Crossword Puzzle Number 8070 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. The compass point midway between south and southeast.
4. Someone who fights (or is fighting).
12. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
15. Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc..
16. Of or relating to the peoples who speak the language of the Arawak.
17. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
18. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
19. A short sleeveless outer tunic emblazoned with a coat of arms.
20. Jordan's port.
22. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
24. Common Indian weaverbird.
26. Type genus of the Anatidae.
27. Painter (born in Germany, resident of France and the United States) who was a cofounder of Dadaism.
29. Small wooden bat with a flat surface.
31. A gray lustrous metallic element of the rare earth group.
33. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
36. Fatty pinkish flesh of small salmon caught in the Pacific and Great Lakes.
39. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
43. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
46. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
47. One millionth of a gram.
52. An informal term for a father.
55. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
57. Herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves.
59. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel.
61. All the loaves of bread baked at the same time.
62. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
64. The weather in some location averaged over some long period of time.
66. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
70. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
74. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
75. The habitation of wild animals.
76. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
77. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
78. A graphical record of electrical activity of the brain.
79. Any of several plants of the genus Hepatica having 3-lobed leaves and white or pinkish flowers in early spring.
80. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.

DOWN

1. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
2. An narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family.
3. Related on the mother's side.
4. The seventh and last day of the week.
5. Infestation of the pubic hair by crab lice.
6. The capital of Morocco.
7. Distant in either space or time.
8. A plane curve formed by the intersection of a right circular cone and a plane parallel to an element of the curve.
9. Kidney disease characterized by enlarged kidneys containing many cysts.
10. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
11. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
12. Either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus having short spirally twisted horns in both sexes.
13. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
14. The act of pursuing.
21. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
23. An ancient city in southeastern Greece.
25. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
28. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
30. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
32. Large high frilly cap with a full crown.
34. God of love and erotic desire.
35. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
37. Hormone produced early in pregnancy by the placenta.
38. A light touch or stroke.
40. A member of a North American Indian people living east of the Sacramento river in California.
41. A purgative made from the leaves of aloe.
42. A large and imposing house.
44. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
45. A committee in the executive branch of government that advises the president on foreign and military and national security.
48. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
51. The 18th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
53. A narcotic that is considered a hard drug.
56. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
66. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
69. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
73. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

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