Crossword Puzzle Number 7890 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
5. (Greek mythology) The father of Odysseus.
12. A bachelor's degree in naval science.
15. Any of the Hindu sacred writing.
16. An advanced student or graduate in medicine gaining supervised practical experience (`houseman' is a British term).
17. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
18. A peninsula between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf.
19. A city in central New York.
20. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
21. Large luxurious car.
22. (computer science) A measure of how densely information is packed on a storage medium.
23. A person who travels through the water by swimming.
26. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
30. Water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere.
34. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
37. A master's degree in fine arts.
39. A mountain range in South America running 5000 miles along the Pacific coast.
40. Remove from office.
42. Herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves.
44. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
45. A facial expression of contempt or scorn.
46. Half the width of an em.
47. Small family of usually tropical butterflies.
50. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
51. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
53. A white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide.
54. A hard brittle blue-white multivalent metallic element.
56. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
59. Being the one previously mentioned or spoken of.
61. Small evergreen shrub of Pacific coast of North America having edible dark purple grape-size berries.
63. Channel into a new direction.
65. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
68. Mostly small blennioid fishes of coral reefs and seagrass beds.
70. Show a response or a reaction to something.
73. A coral reef off the southern coast of Florida.
74. Electronic warfare undertaken to prevent or reduce an enemy's effective use of the electromagnetic spectrum.
75. Someone who tells a story.
77. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
78. The bill in a restaurant.
79. Suggesting the horror of death and decay.
80. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.

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1. Rounded like an egg.
2. A beautiful and graceful girl.
3. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
4. Alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae.
5. At risk of or subject to experiencing something usually unpleasant.
6. An associate degree in nursing.
7. Small ornamental ladies' bag for small articles.
8. Of flax, hemp, or jute, so as to promote loosening of the fibers form the woody tissue.
9. Island in West Indies.
10. Enclose in, or as if in, a case "my feet were encased in mud.".
11. An area that includes seats for several people.
12. (informal) Very tired.
13. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
14. A mark left by the healing of injured tissue.
24. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
25. A rod used to ram the charge into a muzzle-loading firearm.
27. Provide with additional fuel, as of aircraft, ships, and cars.
28. Lower in esteem.
29. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
31. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
32. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
33. Someone who settles lawfully on government land with the intent to acquire title to to it.
35. A festival featuring African-American culture.
36. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
38. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
41. Roman emperor and adoptive son of Nerva.
43. Type genus of the Anatidae.
48. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
49. A monocotyledonous genus of the family Iridaceae.
52. Having no employment.
55. An upward slope or grade (as in a road).
57. (Babylonian) God of fire.
58. Of or relating to or involving an area.
60. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
62. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
64. French filmmaker (1908-1982).
66. A barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports.
67. An unfledged or nestling hawk.
69. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
71. Ratio of the adjacent side to the hypotenuse.
72. Hormone released by the hypothalamus that controls the release of thyroid-stimulating hormone from the anterior pituitary.
76. An artificial language for international use that rejects rejects all existing words and is based instead on an abstract analysis of ideas.

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