Crossword Puzzle Number 7991 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Imprudently incurring risk.
5. A republic in northwestern Africa on the Mediterranean Sea.
12. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
15. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
16. Highly seasoned minced meat stuffed in casings.
17. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
18. Open pastry filled with fruit or custard.
19. Strike sharply.
20. A roll of tobacco for smoking.
21. A ring-shaped surface generated by rotating a circle around an axis that does not intersect the circle.
23. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
27. The money risked on a gamble.
29. Put a new sole on.
31. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
32. United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993).
33. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered.
37. A metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter.
39. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
40. Of or in or relating to the nose.
41. An associate degree in applied science.
43. Refuse to acknowledge.
47. Any of various floor-like platforms built into a vessel.
48. Large and brightly colored handkerchief.
51. A loss of will power.
53. The father of your father or mother.
54. Small individual study area in a library.
55. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
56. Inability to coordinate voluntary muscle movements.
58. Informal terms for a mother.
59. A Loloish language.
60. A state in northwestern North America.
64. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
70. A stick that people can lean on to help them walk.
71. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
73. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
75. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
77. Gymnastic apparatus consisting of two parallel wooden bars supported on uprights.
78. Covered with or resembling slime.
80. Flowing in drops.
81. A rounded thickly curled hairdo.
82. Infusion of e.g. dried or fresh flowers or leaves.
83. An informal term for a father.

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1. A large number or amount.
2. Give out.
3. Scarabaeid beetle considered divine by ancient Egyptians.
4. (Judaism) An eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem.
5. Inquire about.
6. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on land.
7. A great waterfall on the border between Brazil and Paraguay.
8. Brewed by forcing steam through powdered coffee beans.
9. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
10. A class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response.
11. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
12. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
13. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
14. A commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells.
22. The compass point that is one point east of southeast.
24. The residue that remains when something is burned.
25. Type genus of the Coerebidae.
28. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Clinoril).
30. On or outside the dura mater.
34. Administer an oil or ointment to.
35. In a racy manner.
36. Any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water.
38. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
42. An unforeseen obstacle.
44. Any of various small biting flies.
45. A quantity of no importance.
46. Full of zest or vigor.
49. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
50. A public promotion of some product or service.
52. Chief deity of Zoroastrianism.
62. Of or relating to the stomach and intestines.
66. In addition.
72. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.

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