Crossword Puzzle Number 4503 (Medium Grid)

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1. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
4. A move or step or maneuver in political or diplomatic affairs.
12. Inquire about.
15. The compass point that is one point north of due east.
16. Greek philosopher who believed that the world is a random combination of atoms and that pleasure is the highest good (341-270 BC).
17. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
18. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
19. A soft fabric made from the wool of the Cashmere goat.
20. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
21. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
23. Massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa.
25. Viscera and trimmings of a butchered animal often considered inedible by humans.
26. The craniometric point that is the most prominent point at the back of the head (at the occipital protuberance).
27. Antibiotic-resistant mycoplasma causing a kind of pneumonia in humans.
30. On the positive side or higher end of a scale.
34. The dried fibrous part of the fruit of a plant of the genus Luffa.
36. Half the width of an em.
40. A language spoken by the Atakapa people of the Gulf coast of Louisiana and Texas.
44. A member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times.
45. Chinese evergreen conifer discovered in 1955.
46. The cry made by sheep.
48. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
49. Goddess of fate.
50. Of or pertaining to the adrenal glands or their secretions.
51. A Mid-Atlantic state.
53. Made of fir or pine.
55. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
58. The twelfth month of the civil year.
62. (physics and chemistry) The smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element.
66. The small projection of a mammary gland.
69. Small genus of Eurasian aquatic perennial herbs.
70. A quantity of no importance.
71. Used to refer to cited works.
73. A musical notation written on a staff indicating the pitch of the notes following it.
74. Chief port of Yemen.
75. Small air-breathing arthropod.
76. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.

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1. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
2. A Spanish river.
3. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family).
4. Coffee with the caffeine removed.
5. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
6. An unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate.
7. Any of several plants of the genus Achillea native to Europe and having small white flowers in flat-topped flower heads.
8. The part of a quadruped that corresponds to the human buttocks.
9. Hawk's beard.
10. The 2nd largest of the Great Lakes.
11. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
12. The ninth month of the Hindu calendar.
13. A fraudulent business scheme.
14. God of love and erotic desire.
22. The dried fibrous part of the fruit of a plant of the genus Luffa.
24. A large city of central Poland.
28. Thick (often creamy) soup.
29. Fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey.
31. An organization of independent states to promote international peace and security.
32. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
33. Wild sheep of semidesert regions in central Asia.
35. (zoology) Lacking a tail or taillike appendage.
37. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
38. A public promotion of some product or service.
39. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
41. A port in southwestern Scotland.
42. A genus of Ploceidae.
43. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
47. An Italian poet famous for love lyrics (1304-1374).
52. A landlocked principality in the Himalayas northeast of India.
54. Traveling on horseback.
56. Especially a leaf of grass or the broad portion of a leaf as distinct from the petiole.
57. A state in the eastern United States.
59. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
60. Having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range.
61. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
63. Great in vertical dimension.
64. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
65. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
67. An index of the cost of all goods and services to a typical consumer.
68. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
72. A unit of weight equivalent to 1000 kilograms.

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