Crossword Puzzle Number 7717 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. (linguistics) The form of a word after all affixes are removed.
5. United States poet and critic (1916-1986).
11. Rock that form the continuous lower layer of the earth's crust.
15. (Greek mythology) The Titaness who was mother of Helios and Selene and Eos in ancient mythology.
16. Of or relating to apnea.
17. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
18. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
19. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
21. Overly concerned with masculinity and male sexuality.
22. Tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit.
24. An associate degree in nursing.
25. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
26. (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man.
28. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
30. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
32. German chemist noted for the synthetic production of ammonia (1868-1934).
35. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
39. A tight cluster of people or things.
40. A quantity of no importance.
41. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
42. The universal time coordinated when an event is received on Earth.
46. Lacking in light.
47. Arctic deer with large antlers in both sexes.
53. In an advanced stage of pregnancy.
54. Mason wasps.
55. An annual award by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for achievements in motion picture production and performance.
57. A Mid-Atlantic state.
58. A sliver-white metallic element of the platinum group that resembles platinum.
60. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
61. Any of a class of weakly acidic organic compounds.
63. An anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions.
66. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
69. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
72. The basic unit of money in Peru.
73. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
74. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
75. A genus of Psocidae.
78. A three-year law degree.
79. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
80. Painted beauty and red admiral.
81. The capital and largest city of Japan.

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1. A way of access consisting of a set of steps.
2. Innovative United States dancer and choreographer (born in 1941).
3. Suggestive of the supernatural.
4. Stem of the rattan palm used for making canes and umbrella handles.
5. Type genus of the Caricaceae.
6. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
7. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
8. Either of two yellow to red retinal pigments formed from Rhodopsin by the action of light.
9. The face of a timepiece.
10. Being nine more than ninety.
11. Of or pertaining to Sabah or its people.
12. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
13. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
14. Chief port of Yemen.
20. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
23. Before noon.
27. A liquid used for printing or writing or drawing.
29. A port city in southwestern Iran.
31. An uproarious party.
33. Improved or corrected by critical editing.
34. Having branches.
36. Any place of complete bliss and delight and peace.
37. United States comedian.
38. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
43. Of or relating to the kidneys.
44. Brightly colored tropical freshwater fishes.
45. Cause to lose one's nerve.
48. A structure in which animals lay eggs or give birth to their young.
49. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
50. In some classifications.
51. Emperor of Rome.
52. Any of a class of organic compounds having a carbonyl group linked to a carbon atom in each of two hydrocarbon radicals.
56. A porous mass of interlacing fibers the forms the internal skeleton of various marine animals and usable to absorb water or any porous rubber or cellulose product similarly used.
59. Deciduous shrub of North America.
62. A spoon-shaped vessel with a long handle.
64. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
65. Originally a stronghold captured by David (the 2nd king of the Israelites).
67. With no effort to conceal.
68. A slight rounded elevation where the malleus attaches to the eardrum.
70. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
71. A tumor virus transmitted by leafhoppers.
76. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
77. Informal terms for a mother.

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