Crossword Puzzle Number 5715 (Medium Grid)

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1. Powdery starch from certain sago palms.
5. A strip or stripe of a contrasting color or material.
12. Standard temperature and pressure.
15. (British) Traditional jazz as revived in the 1950s.
16. (psychology) An urge to accept or approach a situation or an object.
17. The quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength.
18. Make anew.
19. Large ornamental tropical American tree with bipinnate leaves and globose clusters of flowers with crimson stamens and sweet-pulp seed pods eaten by cattle.
20. A state in New England.
22. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
23. Mites and ticks.
25. (trademark) An alloy of iron and nickel having a low coefficient of thermal expansion.
26. An archaic name for Easter or Passover.
27. A republic in northeastern Europe on the Baltic Sea.
29. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
30. (Greek mythology) The Titaness who was goddess of justice in ancient mythology.
33. Reject with contempt.
36. A Loloish language.
37. A Spanish river.
39. A piece of jewelry that is pinned onto the wearer's garment.
40. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
43. Liver or meat or fowl finely minced or ground and variously seasoned.
46. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
47. Combined with or having undergone a chemical reaction with oxygen.
50. Set afire.
52. Tree of low-lying coastal areas of southeastern United States having glossy leaves and racemes of fragrant white flowers.
53. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
54. (zoology) Lacking a tail or taillike appendage.
55. Perceptible especially by the eye.
58. Common black European thrush.
59. Mature female of mammals of which the male is called `buck'.
60. A distinct feature or element in a problem.
62. A famous waterfall in Venezuela.
67. Any of various plants of the genus Althaea.
71. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
72. The fur of a rabbit.
75. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individually.
76. Not in good physical or mental health.
77. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
80. A reptile genus of Iguanidae.
81. A statement that deviates from or perverts the truth.
82. The value of a coordinate on the horizontal axis.
83. An easy return of a tennis ball in a high arc.

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1. An elongated leather strip (or or strip of similar material) for binding things together or holding something in position.
2. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
3. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
4. Germanic barbarian leader who ended the western Roman Empire in 476 and became the first barbarian ruler of Italy (434-493).
5. A shop where a variety of goods are sold.
6. The sixth month of the civil year.
7. Extreme excess.
8. The position or office of a dean.
9. Not established by conditioning or learning.
10. A state in southeastern United States.
11. A zodiacal constellation in the northern hemisphere between Taurus and Cancer on the ecliptic.
12. (Judaism) A period of seven days of mourning after the death of close relative.
13. Tropical American flat-jointed prickly pear.
14. A person who is of equal standing with another in a group.
21. Native to Egypt but cultivated widely for its aromatic seeds and the oil from them used medicinally and as a flavoring in cookery.
24. Malevolent aspect of Devi.
28. A group of related languages spoken in a valley of southern Ethiopia.
31. A severe or trying experience.
32. (British) "use your noddle".
34. (folklore) Fairies that are somewhat mischievous.
35. Act in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief.
38. (Norse mythology) God of light and peace and noted for his beauty and sweet nature.
41. Any of numerous ornamental shrubs grown for their showy flowers of various colors.
42. (Greek mythology) The goddess of youth and spring.
44. Jordan's port.
45. Hard white substance covering the crown of a tooth.
48. An ornamental jewelled headdress signifying sovereignty.
49. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
51. Two performers or singers who perform together.
56. Ruffed grouse.
57. A gray tetravalent metallic element that resembles zirconium chemically and is found in zirconium minerals.
61. Type genus of the Canidae.
63. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
64. Informal terms for money.
65. By bad luck.
66. Made from residue of grapes or apples after pressing.
68. The act of drawing or hauling something.
69. (prefix) Outside or outer.
70. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
73. United States architect (born in China in 1917).
74. The bureau of the Treasury Department responsible for tax collections.
78. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
79. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.

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