Crossword Puzzle Number 5930 (Medium Grid)

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1. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).
5. United States naturalist (born in Switzerland) who studied fossil fish.
12. An American doctorate usually based on at least 3 years graduate study and a dissertation.
15. Earn on some commercial or business transaction.
16. A flowering shrub.
17. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
18. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
19. Ash-colored or anemic looking from illness or emotion.
20. Any of various organs that synthesize substances needed by the body and release it through ducts or directly into the bloodstream.
22. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
23. A digestive juice secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder.
24. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
25. Destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle.
27. Ceremonial elegance and splendor.
30. In bed.
32. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
34. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
37. The cry made by sheep.
40. The table in Christian churches where communion is given.
45. A radioactive gaseous element formed by the disintegration of radium.
46. A metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter.
47. An uproarious party.
48. (Scotland) A landowner.
49. A cruel wicked and inhuman person.
51. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
52. Again but in a new or different way.
54. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
55. A yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
58. Given to avoiding association with others.
61. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
62. An associate degree in applied science.
63. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
69. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
70. Sect of Orthodox Jews who follow the Mosaic Law strictly.
74. Not agitated.
75. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
76. A benign epithelial tumor of glandular origin.
77. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
78. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
79. A spoken blessing.
80. Wife or mistress of Zeus and mother of Apollo and Artemis in ancient mythology.

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1. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
2. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
3. The edible flesh of any of various crabs.
4. Antiarrhythmic drug (trade name Enkaid) used to treat life-threatening arrhythmias but increases the risk of sudden death in heart attack patients.
5. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
6. Talks a great deal about uninteresting topics.
7. Type genus of the Anhimidae.
8. An ancient upright stone slab bearing markings.
9. Mentally healthy.
10. Not out.
11. An angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions.
12. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
13. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
14. An informal term for a father.
21. Backache affecting the lumbar region or lower back.
26. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
28. Consisting of or made of wood of the oak tree.
29. A disease of poultry.
31. A narrative song with a recurrent refrain.
33. A genus of Sterninae.
35. Xerophytic evergreen shrubs.
36. Anneal or toughen by a process of gradually heating and cooling.
38. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.
39. A mountain range in South America running 5000 miles along the Pacific coast.
41. A verse line with a dactyl followed by a spondee or trochee.
42. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
43. (anatomy) Of or relating to the ilium.
44. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
50. A gliding or sliding step in ballet.
53. A blue dyestuff obtained from the woad plant.
56. The face or front of a building.
57. A woman's abbreviated two-piece bathing suit.
59. Of or like a cecum.
60. Wood of a pecan tree.
64. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
65. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
66. A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula.
67. A thin strip (wood or metal).
68. Projectiles to be fired from a gun.
71. A fractional monetary unit of Japan and Indonesia and Cambodia.
72. An operating system that is on a disk.
73. The United Nations agency concerned with international maritime activities.

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