Crossword Puzzle Number 4857 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
4. An analgesic for mild pain.
11. A rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders).
15. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
16. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
17. Goddess of fertility.
18. The 13th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
19. Move away from a place into another direction.
21. The ratio of reflected to incident light.
23. The airforce of Great Britain.
24. The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on.
25. Small siskin-like finch with a red crown.
26. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
28. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
29. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
32. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
34. (informal) Being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition.
38. A fraudulent business scheme.
44. Black tropical American cuckoo.
45. German mathematician (1804-1851).
47. An Italian poet famous for `The Divine Comedy'--a journey through hell and purgatory and paradise guided by Virgil and his idealized Beatrice (1265-1321).
48. A game in which numbered balls are drawn and random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards.
50. The basic monetary unit in many countries.
52. Horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits.
53. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
54. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
57. Very spicy sauce made from tabasco peppers.
61. Having the wind against the forward side of the sails.
64. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
68. An advanced law degree.
69. Having a hard back or cover.
73. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
74. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
75. An Old World reptile family of Sauria.
76. A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow).
77. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
78. A mountain peak in south central Sri Lanka (7,360 feet high).
79. Used of a single unit or thing.

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1. Any of various hard resins from trees of the family Dipterocarpaceae and of the genus Agathis.
2. Administer an oil or ointment to.
3. The 11th letter of the Greek alphabet.
4. Marine bivalve that bores into rock or clay or wood by means of saw-like shells.
5. Small space in a tissue or part such as the area between veins on a leaf or an insect's wing.
6. A small drink of liquor.
7. The sixth month of the civil year.
8. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
9. Cause to waver or submit by or as if by staring.
10. A unit of luminous flux equal to the amount of light given out through a solid angle of 1 steradian by a point source of 1 candela intensity radiating uniformly in all directions.
11. Humorously vulgar.
12. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the practice of Yoga).
13. Trace the shape of.
14. Catch sight of.
20. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
22. (computer science) A read-only memory chip that can be erased by ultraviolet light and programmed again with new data.
27. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
30. Relating to or promoting digestion.
31. A member of the Siouan people of Virginia and North Carolina.
33. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
35. Love intensely.
36. A small cake leavened with yeast.
37. 1 species.
39. Belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself).
40. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
41. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
42. A public promotion of some product or service.
43. Fairly small terrestrial ferns of tropical America.
46. The Palestinian uprising (beginning in 1987) against the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
49. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
51. Of deserts of northern Africa and southern Asia.
55. A member of the Circassian people living east of the Black Sea.
56. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
58. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
59. A Bantu language spoken by the Kamba people in Kenya.
60. Small room on a ship or boat where people sleep.
62. Divulge information or secrets.
63. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
65. A Hindu prince or king in India.
66. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
67. A French abbot.
70. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
71. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
72. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.

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