Crossword Puzzle Number 927 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Of southern Europe.
4. Having two poles.
11. Express or utter with a hiss.
15. (computer science) The part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing.
16. Mites and ticks.
17. City in southwestern Colombia in a rich agricultural area.
18. Made from residue of grapes or apples after pressing.
20. Something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares.
22. Showing empathy or ready comprehension of others' states.
25. A transuranic element.
26. A state in New England.
28. United States educator famous for writing a book about how to win friends and influence people (1888-1955).
31. An intersection or crossing of two tracts in the form of the letter X.
35. A river that rises in northern Colombia and flows generally eastward to the Orinoco in central Venezuela.
37. Food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked.
38. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
39. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
41. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
42. A theory of strong interactions between elementary particles (including the interaction that binds protons and neutrons in the nucleus).
43. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
47. Occurring or encountered or experienced or observed frequently or in accordance with regular practice or procedure.
49. A public promotion of some product or service.
50. Of or relating to the uvea of the eye.
51. United States feminist who was active in the women's suffrage movement (1819-1910).
52. Shape anew or differently.
56. Mixture of untoasted dry cereals and fruits.
59. 100 halers equal 1 koruna.
60. 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).
63. Included seven times in every 19 years.
67. The atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element.
68. A republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of Ireland.
69. Payment made to a person in a position of trust to corrupt his judgment.
71. Jordan's port.
73. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
74. Not arranged for pictorial purposes.
76. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
77. Acquire or gain knowledge or skills.
78. take exception to.
79. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

DOWN

1. The highest level or degree attainable.
2. (trademark) A tinned luncheon meat made largely from pork.
3. Any of several blood diseases causing subcutaneous bleeding.
4. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
5. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
6. Indian grammarian whose grammatical rules for Sanskrit are the first known example of descriptive linguistics (circa 400 BC).
7. Any of various herbaceous plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in deserts and salt marshes.
8. (Irish) The sea personified.
9. Used of a single unit or thing.
10. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
11. (slang) A batch of things that go together.
12. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
13. The scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals.
14. The piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located).
19. A small flexible tube inserted into a body cavity for draining off fluid or introducing medication.
21. Arctic deer with large antlers in both sexes.
23. A case or sheath especially a pollen sac or moss capsule.
24. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
27. Being one hundred more than two hundred.
29. A covered passageway.
30. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
32. Either of two huge coniferous California trees that reach a height of 300 feet.
33. Long-tailed brilliantly colored parrot of Central and South America.
34. Mix up or confuse.
36. A communist state in Indochina on the South China Sea.
40. Young eel.
44. A strain accidentally imported into Florida from the Middle East then spread to California where it is a very serious pest feeding on almost all vegetable crops and poinsettias.
45. That is to say.
46. An atmosphere of depression and melancholy.
48. (slang) Merchandise that is shoddy or inferior.
53. Someone who has or gives or receives a part or a share.
54. Of or relating to or characteristic of Hades or Tartarus.
55. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
57. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
58. Not subject to change or variation especially in behavior.
61. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
62. Jordan's port.
64. A genus of Mustelidae.
65. A native American tent.
66. Very dark black.
70. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
72. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
75. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.

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