Crossword Puzzle Number 629 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A strip of land projecting into a body of water.
5. Key that secures entrance everywhere.
12. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
15. Type genus of the Amiidae.
16. Large genus of Australian evergreen shrubs or small trees with large daisylike flowers.
17. Any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism.
18. Of or relating to or near the sacrum.
20. Fear resulting from the awareness of danger.
21. An emotional response that has been acquired by conditioning.
22. The act of taking something from someone unlawfully.
23. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
25. Any plant of the genus Alocasia having large showy basal leaves and boat-shaped spathe and reddish berries.
29. (Sumerian) Goddess personifying earth.
31. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
32. The income arising from land or other property.
34. A program under which employees regularly accumulate shares and may ultimately assume control of the company.
38. A communist state in the Caribbean on the island of Cuba.
42. A man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance.
44. An unforeseen obstacle.
45. Of or relating to the palm of the hand or to the area at the base of the thumb.
47. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
48. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
50. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
51. Someone who operates an aircraft.
53. A cooler darker spot appearing periodically on the surface of the sun.
55. Lacking either stimulating or irritating characteristics.
56. Exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health.
58. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
59. Trivial nonsense.
65. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
67. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
68. Not made with leavening.
70. Widely distributed genus of herbs or shrubs with glandular compound leaves and spicate or racemose purple or white flowers.
74. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
75. A small cake leavened with yeast.
76. A thin strip (wood or metal).
77. Stem of the rattan palm used for making canes and umbrella handles.
80. (British) Your grandmother.
81. Suggestive of the supernatural.
82. Used of skin roughened as a result of cold or exposure.
83. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

DOWN

1. (of molten metal or glass) Formed by pouring or pressing into a mold n 1.
2. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
3. A genus of temperate and arctic evergreen trees (see spruce).
4. One of two flaps attached to a cap to keep the ears warm.
5. A person active in party politics.
6. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
7. An area that includes seats for several people.
8. East Indian tree yielding a resin used medicinally and burned as incense.
9. A small volcanic island in Indonesia between Java and Sumatra.
10. A genus of Mustelidae.
11. Edible tuber of any of several yams.
12. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
13. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
14. Of or relating to the dura mater.
19. On, to, or at the top.
24. Optical instrument consisting of a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision.
26. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
27. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
28. A state in northwestern North America.
30. An isogram connecting points receiving equal amounts of sunshine.
33. State in northeastern India.
35. A drama set to music.
36. Any organic compound formed by adding alcohol molecules to aldehyde molecules.
37. Towards the side away from the wind.
39. Relatively small fast-moving sloth.
40. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
41. A city in northern India.
43. Any of the yeastlike imperfect fungi of the genus Candida.
46. Not based upon or representing political parties.
49. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
52. 300 to 3000 megahertz.
54. A member of an American Indian peoples of NE South America and the Lesser Antilles.
57. The basic unit of money in Romania.
60. A corporation authorized by Congress to provide a secondary market for residential mortgages.
61. A support that steadies or strengthens something else.
62. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the practice of Yoga).
63. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
64. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
66. A small island.
69. The part of an organism that connects the head to the rest of the body.
71. An implement used to propel or steer a boat.
72. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
73. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
78. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
79. A public promotion of some product or service.

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