Crossword Puzzle Number 7779 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Canadian literary critic interested in the use of myth and symbolism (1912-1991).
5. The rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written).
12. Hormone produced early in pregnancy by the placenta.
15. The right to take another's property if an obligation is not discharged.
16. Of or relating to or characteristic of Uganda or its people.
17. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
18. A book of the New Testament.
19. An agenda of things to do.
21. Brown-and-buff European songbird of grassy meadows.
24. A state in midwestern United States.
25. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
26. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
29. The wife or widow of a czar.
32. An occurrence of something.
37. Not widely known.
38. Chief port of Yemen.
39. A cleansing agent made from the salts of vegetable or animal fats.
40. Any of various coarse shrubby plants of the genus Iva with small greenish flowers.
42. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
44. A person of Iranian descent.
45. A rye bread made with molasses or brown sugar.
47. A desert in southern Israel.
50. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
51. German mystic and theosophist who founded modern theosophy.
52. Being three more than fifty.
54. A period of time containing 365 (or 366) days.
55. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
58. A wound made by cutting.
60. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
62. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
65. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
68. Resonance of protons to radiation in a magnetic field.
70. Having a woven pattern.
73. Belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself).
74. Oil palms.
77. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
78. A strong emotion.
79. Any of various long-legged carrion-eating hawks of South and Central America.
81. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
82. An informal term for a father.
83. White Southerner supporting Reconstruction policies after the Civil War usually for self-interest.
84. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

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1. An imperfection in a device or machine.
2. Possessing material wealth.
3. Large hairy humanoid creature said to live in the Himalayas.
4. Take or catch as if in a snare or trap.
5. 15th President of the United States (1791-1868).
6. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
7. A flat float (usually made of logs or planks) that can be used for transport or as a platform for swimmers.
8. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
9. Roman Emperor who was the adoptive son of Trajan.
10. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
11. Half the width of an em.
12. Heal or recover.
13. A steep rugged rock or cliff.
14. Offering fun and gaiety.
20. The dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia.
22. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
23. A port city in southwestern Iran.
27. Grandson of Amaterasu and first ruler of Japan.
28. A heavy precious metallic element.
30. A prophet of the first century.
31. An edilbe seaweed with a mild flavor.
33. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
34. A small constellation in the southern hemisphere near Lupus and Ara in the Milky Way.
35. Any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch.
36. Constituting or having to do with or suggestive of a literary epic.
41. Slightly wet.
43. Do something that one considers to be below one's dignity.
46. Type genus of the Phocidae.
48. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
49. A choice or delicious dish.
53. Botswanan statesman who was the first president of Botswana (1921-1980).
56. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
57. A historical region of southwestern India on the west coast.
59. A cylindrical drawstring bag used by sailors to hold their clothing and other gear.
61. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
63. Any plant of the genus Erica.
64. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
66. A genus of Mustelidae.
67. Either of two large muscles of the chest.
69. The food served and eaten at one time.
71. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
72. God of love and erotic desire.
75. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
76. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
80. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.

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