Crossword Puzzle Number 5683 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Cornmeal boiled in water.
5. A mass of ice and snow that permanently covers a large area of land (e.g., the polar regions or a mountain peak).
11. Avatar of Vishnu.
15. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
16. Any of various often strong-smelling plants of the genus Cleome having showy spider-shaped flowers.
17. A visual representation of an object or scene or person produced on a surface.
18. Unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech.
20. Divided into two lobes.
21. United States comedian.
22. A small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle).
24. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
25. Confined to bed (by illness).
27. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
28. Wear away through erosion or vaporization.
30. Flesh of fish found in colder waters of northern Atlantic coast of the United States.
32. No longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life.
33. Portable bulletproof shelter.
36. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
40. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
41. Placed crosswise.
43. Lower in esteem.
45. A synthetic progestational hormone (trade name Norlutin) used in oral contraceptives and to treat endometriosis.
48. A large and widespread genus varying in size from small shrubs to large trees.
49. A spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter.
50. Little known Kamarupan languages.
53. An informal term for a father.
54. A narrow zigzag ribbon used as trimming.
57. The function or position properly or customarily occupied or served by another.
58. Chief port of Yemen.
59. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
60. One millionth of a gram.
61. A university town in east central Maine on the Penobscot River north of Bangor.
65. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
69. A Japanese cheer of enthusiasm or triumph.
71. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
73. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
74. Used of a single unit or thing.
75. A fan of racing who watches races from the outer rail of the track.
77. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
78. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
79. Small family of usually tropical butterflies.
80. A young woman making her debut into society.

DOWN

1. A Bantu language.
2. Cause to lose one's nerve.
3. Make off with belongings of others.
4. Someone who plays the harp.
5. Devoid of warmth and cordiality.
6. Being ten more than one hundred forty.
7. 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.
8. Large dark-striped tropical food and game fish related to remoras.
9. Type genus of the Amiidae.
10. Genus of chiefly small rock-loving ferns.
11. Humorously vulgar.
12. Jordan's port.
13. An unaccompanied choral composition with sacred lyrics.
14. Administer an oil or ointment to.
19. A short literary or musical composition.
23. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
26. Money extracted as a penalty.
29. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel.
31. A beautiful and graceful girl.
34. Garlic mayonnaise.
35. Employing variations in pitch to distinguish meanings of otherwise similar words.
37. Food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing.
38. A line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage.
39. Of or relating to or characteristic of Texas or its residents.
42. Footwear shaped to fit the foot (below the ankle) with a flexible upper of leather or plastic and a sole and heel of heavier material.
44. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
46. An expert at calculation (or at operating calculating machines).
47. Austrian zoologist who studied the behavior of birds and emphasized the importance of innate as opposed to learned behaviors (1903-1989).
51. East Indian evergreen tree bearing very acid fruit.
52. Leatherleaf ferns.
55. On a ship, train, plane or other vehicle.
56. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
62. Type genus of the Ranidae.
63. Tree bearing large brown nuts containing e.g. caffeine.
64. Set down according to a plan.
66. Soft white semisolid fat obtained by rendering the fatty tissue of the hog v 1.
67. A stick that people can lean on to help them walk.
68. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
70. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
72. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
76. Not out.

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