Crossword Puzzle Number 704 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A castrated tomcat.
4. Spin (usually of a moving ball) that retards or reverses the forward motion.
12. (computer science) A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest.
15. A toilet in England.
16. Fearless daring.
17. (used especially of commodities) In the natural unprocessed condition.
18. (electronics) Of a circuit or device having an output that is proportional to the input.
20. Obvious and dull.
21. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
22. (Sumerian and Babylonian) A solar deity.
23. A pass between mountain peaks.
24. Filled with a great quantity.
26. An inactive volcano in the Andes in central Ecuador.
28. Danish explorer who explored the North Pacific Ocean for the Russians and discovered the Bering Strait (1681-1741).
30. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
31. Bath linen consisting of a piece of cloth used to wash the face and body.
35. Not in action or at work.
38. A port city in southwestern Iran.
41. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
42. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
45. Similar to the giraffe but smaller with much shorter neck and stripe on the legs.
49. Term of address for a man.
50. Closed with a lace.
51. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
54. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
56. A soft yellowish-white trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
57. A ductile silvery-white ductile ferromagnetic trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
58. An associate degree in nursing.
60. United States politician who proposed that individual territories be allowed to decide whether they would have slavery.
63. A prosthesis that replaces a missing leg.
66. A growth in strength or number or importance.
67. Water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere.
70. Seed of a pea plant.
71. A protective covering for a knife or sword.
74. An ester of adenosine that is converted to ATP for energy storage.
75. Go around the flank of (an opposing army).
77. Cut off from a whole.
78. A strong solution of sodium or potassium hydroxide.
79. Either of two broad muscles located on either side of the neck and innervated by the facial nerve.
80. The compass point midway between northeast and east.

DOWN

1. A small rounded gland-like structure.
2. Region of western Asia Minor colonized by Ancient Greeks.
3. (Irish) Goddess.
4. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
5. The month following July and preceding September.
6. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
7. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
8. An ordered reference standard.
9. A piece of jewelry that is pinned onto the wearer's garment.
10. Of or pertaining to or characteristic of Italy or its people or culture or language.
11. Women's stockings made from a sheer material (nylon or rayon or silk).
12. A small nail.
13. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
14. (informal) A bunch.
19. A linear unit (1/40 inch) used to measure diameter of buttons.
25. The ninth month of the Hindu calendar.
27. Not only so, but.
29. A landlocked republic in central Africa.
32. The amount a salary is increased.
33. The act of equiping with weapons in preparation for war.
34. Equipped with or connected by gears or having gears engaged.
36. African tree with edible yellow fruit resembling mangos.
37. The process of leaching.
39. A small cake leavened with yeast.
40. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
43. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
44. A public promotion of some product or service.
46. Relating to or resembling or made of or adorned with pearls or mother-of-pearl.
47. In an adroit manner.
48. A river in northern Italy that flows southeast into the Adriatic Sea.
52. An strong upward air current.
53. Wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed.
55. A member of the Moslem dynasty that ruled India until 1857.
59. Poor enough to need help from others.
61. Goddess of dawn.
62. A river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River.
64. An expression of open-mouthed astonishment.
65. A program under which employees regularly accumulate shares and may ultimately assume control of the company.
68. A visual representation of an object or scene or person produced on a surface.
69. The back side of the neck.
72. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
73. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
76. A metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter.

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