Crossword Puzzle Number 5484 (Medium Grid)

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1. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
5. (used of arms and legs) Bent outward with the joint away from the body.
11. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
15. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
16. French film maker influenced by surrealism.
17. An Eskimo hut.
18. Pass by, as of time.
20. An inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others.
21. United States naval officer and historian (1840-1914).
22. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
24. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
25. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individually.
26. The lean flesh of a fish similar to cod.
28. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
33. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
37. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
41. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
42. Tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites.
44. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
45. Any of various kinds of wheeled vehicles drawn by a horse or tractor.
47. Characterized by intense emotion.
50. (Akkadian) Mother of the gods and consort of Apsu.
53. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
54. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
57. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
58. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
59. A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex.
63. A port city in southwestern Iran.
68. The airforce of Great Britain.
69. Having or showing or conforming to good taste.
72. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
73. (folklore) Fairies that are somewhat mischievous.
74. Having no odor.
75. The compass point that is midway between north and northeast.
76. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
77. Extinct dodos and solitaires.
78. Electronic warfare undertaken under direct control of an operational commander to locate sources of radiated electromagnetic energy for the purpose of immediate threat recognition.

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1. In bed.
2. Bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves.
3. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
4. 1 species.
5. How long something has existed.
6. A blow that renders the opponent unconscious.
7. The content of cognition.
8. The eleventh month of the Hindu calendar.
9. Loud confused noise from many sources.
10. A doctor's degree in optometry.
11. An ornamental jewelled headdress signifying sovereignty.
12. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
13. Loose or flaccid body fat.
14. Tropical American flat-jointed prickly pear.
19. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
23. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
27. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
29. Small genus of dioecious tropical aquatic plants.
30. English monk and scholar (672-735).
31. One of the common people.
32. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
34. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
35. Leafless East Indian vine.
36. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
38. Italian chemist noted for work on polymers (1903-1979).
39. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
40. A kind of danceable music popular among black South Africans.
43. The ability and desire to purchase goods and services.
46. A bin that holds rubbish until it is collected.
48. Someone who tells a story.
49. A city in southeastern Sicily that was founded by Corinthians in the 8th century BC.
51. A hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion.
52. Trade name for a drug containing an antihistamine and a decongestant.
55. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
56. A port in western Israel on the Mediterranean.
60. Comb-plate or locomotor organ consisting of a row of strong cilia whose bases are fused.
61. (prefix) Across or crossing or on the opposite side.
62. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household.
64. A large bundle bound for storage or transport.
65. A quantity of no importance.
66. A shop selling delicatessen (as salads or cooked meats).
67. Other than what is under consideration or implied.
70. Piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid.
71. Hormone released by the hypothalamus that controls the release of thyroid-stimulating hormone from the anterior pituitary.

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