Crossword Puzzle Number 1199 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
4. Mixtures of vinegar or wine and oil with various spices and seasonings.
12. (computer science) A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest.
15. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
16. Relating to or being a member of an ethnic group.
17. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
18. Sightlessness (especially because of a structural defect in or the absence of an eye).
20. An ancient upright stone slab bearing markings.
21. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
22. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
23. A case for containing a set of articles.
25. Any of numerous New World woodland birds having brightly colored males.
28. A genus of Reduviidae.
30. Informal terms for money.
31. The capital and chief port of Qatar.
33. Low stingless nettle of Central and South America having velvety brownish-green toothed leaves and clusters of small green flowers.
35. The square of a body of any size of type.
36. The basic monetary unit in many countries.
38. Lower in esteem.
42. Having much flesh (especially fat).
44. A contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite.
46. Obvious and dull.
47. A member of the Siouan people formerly inhabiting the Black Hills of western South Dakota.
51. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
52. A colorless water-soluble glutinous protein obtained from animal tissues such as bone and skin.
53. Of or relating to the peoples who speak the language of the Arawak.
57. A bluish shade of green.
59. No longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life.
60. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
62. The capital and chief port and largest city of Senegal.
63. Long-tailed black-and-white bird that utters a chattering call.
66. Armor plate that protects the chest.
68. A doctor's degree in music.
71. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
72. Animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium.
75. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
76. An angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions.
77. Threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments.
78. (informal) Roused to anger.
79. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
80. Genus of North American herbs with basal cordate or orbicular leaves and small panicled flowers.
81. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

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1. Loose or flaccid body fat.
2. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
3. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
4. Japanese ornamental tree with fragrant white or pink blossoms and small yellow fruits.
5. A member of an Indian people formerly living along the Gulf coast of Louisiana and Texas.
6. A blood group antigen possessed by Rh-positive people.
7. (followed by `with') Deeply filled or permeated.
8. A luminance unit equal to 1 candle per square meter measured perpendicular to the rays from the source.
9. A dilute solution of acetic acid that is used as a solvent (e.g. for a drug).
10. The basic unit of money in Gambia.
11. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
12. God of wealth and love.
13. Glazed yeast-raised doughnut-shaped roll with hard crust.
14. Something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares.
19. Rice cooked in well-seasoned broth with onions or celery and usually poultry or game or shellfish and sometimes tomatoes.
24. Of or relating to Iran or its people or language or culture.
26. Jordan's port.
27. A public promotion of some product or service.
29. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
32. An iconic mental representation.
34. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
37. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
39. An associate degree in nursing.
40. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
41. Either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus having short spirally twisted horns in both sexes.
43. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
45. Wearing or provided with clothing.
48. A basketball shot made with one hand from a position under or beside the basket (and usually banked off the backboard).
49. Women's underwear and nightclothes.
50. A public register showing the details of ownership and value of land.
54. Send out rays or waves.
55. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
56. Preaching the gospel of Christ in the manner of the early church.
58. (of experimental animals) Raised under sterile conditions.
61. A unit of weight for precious stones = 200 mg.
64. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
65. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
67. United States film actress who appeared in films by D. W. Griffith (1896-1993).
69. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
70. An informal term for a father.
73. (Babylonian) The sky god.
74. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.

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