Crossword Puzzle Number 5746 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A member of a pastoral people living in the Nilgiri hills of southern India.
5. Tick lacking a dorsal shield and having mouth parts on the under side of the head.
12. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
15. The sixth month of the civil year.
16. Genus of Mediterranean thistles.
17. Time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis.
18. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
19. A string of more than 3,000 islands east of Asia extending 1,300 miles between the Sea of Japan and the western Pacific Ocean.
21. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
23. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
24. (prosody) Of or consisting of iambs.
26. A bachelor's degree in theology.
27. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
30. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
32. A large mountain system in south-central Europe.
36. High quality grape brandy distilled in the Cognac district of France.
37. Any of various plants of the genus Althaea.
38. A graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph.
42. The bureau of the Treasury Department responsible for tax collections.
43. Cuban poet and revolutionary who fought for Cuban independence from Spain (1853-1895).
45. A steep rugged rock or cliff.
47. 100 agorot equal 1 shekel.
48. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
51. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
53. Western Mediterranean annual having deep purple-red flowers subtended by 3 large cordate bracts.
56. (Arthurian legend) The battlefield where King Arthur was mortally wounded.
60. A group of related languages spoken in a valley of southern Ethiopia.
64. A member of the Finno-Ugric-speaking people living in eastern European Russia.
66. The compass point that is midway between north and northwest.
67. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
68. Consisting of or resembling mother-of-pearl.
70. The seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located adv.
71. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
72. Arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness.
73. An edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle.

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1. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
2. A European river.
3. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
4. Relating to or associated with Arabia or its people.
5. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
6. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
7. In an advanced stage of pregnancy.
8. Wool of the alpaca.
9. A city of central China.
10. In an innate manner.
11. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
12. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
13. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
14. An Indian nursemaid who looks after children.
20. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
22. A metric unit of length equal to 100 meters.
25. The French-speaking part of the Canadian Maritime Provinces.
28. Land tenure by agricultural service or payment of rent.
29. (informal British usage) Aggravation or aggression.
31. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
33. (Scotland) A landowner.
34. A source of danger.
35. Improperly forward or bold.
39. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
40. An edilbe seaweed with a mild flavor.
41. A small cake leavened with yeast.
44. A written agreement between two states or sovereigns.
46. Fragrant resin obtain from trees of the family Burseraceae and used as incense.
49. The edible white meat a coconut.
50. Make opalescent.
52. Old World nocturnal canine mammal closely related to the dog.
54. A hotel for motorists.
55. English aristocrat who was the first wife of Prince Charles.
57. East Indian tart yellow berrylike fruit.
58. An addition that extends a main building.
59. 100 ngwee equal 1 kwacha.
61. The distinctive form in which a thing is made.
62. Having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions.
63. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
65. (prefix) Coming before or being preliminary or preparatory.
69. Being one more than one hundred.

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