Crossword Puzzle Number 5587 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Avatar of Vishnu.
5. A fleshy wrinkled and often brightly colored fold of skin hanging from the neck or throat of certain birds (chickens and turkeys) or lizards.
11. Type genus of the Anatidae.
15. A body of poetry that conveys the traditions of a society by treating some epic theme.
16. Someone who abuses.
17. A dress worn primarily by Hindu women.
18. Having the slant of a bevel.
19. Medium-sized tree-dwelling monkey of the Amazon basin.
20. A German art song of the 19th century for voice and piano.
21. Very small free-living arachnid that is parasitic on animals or plants.
23. A name that has been assumed temporarily.
25. An associate degree in applied science.
26. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
27. Tested and proved useful or correct.
29. A young woman making her debut into society.
30. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
33. A soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot.
38. Type genus of the Ranidae.
40. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
43. A town in southern Texas on the Rio Grande.
45. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
47. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
49. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
50. Short and fat.
51. Very dark black.
54. A state in southeastern India on the Bay of Bengal (south of Andhra Pradesh).
56. One of 7 to 12 sons of Aditi.
58. A thrusting blow with a knife.
61. Swedish oceanographer who recognized the role of the Coriolis effect on ocean currents (1874-1954).
63. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
66. An informal term for a father.
70. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
72. (law) A defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question.
74. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
75. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
76. A brief report especially an official statement issued for immediate publication or broadcast.
78. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
79. A spacecraft that carries astronauts from the command module to the surface of the moon and back.
80. Relating to bees or beekeeping.
81. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.

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1. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
2. With rapid movements.
3. An atom having a valence of one.
4. With one leg on each side.
5. Worthy of high praise.
6. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
7. South American shrub or small tree having long shining evergreen leaves and panicles of green or yellow flowers.
8. A collection of Psalms for liturgical use.
9. Suggestive of the supernatural.
10. From 190 million to 230 million years ago.
11. The sign language used in the United States.
12. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
13. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
14. Sudden and unexpected death of an apparently healthy infant during sleep.
22. Water frozen in the solid state.
24. Standard temperature and pressure.
28. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
31. Reduction or lack of an immune response to a specific antigen.
32. Fairly small terrestrial ferns of tropical America.
34. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
35. Radioactive iodine test that measures the amount of radioactive iodine taken up by the thyroid gland.
36. Genus of erect herbs of the Middle East having showy flowers.
37. A slight rounded elevation where the malleus attaches to the eardrum.
39. A member of the people inhabiting the Aleutian Islands and western Alaska.
41. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
42. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
44. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
46. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
48. A person who descends down a nearly vertical face by using a doubled rope that is wrapped around the body and attached to some high point.
52. A republic in southwestern Africa on the south Atlantic coast (formerly called South West Africa).
53. Located at or near the back of an animal.
55. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
57. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
59. A native American tent.
60. At right angles to the length of a ship or airplane.
62. The largest Greek island in the Mediterranean.
64. A small cake leavened with yeast.
65. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
67. Largest known toad species.
68. Fallow deer.
69. The sixth month of the civil year.
71. A United States liquid unit equal to 8 fluid ounces.
73. A hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers.
77. Being one more than fifty.

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