Crossword Puzzle Number 553 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Informal terms for a human head.
5. (Norse mythology) A dwarf who possessed a treasure that was stolen by Loki.
12. The United Nations agency concerned with the international collection of meteorological data.
15. Using speech rather than writing.
16. Not eaten or used up.
17. An accidental happening.
18. Family based on male descent.
19. (military) Withdrawal to a more favorable position.
20. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
21. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
23. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
24. A member of the Algonquian people formerly inhabiting the Maritime Provinces of Canada.
26. A port city of south central Ukraine on an arm of the Black Sea.
28. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
29. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
35. A strong emotion.
38. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
41. Any of a class of organic compounds containing the cyano radical -CN.
43. Pronounce with a lowered velum.
44. The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm.
45. Disposed to avoid notice.
46. An audiotape recording of sound.
47. An association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members.
49. Agile long-tailed nocturnal African lemur with dense woolly fur and large eyes and ears.
52. A public promotion of some product or service.
53. A state in east central United States.
55. An award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event.
58. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
60. United States politician who proposed that individual territories be allowed to decide whether they would have slavery.
68. Slender bristlelike appendage found on the bracts of grasses.
69. A member of the Semitic speaking people of northern Ethiopia.
72. Genus of erect herbs of the Middle East having showy flowers.
73. The basic unit of money in Albania.
74. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
76. The fatty flesh of eel.
77. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
78. Low stingless nettle of Central and South America having velvety brownish-green toothed leaves and clusters of small green flowers.
79. An insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans.

DOWN

1. Quietly in concealment.
2. (Greek mythology) One of the mountain nymphs.
3. A group of African languages in the Niger-Congo group spoken from Senegal east as far as the Ivory Coast.
4. A region of northeastern France famous for its wines.
5. 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.
6. The compass point that is midway between north and northeast.
7. Cause to become detached or separated.
8. Roman scholar (116-27 BC).
9. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
10. A large quantity of written matter.
11. The Palestinian uprising (beginning in 1987) against the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
12. Hit hard.
13. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
14. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
22. The cry made by sheep.
25. Joyful religious song celebrating the birth of Christ.
27. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
30. Any of various units of capacity.
31. (Old Testament) The Hebrew prophet who led the Israelites from Egypt across the Red sea on a journey known as the Exodus.
32. Surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments.
33. Melon having yellowish rind and whitish flesh.
34. The organic group of acetic acid (CH3CO-).
36. Aroused to impatience or anger.
37. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
39. Render capable or able for some task.
40. United States biochemist who discovered how genes act by regulating definite chemical events (1909-1975).
42. Disparaging terms for the common people.
48. Release from a clasp.
50. A metric unit of length equal to 100 meters.
51. The chief source of beryllium.
54. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
56. Robust east Asian clump-forming perennial herbs having racemose flowers.
57. A resort city in western Florida.
59. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
61. Owed and payable immediately or on demand.
62. A branch of the Tai languages.
63. Capital city of the Apulia region on the Adriatic coast.
64. A small cake leavened with yeast.
65. Made agreeably cold (especially by ice).
66. A small hard fruit.
67. Disabled in the feet or legs.
70. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
71. A recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs.
75. Being nine more than ninety.

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