Crossword Puzzle Number 4385 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Syndrome resulting from a serious acute (sometimes fatal) infection associated with the presence of staphylococcus.
4. The custodian of a collection (as a museum or library).
11. Any of several weedy vetches grown for forage.
15. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
16. The god who fathered the islands and gods of Japan with his sister Izanami.
17. Armor plate that protects the chest.
18. A member of the majority people of Punjab in northwestern India.
20. An herb with milky juice.
21. (Akkadian) Father of the gods and consort of Tiamat.
22. Being or relating to or resembling or emanating from stars.
24. A demon who swallows the sun causing eclipses.
25. Tall coarse perennial American herb having small white flowers followed by blackish-red berries on long drooping racemes.
27. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
29. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
32. Small East Indian shrubby mint.
37. Having winglike extensions.
39. A physician who is not a specialist but treats all illnesses.
40. A flexible container with a single opening.
41. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
43. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
46. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
47. A confusion of voices and other sounds.
50. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
52. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
53. A colorless volatile highly inflammable liquid used as an inhalation anesthetic.
56. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
58. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
59. A port in northwestern Israel on the Bay of Acre.
61. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
64. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
65. The law enforcement agency in the Justice Department.
66. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
70. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
74. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
75. Any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism.
76. (used in combination) Having cheeks as specified.
79. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
80. Remove from the crate.
81. (prefix) Within.

DOWN

1. Thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus.
2. A blow from a flat object (as an open hand).
3. A strong-smelling plant from whose dried leaves a number of euphoriant and hallucinogenic drugs are prepared.
4. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
5. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
6. Above the surround or above the normal position.
7. An associate degree in nursing.
8. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
9. A member of the Siouan people formerly inhabiting the Black Hills of western South Dakota.
10. The basic unit of money in Iran.
11. Type genus of the Tetraonidae.
12. Largest known toad species.
13. Possessing material wealth.
14. (Old Testament) The eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the Covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac.
19. A tall Brazilian feather palm with a terminal crown of very large leathery pinnatisect leaves rising from long strong stems used for structural purposes.
23. Strong snuff made from dark coarse tobacco.
26. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
28. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
30. A mournful poem.
31. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
33. An accountant certified by the state.
34. A virtually extinct Caucasian language spoken exclusively in Turkey.
35. A professional person authorized to practice law.
36. Refuse to acknowledge.
38. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
42. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
44. Appeal or request earnestly.
45. Characteristic of the style of type commonly used for printing German.
48. German publisher of a series of travel guidebooks (1801-1859).
49. A brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur.
51. A port in western Israel on the Mediterranean.
54. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
55. The wood of the sabicu which resembles mahogany.
57. United States writer of poems and plays about racial conflict (born in 1934).
60. A unit of current equal to 10 amperes.
62. An informal term for a father.
63. A city in northeastern Ohio.
67. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
68. A town in north central Oklahoma.
69. Herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves.
71. Owed and payable immediately or on demand.
72. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
73. The money risked on a gamble.
77. A colorless explosive liquid that is volatile and poisonous and foul-smelling.
78. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.

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