Crossword Puzzle Number 7857 (Medium Grid)

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1. Experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness.
4. Strict conformity to the letter of the law rather than its spirit.
12. The federal department responsible for safeguarding national security.
15. One of the strands twisted together to make yarn or rope or thread.
16. A skullcap worn by religious Jews (especially at prayer).
17. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
18. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
19. Interface consisting of a standard port between a computer and its peripherals that is used in some computers.
20. A drip made of stone.
22. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
23. Any of the threadlike filaments forming the mycelium of a fungus.
25. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
27. A source of danger.
28. A person employed to watch for something to happen.
32. Leader of the Nez Perce in their retreat from United States troops (1840-1904).
37. (music) A short recitative that is melodic but is not an aria.
39. An island northwest of Wales.
40. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
42. Bright and pleasant.
43. One of 7 to 12 sons of Aditi.
44. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
46. Affect with wonder.
48. (informal) `johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War.
49. (Greek mythology) The god of the underworld in ancient mythology.
51. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
52. A public promotion of some product or service.
56. Humorously vulgar.
60. The Mongol people living the the central and eastern parts of Outer Mongolia.
64. A narrow way or road.
66. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
70. A branch of the Tai languages.
71. An agency of the United Nations responsible for programs to aid education and the health of children and mothers in developing countries.
74. Wild sheep of semidesert regions in central Asia.
76. A master's degree in business.
77. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
78. (Greek mythology) Fire-breathing she-monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail.
80. Tag the base runner to get him out.
81. 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.
82. South American palm yielding a wax similar to carnauba wax.
83. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

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1. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
2. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
3. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
4. Mostly perennial herbs with sticky stems that catch insects.
5. Posing no difficulty.
6. An acute febrile highly contagious viral disease.
7. Before noon.
8. Hungarian composer of light operas (1870-1948).
9. The United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labor.
10. Capital of modern Macedonia.
11. A master's degree in education.
12. French couturier whose first collection in 1947 created a style (tight bodice and narrow waist and flowing pleated skirt) that became known as the New Look (1905-1957).
13. Look at with amorous intentions.
14. An informal term for a father.
21. A member of a nomadic people of the northern Ural mountains.
24. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
26. The ermine in its brown summer coat with black-tipped tail.
29. Worn away as by water or ice or wind.
30. (Sumerian and Babylonian) A solar deity.
31. Acute ulceration of the mucous membranes of the mouth or genitals.
33. Predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin.
34. British composer (1857-1934).
35. A public square with room for pedestrians.
36. English economist (born in Austria) noted for work on the optimum allocation of resources (1899-1992).
38. A cushion on a throne for a prince in India.
41. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
45. A young woman making her debut into society.
47. (Greek legend) The greedy king of Phrygia who Dionysus gave the power to turn everything he touched into gold.
50. A town in northern Egypt.
53. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
54. An associate degree in nursing.
55. A heavy ductile magnetic metallic element.
57. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
58. (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious.
59. A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element.
61. A genus of Lamnidae.
62. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
63. Jordan's port.
65. Type genus of the Anatidae.
67. The battle in 202 BC in which Scipio decisively defeated Hannibal at the end of the second Punic War.
68. Broken husks of the seeds of cereal grains that are separated from the flour by sifting.
69. Advanced in years.
72. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
73. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
75. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
79. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.

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