Crossword Puzzle Number 2356 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Hormone released by the hypothalamus that controls the release of thyroid-stimulating hormone from the anterior pituitary.
4. Cut or used for cutting crosswise or across the grain.
12. Small rounded bread either plain or sweet.
15. Any of several imperial dynasties of China ruling from 220 to 265 and from 386 to 556.
16. A tranquilizer (trade name Loxitane) used to treat schizophrenia.
17. A reptile genus of Iguanidae.
18. A hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers.
19. The sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate.
20. A low woody perennial plant usually having several major branches.
22. Measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects.
24. Minor or subordinate.
25. A city in southeastern South Korea.
26. Deciduous shrubs and trees of tropical America having branches like candelabra and fragrant white or pink flowers.
28. The capital of Cape Verde on Sao Tiago Island.
30. A polyvalent metallic element that resembles chromium and tungsten in its properties.
31. Before noon.
32. Devoid of brightness or appeal.
35. A small tent used as a dressing room beside the sea or a swimming pool.
39. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
40. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
41. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
42. Be obedient to.
44. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
46. An American doctorate usually based on at least 3 years graduate study and a dissertation.
48. A former monetary unit in Great Britain.
51. A young eagle.
53. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
55. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
56. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
57. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
59. Austrian composer who influenced the classical form of the symphony (1732-1809).
60. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
61. The eleventh month of the civil year.
63. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
65. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
66. A public promotion of some product or service.
68. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
72. Having a woven pattern.
76. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
79. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
80. An enclosed space.
81. A substitution of part of speech or gender or number or tense etc. (e.g., editorial `we' for `I').
83. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
84. Large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male.
85. A town in southeastern New Mexico on the Pecos River near the Mexican border.
86. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

DOWN

1. Someone who is regarded as contemptible.
2. Of or relating to the kidneys.
3. Of or relating to or supporting Hinduism.
4. Loud and clear.
5. (computer science) Memory whose contents can be accessed and read but cannot be changed.
6. Ruddy duck.
7. Be seated.
8. A thrusting blow with a knife.
9. Rare north temperate bog orchid bearing a solitary white to pink flower marked with purple at the tip of an erect reddish stalk above 1 basal leaf.
10. An organization of independent states to promote international peace and security.
11. Capable of being or liable to be subjected to judgment or test.
12. An administrative unit of government.
13. (Sumerian) Sun god.
14. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
21. A port in northwestern Israel on the Bay of Acre.
23. The capital and largest city of Jordan.
27. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
29. A principle or condition that customarily governs behavior.
33. An ancient musical horn made from the horn of a ram.
34. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
36. A Loloish language.
37. An emblem (a small piece of plastic or cloth or metal) that signifies your status (rank or membership or affiliation etc.).
38. The large trunk artery that carries blood from the left ventricle of the heart to branch arteries.
43. The 10th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
45. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
47. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
49. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
50. The capital of Bahrain.
52. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).
54. Two items of the same kind.
58. An isogram connecting points having equal barometric pressure at a given time.
62. (neurology) Of or relating to the vagus nerve.
64. European food fish.
67. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
69. Related to or located at the back.
70. (Babylonian) A goddess of the watery deep and daughter of Ea.
71. A master's degree in library science.
73. In bed.
74. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
75. God of love and erotic desire.
77. A police officer who investigates crimes.
78. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
82. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.

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