Crossword Puzzle Number 4852 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A branch of the Tai languages.
4. Hardy coarse-haired sheep of central Asia.
11. A professional cook.
15. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
16. Stain (furniture) black to make it look like ebony.
17. A local and well-defined elevation of the land.
18. The cry made by sheep.
19. A North American tree of the genus Liquidambar having prickly spherical fruit clusters and fragrant sap.
20. (prefix) Indicating difference or variation.
21. (Old Testament) The son of Abraham who was cast out after the birth of Isaac.
23. Relating to or characteristic of the Celts.
25. Realistic Norwegian author who wrote plays on social and political themes (1828-1906).
28. A Spanish unit of length (about a yard) having different values in different localities.
31. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
33. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
36. Someone who cuts and delivers ice.
39. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
42. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
43. Relating to or consisting of or producing or resembling milk.
45. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
46. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
48. East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient.
49. A program for a race meeting.
52. Double star 15.7 light years from Earth.
53. Smother or suppress.
56. Above the surround or above the normal position.
58. Verse in the meter used in Greek and Latin poetry consisting of strophes of 4 tetrametric lines.
62. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
65. A heavy block of iron or steel on which hot metals are shaped by hammering.
66. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
67. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
69. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
71. A doctor's degree in education.
72. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
75. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
76. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
77. One who quakes and trembles with (or as with) fear.
78. A chronic skin disease occurring primarily in women between the ages of 20 and 40.

DOWN

1. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
2. By bad luck.
3. Not only so, but.
4. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
5. True firs.
6. (botany) Especially of petals or leaves in bud.
7. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
8. Plaything consisting of a light frame covered with tissue paper.
9. The act of using.
10. A projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged under water.
11. A stiff chitinous seta or bristle especially of an annelid worm.
12. Hilly land.
13. (Norse mythology) Goddess of old age who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
14. A small loosely aggregated mass of flocculent material suspended in or precipitated from a liquid.
22. A member of the extinct Algonquian people formerly living in northern Indiana and southern Michigan.
24. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
26. Tag the base runner to get him out.
27. A river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River.
29. Any organic compound formed by adding alcohol molecules to aldehyde molecules.
30. Someone who puts text into appropriate form for publication.
32. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
34. Confederate general during the American Civil War who was defeated by Grant in the battle of Chattanooga (1817-1876).
35. An Australian boomerang.
37. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
38. A syllabic script used in writing Sanskrit and Hindi.
40. A boy or man.
41. No longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life.
44. A psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a magical incantation.
47. Textual matter that is added onto a publication.
50. Worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down.
51. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels.
54. The word class that qualifies verbs or clauses.
55. The upper surface of the mouth that separates the oral and nasal cavities.
57. Fried quickly in a little fat.
59. Combined or joined to increase in size or quantity or scope.
60. Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence.
61. A small unit serving as the nucleus of a larger political movement.
63. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
64. A barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports.
68. A vessel (usually cylindrical) with a wide mouth and without handles.
70. An emotional response that has been acquired by conditioning.
73. A unit of weight equivalent to 1000 kilograms.
74. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.

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