Crossword Puzzle Number 551 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A French abbot.
5. A resident of Kansas.
11. A material effigy that is worshipped as a god.
15. A sudden short attack.
16. Sightlessness (especially because of a structural defect in or the absence of an eye).
17. European twining plant whose flowers are used chiefly to flavor malt liquors.
18. In bed.
19. To patch up or renovate.
20. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family).
21. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
23. Evasively worded in order to avoid an unqualified statement.
26. A close and affectionate (and often prolonged) embrace.
28. Witty language used to convey insults or scorn.
31. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
32. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
36. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
38. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
39. The habitation of wild animals.
40. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo.
41. A ballistic missile that is capable of traveling from one continent to another.
45. An overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration.
48. A closed plane figure bounded by straight sides.
50. A Bantu language sometimes considered a dialect of Zulu.
52. The ability to form mental images of things or events.
53. A state in northwestern North America.
54. A state of southwestern India.
55. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
57. Before noon.
59. (often followed by `with' or used in combination) Troubled by or encroached upon in large numbers.
63. United States biochemist (born in Spain) who studied the biological synthesis of nucleic acids (born in 1905).
66. A mask with a filter protects the face an lungs against poisonous gases.
69. The cry made by sheep.
70. Large South American evergreen tree trifoliate leaves and drupes with nutlike seeds used as food and a source of cooking oil.
74. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
75. The bureau of the Treasury Department responsible for tax collections.
76. The state of being allied or confederated.
78. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
79. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
80. Be about.
81. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

DOWN

1. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
2. A small cake leavened with yeast.
3. A coffin along with its stand.
4. A doctor's degree in education.
5. A traditional Japanese system of unarmed combat.
6. Again but in a new or different way.
7. (Roman Catholic Church) A devotion consisting of prayers on nine consecutive days.
8. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
9. An anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions.
10. Any of various volatile flammable liquid hydrocarbon mixtures.
11. In the same place (used when citing a reference).
12. Go "ding dong", like a bell.
13. Belonging to some prior time.
14. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
22. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered.
24. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
25. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
27. Large shrimp sauteed in oil or butter and garlic.
29. A member of a widespread group of Amerindians living in northeastern South America.
30. The fourth month of the civil year.
33. A river in northern Italy that flows southeast into the Adriatic Sea.
34. Felt hat with a creased crown.
35. A fictitious name used when the person performs a particular social role.
37. The face of a timepiece.
42. The short weak cry of a young bird.
43. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
44. Type genus of the family Zygnemataceae.
46. Relating to the abomasum (the fourth compartment of the stomach of ruminants).
47. (statistics) Approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value.
49. The ending of a series or sequence.
51. A fee charged for exchanging currencies.
56. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
58. The sacred city of Lamaism.
60. Growing old.
61. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
62. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
64. The work of caring for or attending to someone or something.
65. Characterized by rising prices.
67. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
68. God of love and erotic desire.
71. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
72. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
73. A column of light (as from a beacon).
77. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.

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