Crossword Puzzle Number 4956 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Hormones (estrogen and progestin) are given to postmenopausal women.
4. A landlocked socialist republic in central Asia.
12. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
15. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
16. Mildly laxative n.
17. An alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991.
18. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
19. Of or pertaining to or characteristic of Nepal or its people or language or culture.
20. The fourth month of the Hindu calendar.
22. Of or relating to Jamaica (the island or the country) or to its inhabitants.
24. Titmice and chickadees.
26. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
27. A lateen-rigged sailing vessel used by Arabs.
29. Small genus of hairy herbs with yellow flowers.
33. An impudent or insolent rejoinder.
37. European strong-scented perennial herb with gray-green bitter-tasting leaves.
38. Avoid or try to avoid, as of duties, questions and issues.
41. A book of the New Testament.
43. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
46. A sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain.
47. Using more words than necessary.
51. Of or relating to Laos or its people.
53. Plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits.
54. Dye with a color.
55. A public promotion of some product or service.
56. A small low-powered electrically powered vehicle driven on a special platform where there are many others to be dodged.
59. Hoop that covers a wheel.
64. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
67. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
68. A human limb.
69. An associate degree in applied science.
72. Jordan's port.
73. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
74. A famous waterfall in Venezuela.
76. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
77. The sign language used in the United States.
78. Type genus of the Glareolidae.
79. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

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1. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
2. Type genus of the Ranidae.
3. A conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers.
4. Coextensive with the order Pholidota.
5. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
6. Type genus of the Nepidae.
7. The father of your father or mother.
8. A slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water.
9. Australian moundbird.
10. Not out.
11. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
12. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
13. A genus of Mustelidae.
14. United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993).
21. East Indian tree whose leaves are used for fodder.
23. (informal) Of the highest quality.
25. Slender bristlelike appendage found on the bracts of grasses.
28. Paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people).
30. Greek geometer (3rd century BC).
31. Desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers.
32. An informal term for a father.
34. (computer science) American Standard Code for Information Interchange.
35. The ninth month of the civil year.
36. A biased way of looking at or presenting something.
39. A choice or delicious dish.
40. An arithmetic operation performed on floating-point numbers.
42. A party of people assembled in the evening (usually at a private house).
44. American dramatist (1928- ).
45. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
48. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
49. 100 stotinka equal 1 lev.
50. A content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb.
52. Thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus.
57. English Catholic novelist (1904-1991).
58. (botany) Especially of leaves.
60. Botswanan statesman who was the first president of Botswana (1921-1980).
61. Wild or domesticated South American cud-chewing animal related to camels but smaller and lacking a hump.
62. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
63. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
65. A mountainous landlocked communist state in southeastern Asia.
66. Make high-pitched, whiney noises.
70. 10 grams.
71. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
75. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.

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