Crossword Puzzle Number 5638 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. An honorary degree in science.
4. Lacking gonads.
12. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
15. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
16. A musical composition in several movements.
17. Either extremity of something that has length.
18. A resident of Kansas.
20. A diacritical mark (~) placed over the letter n in Spanish to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel in Portuguese to indicate nasalization.
21. Informal terms for your occupation.
22. New World lizards.
24. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
26. A Scandinavian language (closely related to Icelandic) that is spoken on the Faroe Islands.
29. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
30. Port city that is the capital and largest city of Latvia.
33. Marked by the reception of pay.
36. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
41. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Clinoril).
45. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
46. The sound made by corvine birds.
47. (of movement) At an angle.
49. Extinct order of jawless vertebrates.
53. The dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia.
54. Someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person.
55. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
57. A television system that has more than the usual number of lines per frame so its pictures show more detail.
58. Someone who expresses in language.
62. A Hindu disciple of a swami.
66. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
68. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
69. Any plant of the genus Reseda.
71. The sixth day of the week.
73. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
74. Made less brittle by heating and then cooling.
77. Alternative names for the body of a human being.
78. A unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit at one atmosphere pressure.
79. Tall marsh plant with cylindrical seed heads that explode when mature shedding large quantities of down.
80. Marked by skill in deception.

DOWN

1. British writer of short stories (1870-1916).
2. A steep rugged rock or cliff.
3. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
4. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the practice of Yoga).
5. A spirit believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals.
6. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
7. Remaining after all deductions.
8. Black tropical American cuckoo.
9. The basic unit of money in Gambia.
10. (of eggs) No longer edible.
11. Towards the side away from the wind.
12. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
13. A town in north central Oklahoma.
14. An edge tool used to cut and shape wood.
19. An overland journey by hunters (especially in Africa).
23. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
25. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
27. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
28. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
31. Large herbivorous tropical American arboreal lizards with a spiny crest along the back.
32. A port city in western Ireland on Galway Bay.
34. Weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat.
35. Indigo bush.
37. A public promotion of some product or service.
38. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
39. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
40. One of the two main branches of orthodox Islam.
42. Type genus of the Nepidae.
43. A nonmetallic largely pentavalent heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens.
44. A wired or starched collar of intricate lace.
48. A seaman who works on a ship that hunts whales.
50. A facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth.
51. Antibacterial drug (trade name Nydrazid) used to treat tuberculosis.
52. Trade name for a drug containing an antihistamine and a decongestant.
56. Evergreen Indian shrub with vivid yellow flowers whose bark is used in tanning.
59. English biochemist (born in Germany) who discovered the Krebs cycle (1900-1981).
60. Register formally.
61. Having a tone of a reed instrument.
63. A form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature.
64. (Old Testament) The eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the Covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac.
65. The sixth month of the civil year.
67. A river that rises in western New Mexico and flows westward through southern Arizona to become a tributary of the Colorado River.
70. Used of a single unit or thing.
72. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
75. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
76. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.

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