Crossword Puzzle Number 5979 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 foot/sec/sec to a mass of 1 pound.
4. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
12. An honorary degree in science.
15. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
16. A Bantu language that is one of the two major languages of Zimbabwe.
17. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
18. (electronics) Designating sound transmission from two sources through two channels.
20. French impressionist painter (1840-1926).
21. An interest followed with exaggerated zeal.
22. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
23. An open vessel with a handle and a spout for pouring.
26. Stern foremost or backward.
30. Free-swimming mostly freshwater flatworms.
33. Food of a ruminant regurgitated to be chewed again.
34. United States humorist and writer of satirical short stories (1885-1933).
35. Having or using only one filament.
40. Having ones attention or mind or energy engaged.
41. A Powhatan Indian woman (the daughter of Powhatan) who befriended the English at Jamestown and is said to have saved Captain John Smith's life (1595-1617).
42. Gone by.
43. The executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget.
46. A state in New England.
47. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
48. Brightly colored tropical freshwater fishes.
50. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
53. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
55. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
56. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
57. Ellipse in which the two axes are of equal length.
60. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household.
62. Type genus of the Amiidae.
63. A hidden storage space (for money or provisions or weapons).
64. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
68. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
71. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
73. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
74. How long something has existed.
75. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
77. A fluorocarbon with chlorine.
78. An unabridged dictionary constructed on historical principles.
79. A public place in ancient Greece or Rome devoted to the training of wrestlers and other athletes.
80. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.

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1. An anxiety disorder associated with serious traumatic events and characterized by such symptoms as guilt about surviving or reliving the trauma in dreams or numbness and lack of involvement with reality or recurrent thoughts and images.
2. A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
3. The right to take another's property if an obligation is not discharged.
4. (informal) Of the highest quality.
5. A wooden or metal device that is inserted into a shoe to preserve its shape when it is not being worn.
6. A light strong gray lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong light-weight alloys (as for airplane parts).
7. The capital of Eritrea.
8. Something that causes irritation and annoyance.
9. An electrically charged particle.
10. The compass point that is midway between north and northeast.
11. Take in solid food.
12. The second month of the Moslem calendar.
13. An assertion of a right (as to money or property).
14. An informal term for a father.
19. A landlocked republic in central Africa.
24. Someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric.
25. (combining form) Indicating radiation or radioactivity.
27. (legend) Chalice used by Christ at the last supper.
28. Minute blackish gregarious flies destructive to mushrooms and seedlings.
29. A jurist who interprets Muslim law.
31. United States photographer remembered for her portraits of rural workers during the Depression (1895-1965).
32. A characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves).
36. A metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter.
37. An avalanche volcanic water and mud down the slopes of a volcano.
38. Jordan's port.
39. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
44. The wanton killing of many people.
45. Trousers ending above the knee.
49. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
51. First woman aviator to fly solo nonstop across the Atlantic (1928).
52. Offering fun and gaiety.
54. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
58. An iconic mental representation.
59. Aroused to impatience or anger.
61. A high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary).
65. The state of needing something that is absent or unavailable.
66. A small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold.
67. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
69. Of southern Europe.
70. An accountant certified by the state.
72. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
76. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.

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