Crossword Puzzle Number 2489 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A city in Tuscany.
5. Render capable or able for some task.
11. An inclined surface or roadway that moves traffic from one level to another.
15. A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex.
16. A deep bow.
17. 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.
18. Full of submerged reefs or sandbanks or shoals.
20. (Babylonian) God of fire.
21. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
22. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
24. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically).
26. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
27. The third finger (especially of the left hand).
32. United States architect (born in China in 1917).
33. Greek poet who is said to have originated Greek tragedy (sixth century BC).
37. Petty quarrel.
40. Scottish writer of rustic verse (1770-1835).
41. A liquid used for printing or writing or drawing.
42. A resin used in adhesives and paints.
47. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
48. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
50. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
52. Any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae.
53. A midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and sorcery.
55. A band worn around or over the head.
57. The sixth month of the civil year.
58. Type genus of the Ardeidae.
61. Being one more than one.
62. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
63. A Hindu prince or king in India.
66. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
69. A mark used to indicate the word above it should be repeated.
71. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
74. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
77. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
78. Not reflecting light.
79. Used of walls.
80. A coral reef off the southern coast of Florida.
81. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
82. Surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments.
83. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.

DOWN

1. Any mixture of a soft and malleable consistency.
2. (Greek mythology) The rarified fluid said to flow in the veins of the Gods.
3. A minute epidermal pore in a leaf or stem.
4. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
5. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
6. Someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault.
7. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
8. Found along western Atlantic coast.
9. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
10. Any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism.
11. A race between teams.
12. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
13. An actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression.
14. A deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells).
19. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
23. The 11th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
25. A former province of northwestern France on a peninsula between the English Channel and the Bay of Biscay.
28. (used as a combining form) Recent or new.
29. The time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside.
30. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
31. An infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid.
34. Low-growing tropical perennials grown for their stingless foliage.
35. Situated away from an area's coast or border.
36. God of war.
38. Appeal or request earnestly.
39. Jordan's port.
43. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
44. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
45. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
46. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
49. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
51. Enclosed in a protective covering.
54. An ability to understand a broad range of topics.
56. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
59. Relating to or near the radius.
60. A spirit believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals.
64. Having a sole or soles especially as specified.
65. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
67. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
68. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
70. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
72. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
73. Make amends for.
75. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
76. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.

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