Crossword Puzzle Number 7906 (Medium Grid)

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1. Antelope with white markings like a harness and twisted horns.
5. A hostel for pilgrims in Turkey.
11. Someone who cooks food.
15. In addition.
16. A syllabic script used in writing Sanskrit and Hindi.
17. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
18. Open pastry filled with fruit or custard.
19. God of wealth and love.
21. Genus of North American herbs.
24. A military trainee (as at a military academy).
25. An ancient city on the Nile in Egypt.
27. A chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers.
29. Severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset.
30. Providing protective supervision.
34. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
36. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
38. Ensure observance of laws and rules.
39. Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment.
42. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
43. (Sumerian) Evil storm god represented as a black bird.
44. (informal) Of the highest quality.
45. Gentian of eastern North America having clusters of bristly blue flowers.
50. A person who eats human flesh.
51. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
52. The periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon.
53. Type genus of the Anatidae.
54. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
57. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
58. Small genus of evergreen trees of tropical America and western Africa.
60. Squash bugs.
69. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
70. Italian brandy made from residue of grapes after pressing.
72. The main city of ancient Phoenicia.
73. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
74. Tropical American thorny shrub or small tree.
76. A colloid in a more solid form than a sol.
77. Seed vessel having hooks or prickles.
78. (of persons) Seized and detained unlawfully, often for ransom.
79. The compass point midway between northeast and east.

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1. A spar rising aft from a mast to support the head of a quadrilateral fore-and-aft sail.
2. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir known for his beauty and skill with bow and skis.
3. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
4. A dwarfed ornamental tree or shrub grown in a tray or shallow pot.
5. Produced by inbreeding.
6. (Hinduism) Term of respect for a Brahmin sage.
7. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
8. Disparaging terms for the common people.
9. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
10. A light strong gray lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong light-weight alloys (as for airplane parts).
11. Gradually decreasing in tempo and volume.
12. A notice of someone's death.
13. A spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter.
14. United States composer of musical comedies (1885-1945).
20. Experiencing or showing fear.
22. Edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants.
23. A festival featuring African-American culture.
26. French writer whose novels described the sordid side of city life (1804-1857).
28. A favorite saying of a sect or political group.
31. A native or inhabitant of Iran.
32. Submit or yield to another's wish or opinion.
33. A person who wants or needs something.
35. A Finnish steam bath.
37. A spoon-shaped vessel with a long handle.
40. The monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause.
41. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
46. A midwestern state in north central United States.
47. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
49. Type genus of the Otariidae.
68. (British) An open river valley (in a hilly area).
75. A very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses.

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