Crossword Puzzle Number 554 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A mountainous landlocked communist state in southeastern Asia.
5. Someone who plays the flute.
12. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
15. A unit of length (in United States and Britain) equal to one twelfth of a foot.
16. Having an illustrious reputation.
17. A rapid bustling commotion.
18. A globular water bottle used in Asia.
19. A fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed.
20. A drug (trade names Atarax and Vistaril) used as a tranquilizer to treat anxiety and motion sickness.
22. Evergreen Indian shrub with vivid yellow flowers whose bark is used in tanning.
24. An inhabitant of Lappland.
26. Avatar of Vishnu.
27. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
28. Congenital absence of an arm or leg.
29. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
30. An informal term for a father.
31. Type genus of the family Ulvaceae.
35. A mechanically operated piano that uses a roll of perforated paper to activate the keys.
40. Related by blood.
41. (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man.
42. An inflammatory complication of leprosy that results in painful skin lesions on the arms and legs and face.
43. Marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience.
44. An order of Eutheria.
45. Highly excited.
47. A bachelor's degree in religion.
48. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
49. A hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers.
50. Nearly cosmopolitan family.
54. The father of your father or mother.
58. A public promotion of some product or service.
60. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
61. The face or front of a building.
62. A synthetic type of penicillin antibiotic (trade name Pipracil) used for moderate to severe infections.
66. Lack of sight.
70. Marked by the reception of pay.
71. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
73. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
74. Used of a single unit or thing.
78. Canadian hockey player (born 1948).
79. A boy or man.
80. Hypothyroidism marked by dry skin and swellings around lips and nose as well as mental deterioration.
81. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.

DOWN

1. Of a pale purple color.
2. A statistical method for making simultaneous comparisons between two or more means.
3. Of or pertaining to a number system having 8 as its base.
4. Make sharp or sharper.
5. A corporation authorized by Congress to provide a secondary market for residential mortgages.
6. A toilet in England.
7. Having removed clothing.
8. A doughnut-shaped chamber used in fusion research.
9. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
10. An airplane that can land on or take off from water.
11. (astronomy) A measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion.
12. God of death.
13. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
14. The ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum.
21. A river that rises in northern Colombia and flows generally eastward to the Orinoco in central Venezuela.
23. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
25. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
32. A small amount of liquor added to a food or beverage.
33. The capital and largest city of Austria.
34. A genus of tropical American plants have sword-shaped leaves and a fleshy compound fruits composed of the fruits of several flowers (such as pineapples).
36. Any tree or shrub of the genus Inga having pinnate leaves and showy usually white flowers.
37. With a forward motion.
38. Hungarian choreographer who developed Labanotation (1879-1958).
39. Having help.
46. United States financier (born in France) who helped finance the War of 1812 (1750-1831).
51. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
52. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
53. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
55. Streaming or flapping or spreading wide as if in a current of air.
56. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
57. The absence of matter.
59. English aristocrat who was the first wife of Prince Charles.
63. Having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly.
64. Showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others.
65. A large genus of dicotyledonous trees and shrubs of the family Aquifoliaceae that have small flowers and berries (including hollies).
67. Extremely robust.
68. A three-tone Chadic language.
69. A unit of length equal to 3 feet.
72. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
75. Before noon.
76. A brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur.
77. Informal terms for a mother.

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