Crossword Puzzle Number 5817 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud.
5. A member of an Indian people formerly living along the Gulf coast of Louisiana and Texas.
12. The syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization.
15. Rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos.
16. Proboscis monkeys.
17. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
18. Any of numerous ornamental shrubs grown for their showy flowers of various colors.
20. Anything that covers or conceals.
21. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
22. United States naval officer and historian (1840-1914).
23. (informal) "in the dumps".
25. Having a price assigned or having a price as specified.
26. An aromatic exudate from the mastic tree.
28. (Greek mythology) God of love.
32. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
38. Any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism.
39. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
42. Any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight.
43. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
45. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
46. The table in Christian churches where communion is given.
47. In bed.
48. The cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one.
50. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
51. Small tree of dry open parts of southern Africa having erect angled branches suggesting candelabra.
54. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
55. (of tempo) Leisurely n.
58. Gather, as of as crops.
60. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
62. A driver who exceeds the safe speed limit.
65. A gray tetravalent metallic element that resembles zirconium chemically and is found in zirconium minerals.
69. Any of various shrubs and small trees of the genus Gardenia having large fragrant white or yellow flowers.
71. Protective outer layer of seeds of flowering plants.
72. A widely distributed system of free and fixed macrophages derived from bone marrow.
73. The small projection of a mammary gland.
76. A city of central China.
77. A broad flat muscle on either side of the back.
78. (biology) Nearest to or facing toward the axis of an organ or organism.
79. United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993).

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1. A device (used by carpenters) that holds things firmly together v 1.
2. A person afflicted with leprosy.
3. A genus of Indriidae.
4. Stem of the rattan palm used for making canes and umbrella handles.
5. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
6. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
7. An ascocarp having the spore-bearing layer of cells (the hymenium) on a broad disklike receptacle.
8. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
9. A purgative made from the leaves of aloe.
10. A fractional monetary unit in Egypt and Lebanon and Sudan and Syria.
11. Inquire about.
12. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
13. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
14. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
19. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
24. Any organic compound formed by adding alcohol molecules to aldehyde molecules.
27. The location of something surrounded by other things.
29. Disparaging terms for the common people.
30. A Dravidian language spoken in south central India.
31. (electronics) Designating sound transmission from two sources through two channels.
33. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
34. Spicy fruit of the cubeb vine.
35. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
36. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
37. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
40. A unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries.
41. The basic unit of money in Nigeria.
44. Regarded with deep or rapturous love (especially as if for a god).
49. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
52. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
53. An unnaturally frenzied or distraught woman.
56. Quick and skillful in movement.
57. An accessory or adjoining anatomical parts or appendages (especially of the embryo).
59. Indicating the most important performer or role.
61. A Hindu disciple of a swami.
63. An informal term for a father.
64. At a previous time.
66. Goddess of fertility.
67. A state in the western United States.
68. Long coarse hair growing from the crest of the animal's neck.
70. Wood duck and mandarin duck.
74. Being one more than fifty.
75. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.

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