Crossword Puzzle Number 5389 (Medium Grid)

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1. Standard temperature and pressure.
4. Dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative.
11. The capital and largest city of Japan.
15. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
16. Type genus of the Artamidae.
17. The chief solid component of mammalian urine.
18. An upward slope or grade (as in a road).
19. True firs.
20. A knee-length pleated tartan skirt.
21. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
22. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
24. Any member of Athapaskan tribes that migrated to the southwestern desert (from Arizona to Texas and south into Mexico).
26. Lens for correcting defective vision in one eye.
28. (Arthurian legend) A nephew of Arthur and one of the knights of the Round Table.
29. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
31. A city in northwestern Switzerland.
32. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
33. The organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract.
35. A federally sponsored corporation that insures accounts in national banks and other qualified institutions.
40. Raspberry native to eastern North America having black thimble-shaped fruit.
44. With rapid movements.
46. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
47. The habitation of wild animals.
49. Annual to perennial herbs of the Mediterranean region.
50. A rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders).
51. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
53. An ancient Assyrian city on the River Tigris and traditional capital of Assyria.
54. The compass point that is midway between north and northeast.
56. United States anarchist (born in Italy) who with Bartolomeo Vanzetti was convicted of murder and in spite of world-wide protest was executed (1891-1927).
57. A city in northwest Indiana on Lake Michigan.
59. Sexually transmitted urethritis (usually caused by chlamydia).
60. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
66. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
70. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
72. A drama set to music.
74. An associate degree in applied science.
75. Canadian hockey player (born 1948).
76. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
78. A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues.
79. (British) Your grandmother.
80. Herbs of Mediterranean to central Asia cultivated for their flowers.
81. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.

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1. A bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases.
2. An account describing incidents or events.
3. (Greek mythology) The last king of Troy.
4. A small tent used as a dressing room beside the sea or a swimming pool.
5. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
6. Standing posture.
7. United States writer of satirical novels (1879-1958).
8. Any organic compound containing the group -CONH2.
9. European strong-scented perennial herb with gray-green bitter-tasting leaves.
10. The slender spear of the Bantu-speaking people of Africa.
11. Japanese mathematical physicist who proposed that nuclear forces are mediated by massive particles called mesons which are analogous to the photon in mediating electromagnetic forces (1907-1981).
12. Any plant of the genus Erica.
13. A city in north-central India.
14. Of or related to or derived from oats.
23. Ratio of the hypotenuse to the opposite side.
25. The 3 goddesses of fate or destiny.
27. The wood of an African obeche tree.
30. A hussar's jacket worn over the shoulders.
34. A river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River.
36. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
37. (law) A comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy.
38. Come to pass.
39. A special loved one.
41. Unknown god.
42. A town in central Belgium.
43. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
45. Capital and largest city of the Czech Republic.
48. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
52. An artificial language.
55. The dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia.
58. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
61. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered.
62. A noisemaker (as at parties or games) that makes a loud noise when you blow through it.
63. (comparative of `much' used with mass nouns) Quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree.
64. Someone who copies the words or behavior of another.
65. A plant lacking a permanent woody stem.
67. Any of a group of Indic languages spoken in Kashmir and eastern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan.
68. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
69. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
71. (music) The pace of music measured by the number of beats occurring in 60 seconds.
73. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
77. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.

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