Crossword Puzzle Number 5577 (Medium Grid)

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1. An interest followed with exaggerated zeal.
4. Road where high speed driving is allowed.
12. Support resembling the rib of an animal.
15. (Hawaiian) A small guitar having four strings.
16. Preceding all others in time.
17. Not in good physical or mental health.
18. One of a family of granular intrusive rocks.
20. Usually paved outdoor area adjoining a residence.
21. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
22. Not seen or perceived.
23. A crystalline metallic element not found in nature.
24. The third compartment of the stomach of a ruminant.
26. An industrial city in central Japan on southern Honshu.
27. Title used for a married Frenchwoman.
28. Cheap and shoddy.
31. A genus of Lamnidae.
33. (Roman mythology) Roman god of death.
36. A star that ejects some of its material in the form of a cloud and become more luminous in the process.
40. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir known for his beauty and skill with bow and skis.
42. Long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp.
43. Blood-sucking African fly.
45. The capital and largest city of Japan.
46. A Russian river.
47. A metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram.
48. The second month of the Hindu calendar.
51. A period of time containing 365 (or 366) days.
54. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
57. Sour or bitter in taste.
59. A village of huts for native Africans in southern Africa.
62. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
66. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
67. In a state of sleep.
71. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
72. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
74. Of inferior or mixed breed.
75. The federal department that administers federal program dealing with better housing and urban renewal.
76. Low stingless nettle of Central and South America having velvety brownish-green toothed leaves and clusters of small green flowers.
77. Related by blood.

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1. Delicacy highly prized in Japan but highly dangerous.
2. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
3. United States labor organizer who ran for President as a socialist (1855-1926).
4. Distributed or spread over a considerable extent.
5. Resembling a fork.
6. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
7. Holding or containing nothing.
8. One species.
9. Covered or soaked with a liquid such as water.
10. A genus of Stromateidae.
11. Officer in the (ceremonial) bodyguard of the British monarch.
12. A genus of Laridae.
13. The part of the small intestine between the jejunum and the cecum.
14. Expletives used informally as intensifiers.
19. Pain resulting from rapid change in pressure.
25. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
29. A very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal).
30. (trademark) An acrylic fiber or the lightweight crease-resistant fabric made with Orlon yarns.
32. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
34. (plate tectonic theory) A hypothetical continent including all the landmass of the earth prior to the Triassic period when it split into Laurasia and Gondwanaland.
35. Tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit.
37. (Greek mythology) One of the mountain nymphs.
38. Unaged colorless liquor originating in Russia.
39. A unit of resistance equal to a billionth of an ohm.
41. A complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists.
44. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
49. In bed.
50. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
52. A Loloish language.
53. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household.
55. The capacitance of a capacitor that has an equal and opposite charge of 1 coulomb on each plate and a voltage difference of 1 volt between the plates.
56. A fastener (as a buckle or hook) that is used to hold two things together.
58. An island (part of Campania) in the Bay of Naples in southern Italy.
60. Radioactive iodine test that measures the amount of radioactive iodine taken up by the thyroid gland.
61. A three-tone Chadic language.
63. Toweling consisting of coarse absorbent cotton or linen fabric.
64. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
65. An outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals.
68. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
69. A local computer network for communication between computers.
70. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
73. Being nine more than ninety.

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