Crossword Puzzle Number 591 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A change in the electrical properties of the skin in response to stress or anxiety.
4. Most desirable possible under a restriction expressed or implied.
11. A rounded thickly curled hairdo.
15. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
16. Large brightly crested bird of Africa.
17. The scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals.
18. Any of a group of heavenly spirits under the god Anu.
20. A semiautomatic rifle.
22. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
23. A device that displays words for people to read.
25. Rapid and indistinct speech.
27. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
28. Waterlines to show the level the water should reach when the ship is properly loaded.
31. Found along western Atlantic coast.
32. United States designer noted for an innovative series of chairs (1907-1978).
36. A person of mean disposition.
40. The sound made by a gentle blow.
41. Frogs, toads, tree toads.
42. A member of the North American Indian people of the Pit river valley in northern California.
44. A small quantity of liquid.
45. Formality in bearing and appearance.
46. (informal) `johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War.
49. A rapid bustling commotion.
50. The central part of a car wheel (or fan or propeller etc) through which the shaft or axle passes.
51. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
52. Small bulb or bulb-shaped growth arising from the leaf axil or in the place of flowers.
57. (in golf) The standard number of strokes set for each hole on a golf course, or for the entire course.
58. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
59. Type and genus of the Isoetaceae and sole extant genus of the order Isoetales.
62. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
65. Large semi-evergreen tree of East India.
66. The United Nations agency concerned with international maritime activities.
67. A short labored intake of breath with the mouth open.
70. Streaming or flapping or spreading wide as if in a current of air.
73. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
74. 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).
75. Grasshopper with short antennae.
77. A light touch or stroke.
78. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
79. Cut in three.
80. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

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1. Of or relating to neuroglia.
2. Proceed without interruption.
3. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
4. Of or relating to near the ear.
5. A radioactive metallic element that is similar to tellurium and bismuth.
6. A major waterfall in southern Africa.
7. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
8. A percussion instrument with wooden bars tuned to produce a chromatic scale and with resonators.
9. Fiddler crabs.
10. 100 mongo equal 1 tugrik.
11. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
12. Loose or flaccid body fat.
13. A barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports.
14. Look at with amorous intentions.
19. Czar of Russian (1551-1605).
21. Indigo bush.
24. Pleasantly (even unrealistically) optimistic.
26. Lacking either stimulating or irritating characteristics.
29. An Asian river.
30. Of surpassing excellence.
33. Of or relating to walls.
34. Worn away as by water or ice or wind.
35. Tropical fruit with a rough brownish skin and very sweet brownish pulp.
37. A very light brown.
38. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
39. Someone who (fraudulently) assumes the appearance of another.
43. Polish labor leader and statesman (born in 1943).
47. Passing or able to pass air in and out of the lungs normally.
48. Divulge information or secrets.
53. (informal) Exceptionally good.
54. Provide with choice or abundant food or drink.
55. Provide with a new seat, as of a chair.
56. God of the underworld and judge of the dead.
60. The second month of the Moslem calendar.
61. (trademark) An acrylic fiber or the lightweight crease-resistant fabric made with Orlon yarns.
63. Any of a class of organic compounds that contain the divalent radical -CONHCO-.
64. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
68. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
69. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
71. The sixth day of the week.
72. An insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans.
76. A hard brittle blue-white multivalent metallic element.

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