Crossword Puzzle Number 7458 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A flexible container with a single opening.
4. A group of languages of the Hokan family in California.
11. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
15. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
16. A regular patron.
17. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
18. German publisher of a series of travel guidebooks (1801-1859).
19. Roman statesman and philosopher who was and advisor to Nero (circa 4 BC - 65 AD).
21. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
22. Not treated with lead.
24. Tag the base runner to get him out.
26. A river in northern England that flows southeast through West Yorkshire.
28. Jordan's port.
31. Any competition.
33. Decrease gradually or bit by bit.
37. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
39. Being ten more than one hundred forty.
41. United States inventor who manufactured the first elevator with a safety device (1811-1861).
43. Give an education to.
45. Mature female of mammals of which the male is called `buck'.
46. In addition.
48. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
49. Declare invalid.
51. Informal terms for a mother.
52. A narrow way or road.
53. A serve that strikes the net before falling into the receiver's court.
54. Used of syllables.
59. The seventh and last day of the week.
61. A public promotion of some product or service.
63. Inability to walk.
71. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
73. (especially of medicine) Of disease or anything resembling a disease.
74. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
75. Tuberous or rhizomatous herbaceous perennials.
78. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
79. The seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located adv.
80. Of or relating to or characteristic of Europe or the people of Europe.
81. A recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs.

DOWN

1. A small cake leavened with yeast.
2. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
3. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
4. Lac purified by heating and filtering.
5. Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers.
6. At right angles to the length of a ship or airplane.
7. An important person in India.
8. (astronomy) A measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion.
9. A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element.
10. Large aquatic animal supposed to resemble a serpent or plesiosaur of Loch Ness in Scotland.
11. (British) Your grandmother.
12. A primeval personification of air and breath.
13. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
14. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
20. The rate at which red blood cells settle out in a tube of blood under standardized conditions.
23. Imperial moths.
25. Wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills.
27. Constituting or having to do with or suggestive of a literary epic.
29. Any of a class of organic compounds having a carbonyl group linked to a carbon atom in each of two hydrocarbon radicals.
30. (psychology) Characterized by acceptance or approach.
32. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
34. A genus of tropical American plants have sword-shaped leaves and a fleshy compound fruits composed of the fruits of several flowers (such as pineapples).
35. The light-sensitive membrane covering the back wall of the eyeball.
36. A small hole (usually round and finished around the edges) in cloth or leather for the passage of a cord.
38. An anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions.
40. A dialect of Chinese spoken in the Yangtze delta.
42. Cud-chewing mammal used as a draft or saddle animal in desert regions.
44. Formerly the chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa.
47. A local computer network for communication between computers.
50. Gull family.
55. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
56. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
57. A native American tent.
58. A native of ancient Troy.
60. 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.
62. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
64. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
65. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
66. Gather, as of as crops.
67. A member of the North American Indian people living in southern Arizona and northern Mexico.
68. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
69. Moral weakness.
70. Electronic warfare undertaken to insure effective friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum in spite of the enemy's use of electronic warfare.
72. Nonresinous wood of a fir tree.
76. A rare polyvalent metallic element of the platinum group.
77. Conforming to truth.

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