Crossword Puzzle Number 8059 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
4. A noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married couple.
12. Of southern Europe.
15. An accidental happening.
16. Noteworthy scarcity.
17. (computer science) A measure of how densely information is packed on a storage medium.
18. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
19. Beaten eggs or an egg mixture cooked until just set.
20. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
21. (of racket strokes) Made across the body with back of hand facing direction of stroke.
24. Give the right to.
26. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
29. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
34. Having the leading position or higher score in a contest.
36. Large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean.
39. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
40. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
41. A sac-like widening of an artery.
42. Small rounded bread either plain or sweet.
43. A sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc.
45. (prefix) Within.
46. An associate degree in nursing.
48. Minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end.
50. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
58. The sixth month of the civil year.
60. Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse.
62. (zoology) Having freedom to move about.
66. A genus of Ploceidae.
68. Indigo bush.
70. A correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence).
71. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
72. The title of the ancient Egyptian kings.
74. (comparative of `little' usually used with mass nouns) Quantifier meaning not as great in amount or degree.
75. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
76. Tropical Asian tree with hard white wood and bark formerly used as a remedy for dysentery and diarrhea.
77. Freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort.
78. A state in southeastern United States.

DOWN

1. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
2. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
3. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
4. United States physician who specialized in diseases of the intestines.
5. The wrist bone in line with the 4th and 5th fingers.
6. Conducive to peace.
7. Elevated open grassland in southern Africa.
8. Used of a single unit or thing.
9. Tie again or anew.
10. Standard time in the 5th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian.
11. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
12. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
13. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
14. A linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing.
22. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
23. Feel admiration for.
25. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
27. Crested screamers.
28. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
30. Relatively low in price or charging low prices.
31. Any plant of the genus Eryngium.
32. Formation consisting of the set of horizontal lines composed of pixels that is used to form an image on a CRT.
33. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
35. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
37. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
38. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
44. The residue that remains when something is burned.
47. The hair growing on the lower part of a man's face.
51. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
53. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
55. A woman of refinement.
65. Other than what is under consideration or implied.

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