Crossword Puzzle Number 5709 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Seed vessel having hooks or prickles.
4. Small family of usually tropical butterflies.
12. A small piece of cloth.
15. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
16. Find repugnant.
17. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
18. Electronic warfare undertaken to prevent or reduce an enemy's effective use of the electromagnetic spectrum.
19. An area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake.
21. Characterized by divine or godlike nature.
23. A small volcanic island in Indonesia between Java and Sumatra.
24. Of or relating to or involving an area.
25. A yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
26. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
27. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
28. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
32. A winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple.
40. Wearing or provided with clothing.
41. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
42. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
43. Annual grass of Europe and North Africa.
44. Bright with a steady but subdued shining.
46. (Mesopotamia) God of agriculture and earth.
47. 100 avos equal 1 pataca.
48. Towards the side away from the wind.
49. Cut off the testicles.
50. Cause to go crazy.
52. Any tropical African shrub of the genus Protea having alternate rigid leaves and dense colorful flower heads resembling cones.
54. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
56. Resembling gass.
57. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
59. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
61. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
64. Any of several fleet black-and-white striped African equines.
67. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
71. The French-speaking capital of the province of Quebec.
73. Any of numerous low-growing cushion-forming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems.
75. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
76. The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm.
77. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
79. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
80. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
81. Genus of beetles whose grubs feed mainly on roots of plants.
82. A young woman making her debut into society.

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1. English monk and scholar (672-735).
2. A circumscribed inflammatory and often suppurating lesion on the skin or an internal mucous surface resulting in necrosis of tissue.
3. Tall perennial herb of tropical Asia with dark green leaves.
4. A person or organization that causes pollution of the environment.
5. An edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle.
6. A long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head.
7. (informal) Of the highest quality.
8. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
9. A kind of polyester fabric.
10. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
11. 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.
12. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
13. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
14. A seaport in northwestern Italy.
20. The main city of ancient Phoenicia.
22. The face or front of a building.
29. Porridge made of rolled oats.
30. Type genus of the Amiidae.
31. The god who fathered the islands and gods of Japan with his sister Izanami.
33. American author of inspirational adventure stories for boys.
34. Celebes megapode that lays eggs in holes in sandy beaches.
35. A genus of Ploceidae.
36. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
37. A large number or amount.
38. The overhang at the lower edge of a roof.
39. Lack of normal muscular tension or tonus.
45. American novelist (1909-1955).
51. An informal term for a father.
53. An inhabitant of ancient Thebes.
55. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
58. The azimuth of a celestial body is the angle between the vertical plane containing it and the plane of the meridian.
60. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
62. Large in quantity or volume.
63. A Russian river.
65. Edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants.
66. The top edge of a vessel.
68. Cheap showy jewelry or ornament or clothing.
69. Stable gear consisting of either of two curved supports that are attached to the collar of a draft horse and that hold the traces.
70. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
72. An accountant certified by the state.
74. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
78. Half the width of an em.

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