Crossword Puzzle Number 1083 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. (usually followed by `to') Naturally disposed toward.
4. A dehydrogenated analogue of cortisol (trade names Orasone or Deltasone or Liquid Pred or Meticorten).
11. A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex.
15. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
16. An employee of a bank who receives and pays out money.
17. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
18. Lower in esteem.
20. Minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end.
21. The 13th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
22. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
23. The chief solid component of mammalian urine.
26. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
27. Not made explicit.
30. Relating to or associated with Arabia or its people.
33. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
34. The quarter of many North African cities in which the citadel is located.
38. A small island.
42. (computer science) A unit for measuring the execution speed of computers.
43. A South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes.
44. Horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits.
45. A lyric poem with complex stanza forms.
46. A commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells.
48. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
49. A transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images.
51. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
54. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
55. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
56. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
59. Bulbous herb of southern Europe widely naturalized.
63. French filmmaker (1908-1982).
67. A mountainous island in eastern Indonesia.
69. Speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords.
71. Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers.
72. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
75. An important seaport on the Island of Cebu in the Philippines.
76. Devoid of warmth and cordiality.
77. A family of birds coextensive with the order Rheiformes.
79. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
80. An American doctorate usually based on at least 3 years graduate study and a dissertation.
81. A Dravidian language spoken in southern India.
82. A small cake leavened with yeast.

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1. The sixth month of the civil year.
2. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
3. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
4. A large group of islands in the south Pacific including Melanesia and Micronesia and Polynesia (and sometimes Australasia and the Malay Archipelago).
5. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
6. An ancient city on the Nile in Egypt.
7. An African river that flows northwest into Lake Chad.
8. Treated with oil.
9. Type genus of the Nepidae.
10. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
11. Before noon.
12. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
13. 100 thebe equal 1 pula.
14. (Old Testament) The minister of the Persian emperor who hated the Jews and was hanged for plotting to massacre them.
19. English historian noted for his constitutional history of medieval England (1825-1901).
24. (folklore) Fairies that are somewhat mischievous.
25. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Clinoril).
28. Formerly a term of respect for important white Europeans in colonial India.
29. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
31. Someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war).
32. Made of wood of the aspen tree n.
35. Lean end of the neck.
36. Male cat.
37. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
39. A branch of the Tai languages.
40. Capital and largest city and economic center of Peru.
41. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
47. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
50. A dress worn primarily by Hindu women.
52. Tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly.
53. Any of various plants of the genus Althaea.
57. Go ashore.
58. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
60. Being one more than two.
61. A resin used in adhesives and paints.
62. Ash-colored or anemic looking from illness or emotion.
64. A drama set to music.
65. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
66. A popular island resort in the Netherlands Antilles.
68. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individually.
70. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
73. Belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself).
74. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
78. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.

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