Crossword Puzzle Number 3818 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
4. Affirm once again.
12. A humorous anecdote or remark.
15. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
16. Of or related to the amnion or characterized by developing an amnion.
17. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
18. A unit of current equal to 10 amperes.
20. A hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair.
21. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
22. An informal term for a father.
25. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
26. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
28. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
30. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
33. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
34. Strong dark beer brewed in the fall and aged through the winter for spring consumption.
38. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).
39. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
41. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
43. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
44. A kind of person.
48. A Japanese shrub that resembles members of the genus Spiraea.
50. A short plaid coat made of made of thick woolen material.
53. United States playwright (born in 1947).
54. Having no fever.
55. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
56. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
59. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
61. An associate degree in nursing.
64. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
68. Bottle that has a narrow neck.
71. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
72. Avitaminosis caused by lack of thiamine (vitamin B1).
76. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
77. A large vase that usually has a pedestal or feet.
78. Of a vivid red to reddish-orange color.
79. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
80. A boy or man.
81. Stand still.
82. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

DOWN

1. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
2. A small cake leavened with yeast.
3. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
4. A reproach for some lapse or misdeed.
5. The square of a body of any size of type.
6. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
7. An especially luminous meteor (sometimes exploding).
8. Of or relating to a fetus.
9. An officer of a corporation or others who have access to private information about the corporation's operations.
10. A genus of Laridae.
11. One million periods per second.
12. A pointed instrument used to prod into motion.
13. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
14. Offering fun and gaiety.
19. Shrubby tree widely distributed along tropical shores.
23. A serious (sometimes fatal) infection transmitted by the bite of an infected rat flea (especially bubonic plague).
24. 1/1000 gram.
27. A metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter.
29. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
31. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
32. United States neoclassical architect (1847-1909).
35. Of or relating to Oman or its people.
36. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
37. Widely distributed low-growing Eurasian herb having narrow leaves and inconspicuous green flowers.
40. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
42. Genus of erect herbs of the Middle East having showy flowers.
45. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
46. At full speed.
47. A full skirt with a gathered waistband.
49. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
51. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
52. A unit of information equal to 1024 bytes.
57. The quality of being fraudulent.
58. The act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize).
60. Lacking either stimulating or irritating characteristics.
62. Lighted up by or as by fire or flame.
63. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
65. A city in northern India.
66. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
67. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
69. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
70. God of love and erotic desire.
73. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
74. A decree that prohibits something.
75. Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse.

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