Crossword Puzzle Number 7453 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
4. The process of wasting.
11. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
15. An inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others.
16. Yellowing of the skin and the whites of the eyes caused by an accumulation of bile pigment (bilirubin) in the blood.
17. United States publisher of magazines (1898-1967).
18. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
19. Of or relating to or characteristic of feudalism.
21. Any of various herbaceous plants whose leaves or stems or flowers are cooked and used for food or seasoning.
23. Causing inconvenience.
25. An emblem (a small piece of plastic or cloth or metal) that signifies your status (rank or membership or affiliation etc.).
28. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
29. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
32. A river in central Europe that arises in northwestern Czechoslovakia and flows northward through Germany to empty into the North Sea.
33. King of England who was renounced by Northumbria in favor of his brother Edgar (died in 959).
35. Metal or plastic sheath over the end of a shoelace or ribbon.
37. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
38. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
41. A used automobile tire that has been remolded to give it new treads.
43. Having the leading position or higher score in a contest.
46. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
47. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
48. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
49. A person who eats human flesh.
51. Being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected.
54. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
55. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
56. An awkward stupid person.
58. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
61. Similar or related in quality or character.
66. A reactionary politician in the United States (usually from the South).
71. 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).
72. A new embodiment of a familiar idea.
75. Any of numerous low-growing cushion-forming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems.
76. The compass point midway between south and southeast.
77. The face veil worn by Muslim women.
79. A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula.
80. The fatty flesh of eel.
81. A state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico.
82. A small cake leavened with yeast.

DOWN

1. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
2. A fee charged for exchanging currencies.
3. A sudden impact.
4. A married woman.
5. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
6. Having a short growth of beard.
7. (Brit) A tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing Edwardian style clothes.
8. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
9. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
10. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
11. A powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon.
12. Quandong trees.
13. The capital and largest city of Ghana with a deep-water port.
14. Performance of moral or religious acts.
20. A radioactive transuranic element.
22. A foot traveler.
24. Usually Friday night through Sunday.
26. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
27. Mar or spoil the appearance of.
30. Eliminate from the body.
31. The table in Christian churches where communion is given.
34. Gully or streambed in North Africa and the Middle East that remains dry except during rainy season.
36. Being of the age 13 through 19.
39. Being or occurring in fact or actuality.
40. (Norse mythology) Goddess of old age who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
42. Formerly a large constellation in the southern hemisphere between Canis Major and the Southern Cross.
44. A pilgrim who journeys to Mecca.
45. Type genus of the Anatidae.
50. Elder brother of Krishna.
52. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
53. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
57. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
59. Very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers.
60. United States neuroscientist noted for his studies of the neural basis of vision (born in 1926).
62. Botswanan statesman who was the first president of Botswana (1921-1980).
63. A deep pulsating type of pain.
64. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
65. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
67. Common Indian weaverbird.
68. Rounded like an egg.
69. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight.
70. A state in north central United States.
73. A bachelor's degree in theology.
74. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
78. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.

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