Crossword Puzzle Number 3496 (Medium Grid)

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1. A committee in the executive branch of government that advises the president on foreign and military and national security.
4. A woman's headscarf folded into a triangle and tied under the chine.
12. A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland.
15. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
16. The speed of an aircraft relative to the air in which it is flying.
17. A branch of the Tai languages.
18. Free from disturbance.
19. A Bantu language spoken by the Kamba people in Kenya.
20. Mythical bird of prey having enormous size and strength.
21. A unit of pressure.
22. Cheeselike food made of curdled soybean milk.
24. Identification mark on the ear of a domestic animal.
27. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
29. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
30. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
33. Half the width of an em.
34. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
38. Soviet physicist who worked on low temperature physics (1908-1968).
41. (heraldry) An ordinary consisting of a broad horizontal band across a shield.
42. A resident of Arkansas.
46. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
47. A colloid that has a continuous liquid phase in which a solid is suspended in a liquid.
48. (South African) A camp defended by a circular formation of wagons.
50. A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element.
51. A facial expression of contempt or scorn.
53. State in northeastern India.
56. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
58. The United Nations agency concerned with international maritime activities.
59. A friendly nation.
60. Interface consisting of a standard port between a computer and its peripherals that is used in some computers.
63. Small tree of dry open parts of southern Africa having erect angled branches suggesting candelabra.
65. One related on the mother's side.
69. A member of the North American Indian people living in the central Sierra Nevada in California.
72. Used of a single unit or thing.
73. Eurasian plant apple-scented foliage and white-rayed flowers and feathery leaves used medicinally.
77. Used of a single unit or thing.
78. A pass between mountain peaks.
79. White Southerner supporting Reconstruction policies after the Civil War usually for self-interest.
80. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
81. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
82. A localized swelling filled with blood.
83. The habitation of wild animals.

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1. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
2. Containing or filled with salt.
3. Crowd or pack to capacity.
4. Anything that serves as an enticement.
5. (Greek mythology) The god of the underworld in ancient mythology.
6. A nonmetallic largely pentavalent heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens.
7. Capital of modern Macedonia.
8. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
9. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
10. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
11. The sixth month of the civil year.
12. A bad or difficult situation or state of affairs.
13. (Norse mythology) God of thunder and rain and farming.
14. Any of several white wines from the Rhine River valley in Germany (`hock' is British usage).
23. A device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces.
25. Mated sexually.
26. An informal term for a father.
28. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir known for his beauty and skill with bow and skis.
31. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
32. A linen tape used for trimming as a decoration.
35. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
36. Attack someone physically or emotionally.
37. Bury again.
39. Frogs, toads, tree toads.
40. Type genus of the Anatidae.
43. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
44. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
45. Relieve from military service.
49. The seventh month of the Hindu calendar.
52. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
54. Any of a group of antidepressant drugs that inhibit the action of monoamine oxidase in the brain and so allow monoamines to accumulate.
55. Hard tough wood of an elm tree.
57. A region of northeastern France famous for its wines.
61. Small and light boat.
62. An ancient upright stone slab bearing markings.
64. The ending of a series or sequence.
66. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
67. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
68. A cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktie.
70. Belonging to some prior time.
71. English actor noted for his portrayals of Shakespeare's great tragic characters (1789-1833).
74. Not reflecting light.
75. A bloody and prolonged operation in which American marines landed and defeated Japanese defenders (February and March 1945).
76. A rapid escape (as by criminals).

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