Crossword Puzzle Number 5615 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A system of high tension cables by which electrical power is distributed throughout a region.
5. A favorable omen.
12. A unit of pressure.
15. (the feminine of raja) A Hindu princess or the wife of a raja.
16. A river that rises in Russia near Smolensk and flowing south through Belarus and Ukraine to empty into the Black Sea.
17. An enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of many body compounds (e.g., epinephrine and norepinephrine and serotonin).
18. Lacking interest or spirit or animation.
20. Having a slightly undulating margin.
22. Found along western Atlantic coast.
23. Resembling a claw.
24. Australian evergreen shrubs.
26. Of or relating to the palm of the hand or to the area at the base of the thumb.
27. The 13th letter of the Greek alphabet.
29. The income arising from land or other property.
31. An organ in its earliest stage of development.
35. The back side of the neck.
39. Fiddler crabs.
40. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
42. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
43. At an earlier place.
46. A metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter.
47. A former monetary unit in Great Britain.
49. A vinyl polymer used especially in paints or adhesives.
50. Artificial and inferior.
54. One of the three Furies.
56. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
57. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
60. (Old Testament) Wife of Isaac and mother of Jacob and Esau.
63. Relating to or characteristic of the state or people of Alaska.
67. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
68. An open sore on the back of a horse caused by ill-fitting or badly adjusted saddle.
71. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
72. Relating to a recently developed fashion or style.
73. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
77. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
78. Congenital absence of the heart (as in the development of some monsters).
79. An informal term for a father.

DOWN

1. Informal terms for a meal.
2. Type genus of the Ranidae.
3. Unable to move or resist motion.
4. An oral antidiabetic drug (trade names DiaBeta and Micronase) that stimulates the release of insulin from the pancreas.
5. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
6. Not fully developed or mature.
7. A complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists.
8. Type genus of the Percidae.
9. The sciences concerned with gathering and manipulating and storing and retrieving and classifying recorded information.
10. A hard medicated paste made of lard or oil mixed with wax or resin.
11. Fictitious land described in the novel Erewhon by Samuel Butler.
12. At full speed.
13. A form of Japanese poetry.
14. Worthy of imitation.
19. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
21. An enclosed space in which the air pressure is higher than outside.
25. An endorsement.
28. Move out of a curled position.
30. Jordan's port.
32. A mistake resulting from inattention.
33. A belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school.
34. A state in southeastern United States.
36. United States film maker (1897-1991).
37. Violent and needless disturbance.
38. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
41. One of two official languages of Norway.
44. (Old Testament) The second wife of Jacob and mother of Joseph and Benjamin.
45. A language spoken by the Atakapa people of the Gulf coast of Louisiana and Texas.
48. A republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia.
51. Pertaining to animals or animal life or action.
52. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
53. Acute lung injury characterized by coughing and rales.
55. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
58. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
59. East Indian tree yielding a resin used medicinally and burned as incense.
61. Very dark black.
62. The capital and chief port of Qatar.
64. (Polynesian) An alcoholic drink made from the aromatic roots of the kava shrub.
65. In bed.
66. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight.
69. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring in the air.
70. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
74. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
75. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
76. A state in the Rocky Mountains.

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