Crossword Puzzle Number 5025 (Medium Grid)

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1. An edge tool used to cut and shape wood.
4. The capital and largest city of the province of Alberta.
12. Tag the base runner to get him out.
15. A source of oil.
16. Any of numerous plants of the genus Gladiolus native chiefly to tropical and South Africa having sword-shaped leaves and one-sided spikes of brightly colored funnel-shaped flowers.
17. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
18. An inflammatory complication of leprosy that results in painful skin lesions on the arms and legs and face.
19. Clothed or adorned with finery.
20. A hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers.
21. A positively charged electrode by which electrons leave an electrical device.
23. Fertility goddess in ancient Greek mythology.
25. Any of the small tubules that are the excretory units of the vertebrate kidney.
28. The cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one.
30. A small horizontal rope between the shrouds of a sailing ship.
32. The last (12th) month of the year.
35. A master's degree in religion.
37. A unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries.
40. Type genus of the Amiidae.
42. A large fleet.
44. Striped hyena of southeast Africa that feeds chiefly on insects.
45. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
46. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
48. A serve that strikes the net before falling into the receiver's court.
49. Relatively nontoxic South African herb smoked like tobacco.
51. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
54. A public promotion of some product or service.
55. Elk or moose.
57. A small cake leavened with yeast.
59. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
61. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
65. A deep pulsating type of pain.
68. The Hebrew patriarch who saved himself and his family and the animals by building an ark in which they survived 40 days and 40 nights of rain.
70. United States physiologist (born in Germany) who did research on parthenogenesis (1859-1924).
71. The capital of Croatia.
73. (archaic) The emperor of Japan.
75. A run that is the result of the batter's performance.
76. 100 avos equal 1 pataca.
77. Small moths whose larvae spin silken tunnels and feed on stored food products.
79. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
80. A widely distributed system consisting of all the cells able to ingest bacteria or colloidal particles etc, except for certain white blood cells.
81. (Greek mythology) The blind prophet of Thebes who revealed to Oedipus that Oedipus had murdered his father and married his mother.
82. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

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1. An association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia.
2. English clergyman and metaphysical poet celebrated as a preacher (1572-1631).
3. A drug (trade name Zyloprim) used to treat gout and other conditions in which there is an excessive buildup of uric acid.
4. King of Wessex whose military victories made Wessex the most powerful kingdom in England (died in 839).
5. A chronic skin disease occurring primarily in women between the ages of 20 and 40.
6. (informal) Roused to anger.
7. A European river.
8. A position particularly well suited to the person who occupies it.
9. Insignificantly small.
10. An ornamental but poisonous flowering shrub having narrow evergreen leaves and clusters of fragrant white to pink or red flowers.
11. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
12. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
13. God of fire.
14. An unofficial association of people or groups.
22. An Indian tree of the family Combretaceae that is a source of timber and gum.
24. Long-tailed brilliantly colored parrot of Central and South America.
26. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
27. A hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion.
29. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
31. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
33. Low-growing tropical perennials grown for their stingless foliage.
34. A large number or amount.
36. Causing fear or dread or terror.
38. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
39. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
41. Among the largest bony fish.
43. The face of a timepiece.
47. One that is absent or not in residence.
50. British physicist (born in Hungary) noted for his work on holography (1900-1979).
52. Minute freshwater crustacean having a round body enclosed in a transparent shell.
53. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
56. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
58. An ancient city in southeastern Greece.
60. A fine-grained unstratified accumulation of clay and silt deposited by the wind.
62. British filmmaker (born in Hungary) (1893-1956).
63. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
64. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
66. A person who possesses great material wealth.
67. Biennial Eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible root.
69. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
72. (computer science) A measure of how densely information is packed on a storage medium.
74. An association of countries in the western hemisphere.
78. A period of time equal to 1/24th of a day.

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