Crossword Puzzle Number 4431 (Medium Grid)

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1. Austrian physicist and philosopher who introduced the Mach number and who founded logical positivism (1838-1916).
5. A stiff protective garment worn by hockey players or a catcher in baseball to protect the shins.
12. The sign language used in the United States.
15. The capital and largest city of Norway.
16. A condition promoting sanitary practices.
17. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
18. German industrialist who was the first in Germany to use an assembly line in manufacturing automobiles (1871-1948).
19. Of legislation.
20. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
21. Align anew or better.
23. An anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions.
25. Place in a grave or tomb.
27. Perennial having hollow cylindrical leaves used for seasoning.
29. Affect with wonder.
31. A city and port in northern Jutland.
35. Seed of a pea plant.
38. In or relating to or obtained from urine.
39. The friend of Phintias who pledged his life that Phintias would return (4th century BC).
40. Soviet geneticist whose adherence to Lamarck's theory of evolution was favored by Stalin (1898-1976).
44. Large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds.
45. An extreme state of adversity.
48. A crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry.
49. The granite-like rocks that form the outermost layer of the earth's crust.
50. City in southwestern Colombia in a rich agricultural area.
52. Something that is a source of danger.
55. A globular water bottle used in Asia.
57. A crystalline metallic element not found in nature.
58. A tortilla chip topped with cheese and chili-pepper and broiled.
60. A river in southeastern France.
62. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
65. The mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.
67. A unit of weight used in east Asia approximately equal to 1.3 ounces.
70. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
71. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
74. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
75. Acting according to certain accepted standards.
77. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
78. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
79. A red soil produced by rock decay.
80. An informal term for a father.

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1. English actor and comedian who appeared on television and in films (born in 1935).
2. Made of wood of the aspen tree n.
3. A metal or leather projection (as from the sole of a shoe).
4. A very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal).
5. North American hickory having loose gray shaggy bark and edible nuts.
6. A song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation).
7. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
8. (Babylonian) A goddess of the watery deep and daughter of Ea.
9. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
10. A deficiency of red blood cells.
11. A doctor's degree in education.
12. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
13. A fraudulent business scheme.
14. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
22. Relating to the condition of immunity.
24. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
26. The last (12th) month of the year.
28. Large lipoproteins rich in triglycerides.
30. Originally a stronghold captured by David (the 2nd king of the Israelites).
32. The ending of a series or sequence.
33. Relatively small gnawing animals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing.
34. Relating to or containing gnomes.
36. The lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle).
37. An association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia.
41. A unit of traffic intensity in a telephone system.
42. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
43. (music) A short recitative that is melodic but is not an aria.
46. A tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction.
47. A mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (21,201 feet high).
51. United States writer noted for his stories about life during the California gold rush (1836-1902).
53. Of or like a cecum.
54. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
56. A brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur.
59. An established custom.
61. Worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down.
63. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
64. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
66. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
68. A genus of Mustelidae.
69. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on land.
72. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
73. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
76. A New England state.

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