Crossword Puzzle Number 1823 (Medium Grid)

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1. (computer science) A measure of how densely information is packed on a storage medium.
4. Tending to promote physical well-being.
12. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
15. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
16. An Old World reptile family of Sauria.
17. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
18. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
19. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo.
20. Large mostly white Australian stork.
22. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
25. Usually elongate cluster of flowers along the main stem in which the flowers at the base open first.
28. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
29. (British) Your grandmother.
30. An industrial city in central Japan on southern Honshu.
34. A flat float (usually made of logs or planks) that can be used for transport or as a platform for swimmers.
38. The act of scanning.
40. A sedative and tranquilizer (trade name Miltown and Equanil and Meprin) used to treat muscle tension and anxiety.
42. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
44. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
45. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
46. An area that includes seats for several people.
48. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
50. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
51. The executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget.
52. The act of drawing or hauling something.
54. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
55. A member of the majority people of Punjab in northwestern India.
59. A laminated metamorphic rock similar to granite.
61. Fiddler crabs.
62. Having or involving the use of hands.
64. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
67. Sweet liqueur made from wine and brandy flavored with plum or peach or apricot kernels and bitter almonds.
70. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
73. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
74. Cattle that are reared for their meat.
75. One thousandth of a second.
76. Exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health.
80. Antibacterial drug (trade name Nydrazid) used to treat tuberculosis.
81. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
82. Without strain or anxiety.
83. Used of a single unit or thing.

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1. Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips.
2. A genus of Ploceidae.
3. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
4. A mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (21,391 feet high).
5. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
6. Cleanse (one's body) with soap and water.
7. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
8. A light strong gray lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong light-weight alloys (as for airplane parts).
9. A public promotion of some product or service.
10. A member of the dominant Hindu military caste in northern India.
11. Occurring or payable every year.
12. The brightest star in Virgo.
13. Capital city of the Apulia region on the Adriatic coast.
14. The twelfth month of the civil year.
21. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel.
23. The cardinal number that is the sum of four and one.
24. A written statement of the grounds of complaint made to court law asking for the grievance to be redressed.
26. Half the width of an em.
27. An inflammatory complication of leprosy that results in painful skin lesions on the arms and legs and face.
31. Grind together, of teeth.
32. A self-governing colony of Denmark on the Faroe Islands.
33. A genus of tropical American plants have sword-shaped leaves and a fleshy compound fruits composed of the fruits of several flowers (such as pineapples).
35. Jordan's port.
36. A colorless toxic flammable liquid used in the synthesis of nylon.
37. Fragrant resin obtain from trees of the family Burseraceae and used as incense.
39. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
41. An isogram connecting points having equal barometric pressure at a given time.
43. Statesman who led Northern Rhodesia to full independence as Zambia in 1964 and served as Zambia's first president (born in 1924).
47. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
49. On or toward the lee.
53. God of fire.
56. The southern part of the ancient Palestine succeeding the kingdom of Judah.
57. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
58. A stiff chitinous seta or bristle especially of an annelid worm.
60. Deciduous round-headed Asiatic tree widely grown in mild climates as an ornamental for its heart-shaped leaves and fragrant yellow-green flowers followed by hanging clusters of fleshy orange-red berries.
63. A linguistic element added to a word to produce an inflected or derived form v 1.
65. Dearly loved.
66. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
68. A French abbot.
69. A bluish shade of green.
71. English Quaker who founded the colony of Pennsylvania (1644-1718).
72. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
77. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
78. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
79. A ductile silvery-white ductile ferromagnetic trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.

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