Crossword Puzzle Number 1055 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. (computer science) A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest.
4. A mountainous province of central Sudan.
12. An associate degree in applied science.
15. A widely distributed system consisting of all the cells able to ingest bacteria or colloidal particles etc, except for certain white blood cells.
16. Without obstructions to passage or view.
17. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
18. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
19. An isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole.
20. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
22. A contorted facial expression.
24. Pouring from or as if from a sluice.
26. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
28. A master's degree in religion.
29. (trade mark) A soft form of cereal for infants.
33. A modified bud consisting of a thickened globular underground stem serving as a reproductive structure.
35. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
38. Expel, as of gases and odors.
39. A genus of European owls.
40. A large genus of dicotyledonous trees and shrubs of the family Aquifoliaceae that have small flowers and berries (including hollies).
41. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
44. An honorary degree in science.
45. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
48. A Mid-Atlantic state.
49. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight.
51. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
52. East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient.
55. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
57. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
59. Scottish sea captain who was hired to protect British shipping in the Indian Ocean and then was accused of piracy and hanged (1645-1701).
60. A Japanese martial art employing principles similar to judo.
63. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
65. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
66. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
67. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
69. Small motorcycle with a low frame and small wheels and elevated handlebars.
73. Feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and being unable to roar.
76. A river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River.
77. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
78. Consisting of or combining two races.
80. The month following February and preceding April.
81. A prominent rock or pile of rocks on a hill.
82. Solitaire with two players using separate packs.
83. One or some or every or all without specification.

DOWN

1. (informal) Exceptionally good.
2. Massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws.
3. An antidepressant drug that acts by blocking the reuptake of serotonin so that more serotonin is available to act on receptors in the brain.
4. A member of an aboriginal people living in the hills in southeastern India.
5. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
6. A network of intersecting blood vessels or intersecting nerves or intersecting lymph vessels.
7. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
8. Type genus of the Oniscidae.
9. (of persons or their actions) Able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering.
10. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
11. An anti-inflammatory drug that does not contain steroids.
12. Accomplishment of an objective.
13. Sweet pulpy tropical fruit with thick scaly rind and shiny black seeds.
14. North American woodland herb similar to and used as substitute for the Chinese ginseng.
21. (chemistry) Being or containing an acid.
23. A republic on the island of Malta in the Mediterranean.
25. A slight rounded elevation where the malleus attaches to the eardrum.
27. A unit of current equal to 10 amperes.
30. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
31. Wild ox.
32. A state in New England.
34. A prisoner serving a term of life imprisonment.
36. (geology) Deposited or arranged in horizontal layers.
37. European herb resembling vetch.
42. A crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry.
43. The rate at which red blood cells settle out in a tube of blood under standardized conditions.
46. Having a sophisticated charm.
47. Tall marsh plant with cylindrical seed heads that explode when mature shedding large quantities of down.
50. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
53. Jordan's port.
54. A Bantu language spoken in the coastal regions of eastern Kenya.
56. A public promotion of some product or service.
58. Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc..
61. Small tropical American tree bearing edible plumlike fruit.
62. An Arab country on the peninsula of Qatar.
64. One of the elements that collectively form a system of numbers.
68. A city in northern India.
70. A small island.
71. A secret society of white Southerners to resist Black emancipation.
72. Suggestive of the supernatural.
74. A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues.
75. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
79. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).

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