Crossword Puzzle Number 5797 (Medium Grid)

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1. United States diplomat and jurist who negotiated peace treaties with Britain and served as the first chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1745-1829).
4. Someone skilled in shooting.
12. Last or greatest in an indefinitely large series.
15. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
16. A unit of current equal to 10 amperes.
17. Be obliged to pay or repay.
18. Any mold of the genus Mucor.
20. (ophthalmology) Impaired eyesight resulting usually from irregular conformation of the cornea.
22. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
23. English historian noted for his works on the history of English law (1850-1906).
24. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
26. Bony flesh of herring-like fish usually caught during their migration to fresh water for spawning.
27. One million periods per second.
29. A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues.
33. Chocolate cookie with white cream filling.
35. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
37. Belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler.
39. Aristocratic Italian family of powerful merchants and bankers who ruled Florence in the 15th century.
41. The state of owing money.
44. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
45. A lyric poem with complex stanza forms.
47. A state of surviving.
50. (British) A lottery in which tickets are drawn from a revolving drum.
53. Squirrel monkeys.
54. Greek lyric poet of Lesbos.
57. Tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit.
58. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
60. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
61. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
62. Spicy fruit of the cubeb vine.
65. Hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella.
68. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
72. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
74. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
76. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
77. Group insurance that entitles members to services of participating hospitals and clinics and physicians.
78. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
80. A master's degree in fine arts.
81. Annual grass of Europe and North Africa.
82. A large estate in Spanish-speaking countries.
83. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.

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1. Upright consisting of a vertical side member of a door or window frame.
2. Largest known toad species.
3. West Indian evergreen with medium to long leaves.
4. God of death.
5. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
6. Follower of Rastafarianism.
7. A metric unit of length equal to 1000 meters (or 0.621371 miles).
8. (trademark) A tinned luncheon meat made largely from pork.
9. Flat tableland with steep edges.
10. A person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination.
11. After a negative statement used to indicate that the next statement is similarly negative.
12. A member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons.
13. Being two identical.
14. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
19. A tax on various goods brought into a town.
21. Used especially of fruits.
25. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
28. Any system of principles or beliefs.
30. (Greek mythology) Greek god of war.
31. Having the color of a canary.
32. Paralysis of the vocal cords resulting in an inability to speak.
34. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
36. A public promotion of some product or service.
38. Type genus of the Gavidae.
40. Colloquial British abbreviation.
42. A vehicle carrying many passengers.
43. A device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned.
46. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
48. A small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle).
49. Urge or force (a person) to an action.
51. A short high tone produced as a signal or warning.
52. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
55. Medium-sized tree-dwelling monkey of the Amazon basin.
56. The intended recipient of a message.
59. Tropical tree of Central America and West Indies and Puerto Rico having spikes of white flowers.
63. A blemish made by dirt.
64. A vigorous blow.
66. Earn on some commercial or business transaction.
67. A town in north central Oklahoma.
69. The highest level or degree attainable.
70. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
71. The sixth month of the civil year.
73. An accountant certified by the state.
75. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
79. A radioactive element of the actinide series.

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