Crossword Puzzle Number 7574 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A specific size and style of type within a type family.
5. Of the dull yellowish green of the meat of an avocado n 1.
12. The act of hauling something (as a vehicle) by means of a hitch or rope.
15. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
16. A B vitamin that is essential for cell growth and reproduction.
17. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
18. Tree of low-lying coastal areas of southeastern United States having glossy leaves and racemes of fragrant white flowers.
19. Male hawk especially male peregrine or gyrfalcon.
20. The basic unit of money in Albania.
21. (Brit) An area of open or forested country.
23. A small replica of a person.
24. West Indian evergreen with medium to long leaves.
26. Related by common characteristics or ancestry.
28. An enclosed space.
30. Minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end.
32. (of twins) Derived from two separate fertilized ova.
37. The civil and religious leader of a Muslim state.
40. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
42. An edilbe seaweed with a mild flavor.
43. The sign language used in the United States.
46. Someone who prefers negotiations to armed conflict in the conduct of foreign relations.
50. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
51. Low stingless nettle of Central and South America having velvety brownish-green toothed leaves and clusters of small green flowers.
52. French philosopher and theologian.
54. Sweet pulpy tropical fruit with thick scaly rind and shiny black seeds.
55. Wood of a larch tree.
57. A Mid-Atlantic state.
58. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
59. A coral reef off the southern coast of Florida.
61. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
63. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
68. Causing great physical or mental suffering.
72. Feed, care for, and rear young birds for flight.
74. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
76. The cry made by sheep.
77. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
78. Mainly crepuscular or nocturnal nonpasserine birds with mottled grayish-brown plumage and large eyes.
80. The former capital and 2nd largest city of Brazil.
81. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
82. Affording pleasure.
83. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.

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1. A ruling on a point of Islamic law that is given by a recognized authority.
2. A projecting bay window corbeled or cantilevered out from a wall.
3. Relating to or accompanying birth.
4. The capital and largest city of Georgia on the Kura river.
5. (nautical, aeronautical) Situated at or toward the stern or tail.
6. (law) Lacking any legal or binding force.
7. A spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter.
8. A town in southeastern New Mexico on the Pecos River near the Mexican border.
9. Enthusiastic approval.
10. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
11. Being the only one.
12. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
13. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
14. Flightless New Zealand rail of thievish disposition having short wings each with a spur used in fighting.
22. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
25. (Zoroastrianism) Title for benevolent deities.
27. A metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter.
29. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
31. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
33. Characterized by variety.
34. A genus of Lamnidae.
35. A former unit of electric current (slightly smaller than the SI ampere).
36. Any plant of the genus Reseda.
38. An association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia.
39. An extensive grassy and nearly treeless plain (especially in Latin America).
41. The capital and chief port and largest city of Senegal.
44. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
45. God of the earth.
47. Recorded for broadcast.
48. The square of a body of any size of type.
49. A great raja.
53. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
56. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
60. A language group of the Hokan family.
62. A small faint zodiacal constellation in the southern hemisphere.
64. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
65. Having been read.
66. A garment that covers the head and face.
67. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
69. A heavy open wagon usually having two wheels and drawn by an animal.
70. Marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience.
71. A correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence).
73. Former measure of the US economy.
75. Acute delirium caused by alcohol poisoning.
79. A brittle gray crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors.

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