Crossword Puzzle Number 1017 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
4. Any period of seven consecutive days.
12. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
15. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
16. The animal order including amoebas.
17. A machine-readable version of a standard dictionary.
18. A vinyl polymer used especially in paints or adhesives.
19. A plant virus with its RNA arranged in a circular chromosome without a protein coat.
20. An anti-inflammatory drug that does not contain steroids.
22. Shod with sandals.
25. Used of a single unit or thing.
26. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
29. Genus of Eurasian spiny shrubs.
30. (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious.
33. Having a slightly undulating margin.
35. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
38. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
39. Mix up or confuse.
43. Inflammation of the urethra of unknown cause.
44. An ancient city in northern Portugal.
46. Small genus of dioecious tropical aquatic plants.
47. The sixth month of the civil year.
49. (of animals) Fully developed.
51. American Revolutionary patriot.
52. Be idle.
53. Indigo bush.
54. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
55. Short and fat.
57. A state in midwestern United States.
58. A fractional monetary unit in Bangladesh and India and Nepal and Pakistan.
61. A hard brittle blue-white multivalent metallic element.
62. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
66. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
70. Not having rhyme.
73. (informal) Roused to anger.
74. A member of the Iroquoian people formerly living east of Lake Ontario.
77. The 3rd planet from the sun.
78. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
79. A Dravidian language spoken in southern India.
81. By bad luck.
82. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
83. An elastic synthetic fabric.
84. A small cake leavened with yeast.

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1. A large mountain system in south-central Europe.
2. Rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos.
3. The act of scanning.
4. Capital and largest city of Cuba.
5. The boy whose upbringing was described by Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
6. A person who evokes boredom.
7. Tall East Indian cedar having spreading branches with nodding tips.
8. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
9. Used in combination to denote the middle.
10. A public promotion of some product or service.
11. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
12. (computer science) A system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that is generated at the recipient's terminal when he logs in.
13. First in rank or degree.
14. Large antelope with lightly spiraled horns of desert regions of North Africa.
21. Dotted or adorned with or as with studs or nailheads.
23. Fallow deer.
24. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
27. Cereal grass widely cultivated for its grain.
28. An accountant certified by the state.
31. A computerized data system to provide brokers with price quotations for securities traded over the counter.
32. A large waterfall on the border between Argentina and Brazil.
34. Shrub bearing oval-fruited kumquats.
36. A small nail.
37. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
40. Any of numerous low-growing cushion-forming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems.
41. A caustic substance (Ca(OH)2) produced by heating limestone.
42. Freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort.
45. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
48. The limits within which something can be effective.
50. A spread consisting of capers and black olives and anchovies made into a puree with olive oil.
56. American literary critic and historian (1886-1963).
59. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
60. United States space station.
63. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
64. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
65. A port city of south central Ukraine on an arm of the Black Sea.
67. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
68. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
69. The battle in 1806 in which Napoleon decisively defeated the Prussians.
71. A heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element.
72. Among the largest bony fish.
75. A period of time spent sleeping.
76. A hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers.
80. An edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle.

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