Crossword Puzzle Number 549 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. An informal term for a father.
4. A customary way of operation or behavior.
12. An association of countries in the western hemisphere.
15. (Babylonian) The sky god.
16. A move or step or maneuver in political or diplomatic affairs.
17. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
18. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
20. The basic unit of money in Saudi Arabia.
21. Take in solid food.
22. (Old Testament) The eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the Covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac.
23. Edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants.
26. A Greek island west of Greece.
28. A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region.
30. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
34. Large high frilly cap with a full crown.
38. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
39. United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993).
41. A river that rises in northern Colombia and flows generally eastward to the Orinoco in central Venezuela.
42. Apoapsis in solar orbit.
44. Mentally healthy.
45. Tropical American trees with palmately compound leaves and showy bell-shaped flowers.
47. An inflammatory disease of connective tissue with variable features including fever and weakness and fatigability and joint pains and skin lesions on the face or neck or arms.
48. Fiddler crabs.
50. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
53. In some classifications.
56. By bad luck.
57. Dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight.
61. An isogram connecting points having equal barometric pressure at a given time.
68. The wood of the sabicu which resembles mahogany.
70. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
71. (computer science) A graphic symbol (usually a simple picture) that denotes a program or a command or a data file or a concept in a graphical user interface.
72. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
74. The molecular weight of a substance expressed in grams.
75. A brace that extends from the rear of the keel to support the rudderpost.
76. Genus of chiefly small rock-loving ferns.
77. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.

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1. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
2. Type genus of the Anatidae.
3. Port city in the United Arab Emirates on the Persian Gulf.
4. A unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 foot/sec/sec to a mass of 1 pound.
5. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
6. Before noon.
7. Tall North American reed having relative wide leaves and large plumelike panicles.
8. The cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one.
9. Devoid of warmth and cordiality.
10. (Judaism) An eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem.
11. The fatty flesh of eel.
12. A large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere.
13. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
14. Wife of Ramachandra.
19. A device that displays words for people to read.
24. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
25. Fig tree of India noted for great size and longevity.
27. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
29. Roman lyric poet said to have influenced English poetry (65-8 BC).
31. Divulge information or secrets.
32. Arborescent cacti having very spiny cylindrical stem segments.
33. A mythical Greek warrior who was a leader on the Trojan side of the Trojan War.
35. Obvious and dull.
36. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
37. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
40. A plant fiber used for making rope.
43. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
46. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
49. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
51. Web-footed diving seabirds of northern seas.
52. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
54. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
55. A public promotion of some product or service.
58. German arms manufacturer and son of Friedrich Krupp.
59. The brightest star in Virgo.
60. Jordan's port.
62. A bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases.
63. A slender double-reed instrument.
64. A large piece of fabric (as canvas) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel.
65. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
66. Very dark black.
67. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
69. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
73. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.

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