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ACROSS
1. A city in east central Texas.
5. A city in southeastern Spain.
12. A sharp change in direction.
15. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
16. Any agent (physical or environmental) that can induce a genetic mutation or can increase the rate of mutation.
17. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
18. The trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area.
20. Either of two muscles of the abdomen and pelvis that flex the trunk and rotate the thigh.
21. The 26th letter of the Roman alphabet.
22. A squeeze with the fingers.
24. No alternation of generations the medusoid phase being entirely suppressed.
26. A case or sheath especially a pollen sac or moss capsule.
28. Hungarian composer of light operas (1870-1948).
29. A bachelor's degree in religion.
31. A correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence).
33. Irish abbess.
37. The sediment from fermentation of an alcoholic beverage.
40. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
42. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
43. In a murderous frenzy as if possessed by a demon.
44. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
46. An unforeseen obstacle.
47. Eurasian perennial bulbous herbs.
49. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
51. A fast sailboat with 3 parallel hulls.
54. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
55. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
56. An alkaloid with anticholinergic effects that is used as a sedative and to treat nausea and to dilate the pupils in ophthalmic procedures.
61. The chief solid component of mammalian urine.
62. The capital of Eritrea.
65. An oblique or slanting asymmetry.
69. (trademark) A game in which words are formed from letters in patterns similar to a crossword puzzle.
72. Genus of widely distributed agarics that have white spores and are poisonous with few exceptions.
73. A member of a nomadic people who invaded Europe in the 4th century.
74. The largest island of the central Ryukyu Islands.
76. (Greek mythology) Greek god of war.
77. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
78. Worker in a railway yard.
79. Informal terms for a meal. DOWN
1. A long flag.
2. Beside one another in a row or rank.
3. A mark used by an author or editor to indicate where something is to be inserted into a text.
4. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
5. The local time at the 0 meridian passing through Greenwich, England.
6. A rare polyvalent metallic element of the platinum group.
7. A nucleotide derived from adenosine that occurs in muscle tissue.
8. Of or in or relating to the nose.
9. Gone by.
10. The last few hours before death.
11. (Babylonian) Father of the gods.
12. Empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk.
13. A spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter.
14. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
19. A brace that extends from the rear of the keel to support the rudderpost.
23. The mother-in-law of Ruth whose story is told in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament.
25. State in eastern India on the Bay of Bengal.
27. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC).
30. Affectedly modest or shy especially in a playful or provocative way.
32. A fabric woven with fibers from the flax plant.
34. Daughter of Nehru who served as Prime Minister of India from 1966 to 1977 (1917-1984).
35. A large Yoruba city in southwestern Nigeria.
36. Source of a tough elastic wood.
38. The dialect of Ancient Greek spoken in Thessaly and Boeotia and Aeolis.
39. Used of milk and milk products from which the cream has been removed.
41. A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues.
45. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
48. A boy who sells or delivers newspapers.
50. 100 pesewas equal 1 cedi.
52. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
53. A person who exercises control over workers.
57. Japanese mathematical physicist who proposed that nuclear forces are mediated by massive particles called mesons which are analogous to the photon in mediating electromagnetic forces (1907-1981).
58. Ancient city is southeastern Italy where Hannibal defeated the Romans in 216 BC.
59. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
60. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
63. Flesh of fish found in colder waters of northern Atlantic coast of the United States.
64. The template for protein synthesis.
66. A genus of Mustelidae.
68. An impudent or insolent rejoinder.
70. (Irish) The sea personified.
71. Either extremity of something that has length.
75. Before noon.