Crossword Puzzle Number 5775 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean.
5. French chemist and biologist whose discovery that fermentation is caused by microorganisms resulted in the process of pasteurization (1822-1895).
12. Being one hundred more than two hundred.
15. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
16. (psychology) An urge to withdraw or avoid a situation or an object.
17. To make a mistake or be incorrect.
18. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
19. Antibacterial agent used especially to treat genitourinary infections.
20. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
21. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
24. An ascocarp having the spore-bearing layer of cells (the hymenium) on a broad disklike receptacle.
26. Lap at the front of a coat.
29. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
31. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
32. British composer (1857-1934).
35. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
38. A country north of Ethiopia on the Red Sea.
40. United States physicist (born in Austria) who proposed the exclusion principle (thus providing a theoretical basis for the periodic table) (1900-1958).
41. Surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments.
43. The residue that remains when something is burned.
44. Of a cask or barrel.
46. British artist and writer of nonsense verse (1812-1888).
47. The audible part of a transmitted signal.
49. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
50. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
53. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
57. A narcotic drug that contains opium or an opium derivative.
64. Informal terms for a mother.
67. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
68. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
71. Of the blackest black.
72. God of love and erotic desire.
73. Of or relating to Linnaeus or to the system of of taxonomic classification that he proposed.
74. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.

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1. Of or relating to near the ear.
2. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered.
3. Jordan's port.
4. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
5. (Greek mythology) The first woman.
6. At right angles to the length of a ship or airplane.
7. The 18th letter of the Greek alphabet.
8. Two-year-old sheep.
9. Officially entered in a roll or list.
10. Fiddler crabs.
11. A recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs.
12. Of or like a cecum.
13. Baby bed with high sides.
14. A steep rugged rock or cliff.
22. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
23. (British slang) An absolute certainty.
25. Any member of a ship's crew.
27. A city in northern India.
28. Marked by the reception of pay.
30. The bottom of a sea or ocean.
33. A small spineless globe-shaped cactus.
34. The world's largest desert (3,500,000 square miles) in North Africa.
36. Of or relating to the dura mater.
37. The dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia.
39. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
42. Severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset.
45. A deliberately false or improbable account.
48. United States newspaper publisher (1858-1935).
51. The 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
52. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
54. A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders.
55. A Bantu language spoken by the Kamba people in Kenya.
56. Make a dent or impression in.
58. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
59. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
60. Characteristic of false pride.
61. A Hindu prince or king in India.
62. In bed.
63. Being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time.
65. The sixth day of the week.
66. A local computer network for communication between computers.
69. Being ten more than one hundred forty.
70. A state in midwestern United States.

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