Crossword Puzzle Number 5233 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. The number that is represented as a one followed by 6 zeros.
4. A meter that shows mileage traversed.
12. (Norse mythology) Wife of Thor and guardian of the home.
15. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
16. Pronounce with a lowered velum.
17. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
18. A 10% solution of formaldehyde in water.
20. The brightly colored garments of a jockey.
21. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
22. An association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia.
23. Bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves.
25. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
26. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
27. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
29. A state in midwestern United States.
33. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
36. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
37. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
39. A metal-bearing mineral valuable enough to be mined.
40. French poet (born in Romania) who was one of the cofounders of the Dada movement (1896-1963).
41. Injured by bites or stings.
43. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
44. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
46. Electronic warfare undertaken to insure effective friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum in spite of the enemy's use of electronic warfare.
47. A law passed by US Congress to prevent employees from being injured or contracting diseases in the course of their employment.
49. A town in southeastern New Mexico on the Pecos River near the Mexican border.
52. The square of a body of any size of type.
53. Long pinkish sour leafstalks usually eaten cooked and sweetened.
55. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
56. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
57. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
61. A state in north central United States.
63. Someone who cuts and delivers ice.
67. An acute and highly contagious viral disease marked by distinct red spots followed by a rash.
72. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
73. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
76. (Greek mythology) The god of the underworld in ancient mythology.
77. A son who has the same first name as his father.
78. Proceed or issue forth, as from a source.
80. Interchangeable with `means' in the expression `by dint of'.
81. An associate degree in applied science.
82. In accordance with nature.
83. Posing no difficulty.

DOWN

1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
2. A body of poetry that conveys the traditions of a society by treating some epic theme.
3. Small genus of hairy herbs with yellow flowers.
4. A member of the Iroquoian people formerly living between Lake Chaplain and the Saint Lawrence River.
5. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
6. A mouth or mouthlike opening.
7. A covering to disguise or conceal the face.
8. English essayist (1775-1834).
9. Unstratified soil deposited by a glacier.
10. A member of a people inhabiting the Arctic (northern Canada or Greenland or Alaska or eastern Siberia).
11. A widely distributed system consisting of all the cells able to ingest bacteria or colloidal particles etc, except for certain white blood cells.
12. Durable fragrant wood.
13. The content of cognition.
14. Food for domestic livestock.
19. A dark region of considerable extent on the surface of the moon.
24. Filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock.
28. A Japanese woman trained to entertain men with conversation and singing and dancing.
30. A blind god.
31. Using speech rather than writing.
32. Used at the dining table.
34. (architecture) Forming or resembling an arch.
35. Informal terms for a mother.
38. The capital and largest city of Ghana with a deep-water port.
42. A heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects).
45. Any of various deciduous or evergreen ornamental shrubs of the genus Abelia having opposite simple leaves and cymes of small white or pink or purplish flowers.
48. Lower in esteem.
50. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
51. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
54. The region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis.
58. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
59. A public promotion of some product or service.
60. Treat or speak of with contempt.
62. A unit of weight for precious stones = 200 mg.
64. Genus of sticky herbs with yellow flowers open in morning or evening but closed in bright light.
65. Any of various perennials of the genus Geum having usually pinnate basal leaves and variously colored flowers.
66. Offensive or even (of persons) malicious.
68. The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm.
69. Gymnastic apparatus consisting of two parallel wooden bars supported on uprights.
70. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
71. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
74. (Babylonian) The sky god.
75. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
79. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).

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