Crossword Puzzle Number 5967 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A state-chartered savings bank owned by its depositors and managed by a board of trustees.
4. Any of various strong liquors especially a Dutch spirit distilled from potatoes.
12. White crystalline compound used as a food additive to enhance flavor.
15. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
16. A long slender cigar.
17. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
18. Soviet physicist who worked on low temperature physics (1908-1968).
20. A woman of refinement.
21. Extremely pleasing.
22. Edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants.
23. The vital principle or animating force within living things.
26. A person of unquestioning obedience.
28. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
29. God of wealth and love.
32. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
33. Fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelopes the seed.
37. Either of 2 species of the genus Roridula.
41. Age or bleach flour with Agene (nitrogen trichloride).
44. An association of criminals.
45. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
47. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
48. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
51. A purplish dye obtained from orchil lichens.
57. Compelled forcibly by an outside agency.
58. At right angles to the length of a ship or airplane.
61. The cry made by sheep.
63. A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles.
64. A high-kicking dance of French origin performed by a female chorus line.
66. Lead someone in the wrong direction.
71. American professional baseball player famous for hitting home runs (1895-1948).
72. Of or relating an apse.
75. (informal) Roused to anger.
76. Other than what is under consideration or implied.
77. Type genus of the Balaenidae.
78. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
79. A natural protective covering of the body.
80. Roman misspelling for Odysseus.
81. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.

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1. The molecular weight of a substance expressed in grams.
2. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
3. An unofficial association of people or groups.
4. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
5. Events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something.
6. A colorless explosive liquid that is volatile and poisonous and foul-smelling.
7. A republic in southwestern Africa on the south Atlantic coast (formerly called South West Africa).
8. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
9. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
10. Any of several trees of the genus Platanus having thin pale bark that scales off in small plates and lobed leaves and ball-shaped heads of fruits.
11. A guided missile fired from shipboard against an airborne target.
12. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
13. Speaking a Slavic language.
14. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
19. Nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do.
24. The 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
25. Acquire or gain knowledge or skills.
27. Gully or streambed in North Africa and the Middle East that remains dry except during rainy season.
30. United States golfer who won many major golf tournaments (born in 1912).
31. A particular environment or walk of life.
34. Covered with a roof.
35. Large family of bark-boring or wood-boring short-beaked beetles.
36. German physicist who studied cathode rays (1862-1947).
38. Occurring or encountered or experienced or observed frequently or in accordance with regular practice or procedure.
39. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
40. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
42. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
43. Make a gurgling sound as of liquid issuing from a bottle.
46. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
49. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
50. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
52. United States politician who proposed that individual territories be allowed to decide whether they would have slavery.
53. A port city on the Caspian Sea that is the capital of Azerbaijan and an important center for oil production.
54. A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders.
55. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
56. Chipmunks of eastern North America.
59. One of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof.
60. The Uralic language spoken by the Yeniseian people.
62. (Greek mythology) The god of the underworld in ancient mythology.
65. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
67. Mentally healthy.
68. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
69. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
70. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
73. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
74. Marked by skill in deception.

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