Crossword Puzzle Number 5639 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid.
5. Ask for or request earnestly.
11. The capital and largest city of Mongolia.
15. In or relating to or obtained from urine.
16. A person who gains weight.
17. Horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits.
18. Enthusiastic approval.
20. God of wealth and love.
21. Structural member consisting of a continuous horizontal timber forming the lowest member of a framework or supporting structure.
22. Sacred writings of Orthodox Judaism.
24. The month following July and preceding September.
26. A person who makes deceitful pretenses.
27. Affect with wonder.
29. Be against.
34. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
35. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
38. Twist or braid together, interlace.
40. A secret store of valuables or money.
43. Jordan's port.
45. An associate degree in applied science.
46. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individually.
47. Wood of a sumac.
49. A high-pitched noise resembling a human cry.
50. (Irish folklore) A female spirit who wails to warn of impending death.
51. A branch of the Tai languages.
52. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
54. A loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral.
55. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
60. Rich Middle Eastern cake made of thin layers of flaky pastry filled with nuts and honey.
68. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
69. A genus of herbs that resemble clover.
72. A period of time spent sleeping.
73. The 17th letter of the Greek alphabet.
74. Any of various fragrant aromatic herbs of the genus Origanum used as seasonings.
75. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
76. A decree that prohibits something.
77. A person who participates in a meeting.
78. How long something has existed.

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1. Hard fat around the kidneys and loins in beef and mutton.
2. Predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin.
3. Something that resembles a pill in shape or size.
4. Caught in European waters.
5. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
6. A light touch or stroke.
7. A holy war by Muslims against unbelievers.
8. Relatively small fast-moving sloth.
9. Popular music originating in the West Indies.
10. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
11. Not having the surface treated or coated with sizing.
12. The amount a salary is increased.
13. A formal association of people with similar interests.
14. (prefix) Indicating difference or variation.
19. Oriental moth that produces brownish silk.
23. Relatively deep or strong.
25. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
28. 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.
30. The basic unit of money in Macao.
31. Burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud.
32. A priest who served a particular deity in ancient Rome.
33. Seed again or anew.
36. A civil or military authority in Turkey or Egypt.
37. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
39. Russian country house.
41. A unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries.
42. The basic unit of money in Israel.
44. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
48. State in northeastern India.
53. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
56. A constitutional monarchy on the western part of the islands of Samoa in the South Pacific.
57. United States tennis player who won women's singles titles in the United States and at Wimbledon (born in 1954).
58. Present reasons and arguments.
59. A major biotic community characterized by the dominant forms of plant life and the prevailing climate.
61. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
62. An unstable meson produced as the result of a high-energy particle collision.
63. A nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine.
64. Port city in northwestern Belgium and industrial center.
65. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
66. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
67. A fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade.
70. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
71. Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc..

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