Crossword Puzzle Number 1137 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. The molecular weight of a substance expressed in grams.
4. Any of several bog orchids of the genus Arethusa having 1 or 2 showy flowers.
12. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
15. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
16. Sludge (rich in organic matter) that accumulates at the bottom of lakes or oceans.
17. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
18. A transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images.
20. Move as if through a sieve.
21. A major waterfall in southern Africa.
23. A fraudulent business scheme.
24. A crystalline metallic element not found in nature.
25. Someone who copies the words or behavior of another.
27. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
30. Eaten as mush or as a thin gruel.
33. Having a melody (as distinguished from recitative).
37. The condition of not containing or being covered by a liquid (especially water).
41. Any of a class of alcohols having 2 hydroxyl groups in each molecule.
42. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
43. A Hindu prince or king in India.
45. Communicate electronically on the computer.
48. Affect with wonder.
51. A public promotion of some product or service.
52. Type and genus of the Isoetaceae and sole extant genus of the order Isoetales.
53. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
55. A unit of weight for precious stones = 200 mg.
56. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
58. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
60. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
62. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
64. A pocket-size case for holding papers and paper money.
68. French writer who was the embodiment of 18th century Enlightenment (1694-1778).
72. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
73. Long-legged web-footed black-and-white shorebird with slender upward-curving bill.
76. An Italian poet famous for `The Divine Comedy'--a journey through hell and purgatory and paradise guided by Virgil and his idealized Beatrice (1265-1321).
77. A unit of pain intensity.
78. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
80. Type genus of the Ranidae.
81. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
82. A lack of vitality.
83. Consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs.

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1. A master's degree in library science.
2. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
3. A Russian river.
4. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
5. Follower of Rastafarianism.
6. Surpassing the ordinary especially in size or scale.
7. Hormone released by the hypothalamus that controls the release of thyroid-stimulating hormone from the anterior pituitary.
8. One of the 7 gods of happiness.
9. Being or moving higher in position or greater in some value.
10. A port town on the Atlantic coast of Portugal southeast of Lisbon.
11. (zoology) Pertaining to alulae.
12. Agitation resulting from active worry.
13. Herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves.
14. The sixth month of the civil year.
19. Perennial mountain rice native to Mediterranean region and introduced into North America.
22. Large family of important mostly marine food fishes.
26. A hard brittle gray polyvalent metallic element that resembles iron but is not magnetic.
28. Come into the possession of something concrete or abstract.
29. A state in north central United States.
31. Indian nun and missionary (born in Albania) dedicated to helping the poor in India (1910-1997).
32. A person who delivers a speech or oration.
34. A slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water.
35. Of or relating to the African republic of Somalia or its people or their language and culture.
36. Submerged freshwater perennials.
38. A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York.
39. Spicy sauce of tomatoes and onions and chili peppers to accompany Mexican foods.
40. The cry made by sheep.
44. United States physicist and molecular biologist who helped develop the first atom bomb and later opposed the use of all nuclear weapons (1898-1964).
46. English economist noted for his studies of international trade and finance (born in 1907).
47. A language spoken by the Atakapa people of the Gulf coast of Louisiana and Texas.
49. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
50. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
54. Before noon.
57. Coins collectively.
59. On a ship, train, plane or other vehicle.
61. A shelter serving as a place of safety or sanctuary.
63. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
65. A slender double-reed instrument.
66. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
67. A sodium salt of carbonic acid.
69. Relatively small fast-moving sloth.
70. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
71. A bluish shade of green.
74. Electronic warfare undertaken to prevent or reduce an enemy's effective use of the electromagnetic spectrum.
75. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
79. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.

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