Crossword Puzzle Number 2491 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion.
4. A British reform school for youths between 16 and 22.
11. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
15. (informal) Of the highest quality.
16. Whip scorpions.
17. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
18. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
20. A glancing rebound.
21. Belonging to some prior time.
22. (Philippine) A dish of marinated vegetables and meat or fish.
23. A motley assortment of things.
25. A gray lustrous metallic element of the rare earth group.
28. Chocolate cookie with white cream filling.
30. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
33. A list of dishes available at a restaurant.
35. Spanish architect who was a leading exponent of art nouveau in Europe (1852-1926).
38. A French abbot.
39. Caused to show discomposure.
41. The cry made by sheep.
43. A chronic skin disease occurring primarily in women between the ages of 20 and 40.
44. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
45. A republic in northeastern Europe on the Baltic Sea.
51. On the side away from the wind.
52. Prince Consort of Queen Victoria of England (1819-1861).
54. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
56. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
57. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
58. American novelist (1909-1955).
61. A small quantity of liquid.
62. Noisy talk.
64. The back of a saddle seat.
66. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
68. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
71. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
72. Type genus of the Osmeridae.
75. South African term for `boss'.
77. Standard time in the 5th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian.
78. Pertaining to one of the small sacs (as in a compound gland).
79. The cardinal number that is the fifth power of ten.
80. French writer whose novels described the sordid side of city life (1804-1857).
81. The easing of tensions or strained relations (especially between nations).
82. 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.

DOWN

1. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
2. Made agreeably cold (especially by ice).
3. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
4. A lymph node that is inflamed and swollen because of plague or gonorrhea or tuberculosis.
5. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
6. Mythical bird of prey having enormous size and strength.
7. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
8. A dictator or dictatorial person.
9. Highly excited.
10. The state of being disregarded or forgotten.
11. Relating to or characteristic of an apogee.
12. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
13. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
14. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
19. A poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States.
24. Present reasons and arguments.
26. Being one hundred more than two hundred.
27. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
29. A sudden violent spontaneous occurrence of an undesirable condition.
31. Lower in esteem.
32. Make less active or intense.
34. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
36. Located in a dismal or remote area.
37. Form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case.
40. State capital of New York.
42. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
46. Young owl.
47. Be iridescent.
48. The sixth month of the civil year.
49. One who accompanies and supervises a young woman or gatherings of young people.
50. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
53. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
55. From 40 million to 58 million years ago.
59. A province in north-central China.
60. Related on the mother's side.
63. A telegram sent abroad.
65. Weight to be borne or conveyed.
67. Remove from office.
69. Small deciduous Asiatic tree bearing large red or orange edible astringent fruit.
70. United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993).
73. An engineering university in Cambridge.
74. The seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located adv.
76. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.

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