Crossword Puzzle Number 7390 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
5. (British) A minicar used as a taxicab.
12. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
15. On or toward the lee.
16. Difficult to describe.
17. The upper side of the thighs of a seated person.
18. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
20. Nocturnal badger-like carnivore of wooded regions of Africa and southern Asia.
21. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
22. A high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary).
23. Of or relating to the enteron.
25. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
26. Administer an oil or ointment to.
27. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically).
28. European strong-scented perennial herb with gray-green bitter-tasting leaves.
29. A state in north central United States.
30. (Judaism) A Jewish festival (traditionally 8 days) celebrating the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt.
32. Type genus of the Anatidae.
36. 30 to 300 kilohertz.
40. An ornament (such as a knot of ribbon or a rosette) usually worn on the hat.
41. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
43. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
45. Automatic data processing in which data acquisition and other stages or processing are integrated into a coherent system.
46. Egyptian statesman who became president in 1981 after Sadat was assassinated (born in 1929).
49. A bachelor's degree in religion.
51. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
52. Genus of perennial rhizomatous herb of southern and southeastern United States.
56. The process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort).
57. A mountain in south central Alaska.
60. A metric unit of length equal to 1000 meters (or 0.621371 miles).
62. A port city in northeastern Greece on an inlet of the Aegean Sea.
66. An airport for helicopters.
71. A member of a nomadic Berber people of the Sahara.
72. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
73. The mountain peak that Noah's ark landed on as the waters of the great flood receded.
76. A device (trade name Aqua-Lung) that lets divers breathe under water.
77. A negative.
78. A city in southern Japan on Kyushu.
80. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
81. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
82. Large Chinese deer surviving only in domesticated herds.
83. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

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1. A Nilotic language.
2. Not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something.
3. (Irish) God of love and beauty.
4. Provide with a new binding, as of books.
5. A master's degree in education.
6. Being nine more than forty.
7. A city in southeastern Germany.
8. Old World genus of annual to perennial herbs.
9. Make reference to.
10. Trees native to East Indies having pinnate leaves.
11. A chain of more than 200 islands about 400 miles long in the western central Pacific Ocean.
12. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
13. A small cake leavened with yeast.
14. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
19. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
24. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
31. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
33. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
34. Mix up or confuse.
35. A shade of brown with a tinge of red.
37. A member of a group of French painters who followed Fauvism.
38. Of or relating to the dura mater.
39. Relating to or resembling or made of or adorned with pearls or mother-of-pearl.
42. Highly seasoned fatty sausage of pork and beef usually dried.
44. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
47. Parasitic shrub of the eastern United States having opposite leaves and insignificant greenish flowers followed by oily dull-green olivelike fruits.
48. (Sumerian) Goddess personifying earth.
50. A window with glass louvers.
53. A public promotion of some product or service.
54. Disabled in the feet or legs.
55. Ions are accelerated along a linear path by voltage differences on electrodes along the path.
58. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
59. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
61. An ancient city in northern Portugal.
63. A Dravidian language closely related to Tamil that is spoken in a hilly section of southwestern India.
64. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
65. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
67. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
68. Sheet glass cut in shapes for windows or doors.
69. Using speech rather than writing.
70. A device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned.
74. The residue that remains when something is burned.
75. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
79. A colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses.

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