Crossword Puzzle Number 5409 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. White crystalline compound used as a food additive to enhance flavor.
4. Inability to control the flow of urine and involuntary urination.
12. A state-chartered savings bank owned by its depositors and managed by a board of trustees.
15. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
16. A member of the extinct Algonquian people formerly living between Lake Michigan and Lake Superior.
17. A pointed tool for marking surfaces or for punching small holes.
18. A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow).
19. Of or relating to or derived from pectin.
20. Indigo bush.
22. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
24. (Irish) The sea personified.
26. Remote in manner.
29. Clean refuse from.
32. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
33. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
34. A rare polyvalent metallic element of the platinum group.
36. Italian brandy made from residue of grapes after pressing.
40. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the practice of Yoga).
44. Lap that forms a cloth border doubled back and stitched down v 1.
45. Small buffalo of Mindoro in the Philippines.
47. A small outdoor fire for warmth or cooking (as at a camp).
50. A sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain.
51. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
52. Towards the side away from the wind.
53. The lean flesh of a fish similar to cod.
54. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
57. (Welsh) Corresponds to Iris Ler.
59. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
60. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
62. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
68. (anatomy) A fold or wrinkle or crease.
69. The great hall in ancient Persian palaces.
72. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
73. In or relating to or obtained from urine.
74. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
75. Misery resulting from affliction.
76. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
77. Genus of beetles whose grubs feed mainly on roots of plants.
78. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.

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1. A magic power or magic spell.
2. A fraudulent business scheme.
3. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
4. Pierce with a sharp stake or point.
5. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
6. Become or cause to become unobstructed.
7. A phylum including.
8. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
9. Intentionally so written (used after a printed word or phrase).
10. Not out.
11. Orange liqueur with lemon juice and brandy.
12. A republic on the island of Malta in the Mediterranean.
13. Having a pleasant taste (as of sugar).
14. Especially a leaf of grass or the broad portion of a leaf as distinct from the petiole.
21. Scale-like structure between the base of the wing and the halter of a two-winged fly.
23. Capital and largest city of Cuba.
25. (informal) Exceptionally good.
27. Used of a single unit or thing.
28. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
30. Any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch.
31. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
35. Having removed clothing.
37. A small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle).
38. Characterized by liveliness and light-heartedness.
39. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
41. A genus of tropical Asian and Malaysian palm trees.
42. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
43. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
46. A language spoken by the Atakapa people of the Gulf coast of Louisiana and Texas.
48. A colorless poisonous gas.
49. A corporation authorized by Congress to provide a secondary market for residential mortgages.
55. Wool of the alpaca.
56. (archaic) The emperor of Japan.
58. A gum used especially as a thickener or emulsifier.
61. Jordan's port.
63. A sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure.
64. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
65. Diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail.
66. A slender double-reed instrument.
67. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
70. A writing implement with a point from which ink flows.
71. Lacking in light.

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