Crossword Puzzle Number 4412 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A solution containing a phosphate buffer.
4. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
11. The battle in 202 BC in which Scipio decisively defeated Hannibal at the end of the second Punic War.
15. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
16. American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled.
17. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
18. Tropical Asian starlings.
20. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
21. Surrounded or enclosed by the sea.
23. Small beads made from polished shells and formerly used as money by native Americans.
24. Food of a ruminant regurgitated to be chewed again.
25. Flattery designed to gain favor.
26. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
28. 1 species.
30. 1/1000 gram.
32. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
33. A feeling of intense anger.
34. (informal) Exceptionally good.
37. A syntactic string that forms a part of some larger syntactic unit.
40. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
41. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
42. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
43. A Loloish language.
49. Goat-like antelope of central Eurasia having a stubby nose like a proboscis.
51. A domain in which something is dominant.
53. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
54. Lessen the intensity of.
55. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
56. Avatar of Vishnu.
58. Experiencing a sudden sense of danger.
59. Sacred text of Zoroastrianism.
63. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
66. A volcanic island republic in Melanesia.
69. The state of existing and being localized in space.
72. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
73. Pearl oysters.
76. The 17th letter of the Greek alphabet.
77. A successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball).
78. Not based on fact.
79. A guided missile fired from shipboard against an airborne target.
80. A strong emotion.
81. Swiss linguist and expert in historical linguistics whose lectures laid the foundations for synchronic linguistics (1857-1913).
82. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.

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1. Someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce).
2. Soft creamy white cheese.
3. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
4. The ratio of the distance traveled (in kilometers) to the time spent traveling (in hours).
5. (Greek mythology) A maiden seduced by Zeus.
6. Any collection of particles (e.g., smoke or dust) or gases that is visible.
7. German philosopher who advocated intuition over reason (1744-1803).
8. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
9. Talks a great deal about uninteresting topics.
10. A studio especially for an artist or designer.
11. The capital of Croatia.
12. Pertaining to one of the small sacs (as in a compound gland).
13. Being nothing more than specified.
14. Showily imitative of art or artists.
19. Metal or plastic sheath over the end of a shoelace or ribbon.
22. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
27. A lane at sea that is a regularly used route for vessels.
29. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
31. Relating to or associated with or comprising a convolution of the brain.
35. At right angles to the length of a ship or airplane.
36. The 3rd letter of the Greek alphabet.
38. Horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits.
39. God of death.
44. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
45. Precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents.
46. Muslim name for God.
47. Any of several Orthodox Jewish sects who reject modern secular culture and many of whom do not recognize the spiritual authority of the modern state of Israel.
48. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
50. A province in north-central China.
52. Someone who attacks in search of booty.
57. Youngest daughter of the prophet Mohammed and wife of the fourth calif Ali.
60. (Norse mythology) Race of ancient gods sometimes in conflict with the Aesir.
61. Related on the mother's side.
62. A heavy textile with a woven design.
64. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
65. A benign tumor composed of muscle tissue.
67. Relatively small fast-moving sloth.
68. United States inventor who manufactured the first elevator with a safety device (1811-1861).
70. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
71. Any of several related languages of the Celts in Ireland and Scotland.
74. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
75. (Babylonian) The sky god.

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