Crossword Puzzle Number 7895 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
5. A historical region in central and northern Yugoslavia.
11. Especially one side of a leaf.
15. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
16. A common mineral occurring in small crystals.
17. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
18. Wet with dew.
20. Spiritual being attendant upon God.
21. A doctor's degree in optometry.
22. An affirmative.
23. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
25. Among the largest bony fish.
28. Queen of the Olympian gods in ancient Greek mythology.
30. The address where a person lives.
33. Informal terms for a mother.
34. A thin membrane lining the closed cavities of the body.
38. Game in which matchsticks are arranged in rows and players alternately remove one or more of them.
39. Large hawk of the northern hemisphere that feeds chiefly on small rodents and is beneficial to farmers.
42. Tag the base runner to get him out.
43. Stairway in India leading down to a landing on the water.
45. In a vague way.
47. Make sanitary by cleaning or sterilizing.
50. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria and closely related to Hausa.
51. Island in West Indies.
53. (cosmology) The original matter that (according to the big bang theory) existed before the formation of the chemical elements.
54. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
56. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
59. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
60. A Powhatan Indian woman (the daughter of Powhatan) who befriended the English at Jamestown and is said to have saved Captain John Smith's life (1595-1617).
65. Express strong disapproval of.
68. Experiencing or manifesting pleasure.
69. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
70. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
73. Jordan's port.
74. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
75. Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy.
77. (British) Your grandmother.
78. A challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy.
79. Inflammation of the nose and throat with increased production of mucus.
80. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

DOWN

1. Being or befitting or characteristic of an infant.
2. Widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits.
3. An informal term for a father.
4. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
5. United States conductor (born in Hungary) (1897-1970).
6. (usually followed by `of') Released from something onerous (especially an obligation or duty).
7. A nonmetallic largely pentavalent heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens.
8. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
9. (Old Testament) Jonah did not wish to become a prophet so God caused a great storm to throw him overboard from a ship.
10. An island northwest of Wales.
11. Of or relating to the palm of the hand.
12. A public promotion of some product or service.
13. A correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence).
14. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
19. Any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food.
24. Having hills and crags.
26. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
27. Any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism.
29. Popular music originating in the West Indies.
31. A state of northeastern India.
32. Of or relating to Oman or its people.
35. Lake in northwestern Russia near the border with Finland.
36. Small evergreen shrub of Pacific coast of North America having edible dark purple grape-size berries.
37. A bottomless gulf or pit.
40. Any compound of oxygen with another element or a radical.
41. Being six more than fifty.
44. Very small.
46. Reveal the true nature of.
48. A diacritical mark (~) placed over the letter n in Spanish to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel in Portuguese to indicate nasalization.
49. A mountain peak in south central Sri Lanka (7,360 feet high).
52. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
55. Make worse or less effective.
57. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
58. Remove a bar from (a door, for example).
61. An English pirate who operated in the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of North America (died in 1718).
62. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the practice of Yoga).
63. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
64. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
66. A ridge of sand created by the wind.
67. One thousandth of a second.
71. Remaining after all deductions.
72. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
76. A colorless and odorless inert gas.

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