Crossword Puzzle Number 7985 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A person regarded as greedy and pig-like.
4. Durable fragrant wood.
12. A unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 foot/sec/sec to a mass of 1 pound.
15. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
16. Very great in quantity.
17. Being two more than fifty.
18. The last (12th) month of the year.
19. Type genus of the Meropidae.
20. Lower in esteem.
22. United States linguist (born in Russia) noted for his description of the universals of phonology (1896-1982).
24. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
25. Dutch astronomer who proved that the galaxy is rotating and proposed the existence of the Oort cloud (1900-1992).
26. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
28. Before noon.
30. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
32. Offering fun and gaiety.
35. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
37. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
40. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
42. An instinctive motive.
45. Australian clover fern.
46. A mountainous landlocked communist state in southeastern Asia.
47. A severe or trying experience.
49. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
50. A hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers.
55. Of or relating to an agent or agency.
60. The capital and largest city of Ghana with a deep-water port.
61. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
62. The 1st letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
65. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
67. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
71. A constitutional monarchy in southeastern Asia on Borneo and the Malay Peninsula.
73. Lacking motor coordination.
75. A small island.
76. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
79. Being six more than fifty.
80. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.
81. Membranous tube with cartilaginous rings that conveys inhaled air from the larynx to the bronchi.
82. (Brit) A tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing Edwardian style clothes.

DOWN

1. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
2. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
3. Any of various small chiefly tropical and usually nocturnal insectivorous terrestrial lizards typically with immovable eyelids.
4. Grave or even gloomy in character.
5. Sacred text of Zoroastrianism.
6. Roman Emperor notorious for his monstrous vice and fantastic luxury (was said to have started a fire that destroyed much of Rome in 64) but the Empire remained prosperous during his rule (37-68).
7. Stingless male bee in a colony of social bees (especially honeybees) whose sole function is to mate with the queen.
8. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
9. A deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture).
10. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
11. Thorny shrub or small tree common in central Argentina having small orange or yellow flowers followed by edible berries.
12. A cloth having a crisscross design.
13. Any orchid of the genus Disa.
14. A German art song of the 19th century for voice and piano.
21. The dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia.
23. A large number or amount.
27. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
29. Philippine tree similar to the breadfruit tree bearing edible fruit.
31. Of a temperature scale that registers the freezing point of water as 32 degrees F and the boiling point as 212 degrees F at one atmosphere of pressure.
33. Title used for a married Frenchwoman.
34. Away from the mouth or oral region.
36. Gone by.
38. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
39. One thousandth of a second.
41. Highly concentrated or intense.
43. Acute abdominal pain (especially in infants).
44. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
51. Unable to relax or be still.
53. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
54. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
57. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
64. (Norse mythology) Goddess of old age who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
70. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
74. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

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