ACROSS
1. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
4. Pejorative terms for an insane asylum.
12. The United Nations agency concerned with the international collection of meteorological data.
15. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
16. Someone who puts text into appropriate form for publication.
17. (usually followed by `of') Released from something onerous (especially an obligation or duty).
18. A full skirt with a gathered waistband.
20. The sacred city of Lamaism.
21. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
22. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
23. Inventory accounting in which the oldest items (those first acquired) are assumed to be the first sold.
25. A port in southern Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea.
27. A small cake leavened with yeast.
29. A Loloish language.
30. To or from every one of two or more (considered individually).
33. A cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt.
34. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
35. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
38. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
42. Posing no difficulty.
44. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
45. Used of a single unit or thing.
48. (19th century) A man's high tasseled boot.
50. A pad of paper for keeping notes.
52. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
53. A metal-bearing mineral valuable enough to be mined.
54. Lacking self-confidence.
58. An oral cephalosporin (trade names Keflex and Keflin and Keftab) commonly prescribe for mild to moderately severe infections of the skin or ears or throat or lungs or urinary tract.
61. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
64. A shaft on which a wheel rotates.
65. A substance produced by the hypothalamus that is capable of accelerating the secretion of a given hormone by the anterior pituitary gland.
66. The capital and largest city of the province of Alberta.
71. Any of numerous plants of the genus Euphorbia.
74. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
75. Lap that forms a cloth border doubled back and stitched down v 1.
76. English author.
78. A device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned.
79. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
80. Scandinavian liquor usually flavored with caraway seeds.
81. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
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1. An informal term for a father.
2. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
3. Made from residue of grapes or apples after pressing.
4. A machine-readable version of a standard dictionary.
5. King of Wessex.
6. A doctor's degree in religion.
7. Tropical and subtropical marine and freshwater fishes having an elongated body and long protruding lower jaw.
8. United States biochemist (born in Spain) who studied the biological synthesis of nucleic acids (born in 1905).
9. A reptile genus of Iguanidae.
10. An internationally recognized distress signal in radio code.
11. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
12. Cause to happen or to occur as a consequence.
13. Tropical Asian starlings.
14. A port city of south central Ukraine on an arm of the Black Sea.
19. A battle in 1645 that settled the outcome of the first English Civil War as the Parliamentarians won a major victory over the Royalists.
24. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
26. Fiddler crabs.
28. The jurisdiction or office of an abbot.
31. Used chiefly as a direction or description in music.
32. A small picture inserted within the bounds or a larger one.
36. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
37. A unit of current equal to 10 amperes.
39. Remote in manner.
40. 100 agorot equal 1 shekel.
41. Coming at a subsequent time or stage.
43. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
46. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
47. The first light of day.
49. Unknown god.
51. Formed by reaction between an acid and an alcohol with elimination of water.
55. A soft gray malleable metallic element that resembles tin but discolors on exposure to air.
56. Russian dramatist whose plays are concerned with the difficulty of communication between people (1860-1904).
57. (biology) Of unlike parts or organs.
59. As from a country.
60. A narrow gorge with a stream running through it.
62. Small cold-water silvery fish.
63. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
67. A shop selling delicatessen (as salads or cooked meats).
68. Tasting sour like a lemon.
69. A port city in northwestern Algeria and the country's 2nd largest city.
70. Type genus of the Nepidae.
72. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
73. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
77. A motorized wheeled vehicle used for camping or other recreational activities.
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