Crossword Puzzle Number 5452 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A landlocked republic in northwestern Africa.
5. Melon having yellowish rind and whitish flesh.
11. New information about specific and timely events.
15. By bad luck.
16. Capital of Armenia.
17. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
18. (Babylonian) God of fire.
20. Good at incubating eggs especially a fowl kept for that purpose.
21. Group of people related by blood or marriage.
22. A member of the Uniat Church.
23. Expanding and contracting rhythmically as to the beating of the heart.
25. (Judaism) The ceremonial dinner on the first night (or both nights) of Passover.
28. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
29. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
30. Any taillike structure.
34. The principles of right and wrong that are accepted by an individual or a social group.
37. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
38. A preparation (usually made of sweetened chicle) for chewing.
39. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
40. Of or relating to or characteristic of Hades or Tartarus.
45. A port city in western Mexico on the Pacific Ocean.
47. Being ahead of time or need.
50. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
51. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
52. A curve in a stream.
53. Any of various plants of the genus Senna having pinnately compound leaves and showy usually yellow flowers.
55. (military) Signal to turn the lights out.
57. United States poet and critic (1899-1979).
58. Being nine more than ninety.
61. Thick heavy expensive material with a raised pattern.
65. Any unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon.
69. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
70. A large region between the Black and Caspian seas.
73. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
74. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
75. An insulating material.
76. A vacuum tube in which a hot cathode emits a beam of electrons that pass through a high voltage anode and are focused or deflected before hitting a phosphorescent screen.
77. An informal term for a father.
78. Bubble shells.
79. The capital and largest city of Japan.

DOWN

1. A magician or sorcerer of ancient times.
2. Place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel.
3. Long-winged web-footed aquatic bird of the gull family.
4. Of or relating to or characteristic of Israel or its people.
5. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
6. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
7. Formerly a contemptuous term of address to an inferior man or boy.
8. 100 avos equal 1 pataca.
9. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
10. A mountain range in South America running 5000 miles along the Pacific coast.
11. Type genus of the Noctuidae.
12. (Norse mythology) Goddess of old age who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
13. Deprive (infants) of mother's milk.
14. North American woodland herb similar to and used as substitute for the Chinese ginseng.
19. A city in the central Netherlands.
24. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
26. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
27. A small cake leavened with yeast.
31. A landlocked republic in eastern Africa.
32. Extremely pleasant in a gentle way.
33. A former unit of electric current (slightly smaller than the SI ampere).
35. Relating to or used in or intended for trade or commerce.
36. The official of a synagogue who conducts the liturgical part of the service and sings or chants the prayers intended to be performed as solos.
41. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
42. Related on the mother's side.
43. A town in southwestern Idaho.
44. A member of the eastern branch of the Sioux.
46. Of or related to the amnion or characterized by developing an amnion.
48. (Greek mythology) Daughter of Zeus and Demeter.
49. A state in the eastern United States.
54. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
56. Any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water.
59. Use again after processing.
60. (formerly) A writing tablet made of slate.
62. Avatar of Vishnu.
63. Toward the mouth or oral region.
64. Unpleasantly cool and humid.
66. The front of the head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear.
67. A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments.
68. An international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security.
71. Of inferior or mixed breed.
72. Experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness.

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