Crossword Puzzle Number 7639 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
4. Any of various grasses of moderate height which covered the undisturbed prairie in the United States.
12. Inquire about.
15. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
16. Seed of amaranth plants used as a native cereal in Central and South America.
17. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
18. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
19. Of or relating to or used in cooking.
20. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
21. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
23. Especially one side of a leaf.
25. A fraudulent business scheme.
28. A long fishing line with many shorter lines and hooks attached to it (usually suspended between buoys).
30. Enduring strength and energy.
33. Malayan tree bearing spiny red fruit.
37. Provided with artificial light.
38. Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment.
40. Little known Kamarupan languages.
41. Germanic barbarian leader who ended the western Roman Empire in 476 and became the first barbarian ruler of Italy (434-493).
44. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
45. Of or relating to a hair.
46. Any taillike structure.
50. (Norse mythology) Goddess of old age who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
51. A communist state in Indochina on the South China Sea.
52. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
53. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
54. Tag the base runner to get him out.
57. A Spanish male Gypsy.
59. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
60. A unit of electrical power in an AC circuit equal to the power dissipated when 1 volt produces a current of 1 ampere.
61. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
65. An imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children.
71. An unabridged dictionary constructed on historical principles.
72. German poet (born in Austria) whose imagery and mystic lyricism influenced 20-th century German literature (1875-1926).
73. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
74. Jordan's port.
76. A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York.
79. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
80. A stock exchange in New York.
81. One of a pair of mobile appendages on the head of e.g. insects and crustaceans.
82. A small cake leavened with yeast.

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1. Loose or flaccid body fat.
2. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
3. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
4. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
5. An immunosuppressive drug (trade name Imuran) used to prevent rejection of a transplanted organ.
6. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
7. The act of grasping.
8. Elongate very slender water scorpions.
9. A word or phrase spelled by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase.
10. A natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth.
11. Lacking self-confidence.
12. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
13. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
14. God of love and erotic desire.
22. Electronic warfare undertaken under direct control of an operational commander to locate sources of radiated electromagnetic energy for the purpose of immediate threat recognition.
24. Take by theft.
26. A roll of tobacco for smoking.
27. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
29. A unit of magnetic flux equal to 100,000,000 maxwells.
31. In a tidy manner.
32. An island consisting of a circular coral reef surrounding a lagoon.
34. A crown-like jewelled headdress worn by women on formal occasions.
35. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
36. The most northwestern Hawaiian island (beyond Kauai).
39. Large long-armed ape of Borneo and Sumatra having arboreal habits.
42. Characteristic of false pride.
43. A winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple.
47. Admitting of no doubt or misunderstanding.
48. An organized body of related information.
49. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
55. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
56. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
58. The principal evil jinni in Islamic mythology.
62. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
63. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
64. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
66. Open to or abounding in fresh air.
67. Widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits.
68. Denuded of leaves.
69. On or toward the lee.
70. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
75. God of the earth.
77. A radioactive transuranic element.
78. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.

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