Crossword Puzzle Number 5841 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. The sign language used in the United States.
4. (botany) Of or relating to the development of an embryo in the absence of fertilization.
12. A flexible container with a single opening.
15. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
16. Any plant of the genus Caragana having even-pinnate leaves and mostly yellow flowers followed by seeds in a linear pod.
17. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
18. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
19. The act of detecting something.
20. 100 ngwee equal 1 kwacha.
22. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
24. Green algae common in freshwater lakes of limestone districts.
25. Indigo bush.
26. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
28. Urge or force (a person) to an action.
30. Of or pertaining to or characteristic of Italy or its people or culture or language.
33. A round shape formed by a series of concentric circles.
37. Relating or near the pubis.
39. Serving cart for serving tea or light refreshments.
40. A body of poetry that conveys the traditions of a society by treating some epic theme.
43. A contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite.
44. An emotional response that has been acquired by conditioning.
48. A state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico.
51. Ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure = 1.5 gallons.
52. A republic in northwestern South America.
56. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
57. Slanderous defamation.
58. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria and closely related to Hausa.
60. Salted roe of sturgeon or other large fish.
63. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
65. Fallow deer.
68. American novelist (1909-1955).
69. A promotional statement (as found on the dust jackets of books).
71. Perennial herbs of eastern North America and Asia having aromatic tuberous roots.
72. The address of a web page on the world wide web.
75. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
76. A boy or man.
77. Tropical American feather palm having a swollen spiny trunk and edible nuts.
78. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.

DOWN

1. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
2. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
3. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
4. (informal) Of the highest quality.
5. An archaic name for Easter or Passover.
6. Deprived of parents by death or desertion.
7. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
8. Fungus used in the preparation of punk for fuses.
9. Breed of sled dog developed in Alaska.
10. Not out.
11. The basic unit of luminous intensity adopted under the System International d'Unites.
12. Shout loudly and without restraint.
13. On or toward the lee.
14. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
21. A region (and former kingdom) in northwestern Spain on the Atlantic and the Bay of Biscay.
23. Type genus of the Felidae.
27. A form of entertainment that enacts a story by a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement.
29. A person who is the victim of ridicule or exploitation by some hostile person or influence.
31. Pale soft wood of a tupelo tree especially the water gum.
32. (anatomy) Opposite to or away from the mouth.
34. A hidden drawback.
35. Poor and often mischievous city child.
36. A flammable colorless gaseous alkene.
38. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
41. The capital of Cape Verde on Sao Tiago Island.
42. God of the earth.
45. The 3rd letter of the Greek alphabet.
46. Herbs of Mediterranean to central Asia cultivated for their flowers.
47. A steep rugged rock or cliff.
49. A cricket ball bowled as if to break one way that actually breaks in the opposite way.
50. The template for protein synthesis.
53. A river that rises in northern Colombia and flows generally eastward to the Orinoco in central Venezuela.
54. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
55. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
59. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
61. A city in northern India.
62. Elevated open grassland in southern Africa.
64. A recurring sleep state during which rapid eye movements do not occur and dreaming does not occur.
66. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
67. A shaft on which a wheel rotates.
70. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
73. After noon.
74. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.

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