Crossword Puzzle Number 657 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. The habitation of wild animals.
4. Of or related to the cornea.
11. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
15. The United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labor.
16. The apse of a Christian church that contains the bishop's throne.
17. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
18. Of a yellow-green color similar to that of an unripe olive n 1.
20. Go or come after and bring or take back.
21. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
22. The capital of Tajikistan.
24. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
26. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
27. Submerged freshwater perennials.
30. The 12th letter of the Greek alphabet.
31. An alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991.
32. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
36. The Moslem official of a mosque who summons the faithful to prayer from a minaret five times a day.
40. An associate degree in applied science.
42. Sew up the eyelids of hawks and falcons.
43. Half the width of an em.
44. (Roman mythology) Goddess of abundance and fertility.
45. United States virologist who developed the Salk vaccine that is injected against poliomyelitis (born 1914).
46. An extensive grassy and nearly treeless plain (especially in Latin America).
51. Temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers.
54. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
55. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
57. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
58. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
59. Before noon.
60. Electronic warfare undertaken to insure effective friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum in spite of the enemy's use of electronic warfare.
63. Any of a group of heavenly spirits under the god Anu.
68. Botswanan statesman who was the first president of Botswana (1921-1980).
71. Annual grass of Europe and North Africa.
72. A soft gray ductile metallic element used in alloys.
75. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
76. Any of several imperial dynasties of China ruling from 220 to 265 and from 386 to 556.
77. A republic in the western Balkans in south-central Europe in the eastern Adriatic coastal area.
78. The basic unit of money in Iran.
79. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
80. A band around the crown of a hat just above the brim.
81. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.

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1. A thermionic tube having two electrodes.
2. The twelfth month of the civil year.
3. Causing or able to cause nausea.
4. Comb-plate or locomotor organ consisting of a row of strong cilia whose bases are fused.
5. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
6. Encountered generally especially at the present time.
7. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
8. Chipmunks of western America and Asia.
9. Any of various Old World herbs of the genus Anchusa having one-sided clusters of trumpet-shaped flowers.
10. Hungarian composer of light operas (1870-1948).
11. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
12. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
13. A small cake leavened with yeast.
14. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
19. The capital and largest city of Liechtenstein.
23. An island in Indonesia east of Java.
25. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
28. Being nine more than ninety.
29. The capital of the Bahamas.
33. A domain in which something is dominant.
34. Belonging to or prescribed for celiac disease.
35. A non-aromatic saturated hydrocarbon with the general formula CnH(2n+2).
37. Not set afire or burning.
38. The imperial dynasty of China from 1122 to 221 BC.
39. The present occasion.
41. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
47. Reprehensible acquisitiveness.
48. A constitutional monarchy in northern Europe on the western side of the Scandinavian Peninsula.
49. An awkward and inexperienced youth.
50. Young bird especially of domestic fowl.
52. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
53. Any of the Hindu sacred writing.
56. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
61. Green algae common in freshwater lakes of limestone districts.
62. A dark region of considerable extent on the surface of the moon.
64. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
65. A unit of length (in United States and Britain) equal to one twelfth of a foot.
66. Footwear that covers the whole foot and lower leg.
67. The state of being decayed or destroyed.
69. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
70. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
73. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
74. (informal) Roused to anger.

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