Crossword Puzzle Number 483 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A transuranic element.
4. Clothes moths.
12. A unit of electrical resistance equal to the resistance between two points on a conductor when a potential difference of one volt between them produces a current of one ampere.
15. A zodiacal constellation in northern hemisphere between Cancer and Virgo.
16. The state capital of South Australia.
17. An adherent of any branch of Taoism.
18. A member of a Finnish people of Russia.
20. A mute for a violin.
22. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
23. Military action involving the use of electromagnetic energy to determine or exploit or reduce or prevent hostile use of the electromagnetic spectrum.
25. An enzyme of pancreatic origin.
26. A bin that holds rubbish until it is collected.
28. American novelist (1909-1955).
31. A river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River.
32. A tiny or scarcely detectable amount.
36. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
39. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
40. English chemist and physicist who formulated atomic theory and the law of partial pressures.
42. Gear (including necessary machinery) for a particular enterprise.
43. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
44. An informal term for a father.
46. A slight amount or degree of difference.
47. Type genus of the Anatidae.
49. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
50. Of or relating to or characteristic of the African Republic of the Sudan or its people.
53. The deep vascular inner layer of the skin.
56. Studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills).
57. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
58. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
60. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
64. The Mongol people living the the central and eastern parts of Outer Mongolia.
68. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
70. A light informal meal.
73. A branch of the Tai languages.
74. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
75. Outstanding United States athlete (1914-1956).
79. A master's degree in business.
80. A widely distributed system consisting of all the cells able to ingest bacteria or colloidal particles etc, except for certain white blood cells.
81. A medieval hood of mail suspended from a basinet to protect the head and neck.
82. Tag the base runner to get him out.
83. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
84. In a terrible manner.
85. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

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1. Type genus of the family Ulvaceae.
2. Large semi-evergreen tree of East India.
3. A specific instance of feeling hopeful.
4. Long-tailed arboreal mustelid of Central and South America.
5. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
6. A Uralic language spoken by a Samoyed people of northern Siberia.
7. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
8. A state in midwestern United States.
9. Extract by distillation, make by distillation.
10. Provided with something intended to increase its beauty or distinction.
11. Suggestive of the supernatural.
12. United States inventor who manufactured the first elevator with a safety device (1811-1861).
13. A Loloish language.
14. The natural satellite of the Earth.
19. Fastened with stitches.
21. A British doctorate.
24. (Brit) An area of open or forested country.
27. The dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia.
29. A person who gains weight.
30. Moth having nonfunctional mouthparts as adults.
33. The fur of an otter.
34. Slices of bread that have been toasted.
35. A mountain range in South America running 5000 miles along the Pacific coast.
37. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
38. A light touch or stroke.
41. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
45. A bodily passage or tube conveying a secretion or other substance.
48. A blow from a flat object (as an open hand).
51. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
52. Sole genus of the family Naiadaceae.
54. Any of various Spanish fortresses or palaces built by the Moors.
55. The award given to the champion.
59. (Greek mythology) A maiden seduced by Zeus.
61. A state in northwestern North America.
62. Lower in esteem.
63. Rich cake usually covered with cream and fruit or nuts.
65. A genus of Lamnidae.
66. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
67. Jordan's port.
69. On or toward the lee.
71. A city of central China.
72. Precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents.
76. 100 avos equal 1 pataca.
77. Made warm or hot.
78. Marked by skill in deception.

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