Crossword Puzzle Number 5353 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Interface consisting of a standard port between a computer and its peripherals that is used in some computers.
5. A liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent.
12. Of southern Europe.
15. Any of several trees producing edible oval smooth-skinned fruit with a single hard stone.
16. The basic unit of money in Paraguay.
17. (computer science) A measure of how densely information is packed on a storage medium.
18. An artificial source of visible illumination.
19. A person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms and pacifies.
20. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
21. Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence.
23. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir known for his beauty and skill with bow and skis.
25. The cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one.
27. A ballistic missile that is capable of traveling from one continent to another.
30. A discussion intended to produce an agreement.
32. (Greek mythology) A maiden who was first a sculpture created by Pygmalion and was brought to life by Aphrodite in answer to Pygmalion's prayers.
36. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
39. Singing jazz.
40. A unit of force equal to 1000 newtons.
41. A unit of apothecary weight equal to 480 grains or one twelfth of a pound.
43. A system of solmization using the solfa syllables.
46. A writing implement with a point from which ink flows.
47. The mother of your father or mother.
49. Praise formally and eloquently.
52. A member of a rural Finnish people living in eastern Russia.
53. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
54. Florentine navigator who explored the coast of South America.
55. One of the three Furies.
58. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
59. A doctor's degree in optometry.
60. Bearded reddish sheep of southern Asia.
64. Squash bugs.
67. A clan identified by their kinship to a common totemic object.
70. A short labored intake of breath with the mouth open.
73. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
74. Relating to or affecting the infant during the first month after birth.
77. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
78. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
79. The hot period between early July and early September.
80. A light touch or stroke.
81. Type genus of the Suidae.
82. Capable of being raised to an upright position.
83. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

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1. Being divided or separated.
2. A group of biological taxa or species that share features inherited from a common ancestor.
3. An area in the southern region of Babylonia in present-day Iraq.
4. The striking of one body against another.
5. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
6. A very attractive or seductive looking woman.
7. The second largest of Jupiter's satellites.
8. Using speech rather than writing.
9. A frame attached to a wagon to increase the amount of hay it can carry.
10. Used of a single unit or thing.
11. (Irish) The sea personified.
12. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
13. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
14. A linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing.
22. Hired for the exclusive temporary use of a group of travelers.
24. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
26. Considerate and solicitous care.
28. An outstanding Spanish cellist noted for his interpretation of Bach's cello suites (1876-1973).
29. Sandwich filled with slices of bacon and tomato with lettuce.
31. A river of southwestern Africa that rises in central Angola and flows east and then north (forming part of the border between Angola and Congo) and continuing northwest through Congo to empty into the Congo River on the border between Congo and Republic of the Congo.
33. A city in west central Mexico.
34. Romanian violinist and composer (1881-1955).
35. An epic in Latin by Virgil.
37. Of or pertaining to hearing or the ear.
38. Something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares.
42. 1 species.
44. The basic unit of money in Bulgaria.
45. A substance that can be burned to provide heat or power.
48. Any of a group of antidepressant drugs that inhibit the action of monoamine oxidase in the brain and so allow monoamines to accumulate.
50. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
51. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
56. A psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a magical incantation.
57. (medicine) Of or relating to abnormal neuromuscular activity characterized by rapidly alternating muscle contraction and relaxation.
61. Make amends for.
62. Limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent.
63. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
65. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
66. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
68. Consideration in dealing with others and avoiding giving offence.
69. Small ornamental ladies' bag for small articles.
71. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
72. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
75. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
76. Towards the side away from the wind.

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