Crossword Puzzle Number 682 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A steep rugged rock or cliff.
5. A human fetus whose weight is less than 0.5 kilogram when removed or expelled from the mother's body.
12. The act of hauling something (as a vehicle) by means of a hitch or rope.
15. Port city that is the capital and largest city of Latvia.
16. Relating to a style of design popular in the Europe and the United States between 1920 and 1940 (sometimes known as Art Deco).
17. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
18. A primeval personification of air and breath.
19. Give life-like qualities to.
20. The basic unit of money in Albania.
21. A reformed prostitute.
23. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
25. Greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount.
28. Large family of important mostly marine food fishes.
31. A city in southern Japan on Kyushu.
35. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
36. An attribute that fits a person for something.
38. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
39. A noticeable decline in performance.
42. The last (12th) month of the year.
43. Upright in position or posture.
45. A historical region of southwestern India on the west coast.
47. Massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws.
50. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
51. After a negative statement used as an intensive meaning something like `likewise' or `also'.
52. A rounded thickly curled hairdo.
53. A quantity that is added.
54. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
55. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
57. A ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element.
58. A public promotion of some product or service.
62. A human female who does housework.
66. A short labored intake of breath with the mouth open.
69. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
73. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
74. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
75. The quantity broken.
76. A light touch or stroke.
77. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
78. Not close together in time.
79. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

DOWN

1. Crowd or pack to capacity.
2. A narrow elongated opening or fissure between two symmetrical parts.
3. Highly excited.
4. Daughter of Nehru who served as Prime Minister of India from 1966 to 1977 (1917-1984).
5. An alloy of mercury with another metal (usually silver) used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth.
6. These words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence.
7. (Norse mythology) Ruler of the Aesir.
8. A recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs.
9. (medieval legends) The nephew of King Mark of Cornwall who fell in love with his uncle's bride (Iseult) after they mistakenly drank a love potion that left them eternally in love with each other.
10. A transuranic element that has not been found in nature.
11. The vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves).
12. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
13. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
14. Flightless New Zealand rail of thievish disposition having short wings each with a spur used in fighting.
22. A resource.
24. An associate degree in applied science.
26. An agency of the United Nations responsible for programs to aid education and the health of children and mothers in developing countries.
27. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
29. (Greek mythology) One of the three Graces.
30. Cause to lose courage.
32. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
33. Summer cypress.
34. Have in mind as a purpose.
37. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
40. Austrian composer (1860-1911).
41. Clean with one's bill, of birds.
44. A motley assortment of things.
46. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
48. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
49. Coarse food high in fiber but low in nutrients.
56. (electronics) Designating sound transmission from two sources through two channels.
59. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
60. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
61. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
63. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
64. (Roman mythology) Roman god of death.
65. Fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm.
67. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
68. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
70. The law enforcement agency in the Justice Department.
71. Take in solid food.
72. Having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies.

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