Crossword Puzzle Number 1082 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A person regarded as arrogant and annoying.
5. Tree of the genus Catalpa with large leaves and white flowers followed by long slender pods.
12. A United Nations agency to promote trade by increasing the exchange stability of the major currencies.
15. An informal term for a father.
16. (of reproduction) Not involving the fusion of male and female gametes reproduction".
17. (Irish) The sea personified.
18. Someone who copies the words or behavior of another.
19. A basketball shot made with one hand from a position under or beside the basket (and usually banked off the backboard).
20. A facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth.
22. Covered with paving material.
25. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
26. A painter or drawer of portraits.
27. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
32. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
34. Type genus of the Amiidae.
38. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
41. Ctenophores lacking tentacles.
42. A special way of doing something.
43. (of champagne) Extremely dry.
44. A bachelor's degree in music.
47. A region of southern Italy (forming the instep of the Italian `boot').
51. A green transparent form of beryl.
52. A person who acts and gets things done.
53. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
54. Remote and separate physically or socially.
56. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
58. The second largest city in Tunisia.
61. A resident of Iowa.
63. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
67. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
71. Psychoactive substance present in marijuana.
72. Oldest known reptiles.
74. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
75. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
76. Stone post at side of a road to show distances.
77. A watery solution of sugars, salts, and minerals that circulates through the vascular system of a plant.

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1. (trademark) A tinned luncheon meat made largely from pork.
2. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
3. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
4. United States writer of poems and plays about racial conflict (born in 1934).
5. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
6. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
7. A branch of the Tai languages.
8. An Asian river between China and Russia.
9. Cut off from a whole.
10. A radioactive transuranic element that is similar to uranium.
11. Attack someone physically or emotionally.
12. An ancient city in Asia Minor that was the site of the Trojan War.
13. English writer of stories for children (1882-1956).
14. God of earth's fertility and peace and prosperity.
21. A woman sahib.
23. Locate and correct errors in a computer program code.
24. A public square with room for pedestrians.
28. An automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger.
29. Reason by deduction.
30. Large recently extinct long-horned European wild ox.
31. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
33. Large African antelope having a head with horns like an ox and a long tufted tail.
35. United States naval officer and historian (1840-1914).
36. Complacently or inanely foolish.
37. Be in accord.
39. A drug (trade names Atarax and Vistaril) used as a tranquilizer to treat anxiety and motion sickness.
40. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
45. An unaccompanied partsong for 2 or 3 voices.
46. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
48. A period of time spent sleeping.
49. An artificial language.
50. Any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae.
55. A small hairpiece to cover partial baldness.
57. Fiddler crabs.
59. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
60. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
62. A White Protestant of Anglo-Saxon ancestry.
64. Type genus of the Anatidae.
65. A small cake leavened with yeast.
66. (British) Colloquial terms for an umbrella.
68. Preserve of crushed fruit.
69. Black tropical American cuckoo.
70. The seventh and last day of the week.
73. An honorary degree in science.

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