Crossword Puzzle Number 5217 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
4. (used of the moon) More than half full.
11. An enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept.
15. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
16. Congenital absence of the heart (as in the development of some monsters).
17. Pale gray.
18. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
19. Revise or reorganize, esp. for the purpose of updating and improving.
20. Found near the Channel Islands.
21. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
23. The part of the eye that contains the iris and ciliary body and choroid.
25. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
26. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
28. A small railroad car propelled by hand or by a small motor.
29. A metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram.
31. A city in the European part of Russia.
32. A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex.
33. God of death.
36. The basic unit of money in Iran.
38. A Loloish language.
40. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
41. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
42. Large antelope with lightly spiraled horns of desert regions of North Africa.
44. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
47. (informal) Roused to anger.
48. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
53. A unit of atmospheric pressure equal to one thousandth of a bar.
55. The state of being decayed or destroyed.
56. Being nine more than forty.
57. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
60. A doctor's degree in dental surgery.
63. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
65. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
67. The provision of money temporarily (usually at interest).
70. Take in solid food.
72. Away from the mouth or oral region.
75. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
76. A landlord who is a woman.
78. The extreme end of something.
79. Extremely pleasing.
80. Small family of usually tropical butterflies.
81. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.

DOWN

1. The sixth month of the civil year.
2. A small cake leavened with yeast.
3. Largest crested screamer.
4. Clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion.
5. Water frozen in the solid state.
6. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
7. Loud confused noise from many sources.
8. Germanic barbarian leader who ended the western Roman Empire in 476 and became the first barbarian ruler of Italy (434-493).
9. Marked by absence of sound.
10. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
11. Type genus of the Cariamidae comprising only the crested cariama.
12. The capital of Eritrea.
13. Clarified butter used in Indian cookery.
14. Long-bodied long-tailed tropical American wildcat.
22. Scale-like structure between the base of the wing and the halter of a two-winged fly.
24. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
27. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
30. Some point in the air.
34. Get or find back.
35. A sock knitted or woven with a diamond-shaped pattern.
37. (of eggs) No longer edible.
39. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
43. Being one more than ninety.
45. A shrub or tree of the genus Rhus (usually limited to the non-poisonous members of the genus).
46. Military action involving the use of electromagnetic energy to determine or exploit or reduce or prevent hostile use of the electromagnetic spectrum.
49. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
50. Island in West Indies.
51. The basic unit of money in Cambodia.
52. Of an incalculable amount.
54. Remove with or as if with a ladle.
58. A mountain in south central Alaska.
59. Agile long-legged rabbit-sized rodent of Central and South America and West Indies.
61. A burn cause by hot liquid or steam.
62. British filmmaker (born in Hungary) (1893-1956).
64. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
66. Conduct or direct the steering of a ship or plane.
68. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
69. Type genus of the Nepidae.
71. The bill in a restaurant.
73. The cry made by sheep.
74. The organ of sight (`peeper' is an informal term for `eye').
77. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.

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