Crossword Puzzle Number 1078 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. The compass point midway between south and southeast.
4. (Greek mythology) An Athenian inventor who built the Labyrinth of Minos.
12. Large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male.
15. A boy or man.
16. The value of a coordinate on the vertical axis.
17. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
18. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
19. A three-legged metal stand for supporting a cooking vessel in a hearth.
20. A landlocked desert republic in north-central Africa.
21. Cannon of plate armor protecting the forearm.
23. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
25. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
26. A naturally occurring weak estrogenic hormone secreted by the mammalian ovary.
29. Of or relating to a seizure or convulsion.
32. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
34. The provision of money temporarily (usually at interest).
41. Fill beyond capacity.
43. English writer remembered particularly for his novel about Robinson Crusoe (1660-1731).
45. An ester of adenosine that is converted to ATP for energy storage.
46. An associate degree in nursing.
47. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
49. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
50. Of or in or belonging to the cavity of the abdomen.
53. Relating to or caused by wind.
56. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
58. United States publisher of magazines (1898-1967).
59. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
62. A flexible container with a single opening.
64. The Mongol people living the the central and eastern parts of Outer Mongolia.
68. National capital of Kiribati.
71. Feed excessively.
73. Large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds.
75. A master's degree in business.
76. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
77. A graphic character used in ideography.
79. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
80. The universal time coordinated when an event is received on Earth.
81. Type genus of the Gentianaceae.
82. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

DOWN

1. Speaking a Slavic language.
2. An narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family.
3. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
4. Rare plover of upland areas of Eurasia.
5. A wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric with pictorial designs.
6. A legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge).
7. Someone who works underwater.
8. Used of a single unit or thing.
9. Of or relating to the ancient Latins or the Latin language.
10. The local time at the 0 meridian passing through Greenwich, England.
11. Stalk of a moss capsule.
12. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
13. A woody climbing usually tropical plant.
14. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
22. (Irish) Goddess.
24. Dearly loved.
27. (Roman mythology) Goddess of abundance and fertility.
28. United States poet and critic (1899-1979).
30. One of the dwelling units in a condominium.
31. Having a dusky brownish gray color.
33. Either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye.
35. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
36. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
37. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
38. A village of huts for native Africans in southern Africa.
39. An island northwest of Wales.
40. Any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae.
42. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
44. The sixth day of the week.
48. An alkalating agent (trade name Leukeran) used to treat some kinds of cancer.
51. Of a pale purple color.
52. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
54. 1 species.
55. The main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants.
57. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
60. An imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children.
61. Upright in position or posture.
63. Italian histologist noted for work on the structure of the nervous system and for his discovery of Golgi bodies (1844-1926).
65. A subsidiary proposition that is assumed to be true in order to prove another proposition.
66. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
67. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
69. Urged social reform in 19th century England.
70. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
72. A Spanish unit of length (about a yard) having different values in different localities.
74. A sheath worn to protect a finger.
78. Half the width of an em.

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