Crossword Puzzle Number 912 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
5. Colorless gas found in natural gas and petroleum.
12. A female person who has the same parents as another person.
15. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
16. An actress who specializes in playing the role of an artless innocent young girl.
17. Any high mountain.
18. The granite-like rocks that form the outermost layer of the earth's crust.
19. A genus of Ploceidae.
20. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
22. A large fleet.
23. Utter a high-pitched cry, characteristic of pigs.
24. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
25. The provision of money temporarily (usually at interest).
29. (Norse mythology) Goddess of old age who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
32. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
33. The main city of ancient Phoenicia.
37. A branch of the Tai languages.
41. A castrated tomcat.
42. Small striped semiterrestrial eastern American squirrel with cheek pouches.
44. In bed.
48. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
49. Melon having yellowish rind and whitish flesh.
51. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
52. Young of domestic cattle.
53. West Indian evergreen with medium to long leaves.
55. With rapid movements.
57. Large whale with a large cavity in the head containing spermaceti and oil.
59. Any plant of the genus Astilbe having compound leaves and showy panicles of tiny colorful flowers.
64. A mountain in the Himalayas in Nepal (27,790 feet high).
67. South American cavy.
70. A small piece of cloth.
71. The airforce of Great Britain.
72. Relating to compounds in which silver is bivalent.
74. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
75. The rate at which energy is drawn from a source that produces a flow of electricity in a circuit.
76. Antihistamine (trade name Dimetane) used to treat hypersensitivity reactions (as rhinitis).
77. Being one more than ninety.

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1. A plant fiber used for making rope.
2. The capital of Egypt and the largest city in Africa.
3. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
4. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria and closely related to Hausa.
5. Type genus of the Pipidae.
6. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
7. The cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one.
8. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
9. A genus of tropical American plants have sword-shaped leaves and a fleshy compound fruits composed of the fruits of several flowers (such as pineapples).
10. The 13th letter of the Greek alphabet.
11. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
12. American dwarf fan palms.
13. Tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit.
14. A single splash.
21. Genus of erect herbs of the Middle East having showy flowers.
26. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
27. Any of several related languages of the Celts in Ireland and Scotland.
28. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
30. The sacred city of Lamaism.
31. Relating to or applicable to or concerned with the administration of a city or town or district rather than a larger area.
34. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
35. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
36. Lower in esteem.
38. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
39. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
40. (Judaism) A Jewish festival (traditionally 8 days) celebrating the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt.
43. Important for human and animal food.
45. Someone who engages in drinking bouts.
46. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
47. From the kapok tree.
50. A state of equilibrium.
54. (informal) Of the highest quality.
56. A drug (trade names Atarax and Vistaril) used as a tranquilizer to treat anxiety and motion sickness.
58. At full speed.
60. (trademark) A tinned luncheon meat made largely from pork.
61. An African grass economically important as a cereal grass (yielding white flower of good quality) as well as for forage and hay.
62. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
63. Capital city of the Apulia region on the Adriatic coast.
65. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
66. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
68. Liquid excretory product.
69. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
73. A metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram.

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