobstructed entrance and exit.
67. God of love and erotic desire.
68. A flat float (usually made of logs or planks) that can be used for transport or as a platform for swimmers.
69. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
72. An accountant certified by the state.
73. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
74. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

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