Crossword Puzzle Number 5578 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. 10 grams.
4. Capable of being raised to an upright position.
12. Any high mountain.
15. The United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labor.
16. A river that rises in northeastern New Mexico and flows eastward into Oklahoma where it becomes a tributary of the Arkansas River.
17. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
18. Strike with a flat object.
20. Type genus of the Phocidae.
21. Experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness.
22. (British slang) Cafe.
23. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
25. (Sumerian and Akkadian) A demon personifying death.
27. English psychologist who collaborated with I. A. Richards in designing Basic English (1889-1957).
29. Small genus of perennial herbs or subshrubs.
30. A salt of hydrofluoric acid.
33. A fractional monetary unit of several countries.
34. A flowering shrub.
36. Swiss mathematician (1707-1783).
40. The sign language used in the United States.
44. Type genus of the Majidae.
45. Southeastern Asian tree producing large fruits resembling grapefruits.
49. A recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs.
51. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
52. A corticosteroid drug (trade names Decadron or Dexamethasone Intensol or Dexone or Hexadrol or Oradexon) used to treat allergies or inflammation.
53. A visitor to whom hospitality is extended.
55. A period of time containing 365 (or 366) days.
56. (used with singular count nouns) Colloquial for `not a' or `not one' or `never a'.
58. A unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 cm/sec/sec to a mass of 1 gram.
60. A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles.
62. A fit of shivering.
70. The capital and largest city of Equatorial Guinea on the island of Bioko in the Gulf of Guinea.
72. Of or relating to or characteristic of Asia or the peoples of Asia or their languages or culture.
74. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
75. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
76. Win approval or support for.
78. A three-year law degree.
79. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
80. A great raja.
81. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.

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1. Sound recording consisting of a disc with continuous grooves.
2. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
3. A game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes.
4. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
5. An antibacterial drug (trade names Rifadin and Rimactane) used to treat tuberculosis.
6. The square of a body of any size of type.
7. United States gangster who terrorized Chicago during Prohibition until arrested for tax evasion (1899-1947).
8. Hormone released by the hypothalamus that controls the release of thyroid-stimulating hormone from the anterior pituitary.
9. Humorously sarcastic or mocking.
10. The scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting).
11. An amine containing the double bond linkage -C=C-N-.
12. State in northeastern India.
13. Acquire or gain knowledge or skills.
14. A city in Veneto.
19. Traveling by foot.
24. English monk and scholar (672-735).
26. United States biochemist who discovered how genes act by regulating definite chemical events (1909-1975).
28. The father of your father or mother.
31. A driver who urges the animals on with lashes of a whip.
32. Cause to feel relaxed.
35. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
37. Everyone except the clergy.
38. German chemist who did research on high-speed chemical reactions (born in 1927).
39. East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient.
41. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
42. Quick and energetic.
43. A strong-smelling plant from whose dried leaves a number of euphoriant and hallucinogenic drugs are prepared.
46. Fairly small terrestrial ferns of tropical America.
47. Canadian hockey player (born 1948).
48. Aquatic South American rodent resembling a small beaver.
50. A unit of potential equal to one thousandth of a volt.
54. The content of cognition.
57. Oriental moth that produces brownish silk.
59. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
61. Infections of the skin or nails caused by fungi and appearing as itching circular patches.
63. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
64. 100 toea equal 1 kina.
65. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
66. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
67. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
68. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
69. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
71. (music) The pace of music measured by the number of beats occurring in 60 seconds.
73. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
77. A blood group antigen possessed by Rh-positive people.

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