Crossword Puzzle Number 565 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. (Roman mythology) God of love.
5. Subtly skillful handling of a situation.
12. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
15. The basic unit of money in Botswana.
16. (of reproduction) Not involving the fusion of male and female gametes reproduction".
17. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
18. Spiced hot milk with rum or wine.
20. An honorary degree in science.
22. Accumulation in the blood of nitrogen-bearing waste products (urea) that are usually excreted in the urine.
24. Small striped semiterrestrial eastern American squirrel with cheek pouches.
26. Causing irritation or annoyance.
29. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
31. (Sumerian) Goddess personifying the primeval sea.
32. Tree (as opposed to shrub).
36. A person forced to flee from home or country.
38. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
39. Semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation.
40. A popular island resort in the Netherlands Antilles.
45. English writer (1925-1994).
46. Type genus of the Giraffidae.
48. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
50. (used as a combining form) Recent or new.
51. An intellectual (who is bald?).
52. A cushion on a throne for a prince in India.
54. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
55. English astronomer (son of William Herschel) who extended the catalogue of stars to the southern hemisphere and did pioneering work in photography (1792-1871).
59. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
60. An organization of independent states to promote international peace and security.
62. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
63. Not only so, but.
65. Deciduous South African tree having large odd-pinnate leaves and profuse fragrant orange-yellow flowers.
71. Danish philologist whose work on Old Norse pioneered in the field of comparative linguistics (1787-1832).
74. Enthusiastic approval.
76. Low stingless nettle of Central and South America having velvety brownish-green toothed leaves and clusters of small green flowers.
78. A large piece of fabric (as canvas) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel.
79. East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient.
81. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
82. Edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants.
83. (Hawaiian) A small guitar having four strings.
84. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

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1. (Akkadian) Father of the gods and consort of Tiamat.
2. United States naturalist (born in England) who advocated the creation of national parks (1838-1914).
3. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
4. English courtier (a favorite of Elizabeth I) who tried to colonize Virginia.
5. Genus of South and Central American heathlike evergreen shrubs.
6. Large herbivorous tropical American arboreal lizards with a spiny crest along the back.
7. Tag the base runner to get him out.
8. The square of a body of any size of type.
9. Surface layer of ground containing a matt of grass and grass roots.
10. (Japanese) Rice (with raw fish) wrapped in seaweed.
11. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
12. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
13. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church.
14. Cook and make edible by putting in a hot oven.
19. Before noon.
21. United States baseball player and manager (1873-1934).
23. Hairdressing consisting of a perfumed oil or ointment.
25. Type genus of the Anatidae.
27. A metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter.
28. A member of the Mayan people of the Yucatan peninsula in Mexico.
30. Small branch or division of a branch.
33. Lacking either stimulating or irritating characteristics.
34. A city in northwestern Spain near the Cantabrian Mountains.
35. French impressionist painter (1841-1919).
37. A small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold.
41. The capital and largest city of Mongolia.
42. The basic unit of money in Thailand.
43. Similar to the color of jade.
44. A colorless explosive liquid that is volatile and poisonous and foul-smelling.
47. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
49. American novelist (1909-1955).
53. Fear resulting from the awareness of danger.
56. (informal) `johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War.
57. (logic or grammar) Of or relating to scope.
58. A songbook containing a collection of hymns.
61. A rechargeable battery with a nickel cathode and a cadmium anode.
64. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
66. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
67. (prefix) Indicating difference or variation.
68. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
69. In a murderous frenzy as if possessed by a demon.
70. The lean flesh of a fish similar to cod.
72. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
73. God of love and erotic desire.
75. A hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care.
77. Used of a single unit or thing.
80. A rare polyvalent metallic element of the platinum group.

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