Crossword Puzzle Number 688 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
4. (chemistry) In the formation of a coordinate bond it is the compound to which electrons are donated.
12. (prefix) Bad or erroneous or lack of.
15. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
16. A white crystalline powder (trade name Ethocaine) administered near nerves as a local anesthetic in dentistry and medicine.
17. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
18. (Scottish folklore) Water spirit in the form of a horse that likes to drown its riders.
20. A deep pulsating type of pain.
21. A local computer network for communication between computers.
22. In the shape of a coil.
24. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
26. A member of an Indian people formerly living along the Gulf coast of Louisiana and Texas.
30. A note appended to a letter after the signature.
32. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
33. Evergreen Indian shrub with vivid yellow flowers whose bark is used in tanning.
35. Earn on some commercial or business transaction.
42. Mongolian wild ass.
43. The capital of Mali.
45. Thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus.
46. Italian lawn bowling (played on a long narrow dirt court).
48. (Norse mythology) Ruler of the Aesir.
49. A strong emotion.
51. Poor acting by a ham actor.
52. (astronomy) An indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels.
54. Rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos.
56. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
57. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
59. A tiny or scarcely detectable amount.
62. Syncopated music in duple time for dancing the rumba.
69. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
70. A public announcement (in church) of a proposed marriage.
73. Russian country house.
74. Aromatic Old World herb having aromatic threadlike foliage and seeds used as seasoning.
75. A Dravidian language spoken in southern India.
77. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
78. English essayist (1775-1834).
79. A passageway between buildings or giving access to a basement.
80. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.

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1. The cardinal number that is the fifth power of ten.
2. American novelist (1909-1955).
3. South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow spadix.
4. Situated at an apex.
5. A squeaking sound.
6. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
7. The administration of a strong electric current that passes through the brain to induce convulsions and coma.
8. Shah of Iran who was deposed in 1979 by Islamic fundamentalists (1919-1980).
9. Hoop that covers a wheel.
10. United States musician (born in Japan) who married John Lennon and collaborated with him on recordings (born in 1933).
11. (informal) `johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War.
12. A republic on the island of Malta in the Mediterranean.
13. A native or inhabitant of Iran.
14. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
19. Brazilian tree with spicy red fruit.
23. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
25. Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus.
27. Usually paved outdoor area adjoining a residence.
28. A peninsula between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf.
29. Offering fun and gaiety.
31. The world's largest desert (3,500,000 square miles) in North Africa.
34. An associate degree in nursing.
36. Cause to ripen.
37. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
38. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
39. Genus of sticky herbs with yellow flowers open in morning or evening but closed in bright light.
40. Lacking funds.
41. A monarchy on a Polynesian archipelago in the South Pacific.
44. A port city in southern Kenya on a coral island in a bay of the Indian Ocean.
47. Portable power saw.
50. (pathology) An elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid.
53. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
55. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
58. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
60. A doctor's degree in optometry.
61. The present time or age.
63. Precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents.
64. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
65. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
66. Made agreeably cold (especially by ice).
67. (Greek mythology) The Titaness who was mother of Helios and Selene and Eos in ancient mythology.
68. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individually.
71. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
72. The compass point that is midway between north and northeast.
76. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.

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