Crossword Puzzle Number 5702 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
4. Any enzyme that catalyzes the splitting of proteins into smaller peptide fractions and amino acids by a process known as proteolysis.
12. A local and habitual twitching especially in the face.
15. An accidental happening.
16. (Greek) A benevolent spirit.
17. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
18. (psychology) Characterized by avoidance or withdrawal.
20. Lacking either stimulating or irritating characteristics.
21. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
22. Straggling shrub with narrow leaves and conspicuous red flowers in dense globular racemes.
24. A member of a people native to the Philippines chiefly inhabiting central Luzon around and including Manila.
26. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
27. The medieval dialects of Langue d'oc.
29. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
31. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
33. Pertaining to or resembling amoebae.
37. (informal) Exceptionally good.
39. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
41. Remove from memory or existence.
42. Not widely known.
43. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
45. Toward the mouth or oral region.
46. Relating to or containing the azo radical.
48. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
49. The basic unit of money in Peru.
50. A light brown raw cane sugar from Guyana.
52. A member of the a nomadic tribe of Arabs.
54. Related on the mother's side.
55. Speaking a Slavic language.
57. White crystalline compound used as a food additive to enhance flavor.
58. 100 halers equal 1 koruna.
62. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
64. A mild comatose state.
71. The basic unit of money in Zambia.
72. About three feet long exclusive of tail.
75. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
76. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
77. An act of scaling by the use of ladders (especially the walls of a fortification).
79. A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues.
80. (prefix) Coming before or being preliminary or preparatory.
81. The honeycreepers.
82. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.

DOWN

1. A wad of something chewable as tobacco.
2. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
3. A tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building (usually a church or temple) and that tapers to a point at the top.
4. The cardinal number that is the sum of four and one.
5. Type genus of the Rutaceae.
6. A doctor's degree in optometry.
7. The bill in a restaurant.
8. The fatty flesh of eel.
9. Italian violin maker in Cremona.
10. A musical composition of 3 or 4 movements of contrasting forms.
11. The final stages of an extended process of negotiation.
12. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
13. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
14. A steep rugged rock or cliff.
19. Animal food for browsing or grazing.
23. A populous province in northeastern China.
25. Containing no liquid or actuated without the use of liquid.
28. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
30. Unrestrained by convention or propriety.
32. Jordan's port.
34. United States showman who popularized the circus (1810-1891).
35. Old World genus of annual to perennial herbs.
36. The act of ceding.
38. Any property detected by the olfactory system.
40. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
44. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
47. Forcibly broken through or opened up.
51. The principles of right and wrong that are accepted by an individual or a social group.
53. A person who has been evacuated from a dangerous place.
56. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
59. Any of various perennial South American plants of the genus Loasa having stinging hairs and showy white or yellow or reddish-orange flowers.
60. The square of a body of any size of type.
61. A switch made from the stems of the rattan palms.
63. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
65. An open vessel with a handle and a spout for pouring.
66. (trademark) A liquid that temporarily disables a person.
67. A sodium salt of carbonic acid.
68. Warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings.
69. A small cake leavened with yeast.
70. Noisy talk.
73. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
74. Of a light yellowish-brown color n 1.
78. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.

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