Crossword Puzzle Number 5060 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Electronic warfare undertaken under direct control of an operational commander to locate sources of radiated electromagnetic energy for the purpose of immediate threat recognition.
4. Any evergreen in the southern hemisphere of the genus Podocarpus having a pulpy fruit with one hard seed.
12. A bachelor's degree in naval science.
15. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
16. A musical composition for voices and orchestra based on a religious text.
17. Annual grass of Europe and North Africa.
18. An angry disturbance.
20. Large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals.
21. A federation of North American industrial unions that merged with the American Federation of Labor in 1955.
22. Situated or taking place on the area of a stage visible to the audience.
24. A mouth or mouthlike opening.
25. An Oscan-speaking member of an ancient people of Campania.
27. French writer who generalized surrealism to literature (1897-1982).
29. Mail sent by a sender at one time.
33. United States composer and rockabilly tenor popular in the 1950s (1936-1988).
35. A kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term).
39. Broken husks of the seeds of cereal grains that are separated from the flour by sifting.
40. A European river.
42. A republic in western South America.
43. A specific sequence of three adjacent bases on a strand of DNA or RNA that provides genetic code information for a particular amino acid.
45. One haploid set of chromosomes with the genes they contain.
47. Food of a ruminant regurgitated to be chewed again.
48. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
49. An island in Indonesia east of Java.
51. Low stingless nettle of Central and South America having velvety brownish-green toothed leaves and clusters of small green flowers.
55. Lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity.
57. A male religious of an order of mendicant preachers of the gospel.
59. Eurasian perennial herb having pale pink flowers and curved pods.
62. An ideal instance.
66. A grant made by a law court.
67. Indian statesman and leader with Gandhi in the struggle for home rule.
70. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
71. A Chadic language spoken in Chad.
73. A notable achievement.
74. Founder of Christian Science in 1866 (1821-1910).
75. Jutting or overhanging.
76. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.

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1. The persistence of a sound after its source has stopped.
2. A city of central China.
3. Occurring widely (as to many people).
4. The brightest star in Ursa Minor.
5. Aromatic Eurasian perennial.
6. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
7. (of securities) Not quoted on a stock exchange.
8. The part of the large intestine between the cecum and the rectum.
9. (Greek mythology) Greek god of war.
10. Gear (including necessary machinery) for a particular enterprise.
11. A dense winter fog containing ice particles.
12. Italian lawn bowling (played on a long narrow dirt court).
13. Sole genus of the family Naiadaceae.
14. Of or relating to or made of stone.
19. An industrial city in the Donets Basin.
23. Sweetened milk or cream mixed with eggs and usually alcoholic liquor.
26. Disposed of as useless.
28. (Greek mythology) A maiden seduced by Zeus.
30. A unit of weight used in some Spanish speaking countries.
31. A large Yoruba city in southwestern Nigeria.
32. Joyful religious song celebrating the birth of Christ.
34. A Russian river.
36. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
37. Malodorous tropical plant having a spathe that resembles the corolla of a morning glory and attains a diameter of several feet.
38. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
41. Bar temporarily.
44. (Old Testament) A famous hunter.
46. Gauge something incorrectly or improperly.
50. A state of Uganda and site of a former Bantu kingdom.
52. Noisy quarrel.
53. Being one more than two.
54. Ancient city is southeastern Italy where Hannibal defeated the Romans in 216 BC.
56. A prominent rock or pile of rocks on a hill.
58. The month following March and preceding May.
60. Inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence.
61. An aromatic ointment used in antiquity.
63. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
64. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
65. A quantity of no importance.
68. The organ of sight (`peeper' is an informal term for `eye').
69. Hormones (estrogen and progestin) are given to postmenopausal women.
72. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.

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