Crossword Puzzle Number 2873 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Consisting of or made of wood of the oak tree.
4. Austrian composer known for his compositions for voice and piano (1797-1828).
12. An insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans.
15. The use of nuclear magnetic resonance of protons to produce proton density images.
16. 1 species.
17. 10 hao equal 1 dong.
18. Oblong cream puff.
20. Fleshy indehiscent fruit with a single seed.
21. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
22. A durable fabric formerly loomed by hand in China from natural cotton having a yellowish color.
24. A light strong gray lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong light-weight alloys (as for airplane parts).
25. Type genus of the Gavidae.
27. At all times.
30. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
33. A plain plinth that supports a wall.
37. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
38. A Loloish language.
40. A form of address for a married woman.
42. A ship with a reinforced bow to break up ice and keep channels open for navigation.
45. A slender double-reed instrument.
47. Hungarian composer of light operas (1870-1948).
49. A poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States.
50. The immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose.
52. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
54. 100 lwei equal 1 kwanza.
55. The congenital absence of pigmentation in the eyes and skin and hair.
58. An informal term for a father.
60. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
61. A punctuation mark (,) used to indicate the separation of elements within the grammatical structure of a sentence.
64. An oral cephalosporin (trade names Keflex and Keflin and Keftab) commonly prescribe for mild to moderately severe infections of the skin or ears or throat or lungs or urinary tract.
68. A quantity that is added.
72. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
73. Goddess of dawn.
77. Relating to a recently developed fashion or style.
80. (Greek mythology) The winged goddess of the dawn in ancient mythology.
81. Used of a single unit or thing.
82. Lack of strength or vigor esp from illness.
83. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.

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1. A sign of something about to happen.
2. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
3. A large oven for firing or burning or drying such things as porcelain or bricks.
4. Plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson).
5. English Cavalier poet whose lyric poetry was favored by Charles I (1595-1639).
6. A period of time equal to 1/24th of a day.
7. Goddess of fate.
8. A Russian soup usually containing beet juice as a foundation.
9. Small ornamental ladies' bag for small articles.
10. A dissolute man in fashionable society.
11. A city in southeastern South Korea.
12. An Indian tree of the family Combretaceae that is a source of timber and gum.
13. Surrealist Spanish painter (1904-1989).
14. 100 toea equal 1 kina.
19. Jordan's port.
23. Speak in a nasal voice.
26. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
28. Port city on southeastern Honshu in central Japan.
29. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
31. Of or relating to herbs.
32. Become imbued.
34. (Scotland) A landowner.
35. Someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold.
36. Yellow carotenoid pigments in plants and animal fats and egg yolks.
39. United States composer (born in Austria) who collaborated with Lerner on several musicals (1901-1987).
41. Being nine more than forty.
43. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
44. Any of various units of capacity.
46. Expel from one's property.
48. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
51. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
53. Surpassing the ordinary especially in size or scale.
56. (followed by `with') Deeply filled or permeated.
57. A gray lustrous metallic element of the rare earth group.
59. A public promotion of some product or service.
62. A broom made of twigs tied together on a long handle.
63. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
65. Very dark black.
66. A golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer.
67. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
69. In bed.
70. A visual representation of an object or scene or person produced on a surface.
71. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight.
74. Marked by skill in deception.
75. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
76. The cry made by sheep.
78. Informal terms for a mother.
79. Destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle.

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