Crossword Puzzle Number 5261 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. An elegantly dressed man (often with affected manners).
4. (biology) A relative capacity to unite or react or interact as with antigens or a biological substrate.
11. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
15. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
16. A tray for making cubes of ice in a refrigerator.
17. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
18. A person to whom money is paid.
19. Small compact-bodied almost completely aquatic bird that builds floating nests.
20. An enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept.
21. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
22. Exactly vertical.
26. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
27. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
29. Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers.
31. A complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists.
32. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
36. Being nine more than ninety.
37. Being nine more than forty.
38. Food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing.
41. Hard greenish-brown wood of the lignum vitae tree and other trees of the genus Guaiacum.
44. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
46. A bag used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women).
48. (anatomy) Of or relating to the ilium.
49. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
50. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
51. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
53. Smaller of two tall fast-running flightless birds similar to ostriches but three-toed.
54. The 20th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
56. A major city of northeastern Oklahoma on the Arkansas river.
58. A bachelor's degree in science.
59. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
60. (informal) Of the highest quality.
61. The cry made by sheep.
64. Small genus of southeastern Asian tropics.
71. Speaking a Slavic language.
72. An explanation or definition of an obscure word in a text.
74. A slender double-reed instrument.
75. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
78. A Loloish language.
79. The airforce of Great Britain.
80. Grass of the eastern United States and tropical America having spikelets enclosed in prickly burs.
81. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.

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1. Type genus of the Nepidae.
2. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
3. Common Indian weaverbird.
4. Compete for something.
5. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
6. Not having legs.
7. An ancient country in central Italy.
8. A recurring sleep state during which rapid eye movements do not occur and dreaming does not occur.
9. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
10. The organ of sight (`peeper' is an informal term for `eye').
11. A rechargeable battery with a nickel cathode and a cadmium anode.
12. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
13. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
14. A primeval personification of air and breath.
23. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
24. Tropical New World lizard with a long tail and large rectangular scales on the belly and a long tail.
25. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
28. An informal term for a father.
30. Ending in a sharp point.
33. A small hard particle.
34. A nation in northern North America.
35. A tablet placed horizontally on top of the capital of a column as an aid in supporting the architrave.
39. United States screenwriter and filmmaker (born in 1944).
40. (Greek mythology) A Titan who was forced by Zeus to bear the sky on his shoulders.
42. Type genus of the Anatidae.
43. A woman's dress style that imitates the caftan cloaks worn by men in the Near East.
45. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
47. A hormone secreted by the pancreas.
52. Tall feather palm of northern Brazil with hard-shelled nuts yielding valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory.
55. A television system that has more than the usual number of lines per frame so its pictures show more detail.
57. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
62. Typical geese.
63. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
65. English essayist (1775-1834).
66. Young of domestic cattle.
67. United States physiologist (born in Germany) who did research on parthenogenesis (1859-1924).
68. A rich soil consisting of a mixture of sand and clay and decaying organic materials.
69. The capital and chief port of Qatar.
70. A period of time containing 365 (or 366) days.
73. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
76. An honorary degree in science.
77. A state in midwestern United States.

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