Crossword Puzzle Number 4928 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
4. An apparatus for exposing something to the air (as sewage).
11. A brace that extends from the rear of the keel to support the rudderpost.
15. A numbered compartment in a post office where mail is put to be called for.
16. A spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain.
17. A tiny or scarcely detectable amount.
18. (Greek mythology) The winged goddess of the dawn in ancient mythology.
19. Having or showing profound knowledge.
20. A Loloish language.
21. Supply with battlements.
23. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
24. Elected Vice President and became the 10th President of the United States when Harrison died (1790-1862).
25. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
26. An easy return of a tennis ball in a high arc.
28. Capital city of the Apulia region on the Adriatic coast.
29. (computer science) A unit for measuring computing power.
32. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
34. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
35. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
38. Shrubby plant with aromatic grayish-green leaves used as a cooking herb.
44. Son of John Cabot who was born in Italy and who led an English expedition in search of the Northwest Passage and a Spanish expedition that explored the La Plata region of Brazil.
46. (Australian and New Zealand) A disparaging term for English immigrants to Australia or New Zealand.
47. Not out.
48. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
50. A slight rounded elevation where the malleus attaches to the eardrum.
52. A measuring instrument for measuring angles to a celestial body.
55. Formed into a mass by heat and pressure.
57. A literary language of Chinese Turkestan (named for one of the sons of Genghis Khan).
60. Land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops.
61. A blood group antigen possessed by Rh-positive people.
62. 100 avos equal 1 pataca.
63. (informal) Of the highest quality.
64. Historical and literary materials relating to Judaism.
69. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
73. Black tropical American cuckoo.
74. Type genus of the Caricaceae.
77. A unit of length equal to one thousandth of an inch.
78. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
80. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
81. A youthful male person.
82. The character flaw or error of a tragic hero that leads to his downfall.
83. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.

DOWN

1. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
2. Moderate to inferior in quality.
3. A descent down a nearly vertical surface by using a doubled rope that is coiled around the body and attached to some higher point.
4. In a state of sleep.
5. Any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids.
6. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
7. A unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries.
8. Employing variations in pitch to distinguish meanings of otherwise similar words.
9. A segment of DNA containing adjacent genes including structural genes and an operator gene and a regulatory gene.
10. Having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies.
11. Small genus of east African herbs.
12. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
13. A colorless volatile highly inflammable liquid used as an inhalation anesthetic.
14. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
22. The mother-in-law of Ruth whose story is told in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament.
27. Annual grown especially for its fragrant golden nocturnal flowers.
30. A reflex response to sudden pain.
31. Relatively small fast-moving sloth.
33. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
36. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
37. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
39. A drama set to music.
40. A constitutional monarchy in northern Europe on the western side of the Scandinavian Peninsula.
41. Any organic compound containing the group -CONH2.
43. A Russian river.
45. A notice of someone's death.
49. A language spoken by the Atakapa people of the Gulf coast of Louisiana and Texas.
51. A king of the Myrmidons and father of Achilles.
53. Without speed.
54. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
56. Considerate and solicitous care.
58. Evergreen Indian shrub with vivid yellow flowers whose bark is used in tanning.
59. (Greek mythology) A maiden seduced by Zeus.
65. Type genus of the family Unionidae.
66. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
67. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
68. A member of the British order of honor.
70. A person with an unusual or odd personality.
71. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).
72. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family).
75. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
76. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
79. Being one more than one.

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