Crossword Puzzle Number 5575 (Medium Grid)

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1. A written proposal or reminder.
5. (used especially of glances) Directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy.
12. Electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities.
15. A large genus of dicotyledonous trees and shrubs of the family Aquifoliaceae that have small flowers and berries (including hollies).
16. Of or relating to Linnaeus or to the system of of taxonomic classification that he proposed.
17. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring in the air.
18. Type genus of the Ranidae.
19. Regional and archaic.
20. A fluorocarbon with chlorine.
21. Administer an oil or ointment to.
22. A body of poetry that conveys the traditions of a society by treating some epic theme.
24. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individually.
26. A slight rounded elevation where the malleus attaches to the eardrum.
28. The eighth month of the civil year.
31. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
32. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
35. German physicist who studied cathode rays (1862-1947).
38. (Greek mythology) The last king of Troy.
41. A hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers.
42. The fatty flesh of eel.
44. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
45. A dark region of considerable extent on the surface of the moon.
47. A language spoken by a Malaysian people on Formosa.
50. Widely separated especially in space.
52. Any of several shrubs or small evergreen trees having solitary white or pink or reddish flowers.
53. A disposition to behave in a certain way.
54. Before noon.
55. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
57. A unit of power equal to 1 joule per second.
58. The 11th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
62. The airforce of Great Britain.
64. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
71. Make a high-pitched, screeching noise, as of a door.
72. Thin and fit.
74. (often followed by `of') A large number or amount or extent.
75. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
76. Of or relating to semiotics.
78. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
79. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
80. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.
81. A rapid escape (as by criminals).

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1. Little known Kamarupan languages.
2. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
3. A list of dishes available at a restaurant.
4. Genus of tropical trees.
5. Having winglike extensions.
6. (Norse mythology) Wife of Thor and guardian of the home.
7. A small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint.
8. Using a pronoun or other pro-word instead of repeating a word.
9. Roman Emperor notorious for his monstrous vice and fantastic luxury (was said to have started a fire that destroyed much of Rome in 64) but the Empire remained prosperous during his rule (37-68).
10. A pause or interruption (as in a conversation).
11. Either extremity of something that has length.
12. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
13. A Berber living in northern Morocco.
14. Predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin.
23. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
25. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
27. Extinct type genus of the Mammutidae.
29. A woman gossip.
30. A communist state in Indochina on the South China Sea.
33. A clergyman in many Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites.
34. United States newspaper publisher whose introduction of large headlines and sensational reporting changed American journalism (1863-1951).
36. A domain in which something is dominant.
37. A small wooded hollow.
39. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
40. Type genus of the Ardeidae.
43. Being two more than fifty.
46. (Welsh myth) The other world.
48. Not only so, but.
49. A tight-fitting headdress.
51. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
56. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
59. Genus of erect herbs of the Middle East having showy flowers.
60. Type genus of the Percidae.
61. Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers.
63. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
65. A short labored intake of breath with the mouth open.
66. The seventh month of the Hindu calendar.
67. French filmmaker (1908-1982).
68. Absent without permission.
69. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
70. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
73. Chiefly perennial grasses of cool temperate regions.
77. A form of address for a man.

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