Crossword Puzzle Number 4083 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
4. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
12. A metric unit of length equal to ten meters.
15. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
16. Any of various common orange trees yielding sour or bitter fruit.
17. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
18. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
19. Trade name for an oral contraceptive containing mestranol and norethynodrel.
20. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
22. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
24. An acute inflammatory disease occurring in the intestines of premature infants.
26. King of the Huns.
29. Give in, as to influence or pressure.
30. Type genus of the family Elephantidae.
34. No longer concealed.
36. An associate degree in nursing.
37. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
41. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
42. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
43. A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments.
44. Burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud.
45. A region marking a boundary.
47. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
48. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
50. A castrated tomcat.
51. An artificial language related to Ido.
55. A yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
57. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
61. A general conscious awareness.
64. A person who expresses contempt by remarks or facial expression.
66. Basal part of a plant ovule opposite the micropyle.
70. Gin (or vodka) with dry vermouth.
72. Of or in or relating to the nose.
73. A type of submachine gun that is designed and manufactured in Israel.
74. Oldest known reptiles.
77. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
78. A unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity.
79. A great raja.
80. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.

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1. A card game in which players bet against the dealer on the cards he will draw from a dealing box.
2. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
3. The highest level or degree attainable.
4. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
5. A piece of jewelry that is pinned onto the wearer's garment.
6. Cause to agonize.
7. A row of unravelled stitches.
8. Any plant of the genus Erica.
9. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
10. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
11. Someone whose employment involves carrying something.
12. An Italian poet famous for `The Divine Comedy'--a journey through hell and purgatory and paradise guided by Virgil and his idealized Beatrice (1265-1321).
13. German mathematician who created the Klein bottle (1849-1925).
14. The location of something surrounded by other things.
21. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
23. A strip of land projecting into a body of water.
25. The father of your father or mother.
27. No longer frozen solid.
28. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
31. A story about mythical or supernatural beings or events.
32. United States tennis player who won women's singles titles in the United States and at Wimbledon (born in 1954).
33. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
35. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
38. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
39. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
40. To fix or set securely or deeply.
46. Gin or vodka and lime juice.
49. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically).
52. An associate degree in applied science.
53. A rudaceous rock consisting of sharp fragments embedded in clay or sand.
54. A Hindu disciple of a swami.
56. A person who is rejected (from society or home).
58. The lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle).
59. (Greek mythology) The last king of Troy.
60. A reddish brown dye used especially on hair.
62. A state in New England.
63. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
65. A cape at the southern tip of Norway.
67. An ancient Assyrian city on the River Tigris and traditional capital of Assyria.
68. The battle in 202 BC in which Scipio decisively defeated Hannibal at the end of the second Punic War.
69. By bad luck.
71. The rate at which red blood cells settle out in a tube of blood under standardized conditions.
75. An informal term for a father.
76. A person who announces and plays popular recorded music.

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