Crossword Puzzle Number 563 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness.
4. Foot pain.
12. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
15. A member of the Siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the Platte and Missouri rivers in Nebraska.
16. An order of monocotyledonous plants including Amaryllidaceae and Liliaceae and Iridaceae.
17. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
18. A stately Protestant (especially Lutheran) hymn tune.
20. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
21. A minor Hebrew prophet (8th century BC).
23. A social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages.
24. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
25. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
26. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
27. A disorderly outburst or tumult.
29. A healthy state of wellbeing free from disease.
34. Large scissors with strong blades.
37. Optical instrument consisting of a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision.
41. A fee charged for exchanging currencies.
42. Exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health.
43. A federation of North American industrial unions that merged with the American Federation of Labor in 1955.
45. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
46. A Loloish language.
47. A name that has been assumed temporarily.
49. A steep rugged rock or cliff.
52. A doctor's degree in education.
53. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
58. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
59. United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993).
60. When dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls.
63. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
65. Lower in esteem.
71. A county in southeastern England.
74. Genus of tropical plants with creeping rootstocks and small umbellate flowers.
75. Other than what is under consideration or implied.
76. Make larger.
78. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
79. Dearly loved.
80. A bar of sand.
81. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

DOWN

1. A plain plinth that supports a wall.
2. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
3. Trailing grass native to Europe now cosmopolitan in warm regions.
4. Comic dramatist of ancient Rome (253?-184 BC).
5. Rig used in drilling for oil or gas.
6. A chronic skin disease occurring primarily in women between the ages of 20 and 40.
7. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
8. The capital city of the Chinese province of Gansu on the Yellow River.
9. Used especially of fruits.
10. That is to say.
11. The residue that remains when something is burned.
12. An associate degree in applied science.
13. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
14. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
19. A skin disease of adults (more often women) in which blood vessels of the face enlarge resulting in a flushed appearance.
22. Relating to bone or to the skeleton.
28. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
30. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.
31. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
32. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
33. Extremely cold.
35. Joint capital (with Mecca) of Saudi Arabia located in the central oasis.
36. A party of people assembled in the evening (usually at a private house).
38. Very light colored.
39. Knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote.
40. The younger brother of Edwy who became king of Northumbria when it renounced Edwy.
44. (informal) Very bad.
48. Sports equipment that is worn on the feet to enable the wearer to glide along on wheels and to be propelled by the alternate actions of the legs.
50. A French abbot.
51. Gregarious burrowing rodent larger than the chinchillas.
54. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
55. A board game in which players try to move their pieces into their opponent's bases.
56. A cook who bastes roasting meat with melted fat or gravy.
57. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
61. A poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States.
62. East Indian tart yellow berrylike fruit.
64. Any of various chiefly fall-blooming herbs of the genus Aster with showy daisylike flowers.
66. The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm.
67. A large oven for firing or burning or drying such things as porcelain or bricks.
68. Clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion.
69. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
70. God of love and erotic desire.
72. The foot of a human being.
73. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
77. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.

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