Crossword Puzzle Number 991 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. The compass point that is one point south of due west.
4. Loud confused noise from many sources.
12. The younger of two major political parties in the United States.
15. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
16. Australian wild horse.
17. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
18. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
20. A United Nations agency created by a multinational treaty to promote trade by the reduction of tariffs and import quotas.
22. United States artist whose work reflected social and political themes (1898-1969).
24. Neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front.
25. Inhabitant of the island of Cebu.
27. The French-speaking capital of the province of Quebec.
29. Work hastily or carelessly.
31. United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993).
35. The quarter of many North African cities in which the citadel is located.
37. Low-growing Old World herbs with minute bright green leaves.
39. Before noon.
40. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
42. An inflammatory complication of leprosy that results in painful skin lesions on the arms and legs and face.
43. A metallic element of the rare earth group.
45. Fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period.
48. Animal food for browsing or grazing.
50. Inactivity resulting from a dislike of work.
52. A unit of magnetic flux equal to 100,000,000 maxwells.
53. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
55. 100 ngwee equal 1 kwacha.
56. Of or relating to or involving an area.
59. Bring an accusation against.
61. A unit of atmospheric pressure equal to one thousandth of a bar.
64. (slang) Merchandise that is shoddy or inferior.
68. (folklore) Fairies that are somewhat mischievous.
69. A midwestern state on the Great Plains.
72. The cry made by sheep.
73. The money risked on a gamble.
74. Pertaining to or resembling amoebae.
75. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
76. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
77. Hard yellowish to brownish wax from leaves of the carnauba palm used especially in floor waxes and polishes.
78. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.

DOWN

1. A large number or amount.
2. Pompous or pretentious talk or writing.
3. The second largest city in Tunisia.
4. The use of bacteria or viruses of toxins to destroy men and animals or food.
5. A small piece of cloth.
6. Talk pompously.
7. A nettle yielding fiber resembling flax.
8. The emotion of hate.
9. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
10. A place where eggs are hatched under artificial conditions (especially fish eggs).
11. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
12. A republic on the west coast of Africa.
13. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
14. The part of a hammerhead opposite the flat striking surface (may have various shapes).
19. The thick short innermost digit of the forelimb.
21. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
23. A small Asian country high in the Himalayas between India and Tibet.
26. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
28. A professional cook.
30. A Bantu language spoken by the Kamba people in Kenya.
32. Lac purified by heating and filtering.
33. An enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of a proenzyme to an active enzyme.
34. A small overnight bag for short trips.
36. A diacritical mark (an inverted circumflex) placed above certain letters (such as c) to indicate pronunciation.
38. Sew again.
41. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
44. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
46. The capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the Congo river opposite Brazzaville.
47. Spiritual being attendant upon God.
49. Coming next after the eleventh and just before the thirteenth in position.
51. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
54. Without offspring.
57. Aroused to impatience or anger.
58. Ions are accelerated along a linear path by voltage differences on electrodes along the path.
60. Capital of modern Macedonia.
62. Area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir.
63. Little known Kamarupan languages.
65. A notice of someone's death.
66. An enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept.
67. God of love and erotic desire.
70. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
71. A former French coin of low denomination.

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