Crossword Puzzle Number 74 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit at one atmosphere pressure.
4. East Asian perennial herbs.
12. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
15. Belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself).
16. A building that would be hard to escape from if it were to catch fire.
17. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
18. Become of.
20. (India) Absolutely first class and genuine.
21. (folklore) A small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings.
22. An artificial language intended for international use as an auxiliary language.
24. Having no employment.
26. A port and tourist center in southwestern Italy.
29. A membrane enclosing and protecting the developing spores especially that covering the sori of a fern.
31. (plate tectonic theory) A hypothetical continent including all the landmass of the earth prior to the Triassic period when it split into Laurasia and Gondwanaland.
34. A German art song of the 19th century for voice and piano.
35. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
37. A hard copal derived from an African tree.
38. British immunologist (born in Brazil) who studied tissue transplants and discovered that the rejection of grafts was an immune response (1915-1987).
41. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
43. A class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response.
44. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
45. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
46. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
49. Drawn or pressed close to someone or something for or as if for affection or protection.
52. Peace of mind.
54. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
55. A Russian river.
57. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
58. An associate degree in nursing.
59. A public promotion of some product or service.
62. The use of nuclear magnetic resonance of protons to produce proton density images.
64. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
71. Somewhat ill or prone to illness.
74. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
75. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
76. Someone who tries to embarrass you with gibes and questions and objections.
78. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
79. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
80. A dicot family of the order Urticales including.
81. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.

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1. A small cake leavened with yeast.
2. A relative position or degree of value in a graded group.
3. Not furnished with funds.
4. (computer science) A unit for measuring computing power.
5. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
6. A hard brittle blue-white multivalent metallic element.
7. Type genus of the Lepismatidae.
8. Small ornamental ladies' bag for small articles.
9. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
10. A town in south central Washington.
11. The great hall in ancient Persian palaces.
12. The capital and largest city of Greece.
13. A laborer who is obliged to do menial work.
14. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
19. Type genus of the Alaudidae.
23. The basic unit of money in Romania.
25. A linear unit (1/40 inch) used to measure diameter of buttons.
27. An enzyme secreted in the digestive tract that catalyzes the breakdown of fats into individual fatty acids that can be absorbed into the bloodstream.
28. English physicist remembered for his studies of the ionosphere (1892-1966).
30. A daughter of your brother or sister.
32. Tropical African herbs.
33. Of or relating to or characteristic of the prehistoric Aegean civilization.
36. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
39. European mignonette cultivated as a source of yellow dye.
40. Make anew.
42. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
47. Preceding all others in time.
48. An edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle.
50. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
51. A landlocked mountainous republic in southeast central Asia north of Afghanistan.
53. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
56. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
60. United States industrialist who manufactured plows suitable for working the prairie soil (1804-1886).
61. Relating to the deepest parts of the ocean (below 6000 meters).
63. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
65. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
66. An important seaport on the Island of Cebu in the Philippines.
67. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
68. Any wingless blood-sucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap.
69. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
70. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
72. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
73. (prefix) Coming before or being preliminary or preparatory.
77. Diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria.

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