Crossword Puzzle Number 5654 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
4. Not having rhyme.
12. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
15. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
16. Resoluteness by virtue of being unyielding and inflexible.
17. A boy or man.
18. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
19. English inventor who published the first book illustrated with photographs (1800-1877).
20. Fear resulting from the awareness of danger.
22. A living organism characterized by voluntary movement.
24. In addition.
25. Greek mythology.
26. An edilbe seaweed with a mild flavor.
29. Tall tufted perennial tropical American grass naturalized as pasture and forage grass in southern United States.
36. Eight-armed cephalopod lacking an internal shell.
37. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
38. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
39. Any wrongdoing for which and action for damages may be brought.
42. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
43. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
44. Watery fluid of the blood that resembles plasma but contains fibrinogen.
48. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
49. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
51. Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers.
54. Squash bugs.
56. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
57. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
58. An alcoholic drink taken at bedtime.
61. Trees native to East Indies having pinnate leaves.
65. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
66. A belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school.
69. Scottish physiologist who directed the research by F. G. Banting and C. H. Best that led to the discovery of insulin (1876-1935).
70. Stem of the rattan palm used for making canes and umbrella handles.
72. Predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin.
73. (British) A worker in an inn or public house who serves customers and does various chores.
76. The main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants.
77. An inclined surface or roadway that moves traffic from one level to another.
78. A land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water.
79. A small cake leavened with yeast.

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1. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
2. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
3. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
4. A difficult entangling situation.
5. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
6. United States writer (1914-1986).
7. Special design or visual object representing a quality, type, group, etc..
8. A mountainous landlocked communist state in southeastern Asia.
9. (prefix) Within.
10. A white trivalent metallic element.
11. The upper house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
12. A sudden very loud noise.
13. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
14. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
21. A genus of Lamnidae.
23. Tropical fruit with a rough brownish skin and very sweet brownish pulp.
27. Cuban dancer and choreographer (born in 1921).
28. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
30. Absence of the pupil in an eye.
31. An unbroken series of events.
32. Any of various aromatic resinous substances used for healing and soothing.
33. (Sumerian) God of the air and king of the Sumerian gods.
34. Relating to human society and its members.
35. (Hinduism) An ascetic holy man.
40. (Greek mythology) The Muse of astronomy.
41. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
45. Repetition or recapitulation in reverse order.
46. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
47. English essayist (1775-1834).
50. A band around the crown of a hat just above the brim.
52. One of two flaps attached to a cap to keep the ears warm.
53. A unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries.
55. In societies practicing shamanism.
59. A pass between mountain peaks.
60. A genus of temperate and arctic evergreen trees (see spruce).
62. A Spanish unit of length (about a yard) having different values in different localities.
63. Electronic warfare undertaken to insure effective friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum in spite of the enemy's use of electronic warfare.
64. A member of the Shoshonean people of northeastern Arizona.
67. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
68. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
71. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
74. A soft gray malleable metallic element that resembles tin but discolors on exposure to air.
75. Informal terms for a mother.

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