Crossword Puzzle Number 5791 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. 10 hao equal 1 dong.
4. Faucet consisting of a rotating device for regulating flow of a liquid.
12. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
15. An ester of adenosine that is converted to ATP for energy storage.
16. Small genus of deciduous trees of tropical America and Asia.
17. Wood duck and mandarin duck.
18. Towards the side away from the wind.
19. Directed with intense concentration.
20. United States sculptor (born in 1924).
22. An extra or repeated performance.
24. (trademark) A nickel-chromium alloy with high electrical resistance and an ability to withstand high temperatures.
26. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
28. Of or relating to or near the coccyx.
31. By bad luck.
32. An unforeseen obstacle.
36. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
37. A power unit equal to the power dissipated when 1 abampere flows across a potential difference of 1 abvolt (one ten-thousandth of a milliwatt).
39. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
40. Burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud.
41. A Spanish river.
42. The widely studied plant virus that causes tobacco mosaic.
43. An association of countries in the western hemisphere.
49. Judge beforehand, esp. without sufficient evidence.
51. A Chadic language spoken in the Mandara mountains in Cameroon.
52. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
53. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
55. Liquid excretory product.
56. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
60. A public promotion of some product or service.
62. A person of unquestioning obedience.
64. Disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet.
68. A Japanese cheer of enthusiasm or triumph.
70. Tropical American trees with palmately compound leaves and showy bell-shaped flowers.
72. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
73. A unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour.
74. (Judaism) An eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem.
76. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
77. Marked by skill in deception.
78. Something resembling the head of a nail that is used an an ornamental device.
79. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

DOWN

1. Exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health.
2. Chief port of Yemen.
3. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
4. A Japanese shrub that resembles members of the genus Spiraea.
5. Webbing clothes moths.
6. The month following September and preceding November.
7. (prefix) Coming before or being preliminary or preparatory.
8. Having hollow tubes (as for the passage of fluids).
9. A musical phrase repeated over and over during a composition.
10. A metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter.
11. Boiled or baked buckwheat.
12. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
13. The length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference.
14. A shaft on which a wheel rotates.
21. Painter (born in Germany, resident of France and the United States) who was a cofounder of Dadaism.
23. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
25. A closed sac that develops abnormally in some body structure.
27. An old Scottish coin of little value.
29. A Dravidian language spoken in south central India.
30. (`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') End v 1.
33. Italian chemist noted for work on polymers (1903-1979).
34. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
35. Large fish-eating Indian crocodilian with a long slender snout.
38. A large mass of ice floating at sea.
44. An expressway in a German-speaking country.
45. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
46. (military) Signal to turn the lights out.
47. Used of a single unit or thing.
48. Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence.
50. A city in southwestern Spain that is famous for making sherry.
54. The 15th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
57. (used in combination) Priced as indicated.
58. A unit of weight used in some parts of Asia.
59. A transient variation in voltage or current.
61. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
63. A cry of sorrow and grief.
65. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
66. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
67. God of love and erotic desire.
69. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
71. The cry made by sheep.
75. A hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion.

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