Crossword Puzzle Number 4576 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
4. Has cams attached to it.
12. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
15. An inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others.
16. Mountain goats.
17. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
18. A colorless toxic flammable liquid used in the synthesis of nylon.
20. English poet (1880-1958).
21. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
22. The Palestinian uprising (beginning in 1987) against the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
24. A metric unit of length equal to one thousandth of a meter.
26. A crown-like jewelled headdress worn by women on formal occasions.
27. A Powhatan Indian woman (the daughter of Powhatan) who befriended the English at Jamestown and is said to have saved Captain John Smith's life (1595-1617).
30. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
31. A unit of information equal to one million (1,048,576) bytes.
32. Having a difficult and contrary disposition.
34. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
38. English monk and scholar (672-735).
41. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.
44. An ancient country is southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean.
45. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
46. Acute lung injury characterized by coughing and rales.
49. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
50. Venomous Asiatic and African elapid snakes that can expand the skin of the neck into a hood.
52. Perennial mountain rice native to Mediterranean region and introduced into North America.
56. Any of several related languages of the Celts in Ireland and Scotland.
58. A chain of coral and volcanic islands in Micronesia halfway between New Guinea and Japan.
60. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
61. The striking of one body against another.
62. Cry plaintively.
65. The compass point that is one point north of northwest.
68. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
71. A Portuguese province on the south coast of China and two islands in the South China Sea.
73. Being one more than two.
74. A card game for 2 players.
76. A transuranic element.
77. Grass of the eastern United States and tropical America having spikelets enclosed in prickly burs.
80. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
81. The seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located adv.
82. Hypothetical universal solvent once sought by alchemists.
83. Experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness.

DOWN

1. Outfitting a ship again (by repairing or replacing parts).
2. A group of southern Bantu languages.
3. The large trunk artery that carries blood from the left ventricle of the heart to branch arteries.
4. An informal conversation.
5. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
6. A state in New England.
7. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
8. Group insurance that entitles members to services of participating hospitals and clinics and physicians.
9. At the present or from now on.
10. An armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force).
11. Syndrome resulting from a serious acute (sometimes fatal) infection associated with the presence of staphylococcus.
12. An informal term for a father.
13. Jordan's port.
14. Wood of a sumac.
19. Someone who operates an aircraft.
23. A doctor's degree in dental medicine.
25. Any of various thermoplastic resins used to make things.
28. Having a toe or toes of a specified kind.
29. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
33. An affirmative.
35. Productive work (especially physical work done for wages).
36. Infestation of the pubic hair by crab lice.
37. A commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells.
39. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
40. A mountain range in South America running 5000 miles along the Pacific coast.
42. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
43. Serving as or forming a base.
47. Decrease in size, extent, or range.
48. Winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge.
51. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
53. (Greek mythology) A great musician.
54. Russian country house.
55. The brightest star in Scorpius.
57. A decree that prohibits something.
59. A state in midwestern United States.
63. A narrow way or road.
64. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
66. A very short time (as the time it takes to blink once).
67. The capital and chief port of Qatar.
69. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
70. (archaic) A fitting reward.
72. 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.
75. A vacuum tube in which a hot cathode emits a beam of electrons that pass through a high voltage anode and are focused or deflected before hitting a phosphorescent screen.
78. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
79. The 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.

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