Crossword Puzzle Number 981 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
4. A building where livestock are fattened for market.
11. Marked by firm determination or resolution.
15. An informal term for a father.
16. March out (as from a defile) into open ground.
17. A law passed by US Congress to prevent employees from being injured or contracting diseases in the course of their employment.
18. Jordan's port.
20. Relating to or derived from the sun or utilizing the energies of the sun.
21. Water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere.
22. Black honeycreepers with yellow feathers around the tail.
24. A metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter.
25. A short trip that is taken in the performance of a necessary task or mission.
27. Italian painter and son of Fra Filippo Lippi (1457-1504).
31. Italian omelet with diced vegetables and meats.
34. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
35. Relating to or near the radius.
36. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
40. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
41. A bachelor's degree in science.
43. (of wood) Darkened or colored by exposure to ammonia fumes.
45. An abnormal state in which the normal flow of a liquid (such as blood) is slowed or stopped.
48. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
51. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
52. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
53. A list of dishes available at a restaurant.
54. Strike sharply.
55. A heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element.
56. (archaic) Utterly cast down.
60. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
62. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
65. Containing or characterized by ellipsis.
70. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
71. Anise trees.
74. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
75. In or of the month preceding the present one.
76. During the intervening time.
77. According to need (physicians use PRN in writing prescriptions).
78. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
79. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.
80. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.

DOWN

1. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
2. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
3. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
4. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
5. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
6. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
7. Any fern of the genus Doodia having pinnate fronds with sharply dentate pinnae.
8. A pause during which things are calm or activities are diminished.
9. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
10. Informal terms for clothing.
11. At or to or toward the front.
12. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
13. United States parapsychologist (1895-1980).
14. A Dravidian language spoken in south central India.
19. Important food fish of the Nile and other rivers of Africa and Asia Minor.
23. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
26. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
28. A republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula.
29. A heavy precious metallic element.
30. An elaborate representation of scenes from history etc.
32. Disparaging terms for the common people.
33. Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence.
37. Of or relating to Oman or its people.
38. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
39. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
42. A constitutional monarchy on the western part of the islands of Samoa in the South Pacific.
44. Activity involved in maintaining something in good working order.
46. The brightest star in Virgo.
47. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
49. A bet that you can pick the first and second finishers in the right order.
50. A rare polyvalent metallic element of the platinum group.
57. Small deciduous tree of southern Africa having edible fruit.
58. A Ukrainian peninsula between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
59. Having winglike extensions.
61. Exactly vertical.
63. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
64. Disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet.
66. Being three more than fifty.
67. Thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus.
68. A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments.
69. A stick that people can lean on to help them walk.
72. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
73. A hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers.

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