Crossword Puzzle Number 7161 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A sudden very loud noise.
5. Showing signs of wear and tear.
11. The basic unit of money in Botswana.
15. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
16. A degenerate neutron star.
17. Type genus of the Anatidae.
18. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
19. Cause to move back by force or influence.
20. Grind together, of teeth.
21. The Palestinian uprising (beginning in 1987) against the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
23. A plant fiber used in making rope or sacks.
24. An internationally recognized distress signal via radiotelephone (from the French m'aider).
25. Type genus of the Caricaceae.
28. Used of a single unit or thing.
29. A public promotion of some product or service.
30. Having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range.
34. Make attractive or lovable.
37. A decorative design made of one material sewn over another.
39. (used as a combining form) Recent or new.
41. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
42. The act of paying for the use of something (an apartment or house or car).
45. Fairly large.
48. Germanic barbarian leader who ended the western Roman Empire in 476 and became the first barbarian ruler of Italy (434-493).
50. A harp used by ancient Greeks for accompaniment.
51. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
53. A physician who is not a specialist but treats all illnesses.
54. A light strong gray lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong light-weight alloys (as for airplane parts).
55. Minor or subordinate.
58. A genus of Platalea.
63. Hypothyroidism marked by dry skin and swellings around lips and nose as well as mental deterioration.
66. Of or relating to the gonads.
68. A large Yoruba city in southwestern Nigeria.
69. A bloody and prolonged operation in which American marines landed and defeated Japanese defenders (February and March 1945).
70. Situated in front of the anus.
73. Clean or orderly.
74. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
75. Old Scottish breed of small long-haired usually black terrier with erect tail and ears.
76. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.

DOWN

1. An assertion of a right (as to money or property).
2. A genus of Lamnidae.
3. A cordial disposition.
4. Titmice and chickadees.
5. A worker who applies spray to a surface.
6. Used in combination.
7. Wool of the alpaca.
8. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
9. (Norse mythology) God of light and peace and noted for his beauty and sweet nature.
10. A period of time containing 365 (or 366) days.
11. A member of the majority people of Punjab in northwestern India.
12. Relatively small fast-moving sloth.
13. Immediately past.
14. United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993).
22. Marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea.
26. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
27. Make worse or less effective.
31. Jordan's port.
32. Lighted by sunlight.
33. A rosid dicot genus that includes moon carrots.
35. Poor enough to need help from others.
36. Person who makes a gift of property.
38. (Judaism) A Jewish festival (traditionally 8 days) celebrating the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt.
40. A city in northern India.
43. A narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband.
44. A strip of land projecting into a body of water.
46. The capital of Croatia.
47. City in central Iran.
49. A sum of money paid.
52. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
56. (botany) Relating to or attached to the axis.
57. (Greek mythology) A princess of Colchis who aided Jason in taking the Golden Fleece from her father.
59. The lower jawbone in vertebrates.
60. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
61. A system of one or more computers and associated software with common storage.
62. A spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter.
64. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
65. (prefix) In front of or before in space.
67. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
71. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
72. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.

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