Crossword Puzzle Number 916 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
4. Any of various common orange trees yielding sour or bitter fruit.
12. An enclosed space.
15. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
16. Marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness.
17. An accountant certified by the state.
18. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
19. Make into a demon.
20. Inquire about.
21. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
23. Liquid excretory product.
24. Painter of the Florentine school.
26. Extract the essence of something by boiling it.
28. A republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia.
30. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
31. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
32. The emotion of hate.
36. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
41. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
42. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
43. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
44. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
47. (in Scotland or Ireland) A mountain or tall hill.
49. Flat tableland with steep edges.
51. A writing implement with a point from which ink flows.
52. The quarter of many North African cities in which the citadel is located.
54. A heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes or wedges.
56. Scale-like structure between the base of the wing and the halter of a two-winged fly.
58. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
60. (Norse mythology) Goddess of old age who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
61. A Powhatan Indian woman (the daughter of Powhatan) who befriended the English at Jamestown and is said to have saved Captain John Smith's life (1595-1617).
65. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
68. (from a combination of MOdulate and DEModulate) Electronic equipment consisting of a device used to connect computers by a telephone line.
71. Advanced in years.
72. A branch of the Tai languages.
75. Ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure = 1.5 gallons.
78. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
79. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
80. Not wooded.
81. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

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1. (Greek mythology) One of the mountain nymphs.
2. The act of swimming.
3. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
4. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
5. Not elegant or graceful in expression.
6. Willing to face danger.
7. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
8. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
9. A member of the Caddo people who formerly lived in the Dakotas west of the Missouri river.
10. The feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state.
11. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
12. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
13. (Akkadian) Father of the gods and consort of Tiamat.
14. A block of solid substance (such as soap or wax).
22. German mystic and theosophist who founded modern theosophy.
25. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
27. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
29. Ground snakes.
33. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
34. A convex shape that narrows toward a point.
35. Make improvements or corrections to.
37. Of or relating to or involving an area.
38. A province in north-central China.
39. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
40. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
45. Projectiles to be fired from a gun.
46. A deep bow.
48. A river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River.
50. Sink below the surface.
53. Offering little or no hope.
55. Anything that covers or conceals.
57. A figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with `like' or `as').
59. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
62. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
63. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
64. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
66. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
67. A city in southwestern Switzerland at the western end of Lake Geneva.
69. Look at with amorous intentions.
70. The lower house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
73. Of inferior or mixed breed.
74. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
76. A unit of weight equivalent to 1000 kilograms.
77. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.

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