Crossword Puzzle Number 709 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A solution containing a phosphate buffer.
4. Of a vivid red to reddish-orange color.
12. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
15. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
16. Rule against.
17. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
18. Annual or perennial herbs with large leaves that resemble the leaves of cabbages.
20. Ions are accelerated along a linear path by voltage differences on electrodes along the path.
21. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
22. A city in northern India.
23. A shoe carved from a single block of wood.
25. State in northeastern India.
27. (astronomy) A measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion.
30. Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence.
33. Traveling by foot.
36. A narrow way or road.
40. A mild comatose state.
42. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
43. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
44. A member of the Siouan people living in the Yazoo river valley in Mississippi.
45. French composer noted for his experimentalism and rejection of romanticism (1866-1925).
47. One related on the father's side.
50. The supreme commander of a fleet.
52. A large group of islands in the south Pacific including Melanesia and Micronesia and Polynesia (and sometimes Australasia and the Malay Archipelago).
53. (informal) Informed about the latest trends.
54. The use of nuclear magnetic resonance of protons to produce proton density images.
55. A Mid-Atlantic state.
56. The airforce of Great Britain.
57. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
59. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
61. A state in midwestern United States.
63. A small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint.
66. Soreness and warmth caused by friction.
69. A detested person.
72. East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient.
75. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
76. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
77. One of several resident of a dwelling (especially someone confined to a prison or hospital).
78. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
79. Showing or causing joy and pleasure.
80. Feeling mild pleasurable excitement.
81. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.

DOWN

1. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
2. A large mass of ice floating at sea.
3. A mark left by the healing of injured tissue.
4. Nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus.
5. United States composer noted for his innovative use of polytonality (1874-1954).
6. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
7. Agency of the United States government charged with mediating disputes between management and labor.
8. (music) A short recitative that is melodic but is not an aria.
9. The act of hitting a baseball lightly without swinging the bat.
10. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
11. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
12. By bad luck.
13. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
14. A fraudulent business scheme.
19. New Zealand conifer.
24. Of or relating to the ancient Aramaic languages.
26. Highly seasoned fatty sausage of pork and beef usually dried.
28. Considerate and solicitous care.
29. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
31. Mar or spoil the appearance of.
32. Give expression or emotion to, in a stage or movie role.
34. Salt pork from the back of a hog carcass.
35. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
37. Fear resulting from the awareness of danger.
38. A syllabic script used in writing Sanskrit and Hindi.
39. A genus of Scolopacidae.
41. Become bony.
46. The striking of one body against another.
48. Having low density.
49. Complacently or inanely foolish.
51. (euphemistic) "he is deceased".
58. A genus of tropical American plants have sword-shaped leaves and a fleshy compound fruits composed of the fruits of several flowers (such as pineapples).
60. The dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia.
62. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
64. Related on the mother's side.
65. Type genus of the Percidae.
67. Precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents.
68. Something causes misery or death.
70. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
71. A French abbot.
73. A case for containing a set of articles.
74. A benevolent aspect of Devi.

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