Crossword Puzzle Number 5284 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A person regarded as arrogant and annoying.
5. The largest island of the central Ryukyu Islands.
12. The vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves).
15. Type genus of the Pipidae.
16. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
17. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
18. Lacking vigor or energy.
20. Administer an oil or ointment to.
21. Government agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants.
22. Covered with paving material.
24. Of or relating to apnea.
26. Having branches.
28. Drought-resistant Asiatic treelike shrub bearing pleasantly acid small red edible fruits commonly used in sherbets.
29. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
32. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
34. A second-rate prize fighter.
36. Situated near one another.
41. The United Nations agency concerned with international maritime activities.
42. Lake in northwestern Russia near the border with Finland.
44. Spanish poet and dramatist (1898-1936).
45. A member of the Iroquoian people formerly living between Lake Chaplain and the Saint Lawrence River.
48. A unit of electrical resistance equal to the resistance between two points on a conductor when a potential difference of one volt between them produces a current of one ampere.
49. A violent hot sand-laden wind on the deserts of Arabia and North Africa.
53. A master's degree in fine arts.
55. Widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits.
56. Inquire about.
62. Fudge made with brown sugar and butter and milk and nuts.
65. (chemistry) Relating to or containing an alkali.
69. (of tempo) Very fast adv 1.
72. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
73. (archaic or Scottish) Faithful and true.
74. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
76. A machine-readable version of a standard dictionary.
77. The capital and largest city of Japan.
78. A state in midwestern United States.
79. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.

DOWN

1. (trademark) A tinned luncheon meat made largely from pork.
2. (Babylonian) A goddess of the watery deep and daughter of Ea.
3. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
4. Small buffalo of Mindoro in the Philippines.
5. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
6. A blow that renders the opponent unconscious.
7. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
8. The state of not being.
9. Used of a single unit or thing.
10. A member of a North American people formerly living in the Colorado river valley in Arizona.
11. The 1st letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
12. Sheet that forms a distinct (usually flat) section or component of something.
13. German iris having large white flowers with lavender-tinged falls and a fragrant rhizome.
14. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
19. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
23. Philippine tree similar to the breadfruit tree bearing edible fruit.
25. A tortilla chip topped with cheese and chili-pepper and broiled.
27. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
30. A genus of Lamnidae.
31. A state of partial or total darkness.
33. With eyes full of tears.
35. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
37. Sustentacular tissue that surrounds and supports neurons in the central nervous system.
38. A natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river).
39. Of a moderate orange-yellow color.
40. Tall perennial herb of tropical Asia with dark green leaves.
43. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
46. Game in which matchsticks are arranged in rows and players alternately remove one or more of them.
47. An imperfection in a bodily system.
50. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
51. Of or relating to or characteristic of Chile or its people.
52. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
54. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
57. A dress worn primarily by Hindu women.
58. Make uniform.
59. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
60. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
61. Jordan's port.
63. The capital and largest city of Norway.
64. A member of the Shoshonean people of northeastern Arizona.
66. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
67. A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments.
68. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
70. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
71. Being two more than fifty.
75. Half the width of an em.

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