Crossword Puzzle Number 7105 (Medium Grid)

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1. Japanese ornamental tree with fragrant white or pink blossoms and small yellow fruits.
4. Someone who controls resources and expenditures.
12. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
15. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
16. Genus of small orchids of the northern hemisphere with creeping rhizomes and stalked ovate leaves and small flowers.
17. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
18. The act of scanning.
20. A rechargeable battery with a nickel cathode and a cadmium anode.
22. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
25. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
26. Black tropical American cuckoo.
28. An associate degree in nursing.
29. A large number or amount.
31. Minute blackish gregarious flies destructive to mushrooms and seedlings.
34. Combined or joined to increase in size or quantity or scope.
37. A port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya.
40. (British) Diesel oil used in cars and lorries with diesel engines (from d(iesel) e(ngine) r(oad) v(ehicle)).
41. Mild form of diabetes mellitus that develops gradually in adults.
44. The cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one.
45. Fiddler crabs.
47. No longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life.
48. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
49. A person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible.
52. Large bottle with a short narrow neck.
56. An analgesic for mild pain.
57. Thin-shelled freshwater mussels.
58. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
60. Monotypic genus of palms of Australasia.
61. A diuretic (trade name Osmitrol) used to promote the excretion of urine.
68. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
69. (informal) Of the highest quality.
70. (Greek mythology) A maiden who was first a sculpture created by Pygmalion and was brought to life by Aphrodite in answer to Pygmalion's prayers.
72. Resonance of protons to radiation in a magnetic field.
75. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
76. The month following October and preceding December.
77. An iron-clad vessel built by the Confederate forces in the hope of breaking the blockade imposed by the North.
78. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
79. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
80. Affording pleasure.
81. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

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1. Flat tableland with steep edges.
2. Electronic warfare undertaken to insure effective friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum in spite of the enemy's use of electronic warfare.
3. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
4. 1/10 gram.
5. (Greek mythology) A maiden seduced by Zeus.
6. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
7. Make editorial changes (in a text).
8. Type genus of Cycadaceae.
9. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
10. Order by virtue of superior authority.
11. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
12. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
13. A small cake leavened with yeast.
14. An utterance expressing pain or disapproval.
19. A desert in southern Israel.
21. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
23. Alternative names for the body of a human being.
24. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
27. An international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security.
30. A glass for beer.
32. A city in southwestern New Jersey on the Delaware River near Pittsburgh.
33. A town in central Pennsylvania.
35. A beguiler who leads someone into danger (usually as part of a plot).
36. A slow speech pattern with prolonged vowels.
38. An expensive vessel propelled by sail or power and used for cruising or racing.
39. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
42. A Mid-Atlantic state.
43. An informal term for a father.
46. A mountain peak in the southern Sinai Peninsula (7,500 feet high).
50. Minute aquatic herbs floating on or below the water surface of still water consisting of a leaflike frond or plant body and single root.
51. Any membranous gap between the bones of the cranium in an infant or fetus.
53. A resident of Montana.
54. The language or speech of one individual at a particular period in life.
55. A port in western Israel on the Mediterranean.
59. The thin serous membrane around the lungs and inner walls of the chest.
62. Protective covering made of metal and used in combat.
63. Emperor of Rome who introduced a degree of freedom after the repressive reign of Domitian.
64. Of a moderate orange-yellow color.
65. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
66. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
67. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
71. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
73. (folklore) Fairies that are somewhat mischievous.
74. (prefix) Bad or erroneous or lack of.

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