Crossword Puzzle Number 5917 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
4. Too old to be useful.
11. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
15. An enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of many body compounds (e.g., epinephrine and norepinephrine and serotonin).
16. Genus of herbs of Eurasia and the Americas.
17. Lacking sufficient water or rainfall.
18. A communist state in Indochina on the South China Sea.
20. Indicating the most important performer or role.
21. Make uniform.
22. A thrusting blow with a knife.
23. State in northeastern India.
25. The battle in 202 BC in which Scipio decisively defeated Hannibal at the end of the second Punic War.
26. A mountainous island in eastern Indonesia.
27. Having or localized centrally at a focus.
28. Snarled or stalled in complete confusion.
32. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
36. By bad luck.
38. Sung or uttered rhythmically in a monotone.
41. A shrub or tree of the genus Rhus (usually limited to the non-poisonous members of the genus).
44. Up to the present time.
45. A language spoken by the Atakapa people of the Gulf coast of Louisiana and Texas.
47. The sacred city of Lamaism.
50. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
51. Silklike nylon fabric.
54. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
56. Semi-evergreen South American tree with odd-pinnate leaves and golden yellow flowers cultivated as an ornamental.
61. The Mongol people living the the central and eastern parts of Outer Mongolia.
65. A Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the siege of Troy.
67. The basic unit of money in Vietnam.
69. A branch of the Tai languages.
70. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
72. Genus of sticky herbs with yellow flowers open in morning or evening but closed in bright light.
74. A master's degree in business.
75. Any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism.
76. A device that launches aircraft from a warship.
78. Tag the base runner to get him out.
79. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
80. Having few if any teeth.
81. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

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1. Collect or gather.
2. Of or relating to the African people who speak one of the Bantoid languages or to their culture.
3. Brilliantly colored south Asian pheasant.
4. A unit of electrical resistance equal to the resistance between two points on a conductor when a potential difference of one volt between them produces a current of one ampere.
5. A state in the eastern United States.
6. A region of northeastern France famous for its wines.
7. Greek wine flavored with resin.
8. Type genus of the Anatidae.
9. Type genus of the Giraffidae.
10. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
11. A Japanese cheer of enthusiasm or triumph.
12. Of or relating to or involving an area.
13. The length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference.
14. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
19. A port city in southwestern Iran.
24. Casserole of eggplant and ground lamb with onion and tomatoes bound with white sauce and beaten eggs.
29. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
30. Wood of a pecan tree.
31. Type genus of Ochnaceae.
33. Fertility goddess in ancient Greek mythology.
34. Informal terms for a meal.
35. A heavy ductile magnetic metallic element.
37. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
39. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
40. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
42. A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles.
43. A state in southeastern India on the Bay of Bengal (south of Andhra Pradesh).
46. Small toothless anteater with prehensile tale and four-clawed forelimbs.
48. Short and fat.
49. A person who lives and works on land.
52. The eleventh month of the civil year.
53. A hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion.
55. A state in northwestern North America.
57. Tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit.
58. Having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity.
60. Cause to adhere.
62. A genus of Lamnidae.
63. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
64. Jordan's port.
66. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
68. Having the deep slightly brownish color of gold.
71. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
73. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
77. A brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur.

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