Crossword Puzzle Number 5869 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A fluorocarbon with chlorine.
4. Clean refuse from.
12. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
15. 10 hao equal 1 dong.
16. A landlocked republic in south central South America.
17. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
18. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
19. Large arboreal boa of tropical South America.
20. An associate degree in applied science.
21. A heavy gray-white metallic element.
23. A native-born Israeli.
25. (Irish) The sea personified.
29. Gully or streambed in North Africa and the Middle East that remains dry except during rainy season.
30. Inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense.
33. A candlestick with a flat side to be hung on the wall.
35. Fragrant resin obtain from trees of the family Burseraceae and used as incense.
36. A sliver-white metallic element of the platinum group that resembles platinum.
37. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
41. A canvas bag that is used to feed an animal (such as a horse).
46. A member of a people living in southern Benin and Togo and southeastern Ghana.
47. The main city of ancient Phoenicia.
51. A Scottish word.
53. (South Africa) A small hill rising up from the African veld.
54. Used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son.
55. Pig iron containing manganese.
57. The state capital of South Australia.
59. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
60. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
61. A territory in southwestern Germany formerly ruled by the counts palatine.
66. A midday meal.
70. An implement used to propel or steer a boat.
71. Lying beneath what is revealed or avowed, especially being deliberately concealed.
74. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
75. The 21st letter of the Greek alphabet.
76. During the intervening time.
77. A vacuum tube in which a hot cathode emits a beam of electrons that pass through a high voltage anode and are focused or deflected before hitting a phosphorescent screen.
78. A doctor's degree in education.
79. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.
80. The capital and largest city of Japan.

DOWN

1. A wad of something chewable as tobacco.
2. A card game in which players bet against the dealer on the cards he will draw from a dealing box.
3. Fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period.
4. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
5. A deliberately misleading fabrication.
6. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
7. British informal term.
8. An inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others.
9. (Roman Catholic) A diplomatic representative of the Pope having ambassadorial status.
10. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
11. An unfledged or nestling hawk.
12. Jordan's port.
13. The hair growing on the lower part of a man's face.
14. A Nilotic language.
22. A narrow gorge with a stream running through it.
24. An overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration.
26. Of southern Europe.
27. An honorary degree in science.
28. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
31. A sudden very loud noise.
32. A rosid dicot genus that includes moon carrots.
34. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
38. Italian operatic composer (1813-1901).
39. Closed with a lace.
40. A shape that spreads outward.
42. Someone who asks a question.
43. A correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence).
44. English monk and scholar (672-735).
45. Rice cooked in well-seasoned broth with onions or celery and usually poultry or game or shellfish and sometimes tomatoes.
48. The sciences concerned with gathering and manipulating and storing and retrieving and classifying recorded information.
49. Capital and largest city of Indonesia.
50. 1 species.
52. Made of fir or pine.
56. Rip off.
58. Place in a grave or tomb.
62. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
63. Lacking sufficient water or rainfall.
64. Indicating the most important performer or role.
65. English Quaker who founded the colony of Pennsylvania (1644-1718).
67. The front of the head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear.
68. A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments.
69. An international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security.
72. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
73. Being one more than two.

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