Crossword Puzzle Number 8042 (Medium Grid)

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1. Large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean.
5. A woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother).
11. Round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games.
15. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
16. Small dry indehiscent fruit with the seed distinct from the fruit wall.
17. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
18. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
19. Tiered seats consisting of a structure (often made of wood) where people can sit to watch an event (game or parade).
20. Utter a high-pitched cry, characteristic of pigs.
21. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
24. Strong and sharp.
26. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
29. A public promotion of some product or service.
31. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
33. (of champagne) Extremely dry.
37. Bright with a steady but subdued shining.
40. Black tropical American cuckoo.
41. Any of numerous low-growing cushion-forming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems.
42. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
43. A bird that frequents coastal waters and the open ocean.
44. A public promotion of some product or service.
46. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
47. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
50. Bearing or characterized by a blade or sword.
51. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
53. Relating to or resembling or functioning like a trachea.
55. Discrimination against middle-aged and elderly people.
58. At or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time.
59. African antelope with ridged curved horns.
62. A region of northeastern France famous for its wines.
65. A large stringed instrument.
66. (computer science) A unit for measuring the execution speed of computers.
71. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
72. A port city in northeastern Greece on an inlet of the Aegean Sea.
76. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
77. A user interface in which you type commands instead of choosing them from a menu or selecting an icon.
78. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
79. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
80. An unabridged dictionary constructed on historical principles.
81. Woody climbers of tropical Asia to Australia.
82. A young woman making her debut into society.

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1. Of or relating to near the ear.
2. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
3. Jordan's port.
4. 10 hao equal 1 dong.
5. A Bantu language.
6. The cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one.
7. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
8. Dyed with henna.
9. Either extremity of something that has length.
10. A widely distributed system consisting of all the cells able to ingest bacteria or colloidal particles etc, except for certain white blood cells.
11. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
12. An elaborate song for solo voice.
13. A transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images.
14. A body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land.
22. Of or relating to a creed.
23. An associate degree in nursing.
25. Baby bed with high sides.
27. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
28. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
30. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
32. The cry made by sheep.
34. Someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war).
35. Lacking in reality or substance or genuineness.
36. Slang for `drunk'.
38. A village in eastern Ireland (northwest of Dublin).
39. A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues.
44. Elk or moose.
45. The dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia.
48. Type genus of the Amiidae.
49. A New England state.
52. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
64. (computer science) American Standard Code for Information Interchange.
70. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.

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