Crossword Puzzle Number 79 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A flexible container with a single opening.
4. Pig-sized tailless South American amphibious rodent with partly webbed feet.
12. An enclosed space.
15. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring in the air.
16. A thermosetting resin.
17. An emotional response that has been acquired by conditioning.
18. A peninsula between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf.
20. Covered with or resembling slime.
21. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
22. A common venereal disease caused by the Treponema pallidum spirochete.
23. Having two feet.
25. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
27. Tag the base runner to get him out.
29. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
31. The square of a body of any size of type.
32. Lake in northwestern Russia near the border with Finland.
34. An early symptom that a disease is developing or that an attack is about to occur.
36. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
38. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
39. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
42. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
46. A white trivalent metallic element.
48. (Babylonian) The sky god.
49. The official published verbatim report of the proceedings of a parliamentary body.
51. (Old Testament) A son of Jacob and a forebear of one of the tribes of Israel.
54. A public promotion of some product or service.
55. In bed.
56. (Zoroastrianism) Title for benevolent deities.
57. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
60. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
61. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
63. Of or relating to or characteristic of Monaco or its people.
65. A French abbot.
68. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
71. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels.
75. The act of using.
76. Relating to anemia or suffering from anemia.
78. Not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances.
79. A serve that strikes the net before falling into the receiver's court.
80. Distance measured in the aggregate number of yards.
81. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.

DOWN

1. South African term for `boss'.
2. Open to or abounding in fresh air.
3. A tool consisting of several hooks for grasping and holding.
4. An index of the cost of all goods and services to a typical consumer.
5. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
6. The 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
7. A leader who stimulates and excites people to action.
8. Music written in the rhythm of the bolero dance.
9. Surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments.
10. The shape of a raised edge of a more or less circular object.
11. Any group or radical of the form RCO- where R is an organic group.
12. A fraudulent business scheme.
13. The lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle).
14. Thick like cream.
19. God of wealth and love.
24. Automatic data processing in which data acquisition and other stages or processing are integrated into a coherent system.
26. The highest level or degree attainable.
28. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
30. Type genus of Crassulaceae.
33. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
35. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
37. Small genus of hairy herbs with yellow flowers.
40. Complacently or inanely foolish.
41. Living in or characteristic of farming or country life.
43. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
44. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
45. A conversation between two persons.
47. Of deserts of northern Africa and southern Asia.
50. A river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River.
52. Avoid and stay away from deliberately.
53. Any plant of the genus Caragana having even-pinnate leaves and mostly yellow flowers followed by seeds in a linear pod.
58. A slab of stone or wood suitable for bearing an inscription.
59. Filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock.
62. Excessively fat.
64. Greek mythology.
66. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
67. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
69. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
70. A river in northern England that flows southeast through West Yorkshire.
72. United States diplomat and jurist who negotiated peace treaties with Britain and served as the first chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1745-1829).
73. Hairpiece covering the head and made of human or synthetic hair.
74. (informal) Of the highest quality.
77. Informal terms for a mother.

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