Crossword Puzzle Number 5540 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
4. Roman general who was governor of Britain and extended Roman rule north to the Firth of Forth (37-93).
12. British informal term.
15. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
16. Something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts.
17. Being nine more than thirty.
18. Not in good physical or mental health.
19. Ribbon-like flatworms that are parasitic in the intestines of humans and other vertebrates.
20. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
21. A cut of meat taken from the side and back of an animal between the ribs and the rump.
23. (of e.g. celestial bodies) Above the horizon.
24. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
26. American Revolutionary leader (born in Prussia) who trained the troops under George Washington (1730-1794).
28. Something whose name is either forgotten or not known.
30. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
31. Tag the base runner to get him out.
34. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
36. A light touch or stroke.
38. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
41. A genus of the cactus family with scarlet flowers.
44. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
45. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
47. The 20th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
48. European cave-dwelling aquatic salamander with permanent external gills.
51. Tall feather palm of northern Brazil with hard-shelled nuts yielding valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory.
53. City in Sudan.
55. Divulge information or secrets.
57. Typical geese.
58. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
59. Any of various cycads of the genus Zamia.
61. (Greek mythology) One of the mountain nymphs.
64. Material used to daub walls.
68. Urged social reform in 19th century England.
72. Qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward.
73. Elaborately or excessively ornamented.
75. An inflammatory complication of leprosy that results in painful skin lesions on the arms and legs and face.
76. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
77. A person who rides a pedal-driven vehicle (as a bicycle).
78. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.

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1. A bar or bars of rolled steel making a track along which vehicles can roll.
2. Give out.
3. The environmental condition.
4. (nautical, aeronautical) Situated at or toward the stern or tail.
5. Great brightness.
6. The act of despoiling a country in warfare.
7. United States composer noted for his innovative use of polytonality (1874-1954).
8. Frightened into submission or compliance.
9. A university town in east central Maine on the Penobscot River north of Bangor.
10. (Irish) The sea personified.
11. A large fleet.
12. A choice or delicious dish.
13. A shaft on which a wheel rotates.
14. Wearing or provided with clothing.
22. An embroidered rug made from a coarse Indian felt.
25. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
27. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
29. A member of the Iroquoian people formerly living east of Lake Ontario.
32. A long racket with a triangular frame.
33. A member of a Turkic people of Chinese Turkestan and neighboring areas (formerly of Mongolia and eastern Turkestan).
35. Showing great reverence for god.
37. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
39. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
40. Eat a lot and without restraint.
42. Jordan's port.
43. A city in southeastern Spain.
46. Of or having to do with or belonging to an abbey or abbot, or abbess.
49. A Brazilian river.
50. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
52. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
54. (South African) A camp defended by a circular formation of wagons.
56. Any of numerous ornamental shrubs grown for their showy flowers of various colors.
60. Informal terms for a mother.
62. Deciduous or evergreen shrubs and shrubby trees of temperate and subtropical North America, South Africa, eastern Asia and northeastern Australia.
63. Warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings.
65. In bed.
66. The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm.
67. A hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck.
69. A tight-fitting headdress.
70. The quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength.
71. An emotional response that has been acquired by conditioning.
74. A brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur.

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