Crossword Puzzle Number 4538 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A chronic drinker.
4. A mountain range in the northwestern United States extending through Washington and Oregon and northern California.
12. Standard time in the 7th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 105th meridian west.
15. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
16. Having no odor.
17. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
18. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
19. Spread or daub over.
20. Suggestive of the supernatural.
22. A rule made by a local authority to regulate its own affairs.
24. Wearing or provided with clothing.
26. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
27. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
29. The quarter of many North African cities in which the citadel is located.
31. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
34. A member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons.
38. Relatively small fast-moving sloth.
39. An overland journey by hunters (especially in Africa).
44. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
45. Intensely fashionable for a short time.
46. Related by blood.
47. A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders.
49. Any wingless blood-sucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap.
52. Used of a single unit or thing.
53. The longest division of geological time.
54. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
55. Lack of sophistication or worldliness.
58. 1/10 gram.
63. A fibrous amphibole.
67. Assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing.
69. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
72. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
73. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
74. (Scotland) A landowner.
76. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
77. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
80. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
81. Type genus of the Amiidae.
82. A republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of Ireland.
83. An affirmative.

DOWN

1. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
2. Containing an unusual amount of grease or oil.
3. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
4. Filaments from a cobweb.
5. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
6. Surface layer of ground containing a matt of grass and grass roots.
7. (informal) Of the highest quality.
8. Scale-like structure between the base of the wing and the halter of a two-winged fly.
9. A person who lowers the quality or character or value (as by adding cheaper metal to coins).
10. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
11. The compass point midway between south and southeast.
12. God of death.
13. Being the one previously mentioned or spoken of.
14. A tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown.
21. (of words) Formed in imitation of a natural sound.
23. Type genus of the Alaudidae.
25. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
28. An associate degree in applied science.
30. An associate degree in nursing.
32. (electronics) Of a circuit or device having an output that is proportional to the input.
33. Filled with a great quantity.
35. Shrubby tree widely distributed along tropical shores.
36. An active and efficient cause.
37. The recipient of funds or other benefits.
40. Jordan's port.
41. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
42. Black tropical American cuckoo.
43. A state in midwestern United States.
48. Native to Egypt but cultivated widely for its aromatic seeds and the oil from them used medicinally and as a flavoring in cookery.
50. Widely known and esteemed.
51. Generalized edema with accumulation of serum in subcutaneous connective tissue.
56. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
57. Type genus of the Vespidae.
59. Small genus of mediterranean shrubs.
60. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
61. Of or concerning the face.
62. A populous province in northeastern China.
64. Having a gray or brown streak or a pattern or a patchy coloring.
65. Excessively fat.
66. Income (at invoice values) received for goods and services over some given period of time.
68. A signal transmitted along a narrow path.
70. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
71. A stick that people can lean on to help them walk.
75. The habitation of wild animals.
78. The ratio of the circumference to the diameter of a circle.
79. A public promotion of some product or service.

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