Crossword Puzzle Number 7975 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A caustic detergent useful for removing grease.
4. The ability to contract or draw together soft body tissues to check blood flow or restrict secretion of fluids.
11. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
15. An actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech.
16. A member of a North American people formerly living in the Colorado river valley in Arizona.
17. The elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length.
18. A city in northern India.
20. English monk and scholar (672-735).
21. (comparative of `near') Being the one of two that is less distant in space.
22. Perennial herb of North America.
24. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
26. Female equine animal.
27. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
29. Of or relating to or containing barium.
30. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
37. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
38. A port and state capital of Tasmania.
42. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
43. A Russian river.
45. Being four more than fifty.
48. An edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle.
49. Port city on southern Honshu on Osaka Bay.
50. (prefix) Indicating difference or variation.
52. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
53. Molding in the form of a ring.
60. A state in New England.
61. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
63. Spiced hot milk with rum or wine.
70. A village of huts for native Africans in southern Africa.
71. Spiritual leader of a Jewish congregation.
74. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
75. (Greek mythology) The winged goddess of the dawn in ancient mythology.
76. Relating to or caused by wind.
78. On or toward the lee.
79. Former measure of the US economy.
80. A bag used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women).
81. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
82. A state in northwestern North America.

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1. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
2. A racing sled for one or two people.
3. (used especially of vegetation) Having lost all moisture.
4. The compass point midway between south and west.
5. A set of data arranged in rows and columns.
6. (cosmology) The original matter that (according to the big bang theory) existed before the formation of the chemical elements.
7. A number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge.
8. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
9. A state in midwestern United States.
10. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
11. An Old World reptile family of Sauria.
12. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
13. Report or maintain.
14. Being nothing more than specified.
19. In bed.
23. An associate degree in nursing.
25. Assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing.
28. The father of your father or mother.
31. A loose shirt or tunic.
32. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
33. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
34. A person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage.
35. A kind of loud horn formerly used on motor vehicles.
36. A colorless flammable volatile liquid hydrocarbon used as a solvent.
39. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
40. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
41. Small tropical American tree bearing edible plumlike fruit.
44. A flat mass of ice (smaller than an ice field) floating at sea.
47. (Norse mythology) Goddess of old age who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
54. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
56. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
58. A fastener (as a buckle or hook) that is used to hold two things together.
59. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
66. The last imperial dynasty of China (from 1644 to 1912) which was overthrown by revolutionaries.
69. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.

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