Crossword Puzzle Number 5645 (Medium Grid)

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1. Hormone released by the hypothalamus that controls the release of thyroid-stimulating hormone from the anterior pituitary.
4. United States musician who was the first to use the vibraphone as a jazz instrument (born in 1913).
11. Wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk.
15. Step on it.
16. The fleshy pendulous part of the external human ear.
17. The lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle).
18. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
19. A region of northeastern France famous for its wines.
21. Of surpassing excellence.
23. Being one hundred more than two hundred.
24. Edible bulb of an onion plant.
25. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
27. Wife of Balder.
28. Male red deer.
31. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
32. Showing fear and lack of confidence.
34. 100 puls equal 1 afghani.
37. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
41. A legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge).
43. A Mid-Atlantic state.
46. Ctenophore having tentacles only in the immature stage.
48. Not capable of being swayed or diverted from a course.
49. Island in West Indies.
51. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
52. Dense growth of hairs covering the body or parts of it (as on the human head).
53. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
56. A member of a North American Indian people of southeastern California and northwestern Mexico.
59. Typical geese.
61. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
64. Filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock.
68. A deep bow.
70. Isolated from others.
72. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
73. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
74. A tower that is part of a defensive structure (such as a castle).
76. Characteristic of a mob.
77. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
78. A literary language of Chinese Turkestan (named for one of the sons of Genghis Khan).
79. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.

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1. An aromatic gum resin obtained from various Arabian or East African trees.
2. Tall New Zealand timber tree.
3. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
4. Perceive sound.
5. A city and port in northern Jutland.
6. A form of address for a married woman.
7. A point located with respect to surface features of some region.
8. A baroque musical composition (usually for a keyboard instrument) with full chords and rapid elaborate runs in a rhythmically free style.
9. Large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds.
10. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
11. The upper house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
12. Any substance (such as an antibody) or agent that can cause lysis.
13. (Greek mythology) A giant Boeotian hunter who pursued the Pleiades and was eventually slain by Artemis.
14. A major victory by the Romans over the Macedonians in 168 BC.
20. National capital of Solomon Islands.
22. Animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes.
26. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
29. Of or relating to a style of architecture in England in the 15th century.
30. (law) A defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question.
33. English economist noted for his studies of international trade and finance (born in 1907).
35. The territory of Athens in ancient Greece.
36. (archaic) A fitting reward.
38. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
39. Relating to or resembling a cone.
40. (used of opinions and actions) Far beyond the norm.
42. Any of the yeastlike imperfect fungi of the genus Candida.
44. A formal expression of praise.
45. A member of the Semitic speaking people of northern Ethiopia.
47. A public promotion of some product or service.
50. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
54. Any of several plants of or developed from the species Dahlia pinnata having tuberous roots and showy rayed variously colored flower heads.
55. Of or relating to or characteristic of Yemen or its inhabitants.
57. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
58. A republic on the island of Malta in the Mediterranean.
60. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
62. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
63. 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.
65. The battle in 202 BC in which Scipio decisively defeated Hannibal at the end of the second Punic War.
66. Very dark black.
67. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
69. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
71. The month following September and preceding November.
75. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.

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