Crossword Puzzle Number 3122 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A solution containing a phosphate buffer.
4. Genus of American of east Asian perennial herbs with yellow to orange or red flower rays.
11. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
15. The airforce of Great Britain.
16. Of or pertaining to the adrenal glands or their secretions.
17. Slightly open.
18. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
19. An oral antidiabetic drug (trade names DiaBeta and Micronase) that stimulates the release of insulin from the pancreas.
20. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
21. Hypothyroidism marked by dry skin and swellings around lips and nose as well as mental deterioration.
23. A form of communism developed in China by Mao Zedong.
25. A decree that prohibits something.
27. A city in east central Texas.
30. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
32. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
35. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
37. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
41. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
42. A doctor's degree in dental surgery.
43. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
44. The bureau of the Treasury Department responsible for tax collections.
45. (formerly) A writing tablet made of slate.
47. (of securities) Not quoted on a stock exchange.
48. A genus of tropical American plants have sword-shaped leaves and a fleshy compound fruits composed of the fruits of several flowers (such as pineapples).
51. Somewhat ill or prone to illness.
52. Any plant of the genus Caragana having even-pinnate leaves and mostly yellow flowers followed by seeds in a linear pod.
54. A White Protestant of Anglo-Saxon ancestry.
57. Of or relating to neuroglia.
58. Type genus of the Percidae.
60. A state in midwestern United States.
61. African mahogany trees.
64. United States virologist who developed the Salk vaccine that is injected against poliomyelitis (born 1914).
66. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
70. United States playwright who collaborated with George S. Kaufman (1904-1961).
74. Of or being the lowest female voice.
75. Lacking fresh air.
77. A tube in which a body fluid circulates.
78. The organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract.
79. Do over, as of (part of) a house.
80. The universal time coordinated when an event is received on Earth.

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1. A small carriage in which a baby or child is pushed around.
2. Being or befitting or characteristic of an infant.
3. The second largest city in Tunisia.
4. A genus of Ploceidae.
5. (psychology) Characterized by acceptance or approach.
6. Crowd or pack to capacity.
7. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
8. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
9. Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse.
10. The mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.
11. Alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae.
12. A genus of Platalea.
13. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
14. A metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram.
22. Very dark black.
24. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
26. A state in New England.
28. A port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya.
29. An outstanding Spanish cellist noted for his interpretation of Bach's cello suites (1876-1973).
31. In addition.
33. The capital and largest city of Albania in the center of the country.
34. A person holding a fief.
36. Chief port of Yemen.
38. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
39. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
40. A mountain peak in the southern Sinai Peninsula (7,500 feet high).
46. Walk on one's toes.
49. Medium-sized tree having glossy lanceolate leaves.
50. (Greek mythology) One of the three Graces.
53. French philosopher and theologian.
55. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
56. United States painter noted for brilliant colors and bold brushwork (1859-1935).
59. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
62. An indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint.
63. Studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills).
65. A genus of European owls.
67. Perennial having hollow cylindrical leaves used for seasoning.
68. The sixth month of the civil year.
69. A kiln for drying hops.
71. The dressed hairy coat of a mammal.
72. Used of a single unit or thing.
73. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
76. 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.

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