Crossword Puzzle Number 5557 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A tube in which a body fluid circulates.
4. A metal post supporting an outdoor lamp (such as a streetlight).
12. A depression in an otherwise level surface.
15. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
16. Not suitable or right or appropriate.
17. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
18. A crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry.
19. Something transitory.
20. (used especially of commodities) In the natural unprocessed condition.
21. Remote in manner.
23. United States mathematician who contributed to the development of atom bombs and of stored-program digital computers (1903-1957).
25. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
29. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
30. A spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter.
34. A long narrow inlet of the sea in Scotland (especially when it is nearly landlocked).
37. An old Scottish coin of little value.
39. The content of cognition.
40. The residue that remains when something is burned.
42. Burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud.
44. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
45. (Judaism) A period of seven days of mourning after the death of close relative.
49. A member of a monotheistic sect of Zoroastrian origin.
52. A clear liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands and mucous glands of the mouth.
53. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
55. A Muslim or Hindu mendicant monk who is regarded as a holy man.
56. Conducive to peace.
58. Snarled or stalled in complete confusion.
59. A gray lustrous metallic element of the rare earth group.
61. An oily colorless liquid obtained by the condensation of two molecules of acetaldehyde.
62. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
65. Annual and biennial herbs of Mediterranean to central Asia.
67. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
69. One-thousandth of an equivalent.
70. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
71. A unit of weight for precious stones = 200 mg.
73. Jordan's port.
74. Being three more than fifty.
75. A studio especially for an artist or designer.
77. The bill in a restaurant.
78. An informal term for a father.
79. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
80. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

DOWN

1. (neurology) Of or relating to the vagus nerve.
2. Administer an oil or ointment to.
3. A constitutional monarchy on the western part of the islands of Samoa in the South Pacific.
4. (`lief' is archaic) Very willing.
5. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
6. The ratio of the distance traveled (in miles) to the time spent traveling (in hours).
7. An advertisement consisting of short scenes from a motion picture that will appear in the near future.
8. (Australian and New Zealand) A disparaging term for English immigrants to Australia or New Zealand.
9. Affording unobstructed entrance and exit.
10. (used especially of vegetation) Having lost all moisture.
11. Any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc..
12. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
13. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
14. An article deposited as security.
22. An endorsement.
24. (New Testament) The sages who visited Jesus and Mary and Joseph shortly after Jesus was born.
26. Characteristic of a mob.
27. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
28. Large high frilly cap with a full crown.
31. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
32. A populous province in northeastern China.
33. (a dated Briticism) A serious difficulty with which one is suddenly faced.
35. A law passed by US Congress to prevent employees from being injured or contracting diseases in the course of their employment.
36. (Mexican) Ground beef and chili peppers or chili powder often with tomatoes and kidney beans.
38. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
41. British field marshal in North Africa in World War II.
43. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
46. The presence of a virus in the blood stream.
47. The condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness.
48. Made known or openly avowed.
50. A flat float (usually made of logs or planks) that can be used for transport or as a platform for swimmers.
51. Diapsid reptiles.
54. Pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic.
57. Add ions to.
60. Genus of sticky herbs with yellow flowers open in morning or evening but closed in bright light.
63. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
64. Jordan's port.
66. A female domestic.
68. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
72. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
76. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.

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