Crossword Puzzle Number 4279 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. The rate at which heat is produced by an individual in a resting state.
4. Former usage synonymous with Antedon.
12. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
15. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
16. A speech sound produced with both the oral and nasal passages open (as French nasal vowels).
17. Either extremity of something that has length.
18. Late time of life.
19. Quietly and steadily persevering especially in detail or exactness.
20. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
21. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
23. An honorary degree in science.
25. The 11th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
27. Of or relating to near the ear.
29. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
31. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
32. Indian religious leader who founded Sikhism (1469-1538).
34. Tree of the West Indies and northern South America bearing succulent edible orange-sized fruit.
37. Any of a group of heavenly spirits under the god Anu.
40. Italian operatic soprano (born in 1922).
42. A bluish-white lustrous metallic element.
43. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
44. United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993).
46. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
47. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
49. Being five more than one hundred fifty.
51. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
53. A number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge.
54. Relating to the blood vessels or blood.
56. A decree that prohibits something.
59. A device that, on receiving radar signals, transmits coded signals in response to help navigators determine their position.
61. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
62. The act of scanning.
69. A bag used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women).
72. In truth (often tends to intensify).
73. Relating to the Andes and their inhabitants.
76. A master's degree in business.
77. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
78. A county in southwestern England on the Bristol Channel.
80. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
81. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
82. A spread consisting of capers and black olives and anchovies made into a puree with olive oil.
83. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

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1. Offering little or no hope.
2. Australian operatic soprano (1861-1931).
3. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
4. The closing section of a musical composition.
5. Reverent petition to a deity.
6. Have force or influence.
7. Oily poisonous liquid amine obtained from nitrobenzene and used to make dyes and plastics and medicines.
8. A label made of cardboard or plastic or metal.
9. Employed in accomplishing something.
10. East Indian tart yellow berrylike fruit.
11. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
12. A prosthesis that replaces a missing leg.
13. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family).
14. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
22. God of wealth and love.
24. A series of things depending on each other as if linked together.
26. United States architect (born in China in 1917).
28. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
30. Rare (usually fatal) brain disease (usually in middle age) caused by an unidentified slow virus.
33. A city in southwestern Congo.
35. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
36. A positively charged electrode by which electrons leave an electrical device.
38. Offering fun and gaiety.
39. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
41. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
45. A town in Hawaii on the island of Hawaii.
48. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
50. A porch along the outside of a building (sometimes partly enclosed).
52. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
55. A group of African languages in the Niger-Congo group spoken from Senegal east as far as the Ivory Coast.
57. An Oscan-speaking member of an ancient people of Campania who clashed repeatedly with the early Romans.
58. (Welsh) A warrior god.
60. A wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface.
63. Any plant of the genus Canna having large sheathing leaves and clusters of large showy flowers.
64. Desire strongly or persistently.
65. Aroused to impatience or anger.
66. A subsidiary proposition that is assumed to be true in order to prove another proposition.
67. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
68. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
70. Strong woody fibers obtained especially from the phloem of from various plants.
71. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
74. Liquid excretory product.
75. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
79. A member of the military police who polices soldiers and guards prisoners.

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