Crossword Puzzle Number 4042 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
4. A painter of letters.
12. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
15. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
16. Mildly laxative n.
17. A local computer network for communication between computers.
18. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
19. Ancient Persian god of light and truth.
20. An extensive grassy and nearly treeless plain (especially in Latin America).
22. East Indian tree widely cultivated in the tropics for its aromatic seed.
24. Genus of evergreen trees or shrubs with white funnel-shaped flowers and milky sap.
26. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
29. A state in midwestern United States.
30. Hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers.
33. Butterfly rays.
38. Law intended to eradicate organized crime by establishing strong sanctions and forfeiture provisions.
39. Someone whose business is advertising.
41. Wild and menacing.
42. Athenian lawmaker whose code of laws prescribed death for almost every offense (circa 7th century BC).
44. A light touch or stroke.
46. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring in the air.
47. In bed.
50. (often followed by `of') A large number or amount or extent.
51. The Palestinian uprising (beginning in 1987) against the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
53. Extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use.
56. Period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6.
58. An informal term for a father.
59. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
62. A group of southern Bantu languages.
66. The second largest city in Tunisia.
69. Cry plaintively.
70. English navigator who explored the Arctic while searching for the Northwest Passage (1550-1605).
71. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
74. Of or relating to or involving an area.
75. Psychoactive substance present in marijuana.
76. Not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society.
78. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
79. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
80. The state capital of South Australia.
81. A rapid escape (as by criminals).

DOWN

1. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
2. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
3. A small vessel for travel on water.
4. The 12th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
5. Small creeping evergreen shrubs.
6. Vietnamese New Year.
7. Hormone released by the hypothalamus that controls the release of thyroid-stimulating hormone from the anterior pituitary.
8. A genus of Mustelidae.
9. Align anew or better.
10. Half the width of an em.
11. The elapsed time it takes for a signal to travel from Earth to a spacecraft (or other body) and back to the starting point.
12. Open pastry filled with fruit or custard.
13. A Loloish language.
14. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
21. Someone deranged and possibly dangerous.
23. Of or relating to or characteristic of Morocco or its people.
25. The chance to speak.
27. Softened by the addition of cushions or padding.
28. A large fleet.
31. (microbiology) A hypothetical infectious particle thought to be the cause of scrapie and other degenerative diseases of the central nervous system.
32. A card game for 2 players.
34. A master's degree in fine arts.
35. A mountain range in western Russia extending from the arctic to the Caspian Sea.
36. A device that, on receiving radar signals, transmits coded signals in response to help navigators determine their position.
37. Having winglike extensions.
40. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
43. An awkward stupid person.
45. (archaic) A fitting reward.
48. A broad band that passes over the back of a horse and supports the shafts of a vehicle.
49. A bachelor's degree in religion.
52. A large genus of dicotyledonous trees and shrubs of the family Aquifoliaceae that have small flowers and berries (including hollies).
54. A document giving an official instruction or command.
55. The younger brother of Edwy who became king of Northumbria when it renounced Edwy.
57. The basic unit of money in Macao.
60. Escape, either physically or mentally.
61. A city in northwestern Switzerland.
63. Of or relating to the uvea of the eye.
64. City in Sudan.
65. Muslims collectively and their civilization.
67. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
68. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
72. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
73. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
77. A yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.

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