Crossword Puzzle Number 999 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
5. A blemish made by dirt.
11. Anything that provides inspiration for later work.
15. The inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers.
16. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
17. A demon who swallows the sun causing eclipses.
18. American novelist (1909-1955).
19. Having winglike extensions.
21. A town in southeastern New Mexico on the Pecos River near the Mexican border.
22. Not set afire or burning.
23. (Sumerian) Water god and god of wisdom.
24. An emblem (a small piece of plastic or cloth or metal) that signifies your status (rank or membership or affiliation etc.).
26. Declare untrue.
27. A city in northeastern Ohio.
30. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
32. The federal department responsible for safeguarding national security.
35. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
41. Call forth.
43. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
44. A unit of length equal to one thousandth of an inch.
45. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Relafen).
47. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
49. A small valve (or valve-like structure).
53. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
55. Get undressed.
56. Any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch.
61. A native or inhabitant of Afghanistan.
63. Having winglike extensions.
64. A member of the North American Indian people of Oregon.
68. A unit of electrical power in an AC circuit equal to the power dissipated when 1 volt produces a current of 1 ampere.
69. Rigged with a triangular (lateen) sail.
72. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
73. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
74. Subject to change or variation especially in behavior.
76. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
77. The second day of the week.
78. A great raja.
79. An implement used to propel or steer a boat.

DOWN

1. With rapid movements.
2. Goods (or wreckage) on the sea bed that is attached to a buoy so that it can be recovered.
3. An employee who performs clerical work (e.g., keeps records or accounts).
4. Congenital absence of an arm or leg.
5. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
6. The capital and largest city of Equatorial Guinea on the island of Bioko in the Gulf of Guinea.
7. A large Yoruba city in southwestern Nigeria.
8. Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse.
9. Large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals.
10. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
11. The father of your father or mother.
12. Any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight.
13. A major European river carrying more traffic than any other river in the world.
14. Covered with or smelling of mold.
20. A dialect of Chinese spoken in the Yangtze delta.
25. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
28. Edge tool used as a cutting instrument.
29. Nocturnal badger-like carnivore of wooded regions of Africa and southern Asia.
31. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
33. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
34. Aromatic Old World herb having aromatic threadlike foliage and seeds used as seasoning.
36. Extremely pleasing.
37. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
38. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
39. (Greek legend) The greedy king of Phrygia who Dionysus gave the power to turn everything he touched into gold.
40. A military trainee (as at a military academy).
42. A warning against certain acts.
46. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
48. A member of a North American Indian people living around the mouth of the Colorado river.
50. A protocol developed for the internet to get data from one network device to another.
51. An inlaid furniture decoration.
52. A town in southern Turkey.
54. A Muslim or Hindu mendicant monk who is regarded as a holy man.
57. The mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.
58. Any of various thermoplastic resins used to make things.
59. Membrane of the young sporophore of various mushrooms extending from the margin of the cap to the stem and is ruptured by growth.
60. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
62. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
65. Cancel, annul, or reverse an action or its effect.
66. A member of an extinct North American Indian people who lived in the Pit river valley in northern California.
67. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
70. Anterior pituitary hormone that stimulates the function of the thyroid gland.
71. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
75. A person who announces and plays popular recorded music.

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