Crossword Puzzle Number 968 (Medium Grid)

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1. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
5. Not neatly combed.
12. What you can repeat immediately after perceiving it.
15. German industrialist who was the first in Germany to use an assembly line in manufacturing automobiles (1871-1948).
16. The condition of being low.
17. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
18. Made from residue of grapes or apples after pressing.
19. A distinguishing feature of one's personal nature.
20. Norse chieftan who became the first duke of Normandy (860-931).
22. An ancient city in southeastern Greece.
24. A branch of the Indo-Iranian family of languages.
26. The chief solid component of mammalian urine.
27. A yellow quartz.
28. Leave or strike out, as of vowels.
29. Of or relating to the African people who speak one of the Bantoid languages or to their culture.
32. A unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries.
36. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
37. Port city in the United Arab Emirates on the Persian Gulf.
40. 1,000,000,000 periods per second.
42. French mathematician and astronomer who formulated the nebular hypothesis concerning the origins of the solar system and who developed the theory of probability (1749-1827).
44. The month following July and preceding September.
46. An inflammatory complication of leprosy that results in painful skin lesions on the arms and legs and face.
47. A famous waterfall in Venezuela.
49. God of wealth and love.
51. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
52. Reconnaissance (by shortening).
55. Report or maintain.
56. (British) Your grandmother.
58. Small family of brown algae.
63. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
64. (meteorology) Of an air current or wind.
68. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
72. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
73. Spiritual leader of a Jewish congregation.
76. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
77. Grass mowed and cured for use as fodder.
78. Relating to or caused by wind.
80. A notable achievement.
81. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
82. A bag used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women).
83. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.

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1. Leafless East Indian vine.
2. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
3. A large mass of ice floating at sea.
4. American novelist noted for children's books (1832-1888).
5. In or of the month preceding the present one.
6. A water wheel with buckets attached to the rim.
7. A festival featuring African-American culture.
8. A town in north central Oklahoma.
9. An asset of special worth or utility.
10. A note appended to a letter after the signature.
11. Anterior pituitary hormone that stimulates the function of the thyroid gland.
12. Small usually single-celled reproductive body produced especially by certain bacteria and algae and fungi and nonflowering plants.
13. A flat thin rectangular slab (as of fired clay or rubber or linoleum) used to cover surfaces.
14. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
21. European freshwater fish resembling the roach.
23. A republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea.
25. Large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals.
30. A river that rises in northern Colombia and flows generally eastward to the Orinoco in central Venezuela.
31. To protect clothing.
33. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
34. (plate tectonic theory) A hypothetical continent including all the landmass of the earth prior to the Triassic period when it split into Laurasia and Gondwanaland.
35. Streaming or flapping or spreading wide as if in a current of air.
38. Fiddler crabs.
39. The hair growing on the lower part of a man's face.
41. Steal goods.
43. Having leadership guidance.
45. Not trimmed.
48. A state in New England.
50. A large estate in Spanish-speaking countries.
53. A radioactive transuranic element.
54. (of sounds) Repeating by reflection.
57. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
59. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
60. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
61. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
62. A burn cause by hot liquid or steam.
65. A less than average tide occurring at the first and third quarters of the moon.
66. Make amends for.
67. Extremely robust.
69. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
70. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
71. A quantity of no importance.
74. Top part of an apron.
75. The cry made by sheep.
79. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.

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