Crossword Puzzle Number 7076 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A single-reed woodwind with a conical bore.
4. A tranquilizer (trade name Valium) used to relieve anxiety and relax muscles.
12. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
15. A user interface in which you type commands instead of choosing them from a menu or selecting an icon.
16. Any ameba of the genus Endamoeba.
17. The cry made by sheep.
18. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
19. Cabbage butterflies.
20. A public promotion of some product or service.
21. An armed thief who is (usually) a member of a band.
23. The sixth day of the week.
24. Administer an oil or ointment to.
27. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
29. (astronomy) An indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels.
31. The loose back flap of a coat that hangs below the waist.
35. (Norse mythology) A dwarf who possessed a treasure that was stolen by Loki.
38. Covering or applying simultaneously to a number of similar items or elements or groups.
39. Insectivorous usually semiaquatic web-footed amphibian with smooth moist skin and long hind legs.
40. Marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea.
41. The residue that remains when something is burned.
44. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
45. An organic compound that contains a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which in turn is doubly bonded to another carbon atom.
49. The shorter of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
50. That is to say.
51. An acute and highly contagious viral disease marked by distinct red spots followed by a rash.
57. French philosopher and critic.
58. A large group of islands in the south Pacific including Melanesia and Micronesia and Polynesia (and sometimes Australasia and the Malay Archipelago).
62. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
63. A fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt.
64. Supplementary nut that is screwed down on a primary nut to prevent it from loosening.
69. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
70. Something very ugly and offensive.
73. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
74. A capacious bag or basket.
75. Of or relating to a wedding.
76. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
77. Opinion or judgment.
78. States in the south and southwest that have a warm climate and tend to be politically conservative.
79. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.

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1. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
2. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
3. A city of central China.
4. Represented graphically by sketch or design or lines.
5. Occurring at the beginning.
6. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
7. (Middle East) An ornamental metal cup-shaped holder for a hot coffee cup.
8. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
9. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
10. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
11. Brain corals.
12. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
13. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
14. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
22. An analgesic for mild pain.
25. Connected with or belonging to or used in a navy.
26. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
28. Become wider.
30. An associate degree in nursing.
32. Of or relating to Oman or its people.
33. The superior of an abbey of monks.
34. Any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids.
36. Humorously vulgar.
37. Deciduous round-headed Asiatic tree widely grown in mild climates as an ornamental for its heart-shaped leaves and fragrant yellow-green flowers followed by hanging clusters of fleshy orange-red berries.
42. Lap that forms a cloth border doubled back and stitched down v 1.
43. A challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy.
46. The property of something spacious and abounding in fresh air.
47. Having minute nodules.
48. Causing to fall into line or into position.
52. A nonmetallic largely pentavalent heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens.
53. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
54. Imperial moths.
55. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
56. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
59. A member of an Algonquian people formerly living in Maryland between Chesapeake Bay and the Potomac river.
60. Selected as the best.
61. Aquatic South American rodent resembling a small beaver.
65. Using speech rather than writing.
66. A member of a European people who occupied Britain and Spain and Gaul in pre-Roman times.
67. The chief solid component of mammalian urine.
68. A unit of weight used in east Asia approximately equal to 1.3 ounces.
71. The longest division of geological time.
72. A large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments).

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