Crossword Puzzle Number 6724 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. English illustrator of several of Dickens' novels (1815-1882).
5. Type genus of the Meropidae.
11. The basic unit of money in Thailand.
15. Type genus of the Ranidae.
16. Any of various plants of the genus Aralia.
17. A former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia.
18. Severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset.
19. A comedian who uses gags.
20. Being three more than fifty.
21. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
22. Large family of important mostly marine food fishes.
24. A secret society of white Southerners to resist Black emancipation.
28. Make amendments to.
29. Tubular pasta in short ribbed pieces.
31. Strike suddenly and with force.
34. (folklore) Fairies that are somewhat mischievous.
35. Having a back or backing, usually of a specified type.
39. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
41. Type genus of the Aphididae.
44. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
45. Any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves.
46. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
48. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
49. An associate degree in nursing.
50. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
51. A resource.
52. A communist state in Indochina on the South China Sea.
55. Any of numerous composite plants having flower heads with well-developed ray flowers usually arranged in a single whorl.
57. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
60. A small cake leavened with yeast.
63. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
67. By bad luck.
71. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
73. A sharp abrupt noise as if two objects hit together.
74. A bachelor's degree in theology.
75. Relating to or occurring or living in or frequenting the open ocean.
77. The basic unit of money in Peru.
78. Grass mowed and cured for use as fodder.
79. A localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground.
80. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.

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1. Dress very carefully and in a finicky manner.
2. Relating to the deepest parts of the ocean (below 6000 meters).
3. A republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia.
4. Large ornamental tropical American tree with bipinnate leaves and globose clusters of flowers with crimson stamens and sweet-pulp seed pods eaten by cattle.
5. A periodic paperback publication.
6. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
7. A motley assortment of things.
8. European cave-dwelling aquatic salamander with permanent external gills.
9. Swiss psychologist remembered for his studies of cognitive development in children (1896-1980).
10. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
11. Suffering from bulimia n.
12. A line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage.
13. A city of central China.
14. Tested and proved useful or correct.
23. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
25. A large fleet.
26. Any of numerous superior eating apples with yellow or greenish yellow skin flushed with red.
27. Type genus of the Cariamidae comprising only the crested cariama.
30. A Russian river.
32. Relating to or having the characteristics of bees.
33. Wood of a pecan tree.
36. An island of Hawaii northwest of Oahu.
37. The principal evil jinni in Islamic mythology.
38. An informal term for a father.
40. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
42. A period of time equal to 1/24th of a day.
43. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
47. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
53. Informal terms for a mother.
54. Inhabitant of the island of Cebu.
56. A port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya.
58. Small tropical American tree bearing edible plumlike fruit.
59. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
61. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
62. Being or befitting or characteristic of an infant.
64. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
65. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
66. Set down according to a plan.
68. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on land.
69. A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex.
70. One of a pair of planks used to make a track for rolling or sliding objects.
72. (often followed by `of') A large number or amount or extent.
76. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.

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