Crossword Puzzle Number 2268 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland.
4. Type genus of the Dipsacaceae.
12. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
15. 10 hao equal 1 dong.
16. Pour water on.
17. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
18. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
19. Free from fear or doubt.
20. Jordan's port.
22. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
24. (prefix) Bad or erroneous or lack of.
25. An award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event.
26. A South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes.
29. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
31. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
34. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
35. Military supplies.
38. A manner of performance.
39. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
41. A public promotion of some product or service.
42. A genus of Ploceidae.
44. South African term for `boss'.
47. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
48. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.
50. An alloy of mercury with another metal (usually silver) used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth.
54. An isomer of glucose that is found in honey and sweet fruits.
57. A small valve (or valve-like structure).
58. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
59. Freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort.
62. One of four subclasses or superorder of Monocotyledones.
66. French filmmaker (1908-1982).
70. A crown-like jewelled headdress worn by women on formal occasions.
71. Food that is discarded (as from a kitchen).
73. A city in southeastern South Korea.
76. Any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue.
77. Black tropical American cuckoo.
78. Someone who pays (or otherwise incites) you to commit a wrongful act.
80. (Old Testament) Adam's wife in Judeo-Christian mythology.
81. Informal abbreviation of `representative'.
82. Fungi with yellowish gelatinous sporophores having convolutions resembling those of the brain.
83. An informal term for a father.

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1. Bony flesh of herring-like fish usually caught during their migration to fresh water for spawning.
2. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
3. Showing characteristics of age, especially having gray or white hair.
4. A public dance hall for dancing to recorded popular music.
5. A strong emotion.
6. A communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia.
7. Perennial of wet and marshy places in the northern hemisphere.
8. Roman general who was governor of Britain and extended Roman rule north to the Firth of Forth (37-93).
9. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC).
10. The local time at the 0 meridian passing through Greenwich, England.
11. A man who serves as a sailor.
12. A port city in southwestern Iran.
13. A small cake leavened with yeast.
14. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
21. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
23. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
27. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
28. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
30. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
32. Someone who communicates vocally in a very loud voice.
33. Large antelope with lightly spiraled horns of desert regions of North Africa.
36. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
37. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
40. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
43. A wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric with pictorial designs.
45. The taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth.
46. Sexually transmitted urethritis (usually caused by chlamydia).
49. Wild and domestic cattle.
51. The officer below the master on a commercial ship.
52. Brush turkeys.
53. Being eight more than fifty.
55. A narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband.
56. A subdivision of a larger religious group.
60. The capital and largest city of Zimbabwe.
61. (nautical) Of an anchor.
63. Marked by features of the immediate and usually discounted past.
64. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
65. Worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down.
67. An inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin.
68. An ancient Assyrian city on the River Tigris and traditional capital of Assyria.
69. (physics and chemistry) The smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element.
72. Standard time in the 8th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 120th meridian west.
74. An inflammatory complication of leprosy that results in painful skin lesions on the arms and legs and face.
75. A colloid in a more solid form than a sol.
79. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.

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