Crossword Puzzle Number 948 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
5. Chiefly Old World herbs or shrubs.
12. A sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain.
15. (Roman mythology) God of love.
16. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in Sichuan.
17. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
18. A city in western Kenya.
20. Behave carelessly or indifferently.
21. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
22. Of or relating to or characteristic of Ghana or its people or language.
24. A genus of Pyralidae.
26. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
27. Being one more than fifty.
28. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
29. Cud-chewing mammal used as a draft or saddle animal in desert regions.
36. Long nerve fiber that conducts away from the cell body of the neuron.
40. State in northeastern India.
42. Game in which matchsticks are arranged in rows and players alternately remove one or more of them.
43. A province in north-central China.
44. Utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically.
45. Voluntary contributions to aid the poor.
47. Indian statesman and leader with Gandhi in the struggle for home rule.
49. A person of exceptional importance and reputation.
50. Situated in a particular spot or position.
52. Dressed in trousers.
54. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
55. A state in New England.
57. A doctor's degree in optometry.
58. An association of countries in the western hemisphere.
64. A motley assortment of things.
66. (classical architecture) A molding for a cornice.
70. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
71. (Greek mythology) A giant Boeotian hunter who pursued the Pleiades and was eventually slain by Artemis.
74. 100 penni equal 1 markka.
75. An actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression.
76. Earn on some commercial or business transaction.
78. Measure of the US economy adopted in 1991.
79. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
80. The great hall in ancient Persian palaces.
81. (Greek mythology) The winged goddess of the dawn in ancient mythology.

DOWN

1. A Bantu language spoken in Cameroon.
2. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
3. A member of a North American Indian people speaking one of the Hokan language.
4. Given to or marked by the consumption of alcohol.
5. Short and fat.
6. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
7. A boy or man.
8. An unforeseen obstacle.
9. A member of the Siouan people formerly inhabiting the Black Hills of western South Dakota.
10. British actress (born in Canada) (1898-1989).
11. Any group or radical of the form RCO- where R is an organic group.
12. Green algae common in freshwater lakes of limestone districts.
13. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir and avenger of Balder.
14. Type genus of the Amiidae.
19. The basic unit of money in Cambodia.
23. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
25. Capable of resuming original shape after stretching or compression.
30. Small depression under the shoulder joint where the arm joins the shoulder.
31. Informal terms for a mother.
32. A promotional statement (as found on the dust jackets of books).
33. An Italian poet famous for `The Divine Comedy'--a journey through hell and purgatory and paradise guided by Virgil and his idealized Beatrice (1265-1321).
34. Fairly small terrestrial ferns of tropical America.
35. A sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury.
37. An unofficial association of people or groups.
38. Used of a single unit or thing.
39. The residue that remains when something is burned.
41. Of or relating to any of the group of Sotho languages.
46. Made clean by scrubbing.
48. Pain during urination.
51. A genus of Mustelidae.
53. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
56. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
59. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
60. 100 agorot equal 1 shekel.
61. (archaic) Of persons.
62. Greek mythology.
63. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
65. Lacking sufficient water or rainfall.
67. English prelate noted for his pessimistic sermons and articles (1860-1954).
68. Cancel, annul, or reverse an action or its effect.
69. (computer science) A unit for measuring the execution speed of computers.
72. Informal abbreviation of `representative'.
73. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
77. A silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion.

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